Don Buford

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX us

High School: Susan Miller Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1963 (Age 26-224d, 12,165th in major league history)
vs. WSA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 35-244d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Don Alvin Buford

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Relatives: Father of Damon Buford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.2

4553

1203

.264

718

RBI

418

200

OBP

.362

SLG

.379

OPS

.741

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	58	14.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	GS	38	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B 2B
4	4	Apr 17	CHW		KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B 2B
6	6	Apr 20	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	45	10.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
7	7	Apr 21	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B 3B
10	10	Apr 25	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B 3B
11	11	Apr 26	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B 3B
12	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B 3B
13	13	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
15	15	May 3	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
16	16	May 4	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
17	17	May 6	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
18	18	May 7	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B 3B
19	19	May 8	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
20	20	May 10	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	52	11.2	6	3	1	10	1	2B
21	21	May 11	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
22	22	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B 3B
23	23	May 13	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
24	24	May 14	CHW	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
25	25	May 15	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
26	26	May 17	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	27	May 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	28	May 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	1	5	1	7	0	2B
29	29	May 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	30	May 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 22 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
32	32	May 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	2	7	1	2B
33	33	May 24	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
34	34	May 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
35	35	May 26	CHW		BAL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	2B
36	36	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
37	37	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	T,2-2	CG	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 29	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
41	41	May 31	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
43	43	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
44	44	Jun 3	CHW		WSA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
45	45	Jun 4	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
46	46	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	47	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,12-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
50	50	Jun 8	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	51	Jun 10	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	52	Jun 11	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	53	Jun 12	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B 2B
54	54	Jun 13 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	55	Jun 13 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
56	56	Jun 14	CHW		CAL	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	57	Jun 15	CHW		KCA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
58	58	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-4	GS	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
59	59	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
60	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
61	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
62	62	Jun 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF 3B
63	63	Jun 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-9	GS	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
65	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	66	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	67	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	69	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
70	70	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
71	71	Jun 28	CHW		WSA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
72	72	Jun 29	CHW		WSA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	45	13.0	1	9	0	10	1	3B 2B
74	74	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
75	75	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
76	76	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	77	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	3B
78	78	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	79	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	80	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
81	81	Jul 7	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
82	82	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	83	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
84	84	Jul 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	85	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
86	86	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-10	GS	43	9.1	2	2	1	5	0	3B LF
87	87	Jul 14	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
88	88	Jul 15	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
89	89	Jul 16	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
90	90	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
91	91	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
92	92	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	93	Jul 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B RF
94	94	Jul 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
95	95	Jul 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	96	Jul 22	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
97	97	Jul 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	98	Jul 24	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
99	99	Jul 26	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
100	100	Jul 27	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
101	101	Jul 28	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
102	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
103	103	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
104	104	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	105	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	107	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	108	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
109	109	Aug 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
110	110	Aug 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	111	Aug 7	CHW	@	CAL	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	112	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
113	113	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	114	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	115	Aug 12	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
116	116	Aug 13	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
117	117	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
118	118	Aug 14 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,0-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
119	119	Aug 15	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
120	120	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
121	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
122	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
124	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	125	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
126	126	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
127	127	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	128	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
129	129	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
130	130	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	131	Aug 27	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
132	132	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	GS	50	11.1	0	2	1	3	0	3B
133	133	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
134	134	Aug 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
135	135	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	136	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	137	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
138	138	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	139	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	W,9-8	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	140	Sep 3	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
141	141	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
142	142	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
143	143	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	0	3	1	4	0	3B
144	144	Sep 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
145	145	Sep 9	CHW		WSA	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
146	146	Sep 10	CHW		WSA	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	147	Sep 11	CHW		WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
148	148	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
149	150 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
150	151	Sep 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
151	152	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
152	153	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
153	154	Sep 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
154	155	Sep 23	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
155	156	Sep 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
156	157	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
157	158	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	GF	20	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
158	159	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
159	160	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
160	161	Sep 30	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
161	162	Oct 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
162	163	Oct 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
							181gm		1426.1	198	383	34	615	42