Don Buddin

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: May 5, 1934 in Turbeville, SC us

Died: June 30, 2011 in Greenville, SC

Buried: Thomas Cemetery, Olanta, SC

High School: Olanta HS (Olanta, SC)

School: Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 21-348d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1962 (Age 28-143d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Donald Thomas Buddin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

2289

551

.241

342

RBI

225

OBP

.358

SLG

.359

OPS

.717

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-39 / in Starts: 23-25
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	1 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 206 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	110 (61-29-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 206 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	127 (66-39-21)

Most Driven In
H Smith	3
Self	2
C Warwick	2
J Amalfitano	1
B Aspromonte	1
V Wertz	1
N Cash	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	1

Most Driven In By
A Kaline	6
R Colavito	4
A Spangler	3
D McAuliffe	2
J Golden	2
Self	2
B Lillis	1
M Ranew	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	641	1	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,11-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.32	-0.035	.68	-0.04%	-0.98	SS
2	642	2	Apr 11	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8	.57	-0.006	1.38	-0.01%	-0.08	SS
3	643	3	Apr 12	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	8	.70	-0.052	1.67	-0.07%	-0.59	SS
4	644	4	Apr 13	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.20	-0.019	3.29	-0.03%	0.01	SS
5	645	5	Apr 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	8	1.07	0.095	2.80	0.15%	0.94	SS
6	646	6	Apr 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	.400	.800	8	1.57	0.452	3.44	0.60%	2.53	SS
7	647	7	Apr 18	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.417	.389	.806	8	2.00	-0.025	4.71	-0.04%	-0.24	SS
8	648	8	Apr 19	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.414	.333	.747	8	.66	0.003	1.52	0.01%	0.07	SS
9	649	9	Apr 21	HOU		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.419	.318	.738	8	1.04	0.030	2.41	0.04%	0.16	SS
10	650	10	Apr 22	HOU		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.382	.280	.662	8	1.10	-0.083	2.23	-0.10%	-0.61	SS
11	651	16 (5)	Apr 29	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.378	.259	.638	8	1.00	-0.043	1.38	-0.04%	-0.26	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	652	17	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.350	.233	.583	8	.73	-0.055	1.17	-0.05%	-0.76	SS
13	653	26 (8)	May 9	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.366	.258	.624	9	.05	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.97	PH
14	654	29 (2)	May 12	HOU		SFG	L,0-11	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.381	.258	.639	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.25	SS
15	655	37 (7)	May 20 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.370	.257	.627	8	.84	-0.022	.42	-0.01%	-0.04	SS
16	656	38	May 21	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.388	.324	.712	8	1.43	0.082	.50	0.02%	0.83	SS
17	657	39	May 22	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.365	.300	.665	8	.98	-0.074	.32	-0.01%	-0.54	SS
18	658	40	May 23	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.364	.326	.689	8	.75	-0.021	.34	-0.01%	-0.01	SS
19	659	41	May 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.351	.311	.662	8	1.37	-0.066	.80	-0.02%	-0.50	SS
20	660	45 (3)	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-9	7-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.362	.348	.710	6	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.63	3B
21	661	46	May 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-6	4-GF(14)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.184	.365	.327	.692	7	2.11	-0.195	.37	-0.02%	-0.90	PR 3B
22	662	47	May 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.364	.346	.710	8	.94	0.146	.14	0.01%	1.02	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	663	48	Jun 1	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.353	.333	.686	8	1.48	-0.076	.28	-0.01%	-0.68	3B
24	664	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-9	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.343	.321	.664	9	.03	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.40	PH 3B
25	665	50	Jun 3 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.172	.333	.310	.644	8	2.10	-0.217	.17	-0.01%	-2.25	3B
26	666	51	Jun 3 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.329	.305	.634	2	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.24	3B
27	667	54 (2)	Jun 7	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.324	.300	.624	9	1.81	-0.044	.21	0.00%	-0.15	PH SS
28	668	55	Jun 8	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.320	.295	.615	9	2.52	-0.061	.47	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
29	669	56	Jun 9	HOU		LAD	W,13-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.320	.295	.615	4						SS
30	670	58 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,7-9	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.342	.349	.691	8	.76	0.127	.11	0.01%	3.89	SS
31	671	68 (9)	Jun 22 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,16-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.359	.709	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH SS
32	672	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-13	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.354	.354	.708	9	.02	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.15	SS
33	673	74 (4)	Jun 30	HOU		CIN	W,7-3	CG(7)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.353	.343	.696	8	.75	-0.015	.05	0.00%	-0.17	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	674	75	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.345	.333	.678	8	1.34	-0.067	.07	0.00%	-0.76	SS
35	675	78 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	HOU		PIT	L,0-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.341	.329	.669	7	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.22	3B
36	676	81 (2)	Jul 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-10	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.330	.315	.645	9	.03	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-1.18	PH 3B
37	677	85 (3)	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.162	.326	.311	.637	9	.88	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.53	PH
38	678	87 (1)	Jul 14	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.326	.325	.651	8	.58	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.21	SS
39	679	89 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	HOU		CHC	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.323	.321	.643	9	1.50	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
40	680	92 (2)	Jul 18	HOU		PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.316	.313	.629	8	.35	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.31	SS
				Player went from Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers
41	681	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.324	.313	.637	1	1.33	0.044	.64	0.01%	0.40	2B
42	682	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.330	.313	.643	1	4.79	0.116	1.58	0.02%	0.39	SS
43	683	98	Jul 28	DET		LAA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.318	.299	.617	1	.62	-0.066	.23	-0.02%	-1.02	2B
44	684	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		LAA	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.330	.326	.656	1	1.18	0.240	.50	0.06%	2.14	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	685	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.336	.326	.662	2	1.59	0.046	.48	0.01%	0.21	PH
46	686	102	Aug 1 (2)	DET		KCA	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.177	.331	.313	.643	1	.67	-0.015	.24	0.00%	-0.46	SS
47	687	103	Aug 2	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.333	.310	.643	1	1.49	0.103	.37	0.02%	0.35	SS
48	688	104	Aug 3	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.323	.298	.621	1	1.16	-0.118	.24	-0.02%	-0.97	2B
49	689	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS-4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.333	.305	.638	1	1.01	0.123	.18	0.01%	1.27	2B
50	690	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	CG(11)	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.343	.327	.671	2	.93	0.157	.13	0.01%	0.61	SS
51	691	107	Aug 5 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.202	.345	.325	.670	1	.61	0.090	.06	0.01%	0.96	SS
52	692	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.343	.316	.659	1	.49	0.008	.06	0.00%	-0.10	SS
53	693	109	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.342	.311	.653	1	.93	-0.044	.12	0.00%	-0.33	SS
54	694	110	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.347	.306	.652	1	.88	-0.025	.04	0.00%	-0.82	SS
55	695	112 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.194	.355	.306	.661	1	1.10	0.149	.08	0.01%	1.51	SS
56	696	113	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.356	.305	.661	1	.32	-0.035	.05	0.00%	-0.71	SS
57	697	114	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.370	.313	.683	1	.47	0.050	.03	0.00%	1.04	SS
58	698	115	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.361	.304	.665	1	1.76	-0.188	.22	-0.01%	-1.62	SS
59	699	116	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.358	.302	.661	1	1.94	-0.107	.13	0.00%	-0.76	SS
60	700	117	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.358	.294	.651	1	1.53	0.111	.03	0.00%	-0.20	SS
61	701	118	Aug 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.355	.293	.648	1	.54	0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.33	SS
62	702	119	Aug 15	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.358	.293	.652	1	.63	0.048	.03	0.00%	0.44	SS
63	703	120	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.361	.301	.662	1	.99	0.104	.05	0.00%	0.54	SS
64	704	121	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.361	.297	.658	1	1.10	-0.012	.08	0.00%	-0.09	SS
65	705	122	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.354	.289	.643	1	.80	-0.071	.04	0.00%	-0.89	SS
66	706	128 (5)	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.354	.289	.643	5	3.47	0.025	.29	0.00%	0.17	PR 3B
67	707	130 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-5	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.357	.294	.651	9	1.03	0.044	.20	0.01%	0.39	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	708	140 (9)	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,4-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.355	.292	.647	9	1.48	-0.042	.21	0.00%	-0.24	PH
69	709	152 (11)	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	L,5-12	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.353	.290	.643	9	.80	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
70	710	155 (2)	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.353	.290	.643	7						3B
71	711	157 (1)	Sep 25	DET		LAA	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.351	.288	.640	8	3.50	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
							32-39		206	163	24	32	7	1	2	14	37	2	33	2	4	0	2	4	1	0	.196	.351	.288	.640		1.02	0.323	.59	0.46%	1.34

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