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+

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

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	2	8	0	SS
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	4	3	0	7	2	SS
6	6	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
10	10	Apr 24	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
13	13	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
14	14	Apr 30	BOS		KCA	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
16	16	May 2	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	17	May 4 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
18	18	May 4 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
19	19	May 5	BOS		CLE	W,8-5	GS	23	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	20	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	21	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	SS
22	22	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 11 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 11 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
25	25	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	2	SS
26	26	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
27	27	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
28	28	May 17 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
29	29	May 17 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
30	30	May 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
31	31	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	48	11.2	6	3	0	9	1	SS
33	33	May 22	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
34	34	May 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	1
35	35	May 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 25 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	37	May 25 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	4	1	6	0	SS
38	38	May 27	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 28	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	40	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46 (5)	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
42	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
43	48	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
44	49	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
45	50	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
46	51	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
47	52	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
48	53	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
49	54	Jun 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	55	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	10	1	12	2	SS
51	56	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
52	57	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,6-17	CG	54	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	SS
53	58	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
54	59	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	60	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
56	61	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
57	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	63	Jun 21	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	64	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
60	65	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	66	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	68	Jun 28	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
64	69	Jun 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	70	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	2	7	1	SS
66	71	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
67	72	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	GS	49	10.0	0	8	0	8	2	SS
68	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
69	74	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	75	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	76	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
72	77	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	6	7	0	13	3	SS
73	78	Jul 11	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
74	79	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	81 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,4-9	GS	36	7.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
76	93 (11)	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
77	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
78	95	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	2	6	0	8	1	SS
79	97 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	99	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	100	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
83	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
84	102	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	SS
85	103	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
86	104	Aug 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
87	105	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
88	106	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
89	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
90	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
91	109	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	110	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
93	111	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
94	112	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
95	113	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
96	114	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
97	115	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
98	116	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
99	117	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
100	118	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
101	119	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	9	0	12	1	SS
102	120	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
103	121	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	122	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
105	123	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	5	7	0	12	2	SS
106	124	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
107	125	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
108	126	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
109	127	Aug 30	BOS		BAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
110	128	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	129	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
112	130	Sep 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
113	131	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
114	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	8.1	5	1	0	6	1	SS
115	133	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
116	134	Sep 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
117	135	Sep 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
118	136	Sep 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	7	0	9	4	SS
119	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
120	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
121	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
122	140	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
123	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
124	143 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
125	144	Sep 17 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
126	145	Sep 17 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
127	146	Sep 18	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	147	Sep 19	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	5	1	10	3	SS
129	148	Sep 20	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
130	149	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
131	150	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	GS	38	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
132	151	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
133	152	Sep 26 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
134	153	Sep 26 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
135	154	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
136	155	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
							136gm		1171.1	269	445	31	745	102