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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
11	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
15	15	May 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
16	16	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
17	17	May 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
18	18	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
19	19	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	20	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
21	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
22	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
23	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
25	25	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	0	5	0	5	3	SS
26	26	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
27	27	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
28	28	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
29	29	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
30	30	May 17	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
31	31	May 18	BOS		DET	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
32	32	May 20	BOS		KCA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
33	33	May 21	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
34	34	May 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
35	35	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
36	36	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
38	38	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
40	40	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	0	5	0	5	0	SS
41	41	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
42	42	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
43	43	May 31	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
45	45	Jun 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
46	46	Jun 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
47	47	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
48	48	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
49	49	Jun 7 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	50	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	51	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
52	54 (2)	Jun 11	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
53	55	Jun 12	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	56	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
55	57	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
56	58	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
57	59	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	60	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
59	61	Jun 20 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
60	62	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	63	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
62	64	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
63	65	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	66	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
65	67	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
66	68	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
68	70	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	71	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	72	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
71	73	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
73	75	Jul 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	76	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
75	77	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
76	78	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	79	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
78	80	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
79	81	Jul 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	43	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
80	82	Jul 12	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
81	83	Jul 13	BOS		NYY	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	1	SS
82	84	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
83	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	86	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
85	87	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	2	3	0	SS
86	89 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
87	90	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
88	91	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	32	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
89	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
90	93	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
91	94	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	2	SS
92	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
93	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
94	97	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	99 (1)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
96	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	22	4.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
97	101	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
99	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	104	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	105	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
102	106	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,17-6	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	107	Aug 6	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
104	108	Aug 7	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	109	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GS	21	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
106	110	Aug 9	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
107	111	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	GS	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	112	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	113	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
110	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-6	GS	33	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
111	115	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
112	116	Aug 16 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
113	117	Aug 16 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	25	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
114	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
115	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
116	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
117	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
118	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
119	123	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
120	124	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
121	125	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	3	3	0	6	2	SS
122	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	24	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
123	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
124	128	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GS	36	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
125	129	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
126	130	Aug 30	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
127	131	Aug 31	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	132	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
129	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
131	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
132	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-14	GS	23	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
133	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
134	138	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,12-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
135	139	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
136	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
137	141	Sep 11	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	GS	34	7.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
138	142	Sep 12	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
139	143	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
140	144	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	W,9-3	GS	23	6.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
141	145	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
142	146	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
143	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
144	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
145	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
146	150	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
147	151	Sep 23	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
148	152	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
149	153	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GF	18	5.0	5	3	0	8	3	SS
150	154	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
							150gm		1225.0	235	412	35	682	89