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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-8 / in Starts: 14-8
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	4 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1969	ALCS g1	Oct 4	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.47	-0.207	45.94	-3.74%	-1.13	LF
2	1969	ALCS g2	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.182	.000	.182	1	1.37	-0.101	45.33	-1.89%	-0.43	LF
3	1969	ALCS g3	Oct 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	6	5	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.357	.769	1	.62	0.160	14.60	2.42%	1.86	LF
4	1969	WS g1	Oct 11	BAL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.429	.611	1.040	1	.57	0.179	29.90	5.22%	2.26	LF
5	1969	WS g2	Oct 12	BAL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.500	.860	1	1.36	-0.135	71.67	-4.43%	-0.62	LF
6	1969	WS g3	Oct 14	BAL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.367	.440	.807	1	.65	-0.015	40.75	-0.54%	0.12	LF
7	1969	WS g4	Oct 15	BAL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.314	.367	.681	1	2.07	-0.193	132.39	-7.31%	-1.22	LF
8	1969	WS g5	Oct 16	BAL	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.282	.324	.606	1	.78	-0.076	36.92	-2.10%	-0.68	LF
1970 Postseason			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
9	1970	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	1.333	1.933	1	.56	0.061	17.38	1.29%	1.60	LF
10	1970	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	1	.53	0.118	9.48	1.20%	0.83	LF
11	1970	WS g1	Oct 10	BAL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.429	.636	1.065	1	1.01	-0.017	52.63	-0.38%	-0.35	LF
12	1970	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.474	.600	1.074	1	.71	0.070	36.43	2.20%	0.77	LF
13	1970	WS g3	Oct 13	BAL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.478	.722	1.200	1	.41	0.103	17.09	2.38%	1.18	LF
14	1970	WS g4	Oct 14	BAL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.429	.591	1.019	1	1.44	-0.106	31.90	-1.53%	-0.40	LF
1971 Postseason			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
15	1971	ALCS g2	Oct 4	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	.78	-0.018	25.74	-0.33%	-0.37	LF
16	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-8	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.714	1.270	1	.82	0.099	19.57	1.52%	1.30	LF
17	1971	WS g1	Oct 9	BAL		PIT	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.538	.909	1.448	1	.83	0.128	43.09	3.95%	1.03	LF
18	1971	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.625	1.014	1	.41	-0.068	21.68	-2.02%	-2.06	LF
19	1971	WS g3	Oct 12	BAL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.500	.818	1	.98	-0.091	40.94	-2.13%	-0.73	LF
20	1971	WS g5	Oct 14	BAL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.435	.742	1	.38	-0.033	31.73	-1.55%	-0.28	LF
21	1971	WS g6	Oct 16	BAL		PIT	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.630	1.017	1	1.67	0.231	148.76	12.41%	1.53	LF
22	1971	WS g7	Oct 17	BAL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.400	.600	1.000	1	1.65	-0.080	275.00	-8.85%	0.03	LF
									102	86	13	22	3	1	5	11	15	0	10	0	0	1		0	0	1	.256	.363	.488	.851

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