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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	4 (1)	Apr 11 (1)	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	5	Apr 11 (2)	BAL		DET	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	7 (1)	Apr 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	8	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
6	10 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	11	Apr 20	BAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	13 (1)	Apr 23	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	14	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	15	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	16	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	20	Apr 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21	May 1	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	22	May 2	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
18	23	May 4	BAL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	24	May 6 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	26 (1)	May 9 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	28 (1)	May 10	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	29	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	30	May 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	32 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	33	May 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
26	35 (1)	May 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	36	May 21	BAL		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
28	37	May 22	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	39 (1)	May 23 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	41 (1)	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
31	42	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	43	May 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	44	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
34	46 (1)	May 31 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,11-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	48	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	49	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,12-4	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	51 (1)	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	52	Jun 9	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	53	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	54	Jun 11	BAL		CHW	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
42	55	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
43	56	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	57	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	58	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
46	59	Jun 17	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	61 (1)	Jun 19	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	62	Jun 20	BAL		NYY	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	64 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	67 (2)	Jun 24	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	70 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
53	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
54	73 (1)	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,15-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	74	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	75	Jun 30 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	78 (1)	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	79	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	80	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	81	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		WSA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	82	Jul 7	BAL		WSA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	83	Jul 8	BAL		WSA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	84	Jul 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	85	Jul 10 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	87 (1)	Jul 11	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	88	Jul 15	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	89	Jul 16	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	90	Jul 17	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	91	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	92	Jul 19	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	96	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	97	Jul 25 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	98	Jul 25 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,6-9	CG	61	13.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
78	99	Jul 27 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	100	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
80	101	Jul 28	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	103 (1)	Jul 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	104	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	106	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	107	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-12	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
86	108	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	109	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	110	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	111	Aug 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	112	Aug 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	114 (1)	Aug 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	115	Aug 15	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	119 (1)	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	120	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	121	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	122	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	123	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	124	Aug 26	BAL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	125	Aug 28 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	127 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	128	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	130 (1)	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	141 (10)	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		DET	L,5-10	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	145 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	147 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	148	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	150 (1)	Sep 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
110	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
111	152	Sep 24 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	153	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	154	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	155	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	156	Sep 28 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							115gm		988.2	215	5	3	223	0