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Don Buford
Donald Alvin Buford

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut September 14, 1963
  vs. WSA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1972
Born February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX

Father of Damon Buford

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 26 CHW AL  12   42    9   12   1  2   0    5   1  0   5   7  .286  .354  .405  115   17   0   1   0   0   1
 1964 27 CHW AL 135  442   62  116  14  6   4   30  12  7  46  62  .262  .337  .348   94  154   8   3   2   5   7
 1965 28 CHW AL 155  586   93  166  22  5  10   47  17  7  67  76  .283  .358  .389  120  228   6   5   4   4   6 MVP-25
 1966 29 CHW AL 163  607   85  148  26  7   8   52  51 22  69  71  .244  .323  .349  100  212  17   2   3   3   3
 1967 30 CHW AL 156  535   61  129  10  9   4   32  34 21  65  51  .241  .322  .316   96  169   4   4   3   1   3
 1968 31 BAL AL 130  426   65  120  13  4  15   46  27 12  57  46  .282  .367  .437  142  186   1   6   5   4   1 MVP-15
 1969 32 BAL AL 144  554   99  161  31  3  11   64  19 18  96  62  .291  .397  .417  128  231   3   5   7   5   5
 1970 33 BAL AL 144  504   99  137  15  2  17   66  16  8 109  55  .272  .406  .411  126  207   3   5   8   8   1 MVP-20
 1971 34 BAL AL 122  449   99  130  19  4  19   54  15  7  89  62  .290  .413  .477  153  214   2   2  15   7   2 MVP-27,AS
 1972 35 BAL AL 125  408   46   84   6  2   5   22   8  3  69  83  .206  .326  .267   76  109   3   1  10   4   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons         4553      1203     44      418    105     575  .264  .362  .379  115       47  34  57  41  34
               1286       718      157     93      200    672                            1727
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   90  152  20  6  12   53  25 13  85  72  .264  .362  .379  115  218   6   4   7   5   4
 Career High    163  607   99  166  31  9  19   66  51 22 109  83  .291  .413  .477  153  231  17   6  15   8   7
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 26 CHW AL   48   32    6   5.1    93| .286  .253| .354  .319| .405  .391| .759  .710| 115  .584   0.9   0.1 100%
 1964 27 CHW AL  504  351   54   4.1    94| .262  .252| .337  .320| .348  .392| .685  .712|  94  .489  -2.5  -0.3  63%
 1965 28 CHW AL  668  444   87   5.3    86| .283  .243| .358  .311| .389  .372| .747  .683| 120  .620  17.1   1.8  70%
 1966 29 CHW AL  698  503   74   4.0    84| .244  .240| .323  .306| .349  .371| .672  .676| 100  .507   1.8   0.2  69%
 1967 30 CHW AL  609  438   58   3.6    79| .241  .235| .322  .303| .316  .353| .638  .656|  96  .480  -1.4  -0.2  61%
 1968 31 BAL AL  494  326   74   6.1    81| .282  .239| .367  .308| .437  .354| .804  .662| 142  .733  23.5   2.6  69%
 1969 32 BAL AL  663  424   97   6.2    96| .291  .255| .397  .332| .417  .385| .814  .718| 128  .667  26.0   2.7  51%
 1970 33 BAL AL  629  384   97   6.8    98| .272  .259| .406  .333| .411  .395| .817  .729| 126  .698  24.2   2.4  66%
 1971 34 BAL AL  549  332   97   7.8    91| .290  .254| .413  .326| .477  .377| .890  .702| 153  .772  36.1   3.7  68%
 1972 35 BAL AL  485  336   40   3.2    85| .206  .250| .326  .319| .267  .361| .593  .680|  76  .443  -9.9  -1.1  72%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5347 3570  684   5.2    88| .264  .247| .362  .318| .379  .374| .741  .691| 115  .618 115.9  11.9  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1963 26 CHW AL  3B    9     10   11    1    1  .955  .946  2.33  2.84  2.42  3.02    8   78.0
                 2B    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .976  2.00  4.70  2.77  5.05    2   13.0
 1964 27 CHW AL  2B   92    196  198   13   60  .968  .980  4.28  4.54  4.97  5.17   85  713.3
                 3B   37     30   63    3    5  .969  .955  2.51  2.76  3.74  3.03   22  224.0
 1965 28 CHW AL  2B  139    326  357   13   93  .981  .978  4.91  4.38  5.56  5.07  128 1105.3
                 3B   41     13   59    1    9  .986  .960  1.76  2.87  3.59  3.13   15  180.3
 1966 29 CHW AL  3B  133     98  301   26   24  .939  .954  3.00  2.80  3.27  3.03  121 1096.7
                 2B   37     88   81    8   18  .955  .975  4.57  4.38  5.63  5.09   31  270.0
                 OF   11     13    1    0    0 1.000  .979  1.27  1.82  2.11  2.10    6   59.7
                 LF    8      9    1    0    0 1.000  .980  1.25  1.45  2.27  1.84    4   39.7
                 RF    3      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  1.70  1.35  1.93    2   20.0
 1967 30 CHW AL  3B  121     95  250   19   16  .948  .955  2.85  2.72  3.38  3.13   94  918.0
                 2B   51    102   99    8   30  .962  .979  3.94  4.19  5.52  4.95   39  328.0
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.40  1.29  1.93    1    7.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  OF   65    130    4    0    0 1.000  .981  2.06  1.80  2.36  2.08   66  510.7
                 2B   58    109  107    8   22  .964  .977  3.72  4.34  5.26  5.11   37  369.3
                 CF   42     84    1    0    0 1.000  .986  2.02  2.25  2.58  2.53   42  296.0
                 LF   27     45    2    0    0 1.000  .977  1.74  1.45  2.11  1.85   22  200.7
                 RF    2      5    1    0    0 1.000  .984  3.00  1.55  3.86  1.86    2   14.0
                 3B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.65  0.00  3.04    1    8.0
 1969 32 BAL AL  LF  128    225    7    4    1  .983  .978  1.81  1.60  1.86  1.99  128 1121.7
                 2B   10     22   21    2    2  .956  .975  4.30  4.58  5.53  5.21    8   70.0
                 3B    6      5   10    0    2 1.000  .955  2.50  2.73  4.09  3.16    3   33.0
 1970 33 BAL AL  LF  129    220   10    2    2  .991  .978  1.78  1.48  1.85  1.81  125 1117.7
                 2B    3      2    4    1    0  .857  .984  2.00  4.63  3.60  5.34    1   15.0
                 3B    3      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  1.00  2.67  1.08  3.06    2   25.0
 1971 34 BAL AL  LF  115    215    5    3    0  .987  .981  1.91  1.60  2.00  1.93  113  988.7 AS
 1972 35 BAL AL  LF  105    173    7    2    1  .989  .980  1.71  1.53  1.79  1.89  101  903.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1963 26 CHW AL  2B    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .976  2.00  4.70  2.77  5.05    2   13.0
 1964 27 CHW AL  2B   92    196  198   13   60  .968  .980  4.28  4.54  4.97  5.17   85  713.3
 1965 28 CHW AL  2B  139    326  357   13   93  .981  .978  4.91  4.38  5.56  5.07  128 1105.3
 1966 29 CHW AL  2B   37     88   81    8   18  .955  .975  4.57  4.38  5.63  5.09   31  270.0
 1967 30 CHW AL  2B   51    102   99    8   30  .962  .979  3.94  4.19  5.52  4.95   39  328.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  2B   58    109  107    8   22  .964  .977  3.72  4.34  5.26  5.11   37  369.3
 1969 32 BAL AL  2B   10     22   21    2    2  .956  .975  4.30  4.58  5.53  5.21    8   70.0
 1970 33 BAL AL  2B    3      2    4    1    0  .857  .984  2.00  4.63  3.60  5.34    1   15.0

 1963 26 CHW AL  3B    9     10   11    1    1  .955  .946  2.33  2.84  2.42  3.02    8   78.0
 1964 27 CHW AL  3B   37     30   63    3    5  .969  .955  2.51  2.76  3.74  3.03   22  224.0
 1965 28 CHW AL  3B   41     13   59    1    9  .986  .960  1.76  2.87  3.59  3.13   15  180.3
 1966 29 CHW AL  3B  133     98  301   26   24  .939  .954  3.00  2.80  3.27  3.03  121 1096.7
 1967 30 CHW AL  3B  121     95  250   19   16  .948  .955  2.85  2.72  3.38  3.13   94  918.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  3B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.65  0.00  3.04    1    8.0
 1969 32 BAL AL  3B    6      5   10    0    2 1.000  .955  2.50  2.73  4.09  3.16    3   33.0
 1970 33 BAL AL  3B    3      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  1.00  2.67  1.08  3.06    2   25.0

 1968 31 BAL AL  CF   42     84    1    0    0 1.000  .986  2.02  2.25  2.58  2.53   42  296.0

 1966 29 CHW AL  LF    8      9    1    0    0 1.000  .980  1.25  1.45  2.27  1.84    4   39.7
 1967 30 CHW AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.40  1.29  1.93    1    7.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  LF   27     45    2    0    0 1.000  .977  1.74  1.45  2.11  1.85   22  200.7
 1969 32 BAL AL  LF  128    225    7    4    1  .983  .978  1.81  1.60  1.86  1.99  128 1121.7
 1970 33 BAL AL  LF  129    220   10    2    2  .991  .978  1.78  1.48  1.85  1.81  125 1117.7
 1971 34 BAL AL  LF  115    215    5    3    0  .987  .981  1.91  1.60  2.00  1.93  113  988.7
 1972 35 BAL AL  LF  105    173    7    2    1  .989  .980  1.71  1.53  1.79  1.89  101  903.3

 1966 29 CHW AL  OF   11     13    1    0    0 1.000  .979  1.27  1.82  2.11  2.10    6   59.7
 1967 30 CHW AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.80  1.29  2.06    1    7.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  OF   65    130    4    0    0 1.000  .981  2.06  1.80  2.36  2.08   66  510.7
 1969 32 BAL AL  OF  128    228    7    4    1  .983  .978  1.84  1.84  1.89  2.13  128 1121.7
 1970 33 BAL AL  OF  130    221   13    3    3  .987  .980  1.80  1.85  1.88  2.14  125 1117.7
 1971 34 BAL AL  OF  115    217    6    3    0  .987  .982  1.94  1.96  2.03  2.24  113  988.7
 1972 35 BAL AL  OF  105    173    6    2    1  .989  .983  1.70  1.91  1.78  2.22  101  903.3

 1966 29 CHW AL  RF    3      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  1.70  1.35  1.93    2   20.0
 1968 31 BAL AL  RF    2      5    1    0    0 1.000  .984  3.00  1.55  3.86  1.86    2   14.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  OF* 555    983   37   12    5  .988  .981  1.84  1.88  1.95  2.17  540 4708.7  513   42    5#
                 LF* 513    888   32   11    4  .988  .979  1.79  1.54  1.89  1.90  494 4378.7
                 2B* 392    848  868   54  225  .969  .978  4.38  4.40  5.36  5.09  331 2884.0
                 3B* 352    252  696   50   57  .950  .955  2.69  2.77  3.33  3.07  266 2563.0
                 CF*  42     84    1    0    0 1.000  .986  2.02  2.25  2.58  2.53   42  296.0
                 RF*   5      8    1    0    0 1.000  .978  1.80  1.64  2.38  1.91    4   34.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1299   2083 1601  116  287  .969  .973  2.84  2.88  3.26  3.23 1137  10156
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   3  14   3   4  1  0  0   1   3   0  .286  .412  .357   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL NYM     L   5  20   1   2  1  0  1   2   2   4  .100  .182  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
 1970   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   2   7   2   3  0  0  1   3   2   0  .429  .500  .857   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    BAL CIN     W   4  15   3   4  0  0  1   1   3   2  .267  .389  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   ALCS  BAL OAK     W   2   7   1   3  0  1  0   0   2   1  .429  .556  .714   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   6  23   3   6  1  0  2   4   3   3  .261  .346  .565   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   7  28   6  10  1  1  1   4   7   1  .357  .472  .571   0  1   0   1   0 
  3 World Series        1-2  15  58   7  12  2  0  4   7   8   9  .207  .303  .448   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  22  86  13  22  3  1  5  11  15  10  .256  .363  .488   0  1   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   BAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1971 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1965-AL-25-0.01
1968-AL-15-0.04
1970-AL-20-0.04
1971-AL-27-0.01
Car-893-0.10 shares

Batting Average
1965 AL-.283-9
1968 AL-**.282-7
1971 AL-.290-10

On-base %
1965 AL-.358-10
1968 AL-**.367-7
1969 AL-.397-8
1970 AL-.406-6
1971 AL-.413-4

Slugging %
1971 AL-.477-9

OPS
1968 AL-**.804-8
1971 AL-.890-5

Games
1966 AL-163-1

At Bats
1965 AL-586-9
1966 AL-607-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1965 AL-668-8
1966 AL-698-2

Runs
1965 AL-93-4
1966 AL-85-9
1969 AL-99-7
1970 AL-99-6
1971 AL-99-1

Hits
1965 AL-166-6

Doubles
1969 AL-31-6

Triples
1964 AL-6-9
1966 AL-7-9
1967 AL-9-2

Bases on Balls
1966 AL-69-9
1969 AL-96-8
1970 AL-109-5
1971 AL-89-6
1972 AL-69-9

Stolen Bases
1965 AL-17-7
1966 AL-51-2
1967 AL-34-2
1968 AL-27-4

Singles
1965 AL-129-1

Adjusted OPS+
1971 AL-153-3

Runs Created
1965 AL-87-10
1971 AL-97-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1971 AL-36-4

Batting Wins
1971 AL-3.7-4

Times on Base
1965 AL-237-3
1969 AL-262-6
1970 AL-254-9

Offensive Win%
1970 AL-.698-7
1971 AL-.772-2

Hit By Pitch
1970 AL-8-5
1971 AL-7-7

Sac. Hits
1964 AL-8-10
1966 AL-17-1

Sac. Flies
1968 AL-6-5

Intentional Walks
1971 AL-15-2

Caught Stealing
1964 AL-7-3
1965 AL-7-8
1966 AL-22-1
1967 AL-21-1
1968 AL-12-6
1969 AL-18-1
Car-105-93

Power/Speed Number
1966 AL-13.8-6
1968 AL-19.3-1
1970 AL-16.5-10
1971 AL-16.8-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1967 AL-10.5-5

Outs
1966 AL-503-2
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 59 (415) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.8 (789) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1219) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder, and John Matias.

February 2, 1973: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Donald Donnie Donny Alvin dave Don donald Buford

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