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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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 41 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
BOS	39
HOU	2

Platoon
vs RHP	33
vs LHP	8

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	18

Outs
0	15
1	13
2	13

10 Opps
CHW	10
MIN/WSH	8
KCA	6
NYY	5
CLE	3
DET	3
BAL	3
NYM	1
LAD	1
WSA	1

27 Pitchers
Billy Pierce	4
Early Wynn	3
Art Ditmar	3
Duke Maas	3
Jack Harshman	2
Camilo Pascual	2
Dick Donovan	2
Tex Clevenger	2
Pedro Ramos	2
Jim Bunning	1
Herb Moford	1
Carl Mathias	1
Ray Narleski	1
Cal McLish	1
Ray Moore	1
Ned Garver	1
Joe Moeller	1
Murry Dickson	1
Don Lee	1
Ray Herbert	1
Walt Masterson	1
Jerry Walker	1
Gary Bell	1
Jim Kaat	1
Bob Turley	1
Paul Foytack	1
Jack Fisher	1

10 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	22
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Colt Stad (HOU)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	33
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
12-	4
-2-	3
123	2
1--	2
-23	1
1-3	1

64 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	28
1 on	5
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	13

Inning
1	1
2	7
3	5
4	2
5	4
6	6
7	6
8	3
9	4
Extra	3

1-3	13
4-6	12
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	10
-1	3
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	14
Tied	10
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	40
2B	1

OrderPos
8th	22
1st	17
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1956-05-15	BOS	@	DET	Paul Foytack	behind 2-5	t 7	1	---	1	7	6	0.068	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1956-06-05	BOS		DET	Walt Masterson	behind 8-14	b 9	2	12-	3	8	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Jensen Scores; S. White Scores
3	3	3	1	1956-06-22	BOS	@	KCA	Art Ditmar	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	1--	2	8	6	0.147	96%		Home Run; S. White Scores
4	4	4	1	1956-07-17 (1)	BOS		KCA	Art Ditmar	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	1	8	6	0.028	97%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1956-09-04	BOS	@	WSH	Camilo Pascual	behind 4-6	t 8	0	---	1	1	6	0.118	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1958-05-05	BOS		CLE	Ray Narleski	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	1	6	0.129	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	1958-05-17 (1)	BOS		BAL	Jack Harshman	tied 4-4	b 8	2	12-	3	1	6	0.380	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Jensen Scores; B. Renna Scores
8	8	3	1	1958-05-23	BOS	@	KCA	Duke Maas	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	-2-	2	1	6
9	9	4	1	1958-06-08 (1)	BOS		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	1	6	0.124	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1958-06-18	BOS	@	CHW	Ray Moore	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1-3	3	8	6	0.174	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Malzone Scores; J. Jensen Scores
11	11	6	1	1958-06-21	BOS	@	KCA	Ray Herbert	behind 2-6	t 6	2	-2-	2	8	6
12	12	7	1	1958-07-27	BOS	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	1	8	6	0.114	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	8	1	1958-08-07	BOS		WSH	Tex Clevenger	ahead 6-4	b 4	0	---	1	1	6	0.075	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1958-08-17	BOS		NYY	Art Ditmar	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	---	1	1	6	0.062	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	10	1	1958-09-03	BOS	@	NYY	Murry Dickson	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	6	0.085	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	11	1	1958-09-13	BOS	@	CLE	Cal McLish	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	6	0.124	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1958-09-17 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	Ned Garver	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	6	0.127	73%		Home Run
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1959-05-10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	Jack Harshman	tied 2-2	t 10	1	---	1	8	6	0.386	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	1959-05-14	BOS		CHW	Early Wynn	behind 1-12	b 7	1	---	1	8	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1959-05-18	BOS		DET	Jim Bunning	behind 1-12	b 7	0	---	1	8	6	0.001	0%		Home Run
21	21	4	1	1959-05-23	BOS		WSH	Tex Clevenger	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	1	8	6	0.468	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1959-07-05 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Jack Fisher	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	1	1	6	0.076	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1959-07-11	BOS		NYY	Bob Turley	tied 4-4	b 10	1	123	4	1	6	0.166	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Stephens Scores; F. Malzone Scores; P. Runnels Scores
24	24	7	1	1959-07-14	BOS		CHW	Billy Pierce	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	1	1	6	0.119	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1959-07-21	BOS	@	CHW	Dick Donovan	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	1	6	0.167	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1959-09-07	BOS		NYY	Duke Maas	tied 1-1	b 2	0	12-	3	8	6	0.178	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); F. Malzone Scores; S. White Scores
27	27	10	1	1959-09-27	BOS		WSH	Jim Kaat	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	-23	3	1	4	0.106	91%		Home Run; D. Gile Scores; J. Mahoney Scores
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1960-06-04	BOS	@	NYY	Duke Maas	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	6	0.042	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1960-06-11 (1)	BOS		CHW	Early Wynn	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1960-06-11 (2)	BOS		CHW	Dick Donovan	behind 3-8	b 9	0	---	1	1	6	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	1960-06-19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	Gary Bell	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	8	6	0.085	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	5	1	1960-06-26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	1	8	6	0.124	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	6	1	1960-06-26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Early Wynn	behind 5-20	t 8	1	---	1	8	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1961-06-11 (1)	BOS		MIN	Pedro Ramos	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	6	0.114	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	2	1961-06-11 (1)	BOS		MIN	Pedro Ramos	ahead 4-0	b 6	2	---	1	8	6	0.026	97%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); D. Buddin Scores/unER
36	36	3	1	1961-06-18 (1)	BOS		WSA	Carl Mathias	behind 4-7	b 6	2	---	1	8	6	0.083	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	1961-08-05	BOS		KCA	Jerry Walker	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	8	6	0.186	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Hardy Scores
38	38	5	1	1961-08-07 (1)	BOS		MIN	Don Lee	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	1--	2	8	6	0.134	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Hardy Scores
39	39	6	1	1961-08-08	BOS		MIN	Camilo Pascual	behind 4-6	b 7	2	---	1	8	6	0.126	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1962-04-17	HOU	@	NYM	Herb Moford	tied 2-2	t 11	2	12-	3	8	6	0.484	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Smith Scores; J. Amalfitano Scores
41	41	2	1	1962-06-10 (2)	HOU		LAD	Joe Moeller	behind 1-9	b 6	2	123	4	8	6	0.046	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Browne Scores; C. Warwick Scores; B. Aspromonte Scores

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1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 10 go ahead

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