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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	48	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	17	May 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
3	18	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
4	19	May 8	BOS	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
5	20	May 9	BOS	@	LAA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	0	1	2	3	0	SS
6	25 (4)	May 14 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
7	26	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	27	May 16	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	28	May 17	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
10	29	May 18	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
11	30	May 20	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	SS
12	31	May 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
13	32	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	33	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
15	34	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	5	0	8	2	SS
16	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
17	36	May 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	SS
18	37	May 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
19	38	May 29	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
20	39	May 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
21	40	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	41	Jun 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
23	42	Jun 2	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	43	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
25	44	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	45	Jun 5 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
27	46	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
28	47	Jun 6	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
29	48	Jun 7	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
30	49	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
31	50	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		LAA	T,4-4	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
32	51	Jun 9 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
33	52	Jun 9 (2)	BOS		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	53	Jun 10	BOS		LAA	L,5-10	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	54	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	SS
36	55	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		MIN	L,5-10	GS	31	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
37	56	Jun 12	BOS		MIN	W,10-8	CG	52	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
38	57	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
39	58	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
40	59	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
41	60	Jun 16	BOS		WSA	W,14-9	CG	50	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
42	61	Jun 17	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	62	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		WSA	W,13-12	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
44	63	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
45	64	Jun 20	BOS	@	LAA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
46	65	Jun 21	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
48	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
49	68	Jun 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
50	69	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
51	70	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	71	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	72	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
54	73	Jun 28	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
55	74	Jun 29	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	75	Jun 30	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	76	Jul 1	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	77	Jul 2	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	49	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
59	78	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	79	Jul 4	BOS	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
61	80	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
62	81	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
63	82	Jul 6	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
64	83	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
65	84	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
66	85	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
67	86	Jul 9 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
68	87	Jul 13	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	3	SS
69	88	Jul 14	BOS		BAL	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	89	Jul 15	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
71	90	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	SS
72	91	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
73	92	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
74	93	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
75	94	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	24	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
76	95	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	96	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	45	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
78	97	Jul 21	BOS		NYY	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
79	98	Jul 22	BOS		NYY	L,9-11	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	99	Jul 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
81	100	Jul 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	101	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
83	102	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
84	103	Jul 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
85	104	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
86	105	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
87	106	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	107	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	108	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		LAA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	109	Aug 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
91	110	Aug 4	BOS		KCA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	111	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
93	112	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
94	113	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
95	114	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
96	115	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
97	116	Aug 8	BOS		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
98	117	Aug 9	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
99	118	Aug 10	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
100	119	Aug 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
101	120	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
102	121	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
103	122	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
104	123	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
105	124	Aug 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	38	10.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
106	125	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
107	126	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
108	127	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
109	137 (9)	Aug 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
							109gm		937.0	204	294	23	521	70