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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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	8	0	12	4	SS
3	3	Apr 12	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	43	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	2	4	0	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 19	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 21	HOU		PHI	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22	HOU		PHI	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
11	16 (5)	Apr 29	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	29 (11)	May 12	HOU		SFG	L,0-11	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	37 (7)	May 20 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	38	May 21	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
16	39	May 22	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
17	40	May 23	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
18	41	May 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
19	45 (3)	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	46	May 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-6	GF	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
21	47	May 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS	31	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	48	Jun 1	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
23	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-9	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 3B
24	50	Jun 3 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-6	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	51	Jun 3 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-3	GF	16	4.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
26	54 (2)	Jun 7	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
27	56 (1)	Jun 9	HOU		LAD	W,13-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
28	58 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	SS
29	68 (9)	Jun 22 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,16-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
30	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-13	GF	13	3.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
31	74 (4)	Jun 30	HOU		CIN	W,7-3	CG	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	78 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	HOU		PIT	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	81 (2)	Jul 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-10	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
35	87 (5)	Jul 14	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
36	92 (4)	Jul 18	HOU		PHI	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	2	2	2	6	2	SS
				Player went from Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers
37	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
38	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	98	Jul 28	DET		LAA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
40	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	102 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	DET		KCA	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
42	103	Aug 2	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
43	104	Aug 3	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
44	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
45	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	CG	52	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
46	107	Aug 5 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
47	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
48	109	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	110	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
50	112 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
51	113	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
52	114	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
53	115	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
54	116	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
55	117	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	118	Aug 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
57	119	Aug 15	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
58	120	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
59	121	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	122	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
61	128 (5)	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	155 (26)	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							62gm		434.0	92	128	10	230	28