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Don Buford
Donald Alvin Buford

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

MLB Debut September 14, 1963
Final Game October 3, 1972
Born February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX (age 87)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 26 CHA AL    8   13    1    3   0   1   0    4   0   0    0    3  .231  .231  .385  .615    86     5   0   0   0   0   1  
 1964 27 CHA AL  129  490   75  128  13   8   6   43  12   6   47   60  .261  .330  .357  .687   101   175  15   1   2   4  18  
 1965 28 CHA AL  156  633   79  169  16   3  10   57  13   4   66   90  .267  .342  .349  .691   102   221   2   2   4   7   5  
 1966 29 CHA AL  161  647   93  175  31   8  11   55  66  17   72   74  .270  .346  .394  .740   112   255   9   1   5   3   6  
 1967 30 CHA AL  151  586   56  123  17   7   1   34  21   9   59   62  .210  .281  .268  .549    83   157   4   2   0   0   3  
 1968 31 BAA AL  114  394   58  118  14   1  16   43  27   8   36   35  .299  .364  .462  .826   128   182   4   2   4   5   3  
 1969 32 BAA AL  156  628   97  163  27   2  10   68  14  12   89   73  .260  .356  .357  .712   102   224   7   4   1   7  14  
 1970 33 BAA AL  152  545   98  144  17   6  14   51  11   5  125   44  .264  .408  .394  .802   109   215   6   3   2   9   5  
 1971 34 BAA AL  137  486  102  149  18   4  29   74  12   5   81   52  .307  .416  .539  .955   138   262   2   1   5  11   3  MVP-10
 1972 35 BAA AL   63   79    7   17   2   0   0    2   0   0    6   21  .215  .279  .241  .520    73    19   1   0   0   1   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     1227 4501  666 1189 155  40  97  431 176  66  581  514  .264  .353  .381  .734        1715  50  16  23  47  58
 Per 600 PA           520   77  137  18   5  11   50  20   8   67   59                                 198   6   2   3   5   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA      622 2132  362  591  78  13  69  238  64  30  337  225  .277  .383  .423  .806         902  20  10  12  33  25
   With CHA      605 2369  304  598  77  27  28  193 112  36  244  289  .252  .325  .343  .668         813  30   6  11  14  33
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1286 4553  718 1203 157  44  93  418 200 105  672  575  .264  .362  .379  .741        1727  47  34  57  41  34
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1963 26 CHA AL   8    0   1.9   4   1   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   4e22     -144   
 1964 27 CHA AL  23   56   3.8   4   2   0  .500  20  112   73  .652    0    0  .000  2B   3e27        2   
 1965 28 CHA AL  39   81   4.6   1   0   0  .000   9   71   47  .662    0    0  .000  3B   3e6       -56   
 1966 29 CHA AL  23   96   5.2   1   1   0 1.000  27   78   39  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e32       68   
 1967 30 CHA AL  33   48   2.7   8   1   0  .125  23   75   34  .453    0    0  .000  3B   3e31      -89   
 1968 31 BAA AL  20   70   6.5  13   3   0  .231   5   42   29  .690    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4     22   
 1969 32 BAA AL  24   82   4.5   1   1   0 1.000   9   47   27  .574    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5   -101   
 1970 33 BAA AL  30  101   6.5   3   0   0  .000  13   72   37  .514    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4    -14   
 1971 34 BAA AL  16  117   9.1  13   6   1  .462   1   59   41  .695    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4     66   
 1972 35 BAA AL  67    5   2.5  32   4   0  .125   0    4    3  .750    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e3    -73   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          661   5.1  80  19   1  .238 107  560  330  .589    0    0  .000                 -17   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 22.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1963 26 CHA AL  3B     3     1     2    0    0  1.000     2    20.2   1.31
 1964 27 CHA AL  2B   120   271   281   19   59   .967   107  1003.2   4.95
                 3B    13     7    25    1    4   .970    12   101.0   2.85
                 SS     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
 1965 28 CHA AL  3B   152   100   361    9   17   .981   147  1338.2   3.10
                 2B     1     3     1    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
 1966 29 CHA AL  3B   160   121   371   27   21   .948   160  1449.2   3.05
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1967 30 CHA AL  3B   140   107   381   23   24   .955   134  1239.0   3.54
                 2B     4     6    10    0    1  1.000     3    22.0   6.55
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.0   0.00
                 SS     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1968 31 BAA AL  LF    93   153     8    1    2   .994    87   766.2   1.89
                 2B    11    25    16    4    4   .911     8    73.2   5.01
                 3B     1     2     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1969 32 BAA AL  LF   118   190     8    3    1   .985   118  1052.1   1.69
                 3B    32    30    54    5    5   .944    32   286.1   2.64
                 2B     6    15    13    1    4   .966     4    44.2   5.64
 1970 33 BAA AL  LF   112   208     8    2    0   .991   106   922.1   2.11
                 2B    40    96    84   11   32   .942    39   329.2   4.91
                 3B     2     1     2    0    1  1.000     0     6.0   4.50
 1971 34 BAA AL  LF   125   229     9    1    1   .996   120  1076.1   1.99
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   1.12
 1972 35 BAA AL  LF    28    22     2    0    0  1.000    10   121.0   1.79
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   503   369  1198   65   72   .960   488  4449.1   3.17
                 LF   480   802    35    7    4   .992   441  3943.2   1.91
                 2B   182   416   405   35  101   .959   162  1481.2   4.99
                 CF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   1.80
                 SS     2     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   3.00
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1963 WS    CHA SFN   L    4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  0
 1966 WS    CHA SFN   W    5  19  2  2  1  0  0   0  2  2  .105  .190  .158  2
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    5  21  2  5  0  1  0   1  0  1  .238  .273  .333  1
      WS    BAA NYN   W    6  22  2  8  1  0  0   3  5  5  .364  .481  .409  2
 1971 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    4  20  1  4  0  0  1   4  0  3  .200  .200  .350  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1963  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
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 1966  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1968  BAA   82-80   Mike Skiffington
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