Don Buford

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX us

High School: Susan Miller Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1963 (Age 26-224d, 12,165th in major league history)
vs. WSA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 35-244d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Don Alvin Buford

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Relatives: Father of Damon Buford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.2

4553

1203

.264

718

RBI

418

200

OBP

.362

SLG

.379

OPS

.741

OPS+

115

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

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	BAL		WSA	L,0-4	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 2B
4	4	Apr 12	BAL		WSA	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	7 (1)	Apr 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	34	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
8	9	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-0	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	12	Apr 19	BAL	@	WSA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	13	Apr 20 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	15 (1)	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	16	Apr 22	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	17	Apr 23	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	18	Apr 24	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	19	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	20	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
19	21	Apr 27 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	23 (1)	Apr 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	24	May 1	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	25	May 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
23	26	May 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	27	May 4 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	29 (1)	May 6	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
26	30	May 7	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	31	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
28	32	May 10	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	33	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	34	May 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	41 (6)	May 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	42	May 22	BAL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	43	May 23	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	44	May 24	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	45	May 25	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	46	May 27	BAL	@	SEP	L,1-8	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 2B
37	47	May 28	BAL	@	SEP	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	48	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	49	May 31	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	50	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-1	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	53	Jun 6	BAL		SEP	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
44	54	Jun 7	BAL		SEP	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	55	Jun 8	BAL		SEP	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	56	Jun 10	BAL		CAL	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	57	Jun 11	BAL		CAL	L,5-7	CG	59	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	58	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	59	Jun 14	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
50	61 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,13-2	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 3B
51	62	Jun 17	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	63	Jun 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	64	Jun 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	65	Jun 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
55	66	Jun 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	20	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	67	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	68	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	70 (1)	Jun 23	BAL		WSA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
59	71	Jun 24	BAL		WSA	W,6-3	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	72	Jun 25	BAL		WSA	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
61	73	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	74	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	76 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	77	Jul 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	78	Jul 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
66	80 (1)	Jul 5	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	81	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	83 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
69	84	Jul 9	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	85	Jul 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	86	Jul 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	88 (1)	Jul 12	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	89	Jul 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
74	90	Jul 15	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	91	Jul 16 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	93 (1)	Jul 17	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 2B
77	94	Jul 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	95	Jul 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	96	Jul 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
80	97	Jul 24	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
81	98	Jul 25	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
82	99	Jul 26	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	100	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,17-0	GS	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 3B
84	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
86	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	105	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	106	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	107	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	108	Aug 5	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	109	Aug 6	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	110	Aug 7	BAL		KCR	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	111	Aug 8	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	112	Aug 9	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
96	113	Aug 10	BAL		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	114	Aug 11	BAL		OAK	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	115	Aug 12	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
99	116	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
100	117	Aug 15	BAL	@	SEP	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	118	Aug 16	BAL	@	SEP	W,15-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	119	Aug 17	BAL	@	SEP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	121 (1)	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
104	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	123	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	125	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	126	Aug 24 (1)	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	127	Aug 24 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	L,8-9	GS	64	16.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
110	128	Aug 26	BAL		SEP	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	129	Aug 27	BAL		SEP	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	130	Aug 28	BAL		SEP	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
113	131	Aug 29 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	132	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
115	133	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
116	134	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	135	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	136	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	137	Sep 4	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	138	Sep 5	BAL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
121	139	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
122	140	Sep 7	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	54	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	141	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
124	142	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	143	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	144	Sep 11	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	145	Sep 12	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	147 (1)	Sep 14	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
129	151 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
130	152	Sep 19	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
131	153	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
132	154	Sep 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
133	155	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	157	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	159 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	160	Sep 29	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
138	161	Sep 30	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
139	162	Oct 1	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							144gm		1224.2	252	38	6	296	5