Don Buford was born on Tuesday, February 2, 1937, in Linden, Texas. Buford was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1963, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Buford baseball stats page.
Don Buford Autograph on a 1970 Topps Baseball Card (#428 |
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Don Buford Don Buford Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Don Buford Don Buford Hitting Stats |
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Yr | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1963 | 26 | White Sox | 12 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .354 | .405 |
1964 | 27 | White Sox | 135 | 442 | 62 | 116 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 46 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .262 | .337 | .348 |
1965 | 28 | White Sox | 155 | 586 | 93 | 166 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 67 | 4 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .283 | .358 | .389 |
1966 | 29 | White Sox | 163 | 607 | 85 | 148 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 69 | 3 | 71 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .244 | .323 | .349 |
1967 | 30 | White Sox | 156 | 535 | 61 | 129 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 65 | 3 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .241 | .322 | .316 |
1968 | 31 | Orioles | 130 | 426 | 65 | 120 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 46 | 57 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .282 | .367 | .437 |
1969 | 32 | Orioles | 144 | 554 | 99 | 161 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 64 | 96 | 7 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .291 | .397 | .417 |
1970 | 33 | Orioles | 144 | 504 | 99 | 137 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 66 | 109 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .272 | .406 | .411 |
1971 | 34 | Orioles | 122 | 449 | 99 | 130 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 54 | 89 | 15 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .290 | .413 | .477 |
1972 | 35 | Orioles | 125 | 408 | 46 | 84 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 69 | 10 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .206 | .326 | .267 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
10 Years | 1,286 | 4,553 | 718 | 1,203 | 157 | 44 | 93 | 3 | 418 | 672 | 57 | 575 | 47 | 34 | 41 | 34 | .264 | .362 | .379 |
Don Buford Don Buford Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1963 White Sox | 2B | 2 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 2.77 |
1963 White Sox | 3B | 9 | 8 | 234 | 22 | 2.4 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 2.42 |
1964 White Sox | 2B | 92 | 85 | 2,140 | 407 | 4.4 | 394 | 196 | 198 | 13 | 60 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 4.97 |
1964 White Sox | 3B | 37 | 22 | 672 | 96 | 2.6 | 93 | 30 | 63 | 3 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 3.74 |
1965 White Sox | 2B | 139 | 128 | 3,316 | 696 | 5.0 | 683 | 326 | 357 | 13 | 93 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 5.56 |
1965 White Sox | 3B | 41 | 15 | 541 | 73 | 1.8 | 72 | 13 | 59 | 1 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 3.59 |
1966 White Sox | 2B | 37 | 31 | 810 | 177 | 4.8 | 169 | 88 | 81 | 8 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 5.63 |
1966 White Sox | 3B | 133 | 121 | 3,290 | 425 | 3.2 | 399 | 98 | 301 | 26 | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 3.27 |
1966 White Sox | LF | 8 | 4 | 119 | 10 | 1.3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.27 |
1966 White Sox | RF | 3 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.35 |
1967 White Sox | 2B | 51 | 39 | 984 | 209 | 4.1 | 201 | 102 | 99 | 8 | 30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 5.52 |
1967 White Sox | 3B | 121 | 94 | 2,754 | 364 | 3.0 | 345 | 95 | 250 | 19 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 3.38 |
1967 White Sox | LF | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
1968 Orioles | 2B | 58 | 37 | 1,108 | 224 | 3.9 | 216 | 109 | 107 | 8 | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 5.26 |
1968 Orioles | 3B | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1968 Orioles | CF | 42 | 42 | 888 | 85 | 2.0 | 85 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.58 |
1968 Orioles | LF | 27 | 22 | 602 | 47 | 1.7 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.11 |
1968 Orioles | RF | 2 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.86 |
1969 Orioles | 2B | 10 | 8 | 210 | 45 | 4.5 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 5.53 |
1969 Orioles | 3B | 6 | 3 | 99 | 15 | 2.5 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.09 |
1969 Orioles | LF | 128 | 128 | 3,365 | 236 | 1.8 | 232 | 225 | 7 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 1.86 |
1970 Orioles | 2B | 3 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 3.60 |
1970 Orioles | 3B | 3 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.08 |
1970 Orioles | LF | 130 | 125 | 3,353 | 232 | 1.8 | 230 | 220 | 10 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 1.85 |
1971 Orioles | LF | 115 | 113 | 2,966 | 223 | 1.9 | 220 | 215 | 5 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 2.00 |
1972 Orioles | LF | 105 | 101 | 2,710 | 182 | 1.7 | 180 | 173 | 7 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 1.79 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
LF Totals | 514 | 494 | 13,136 | 931 | 1.8 | 920 | 888 | 32 | 11 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 1.89 | |
2B Totals | 392 | 331 | 8,652 | 1,770 | 4.5 | 1,716 | 848 | 868 | 54 | 225 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 5.36 | |
3B Totals | 352 | 266 | 7,689 | 998 | 2.8 | 948 | 252 | 696 | 50 | 57 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 3.33 | |
CF Totals | 42 | 42 | 888 | 85 | 2.0 | 85 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.58 | |
RF Totals | 5 | 4 | 102 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.38 | |
10 Years | 1,305 | 1,137 | 30,467 | 3,793 | 2.9 | 3,678 | 2,080 | 1,598 | 115 | 286 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 3.26 |
Don Buford Don Buford Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1963 White Sox | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.0 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1964 White Sox | 12 | 7 | .632 | 13 | 8 | n/a | 110.5 | 7.1 | 14.7 | - | - | - |
1965 White Sox | 17 | 7 | .708 | 9 | 2 | n/a | 58.6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | - | - | - |
1966 White Sox | 51 | 22 | .699 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 75.9 | 8.5 | 11.7 | - | - | - |
1967 White Sox | 34 | 21 | .618 | 6 | 12 | n/a | 133.8 | 10.5 | 16.7 | - | - | - |
1968 Orioles | 27 | 12 | .692 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 28.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
1969 Orioles | 19 | 18 | .514 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 50.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | - | - | - |
1970 Orioles | 16 | 8 | .667 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 29.6 | 9.2 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
1971 Orioles | 15 | 7 | .682 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 23.6 | 7.2 | 8.3 | - | - | - |
1972 Orioles | 8 | 3 | .727 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 81.6 | 4.9 | 18.5 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
10 Years | 200 | 105 | .656 | 105 | 23 | n/a | 49.0 | 7.9 | 10.9 | - | - | - |
Don Buford Don Buford Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team [Click for Roster] | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1963 Chicago White Sox | 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
1964 Chicago White Sox | 24 | $8,000.00 | - | - |
1965 Chicago White Sox | 7 | Undetermined | - | - |
1966 Chicago White Sox | 7 | Undetermined | - | - |
1967 Chicago White Sox | 7 | $20,000.00 | - | - |
1968 Baltimore Orioles | 9 | $22,000.00 | - | - |
1969 Baltimore Orioles | 9 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1970 Baltimore Orioles | 9 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1971 Baltimore Orioles | 9 | Undetermined | Stats | Stats |
1972 Baltimore Orioles | 9 | $60,000.00 | - | - |
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Last-Modified: August 21, 2018 10:52 AM EST