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Buddy
Bradford		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 211
 
Born: July 25, 1944 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 21 PIT NL     3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 3
1967 22 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4
1968 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
1969 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
1970 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 4 4
1971 26 PIT NL     3 3 4 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 4 4
1972 27 PIT NL     3 3 4 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 4 4
1973 28 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 6
1974 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6
1975 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1976 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1977 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1978 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
1979 34 OAK AL $ 407,143   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
1980 35 OAK AL $ 610,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
1981 36 OAK AL $ 610,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 610,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 21 A   137 475 87 133 16 1 28 92 11 4 94 99 .280 .399 .495 .894 96.7  
1967 22 A   137 474 84 132 22 2 28 91 10 4 101 93 .278 .405 .511 .916 100.3  
1968 23 A   137 491 89 130 21 1 32 104 3 5 79 97 .265 .367 .507 .874 91.4  
1969 24 AA   110 399 59 95 25 0 21 68 3 3 54 87 .238 .329 .459 .788 61.5  
    A   26 93 21 33 7 0 10 26 2 0 14 14 .355 .439 .753 1.192 26.8  
1970 25 AA   136 498 73 138 29 3 26 81 8 2 66 111 .277 .362 .504 .866 90.1  
1971 26 AA   136 469 52 104 20 2 19 74 6 8 71 100 .222 .324 .394 .719 63.0  
1972 27 AA   129 457 51 104 30 2 20 64 5 1 63 85 .228 .321 .433 .754 66.6  
1973 28 AA   137 482 72 122 24 2 32 98 1 4 76 84 .253 .355 .510 .865 87.6  
1974 29 PIT NL 35 81 14 24 6 0 0 9 0 0 8 13 .296 .359 .370 .729 11.1 2.4
1975 30 PIT NL 67 146 11 32 3 0 4 16 0 1 13 19 .219 .288 .322 .609 13.3 1.0
1976 31 PIT NL 68 171 22 42 8 2 2 16 0 1 12 23 .246 .297 .351 .648 16.6 1.8
  OAK AL 28 81 7 14 3 2 1 8 0 0 9 17 .173 .256 .296 .552 5.9 0.0
  TOT   96 252 29 56 11 4 3 24 0 1 21 40 .222 .284 .333 .617 22.5 1.8
1977 32 OAK AL 62 131 21 35 6 0 4 17 2 2 15 17 .267 .338 .405 .742 19.0 3.3
1978 33 OAK AL 129 361 39 78 17 2 10 53 0 2 41 66 .216 .301 .357 .658 37.4 4.5
1979 34 OAK AL 97 173 28 31 7 1 8 26 0 1 23 28 .179 .276 .370 .646 17.6 1.5
1980 35 OAK AL 92 230 27 47 7 2 7 35 0 1 26 29 .204 .282 .343 .625 23.2 2.2
1981 36 OAK AL 60 113 10 29 3 1 2 14 1 0 7 16 .257 .298 .354 .652 11.0 2.0
8 Years Sim 638 1487 179 332 60 10 38 194 3 8 154 228 .223 .297 .354 .651 155.2 18.7
5 Years AA 648 2305 307 563 128 9 118 385 23 18 330 467 .244 .344 .461 .805 368.8  
4 Years A 437 1533 281 428 66 4 98 313 26 13 288 303 .279 .397 .519 .917 315.2  
9 Years Minors 1085 3838 588 991 194 13 216 698 49 31 618 770 .258 .366 .484 .850 683.9  
162 Game Average 377 45 84 15 2 9 49 0 2 39 57 .223 .297 .354 .651 39.4  
Career Highs 129 361 39 78 17 4 10 53 2 2 41 66 .296 .359 .405 .742 37.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   731 93 163 27 6 13 75 2 4 68 125 .223 .292 .330 .621 70.6
vs LH   756 86 169 33 4 25 119 1 4 86 103 .224 .302 .377 .679 89.2
Home 315 730 82 169 28 4 20 96 2 3 74 108 .232 .304 .363 .667 82.3
Away 323 757 97 163 32 6 18 98 1 5 80 120 .215 .290 .345 .635 77.5
RISP   360 0 87 15 3 9 137 0 0 37 61 .242 .307 .375 .682 43.3
Pinch Hitting   149 21 35 6 1 6 29 0 0 19 19 .235 .324 .409 .733 20.5
Close/Late   238 32 63 10 2 11 48 0 0 34 34 .265 .355 .462 .817 39.9
Mar/Apr 97 219 31 58 11 2 7 41 0 1 17 32 .265 .313 .429 .742 29.1
May 112 265 30 64 12 2 5 35 0 1 26 38 .242 .311 .358 .669 29.6
June 107 220 25 51 9 0 8 35 1 2 26 35 .232 .313 .382 .695 27.2
July 102 233 26 45 7 1 8 28 0 1 22 28 .193 .270 .335 .605 21.2
August 118 303 39 67 14 3 6 34 1 2 30 61 .221 .292 .347 .638 30.9
Sep/Oct 102 247 28 47 7 2 4 21 1 1 33 34 .190 .286 .283 .570 21.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 29 PIT NL RF 16 13 112.0 30 0 1 0 .968 2.41   0.4
    CF 9 5 48.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.81    
    LF 4 1 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1975 30 PIT NL CF 36 33 276.0 84 2 3 0 .966 2.80   1.0
    RF 10 4 44.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.64    
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1976 31 PIT NL CF 28 23 193.9 50 0 1 0 .980 2.32   0.4
    RF 16 12 105.4 17 1 3 0 .857 1.54   0.0
    LF 11 7 70.6 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.0
  OAK AL CF 11 9 94.4 24 0 1 0 .960 2.29   0.6
    RF 7 5 51.3 9 0 1 0 .900 1.58   0.0
    LF 5 3 34.4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.0
  TOT   CF 39 32 288.3 74 0 2 0 .974 2.31   1.0
      RF 23 17 156.7 26 1 4 0 .871 1.55   0.0
      LF 16 10 105.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
1977 32 OAK AL CF 32 25 210.3 59 0 2 0 .967 2.52   0.9
    LF 11 3 50.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
    RF 3 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 33 OAK AL CF 60 54 466.7 129 2 2 1 .985 2.53   1.9
    RF 48 42 351.0 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    LF 9 6 58.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1979 34 OAK AL CF 40 12 172.0 45 1 7 1 .868 2.41   0.4
    LF 25 6 96.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.84    
    RF 15 8 73.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
1980 35 OAK AL RF 43 37 336.3 78 0 2 0 .975 2.09   0.8
    CF 14 4 59.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 3.47    
    LF 9 0 24.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.74    
1981 36 OAK AL RF 22 14 134.0 24 1 1 0 .962 1.68   0.3
    CF 15 4 55.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.93    
    LF 10 2 35.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
  CF 245 169 1576.0 452 6 17 2 .964 2.62   5.2
  RF 180 137 1229.0 273 4 8 0 .972 2.03   1.5
  LF 86 29 391.7 70 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   514 335 3201.6 796 13 25 3 .970 2.27   6.7
Career Highs   119 102 879.7 220 7 7 1 .991 2.77    
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1966
Injured on 5/14/1972 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/9/1974, off Dennis Bennett (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1975, off Frank Bertaina (COL)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 7/31/1976 (Going to PIT: 3B Graig Nettles, SS Chuck Harrison, C Bill Freehan. Going to OAK: LF Buddy Bradford)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1977: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $407,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $610,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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