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Don
Buford		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 2, 1937 in Usa, TX, LINDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968   
All-Star Selections 1964   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 8 8
1964 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8
1965 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 10 7 7 7
1966 29 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 9 7 8 7
1967 30 SEM AL $ 2,442,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 7 8 7
1968 31 SEM AL $ 2,442,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
1969 32 SEM AL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1970 33 BSN NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
1971 34 BSN NL $ 3,200,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5
1972 35 BSN NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
1973 36 BSN NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,200,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 10 10 8 8 8
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
1963 26 SEM AL 158 501 57 120 17 8 12 66 27 11 61 65 .240 .325 .377 .702 65.2 11.5
1964 27 SEM AL 155 549 81 129 23 4 14 73 39 16 83 67 .235 .336 .368 .704 74.5 13.4
1965 28 SEM AL 136 419 46 105 17 4 9 68 25 9 60 49 .251 .345 .375 .720 58.0 12.2
1966 29 SEM AL 128 344 64 94 20 0 8 54 30 11 58 52 .273 .377 .401 .778 55.0 11.1
1967 30 SEM AL 154 508 78 137 16 6 7 69 30 12 77 76 .270 .365 .366 .731 71.5 13.5
1968 31 SEM AL 156 517 75 125 16 9 10 65 31 16 76 84 .242 .342 .366 .708 69.9 14.4
1969 32 SEM AL 138 444 62 96 17 5 4 43 20 16 50 68 .216 .298 .304 .602 40.3 4.2
1970 33 SEM AL 96 301 31 60 5 2 2 22 23 9 35 35 .199 .282 .249 .531 24.2 0.8
    AAA   31 113 17 26 4 0 5 22 4 1 20 13 .230 .346 .398 .744 17.4  
1971 34 BSN NL 133 369 38 68 5 0 5 28 30 8 41 62 .184 .265 .238 .504 26.5 0.1
1972 35 BSN NL 29 39 7 8 3 0 0 4 2 3 3 9 .205 .262 .282 .544 2.2 0.0
    AAA   39 28 6 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 5 .143 .226 .179 .404 1.1  
1973 36 AAA   42 21 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 .190 .292 .190 .482 0.4  
10 Years Sim 1283 3991 539 942 139 38 71 492 257 111 544 567 .236 .329 .343 .672 487.3 81.1
3 Years AAA 112 162 28 34 5 0 5 24 5 4 26 26 .210 .321 .333 .654 19.0  
162 Game Average 503 68 118 17 4 8 62 32 14 68 71 .236 .329 .343 .672 61.5  
Career Highs 158 549 81 137 23 9 14 73 39 16 83 84 .273 .377 .401 .778 74.5  
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   2818 380 676 103 28 54 372 181 77 382 390 .240 .331 .354 .685 358.7
vs LH   1173 159 266 36 10 17 120 76 34 162 177 .227 .322 .318 .640 133.1
Home 642 1916 264 461 60 20 33 248 126 57 270 250 .241 .336 .344 .680 242.1
Away 641 2075 275 481 79 18 38 244 131 54 274 317 .232 .322 .342 .664 249.8
RISP   1059 0 258 43 14 18 404 0 0 158 141 .244 .338 .362 .700 139.8
Pinch Hitting   49 6 13 2 0 1 14 3 2 6 5 .265 .345 .367 .713 6.4
Close/Late   401 57 104 12 4 5 39 0 0 52 55 .259 .345 .347 .692 50.7
Mar/Apr 233 778 102 200 29 4 9 81 62 26 95 110 .257 .339 .339 .679 96.7
May 240 762 97 186 28 7 13 111 48 24 90 99 .244 .325 .350 .676 91.4
June 218 652 93 155 22 8 14 81 45 22 87 98 .238 .329 .360 .690 82.7
July 202 605 92 124 16 4 12 71 34 14 107 79 .205 .324 .304 .628 70.8
August 199 626 73 147 23 8 9 86 31 14 77 93 .235 .319 .340 .660 72.6
Sep/Oct 191 568 82 130 21 7 14 62 37 11 88 88 .229 .332 .364 .697 77.6
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
1963 26 SEM AL 2B 154 152 1308.0 290 594 22 131 .976 6.08   4.6
1964 27 SEM AL 2B 127 127 1126.3 247 468 20 91 .973 5.71   3.3
    3B 24 23 200.3 12 48 0 3 1.000 2.70   0.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1965 28 SEM AL 2B 113 112 964.0 237 415 17 92 .975 6.09   4.4
    3B 18 8 88.7 5 21 1 0 .963 2.64   0.4
1966 29 SEM AL 2B 64 49 448.7 93 180 7 23 .975 5.48   2.3
    3B 56 49 413.0 25 106 9 7 .936 2.85   1.7
    SS 2 1 11.0 2 7 2 4 .818 7.36   0.1
1967 30 SEM AL 2B 102 100 847.3 180 383 6 74 .989 5.98   4.7
    LF 50 49 419.7 67 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.7
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.38   0.0
1968 31 SEM AL 2B 97 96 830.3 147 334 17 56 .966 5.21   3.5
    LF 57 57 449.0 60 1 1 0 .984 1.22   1.0
    3B 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
1969 32 SEM AL 2B 101 96 856.3 180 386 9 73 .984 5.95   4.8
    LF 21 19 158.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.2
    1B 14 14 110.0 129 9 5 8 .965 11.29   0.1
    3B 4 3 29.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.1
1970 33 SEM AL 2B 58 54 459.7 101 214 10 37 .969 6.17   2.5
    3B 39 39 325.0 22 86 9 4 .923 2.99   1.3
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 34 BSN NL 3B 62 54 477.3 29 149 8 13 .957 3.36   2.7
    2B 41 29 262.7 61 115 5 26 .972 6.03   0.9
    LF 25 7 110.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.2
1972 35 BSN NL 2B 15 4 55.0 12 25 1 4 .974 6.05   0.2
    3B 9 4 45.0 2 13 1 1 .938 3.00   0.1
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 2 1 1 .800 9.00   0.0
  2B 872 819 7158.3 1548 3114 114 607 .976 5.86   31.4
  3B 222 180 1597.3 102 431 29 28 .948 3.00   7.1
  LF 158 132 1144.0 177 1 1 0 .994 1.40   2.1
  1B 14 14 110.0 129 9 5 8 .965 11.29   0.1
  SS 5 1 18.0 4 12 3 5 .842 8.00   0.1
Career Totals   1271 1146 10027.6 1960 3567 152 648 .973 4.96   40.8
Career Highs   160 153 1329.7 336 594 22 131 .989 6.08    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 28 SEM AL 10 12 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 .333 .467 .667 1.133
1966 29 SEM AL 15 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 4 .115 .303 .115 .418
1967 30 SEM AL 7 21 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 .095 .208 .190 .399
1968 31 SEM AL 16 57 6 22 7 0 1 11 5 1 7 10 .386 .453 .561 1.015
1969 32 SEM AL 7 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 .000 .174 .000 .174
Career Post-Season Batting 55 135 13 31 8 1 2 14 9 6 24 24 .230 .346 .348 .694
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1963-3-158
1964-9-155
1968-9-156
 Triples
1963-2-8
1967-9-6
1968-3-9
1969-8-5
 Stolen Bases
1963-7-27
1964-2-39
1965-8-25
1966-6-30
1967-6-30
1968-7-31
1971-2-30
 Caught Stealing
1963-8-11
1964-2-16
1966-7-11
1967-8-12
1968-4-16
1969-5-16
1971-8-8
 Walks
1964-4-83
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Toby Harrah (949)
  2. Bill Sorrell (924)
  3. Dee Moore (922)
  4. Dick Williams (920)
  5. Tony Taylor (917)
  6. Frankie Zak (905)
  7. Jose Pagan (901)
  8. Al Smith (900)
  9. Ron Dunn (895)
  10. Roger Repoz (894)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Seattle in 1963
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1963, off Gus Keriazakos (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1963, off Ralph Terry (CLE)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Oakland on 5/11/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1965, hitting .550 with 0 HR, 14 RBI
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 7/31/1970 (Going to BSN: 2B Don Buford. Going to SEM: P Dick Lines)
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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