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Don Buddin	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 11'' Weight: 188   Born: May 5, 1934 in Usa, SC, TURBEVILLE

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
1956	22	CLE	AL					4	4	4	4	3	4	7	6	6	10	9	10	6	5	5
1957	23	CLE	AL					4	4	5	4	4	4	7	6	7	10	9	10	6	5	6
1958	24	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	5	4	5	7	7	7	10	9	10	6	5	5
1959	25	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	5	4	5	8	7	7	10	10	10	6	5	5
1960	26	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	6	5	5	5	8	7	8	10	10	10	6	5	5
1961	27	CLE	AL	$ 576,429				5	5	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	5
1962	28	BRK	NL	$ 1,152,857				5	5	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	6
1963	29	BRK	NL	$ 1,774,286				5	5	6	6	5	5	9	8	8	10	10	10	6	6	6
1964	30	SDP	NL	$ 3,630,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	9	8	9	10	10	10	6	6	6
1965	31	SDP	NL	$ 3,630,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	9	8	9	10	9	10	6	5	6
1966	32	KCR	AL	$ 3,630,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	9	8	9	10	10	10	6	5	6
1967	33	SDP	NL	$ 2,000,000				5	5	5	6	6	6	9	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	5
1968	34	SDP	NL	$ 2,000,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	9	8	8	10	9	10	6	5	6
1969	35	SDP	NL	$ 2,000,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	8	8	8	10	8	9	6	5	6
1970	36	COL	NL					4	4	5	6	5	5	8	8	8	10	8	9	6	5	5
1971	37	BSN	NL	$ 820,000				2	2	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	8	7	7	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	8	7	7	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 3,630,000				5	5	6	6	6	6	9	8	9	10	10	10	6	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
1956	22	AA		55	201	33	49	7	0	12	32	4	1	44	38	.244	.380	.458	.837	38.1
		A		81	262	44	70	11	2	7	26	3	4	87	42	.267	.450	.405	.854	55.5
1957	23	AAA		55	173	25	42	7	1	10	33	2	2	33	28	.243	.364	.468	.832	30.8
		AA		81	285	41	77	14	3	10	45	2	3	69	51	.270	.412	.446	.858	55.5
1958	24	CLE	AL	153	487	57	122	29	2	9	68	0	1	66	117	.251	.342	.374	.715	63.7	10.8
1959	25	CLE	AL	138	382	55	87	19	1	15	52	0	0	64	97	.228	.338	.401	.738	54.2	9.6
1960	26	CLE	AL	71	85	15	22	6	0	3	7	0	0	11	21	.259	.344	.435	.779	11.9	2.5
1961	27	CLE	AL	119	178	26	41	9	0	6	28	0	0	31	54	.230	.354	.382	.736	25.9	5.0
1962	28	BRK	NL	121	302	37	66	12	4	11	48	0	0	50	81	.219	.331	.394	.725	39.8	6.2
1963	29	BRK	NL	124	279	24	59	9	1	2	22	1	2	53	74	.211	.339	.272	.612	30.0	3.3
1964	30	SDP	NL	65	180	25	49	17	2	1	18	0	0	29	39	.272	.373	.406	.778	27.7	5.6
		AAA		54	202	28	51	9	3	5	27	1	4	44	38	.252	.386	.401	.787	33.2
1965	31	SDP	NL	100	263	36	53	10	2	3	21	0	2	46	61	.202	.321	.289	.610	27.5	2.9
1966	32	KCR	AL	80	168	25	45	12	1	5	22	0	0	30	50	.268	.379	.440	.819	28.2	5.9
1967	33	SDP	NL	87	156	14	27	3	0	2	13	0	0	18	43	.173	.257	.231	.488	10.0	0.0
1968	34	SDP	NL	118	373	65	92	17	0	17	51	2	0	56	78	.247	.343	.429	.772	57.4	13.1
1969	35	SDP	NL	147	503	68	115	21	4	12	42	4	0	71	115	.229	.326	.358	.684	61.7	10.6
1970	36	COL	NL	25	104	12	24	4	1	3	9	0	0	11	18	.231	.304	.375	.679	12.3	2.2
1971	37	BSN	NL	144	444	45	78	23	1	10	52	0	0	59	118	.176	.272	.300	.571	39.1	2.4
14 Years Sim				1492	3904	504	880	191	19	99	453	7	5	595	966	.225	.329	.360	.689	489.4	80.1
2 Years AAA				109	375	53	93	16	4	15	60	3	6	77	66	.248	.380	.432	.812	64.0
2 Years AA				136	486	74	126	21	3	22	77	6	4	113	89	.259	.401	.451	.851	93.6
1 Years A				81	262	44	70	11	2	7	26	3	4	87	42	.267	.450	.405	.855	55.5
5 Years Minors				326	1123	171	289	48	9	44	163	12	14	277	197	.257	.406	.434	.840	213.1
162 Game Average					423	54	95	20	2	10	49	0	0	64	104	.225	.329	.360	.689	53.1
Career Highs				153	503	68	122	29	4	17	68	4	2	71	118	.272	.379	.440	.819	63.7

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		2010	259	441	101	7	43	218	1	0	274	501	.219	.314	.341	.654	229.6
vs LH		1894	245	439	90	12	56	235	6	5	321	465	.232	.344	.381	.725	267.4
Home	754	1927	248	428	80	10	57	225	4	1	278	508	.222	.321	.363	.684	241.6
Away	738	1977	256	452	111	9	42	228	3	4	317	458	.229	.336	.358	.693	255.4
RISP		918	0	208	41	7	26	337	0	0	138	239	.227	.323	.371	.694	120.0
Pinch Hitting		273	28	54	14	0	5	46	0	0	42	67	.198	.302	.304	.606	28.0
Close/Late		537	50	113	19	2	12	65	0	0	81	131	.210	.314	.320	.634	59.9
Mar/Apr	271	768	92	163	31	6	20	87	2	1	119	200	.212	.319	.346	.666	92.8
May	226	600	69	128	29	3	13	69	2	0	86	148	.213	.311	.337	.648	68.5
June	247	638	77	148	36	5	14	85	0	1	88	153	.232	.325	.370	.695	80.3
July	224	577	69	135	36	1	8	47	2	0	105	145	.234	.353	.341	.695	77.1
August	261	691	104	152	27	1	19	73	1	1	101	175	.220	.319	.344	.663	82.8
Sep/Oct	263	630	93	154	32	3	25	92	0	2	96	145	.244	.348	.424	.772	95.5

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
1958	24	CLE	AL	2B	144	141	1205.0	287	492	40	93	.951	5.82					2.5
				SS	7	7	60.0	9	22	1	6	.969	4.65					0.2
				3B	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
1959	25	CLE	AL	SS	130	114	1012.7	156	424	31	84	.949	5.15					3.1
1960	26	CLE	AL	SS	22	7	89.3	12	31	1	5	.977	4.33					0.3
				2B	22	5	75.0	16	29	3	5	.938	5.40					0.4
1961	27	CLE	AL	SS	54	14	199.0	39	78	2	13	.983	5.29					1.4
				2B	23	17	152.0	24	46	5	12	.933	4.14					0.3
1962	28	BRK	NL	SS	88	70	652.3	132	273	20	79	.953	5.59					4.6
				RF	3	3	26.3	7	0	1	0	.875	2.39					0.1
				1B	2	2	17.0	21	0	0	3	1.000	11.12					0.0
				2B	3	0	8.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.38					0.0
				CF	2	0	7.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.52
1963	29	BRK	NL	SS	77	55	521.7	98	209	11	47	.965	5.30					2.8
				2B	22	0	43.7	11	22	4	4	.892	6.80					0.2
				1B	5	5	43.7	53	3	1	7	.982	11.54					0.1
1964	30	SDP	NL	SS	29	26	214.3	31	79	7	14	.940	4.62					0.8
				LF	23	21	183.7	51	1	2	0	.963	2.55					0.6
				2B	9	4	44.7	11	13	0	4	1.000	4.84					0.2
1965	31	SDP	NL	SS	63	55	486.7	65	194	13	35	.952	4.79					1.8
				2B	16	14	132.0	35	46	3	13	.964	5.52					0.6
				LF	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
				1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1966	32	KCR	AL	SS	27	15	179.3	15	59	2	10	.974	3.71					0.9
				2B	26	11	149.7	38	58	4	17	.960	5.77					1.1
				3B	12	11	104.0	2	19	1	0	.955	1.82					0.3
				1B	1	0	3.0	3	2	0	1	1.000	15.00					0.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1967	33	SDP	NL	SS	64	37	372.3	63	145	9	28	.959	5.03					1.4
				2B	4	0	8.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				LF	3	0	5.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.69					0.0
1968	34	SDP	NL	SS	107	89	822.3	112	291	26	57	.939	4.41					3.3
				2B	4	0	9.0	1	3	1	1	.800	4.00					0.0
1969	35	SDP	NL	SS	79	75	648.7	94	256	24	62	.936	4.86					1.6
				2B	23	23	202.7	55	77	4	22	.971	5.86					0.7
				LF	5	3	29.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.17					0.0
				3B	1	1	8.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.38					0.0
1971	37	BSN	NL	2B	132	127	1092.3	248	455	26	108	.964	5.79					3.4
				SS	7	3	30.0	2	16	0	3	1.000	5.40					0.2
				LF	5	2	22.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.64					0.0
				SS	754	567	5288.6	828	2077	147	443	.952	4.94					22.5
				2B	428	342	3122.0	729	1245	90	279	.956	5.69					9.3
				LF	39	26	247.0	65	1	2	0	.971	2.40					0.7
				3B	14	12	115.0	3	22	1	0	.962	1.96					0.3
				1B	9	7	64.7	77	5	1	11	.988	11.41					0.1
				RF	3	3	26.3	7	0	1	0	.875	2.39					0.1
				CF	2	0	7.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.52
Career Totals					1249	957	8871.2	1712	3350	242	733	.954	5.14					33.0
Career Highs					152	148	1268.0	296	515	41	111	.966	5.85

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
1960	26	CLE	AL	10	18	1	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	5	.278	.364	.611	.975
1964	30	SDP	NL	5	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.105	.150	.105	.255
1965	31	SDP	NL	4	10	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.500	.700
1966	32	KCR	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1967	33	SDP	NL	7	29	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	6	.138	.194	.276	.469
1968	34	SDP	NL	7	24	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	5	.250	.333	.375	.708
Career Post-Season Batting				37	103	7	19	2	1	4	13	0	0	10	25	.184	.250	.340	.590

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.

Walks 1969-9-71 Strikeouts 1958-9-117 1971-10-118

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1956

Injured on 8/8/1956 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week

Had first career hit on 4/2/1958, off Don Drysdale (NYA)

Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1958, off Bob Chakales (DET)

Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/27/1958

2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $576,429 through salary arbitration

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,152,857 through salary arbitration

Traded from Cleveland (A) to Brooklyn on 2/21/1962 (Going to BRK: 2B Don Buddin, 2B Jim Finigan. Going to CLE: P Jack Urban)

2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,774,286 through salary arbitration

9/22/1963: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,630,000 per year, for 3 years

Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 2/21/1964 (Going to SDP: CF Bob Allison, RF George Alusik, SS Don Buddin, P Seth Morehead. Going to BRK: 3B Woody Woodward, P Ryne Duren)

Injured on 5/3/1964 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks

Injured on 7/11/1964 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks

Injured on 5/10/1965 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks

Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 3/3/1966 (Going to KCR: SS Don Buddin, P Gary Wagner. Going to SDP: CF Jim Hickman)

Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/8/1967 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/10/1970 to a 2-year deal worth $1,845,978 per year

Released by Colorado on 5/1/1970

Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1971 to a 2-year deal worth $820,000 per year

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