DON BUFORD

| Retired | Played: 1960-1972

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 96th in CS
Positions: OF-660, 2B-392, 3B-352
Full Name: Donald Alvin Buford
Born: Feb 2, 1937 (76.110) in Linden,Texas

MLB Debut: Sep 14, 1963 (26.224)

Father of Damon Buford

Speed
83

Contact
69

Patience
83

Batting
65

Power
41

Ht/Wt: 5-8 / 165 Bats/Throws: Both / Right
High School: Dorsey (Los Angeles,CA)
College: USC, Los Angeles City College
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1960 by CHW

Tags: College Hall of Famer || League MVP - Minors || Major League All-Star Game || Switch-hit Homers in Same Game || World Series Champion

TBC Player ID: 9385
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1960	San Diego	PCL	AAA	-	chw	23		-	18	41	6	11	1	0	0	5										.268	.000	.293	293	-	-	12			--	--
1961	Charleston (Sc)	SAL	A	-	chw	24		-	132	496	76	117	18	7	7	27										.236	.000	.343	343	-	-	170			--	--
1961	Lincoln	III	B	-	chw	24		-	120	433	83	125	21	8	7	53										.289	.000	.423	423	-	-	183			--	--
1962	Savannah	Sally	D	-	chw	25		-	111	418	100	135	22	5	6	43										.323	.000	.443	443	-	-	185			--	--
1962	Indianapolis	Amer	AAA	-	chw	25		-	12	27	2	3	1	0	0	1										.111	.000	.148	148	-	-	4			--	--
1963	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	-	chw	26		-	152	613	114	206	41	3	9	53										.336	.000	.457	457	-	-	280			--	--
1963	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	24	chw	26	3b	-	12	42	9	12	1	2	0	5	1	0	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.354	.405	759	10	83	17	48	32	7	5.8	.333
1964	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	24	chw	27	2b-3b	40	135	442	62	116	14	6	4	30	12	7	46	62	5	2	8	3	7	.262	.337	.348	685	107	79	154	504	351	57	4.4	.296
1965	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	7	chw	28	2b-3b	11	155	586	93	166	22	5	10	47	17	7	67	76	4	4	6	5	6	.283	.358	.389	747	143	92	228	668	444	93	5.6	.309
1966	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	7	chw	29	3b	11	163	607	85	148	26	7	8	52	51	22	69	71	3	3	17	2	3	.244	.323	.349	672	158	97	212	698	503	81	4.3	.264
1967	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	7	chw	30	3b-2b	20	156	535	61	129	10	9	4	32	34	21	65	51	1	3	4	4	3	.241	.322	.316	638	134	86	169	609	438	62	3.8	.258
1968	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	31	of-2b	39	130	426	65	120	13	4	15	46	27	12	57	46	4	5	1	6	1	.282	.367	.437	804	104	80	186	494	326	80	6.6	.283
1969	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	32	of	12	144	554	99	161	31	3	11	64	19	18	96	62	5	7	3	5	5	.291	.397	.417	814	139	97	231	663	424	105	6.7	.309
1970	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	33	of	12	144	504	99	137	15	2	17	66	16	8	109	55	8	8	3	5	1	.272	.406	.411	816	129	90	207	629	384	103	7.2	.275
1971	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	34	of	5	122	449	99	130	19	4	19	54	15	7	89	62	7	15	2	2	2	.290	.413	.477	890	113	93	214	549	332	101	8.2	.300
1972	Baltimore	AL	MLB	9	bal	35	of	40	125	408	46	84	6	2	5	22	8	3	69	83	4	10	3	1	5	.206	.326	.267	593	101	81	109	485	336	37	3.0	.246
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MLB Totals (10 years) Career Ranks									1286	4553	718	1203	157	44	93	418	200	105	672	575	41	57	47	34	34	.264	.362	.379	741	1138	88	1727	5347	3570	724.6	5.5	.283
Minor League Totals (4 years)									314	1177	198	337	61	10	16	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.396	682	--	--	466	1177	840	165.4	5.3	.276
AAA Totals (3 years)									182	681	122	220	43	3	9	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.323	.435	758	--	--	296	681	461	115	6.7	.314
A Totals (1 year)									132	496	76	117	18	7	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.236	.343	579	--	--	170	496	379	50.7	3.6	.225
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1963	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	2B	2		5	3	1	1	0		.800	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	9		22	10	11	1	1		.955	--	--
1964	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	2B	92		407	196	198	13	60		.968	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	37		96	30	63	3	5		.969	--	--
1965	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	2B	139		696	326	357	13	93		.981	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	41		73	13	59	1	9		.986	--	--
1966	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	2B	37		177	88	81	8	18		.955	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	133		425	98	301	26	24		.939	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	11		14	13	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
1967	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	2B	51		209	102	99	8	30		.962	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	121		364	95	250	19	16		.948	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1968	Baltimore	AL	MLB	2B	58		224	109	107	8	22		.964	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	3B	2		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	65		134	130	4	0	0		1.000	--	--
1969	Baltimore	AL	MLB	2B	10		45	22	21	2	2		.956	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	3B	6		15	5	10	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	128		239	228	7	4	1		.983	--	--
1970	Baltimore	AL	MLB	2B	3		7	2	4	1	0		.857	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	3B	3		3	1	2	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	130		237	221	13	3	3		.987	--	--
1971	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	115		226	217	6	3	0		.987	--	--
1972	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	105		181	173	6	2	1		.989	--	--
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	OF	105		181	173	6	2	1	903	.989	1.70	1.78
Major League Totals:				2B	392	0	1770	848	868	54	225	0	.969	4.38
				3B	352	0	998	252	696	50	57	0	.950	2.69
				OF	660	0	1213	1156	43	14	6	903	.988	1.82	0.00

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