Nickname:
Bats: B
Throws: R
Born: 02-02-1937
Birthplace: Linden, TX, USA
Career Positions Played: 2B,3B,LF,RF,CF
All-Star: 1971
Height: 5 ft., 8 in. Weight: 165 lbs.
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NSB Total Offensive Rank: 627 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1963 CHI:A 4,5 26 12 48 42 12 9 1 2 0 5 9 .286 .247 .354 .405 5 0 7 0 1 0 1963 CHI:A
1964 CHI:A 4,5 27 135 504 442 116 92 14 6 4 30 62 .262 .247 .337 .348 46 2 64 8 3 5 1964 CHI:A
1965 CHI:A 4,5 28 155 668 586 166 129 22 5 10 47 93 .283 .242 .358 .389 67 4 76 6 5 4 1965 CHI:A
1966 CHI:A 4,5,7,9 29 163 699 607 148 107 26 7 8 52 85 .244 .240 .323 .349 69 3 70 18 2 3 1966 CHI:A
1967 CHI:A 4,5,7 30 156 609 535 129 106 10 9 4 32 61 .241 .236 .322 .316 65 3 51 4 4 1 1967 CHI:A
1968 BAL:A 4,5,7,8,9 31 130 494 426 120 88 13 4 15 46 65 .282 .230 .372 .437 57 5 46 1 6 4 1968 BAL:A
1969 BAL:A 4,5,7 32 144 663 554 161 116 31 3 11 64 99 .291 .246 .397 .417 96 7 62 3 5 5 1969 BAL:A
1970 BAL:A 4,5,7 33 144 629 504 137 103 15 2 17 66 99 .272 .250 .406 .411 109 8 55 3 5 8 1970 BAL:A
1971 BAL:A 7 34 122 549 449 130 88 19 4 19 54 99 .290 .247 .415 .477 89 15 62 2 2 7 1971 BAL:A
1972 BAL:A 7 35 125 485 408 84 71 6 2 5 22 46 .206 .239 .326 .267 69 10 84 3 1 4 1972 BAL:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1963 CHI:A 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .00 .33 0 0 0 0 17 33 16 7 1 2.29 2 12 1963 CHI:A
1964 CHI:A 27 12 7 2 0 1 0 .13 .02 .53 .73 3 0 0 0 154 351 153 117 6 1.31 7 100 1964 CHI:A
1965 CHI:A 28 17 8 0 1 2 0 .12 .01 .46 .68 7 0 1 0 228 445 182 163 13 1.12 6 115 1965 CHI:A
1966 CHI:A 29 51 22 4 3 2 3 .36 .06 .64 .71 7 1 0 0 212 504 205 189 21 1.08 3 132 1966 CHI:A
1967 CHI:A 30 34 23 0 4 1 1 .29 .03 .52 .83 8 0 1 1 169 441 182 185 4 .98 4 95 1967 CHI:A
1968 BAL:A 31 27 12 4 0 0 1 .23 .03 .46 .42 5 0 2 1 186 327 129 140 5 .92 1 50 1968 BAL:A
1969 BAL:A 32 19 18 0 0 0 1 .18 .00 .34 .74 5 0 2 0 231 423 187 144 15 1.30 4 87 1969 BAL:A
1970 BAL:A 33 16 8 0 0 1 0 .12 .00 .28 .67 10 0 1 1 207 384 133 172 17 .77 1 89 1970 BAL:A
1971 BAL:A 34 15 7 0 2 0 0 .11 .01 .35 .87 8 0 2 0 214 332 113 142 10 .80 2 81 1971 BAL:A
1972 BAL:A 35 8 3 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .24 .74 4 0 0 0 109 336 105 135 5 .78 5 59 1972 BAL:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1963 CHI:A 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1964 CHI:A 27 10 1 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .100
1965 CHI:A 28 7 1 1 0 0 2 2 .143 .286
1966 CHI:A 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1967 CHI:A 30 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .250
1968 BAL:A 31 20 6 1 0 2 2 2 .300 .650
1969 BAL:A 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200
1970 BAL:A 33 10 2 0 0 0 4 1 .200 .200
1971 BAL:A 34 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .500
1972 BAL:A 35 19 2 0 0 1 5 12 .105 .263
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1963 CHI:A 26 17 3 0 0 0 4 3 .176 .176 25 9 1 2 0 1 4 .360 .560 1963 CHI:A
1964 CHI:A 27 211 50 8 2 2 22 34 .237 .322 231 66 6 4 2 24 30 .286 .372 1964 CHI:A
1965 CHI:A 28 289 82 7 4 5 31 38 .284 .388 297 84 15 1 5 36 38 .283 .391 1965 CHI:A
1966 CHI:A 29 285 65 10 4 2 40 33 .228 .312 322 83 16 3 6 29 37 .258 .382 1966 CHI:A
1967 CHI:A 30 254 50 4 2 1 34 26 .197 .240 281 79 6 7 3 31 25 .281 .384 1967 CHI:A
1968 BAL:A 31 203 58 7 2 6 25 17 .286 .429 223 62 6 2 9 32 29 .278 .444 1968 BAL:A
1969 BAL:A 32 268 75 15 2 3 65 28 .280 .384 286 86 16 1 8 31 34 .301 .448 1969 BAL:A
1970 BAL:A 33 228 62 5 1 10 59 28 .272 .434 276 75 10 1 7 50 27 .272 .391 1970 BAL:A
1971 BAL:A 34 212 72 13 3 9 41 28 .340 .557 237 58 6 1 10 48 34 .245 .405 1971 BAL:A
1972 BAL:A 35 177 45 2 1 3 33 32 .254 .328 231 39 4 1 2 36 52 .169 .221 1972 BAL:A
Bats: B AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1963 CHI:A 26 25 5 1 1 0 2 5 .200 .320 17 7 0 1 0 3 2 .412 .529 1963 CHI:A
1964 CHI:A 27 149 37 2 2 0 16 26 .248 .289 293 79 12 4 4 30 38 .270 .379 1964 CHI:A
1965 CHI:A 28 170 50 8 2 1 18 18 .294 .382 416 116 14 3 9 49 58 .279 .392 1965 CHI:A
1966 CHI:A 29 207 44 9 1 2 16 24 .213 .295 400 104 17 6 6 53 46 .260 .378 1966 CHI:A
1967 CHI:A 30 145 41 5 2 0 14 12 .283 .345 390 88 5 7 4 51 39 .226 .305 1967 CHI:A
1968 BAL:A 31 132 32 5 0 2 9 11 .242 .326 294 88 8 4 13 48 35 .299 .486 1968 BAL:A
1969 BAL:A 32 151 47 5 0 1 19 12 .311 .364 403 114 26 3 10 77 50 .283 .437 1969 BAL:A
1970 BAL:A 33 112 35 4 2 2 22 10 .313 .438 392 102 11 0 15 87 45 .260 .403 1970 BAL:A
1971 BAL:A 34 116 31 8 0 2 17 20 .267 .388 333 99 11 4 17 72 42 .297 .508 1971 BAL:A
1972 BAL:A 35 90 23 1 0 2 12 19 .256 .333 318 61 5 2 3 57 65 .192 .248 1972 BAL:A
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1963 CHI:A 26 .800 .980 2 2 13.0 3 1 1 0 0
1964 CHI:A 27 .968 .980 92 85 713.3 201 198 13 4 60
1965 CHI:A 28 .981 .978 139 128 1105.3 325 360 13 1 94
1966 CHI:A 29 .953 .975 37 31 270.0 85 77 8 2 18
1967 CHI:A 30 .962 .979 51 39 328.0 101 99 8 1 30
1968 BAL:A 31 .964 .977 58 37 369.3 107 108 8 0 23
1969 BAL:A 32 .958 .976 11 8 70.0 23 23 2 0 4
1970 BAL:A 33 .818 .979 4 1 15.0 4 5 2 0 0
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1963 CHI:A 26 .955 .947 9 8 78.0 10 11 1 0 1
1964 CHI:A 27 .968 .954 37 22 224.0 28 64 3 0 5
1965 CHI:A 28 .986 .960 41 15 180.3 12 61 1 1 9
1966 CHI:A 29 .939 .954 133 121 1096.7 96 305 26 3 23
1967 CHI:A 30 .948 .955 122 94 918.0 95 251 19 4 16
1968 BAL:A 31 .000 .951 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL:A 32 1.000 .955 6 3 33.0 5 10 0 0 2
1970 BAL:A 33 1.000 .949 4 2 25.0 2 3 0 0 1
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1966 CHI:A 29 1.000 .982 8 4 39.7 9 1 0 0 0
1967 CHI:A 30 1.000 .980 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL:A 31 1.000 .981 27 22 200.7 45 2 0 0 0
1969 BAL:A 32 .983 .978 128 128 1121.7 225 7 4 0 1
1970 BAL:A 33 .991 .980 129 125 1117.7 220 11 2 0 2
1971 BAL:A 34 .987 .982 115 113 988.7 215 5 3 0 0
1972 BAL:A 35 .989 .983 105 101 903.3 173 7 2 0 1
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1968 BAL:A 31 1.000 .981 42 42 296.0 84 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1966 CHI:A 29 1.000 .982 3 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL:A 31 1.000 .981 2 2 14.0 5 1 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,296 883 1,482 3,308 1,650 1,481 1,435 1,799 860
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Buford - Historical Batting Stastistics
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