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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Don Buford Right Field
Retired (1973, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .291 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .829 Status Retired (1973) Option Years 0  
H 2550 Age 77 (OS 78) Date of Birth 12-01-1935
HR 310 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(61 games)
RBI 1325
SB 226
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B  Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B F  (1.2%) LF C  (38.2%) Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A  (91.0%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 12
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1954 Minors 19 0.00 5 / 6 8 / 9 11 / 11 10 / 10 3 / 8 7 / 7 7 / 11 51 / 62
1955 Minors 20 0.00 12 / 15 2 / 6 5 / 5 4 / 7 4 / 13 8 / 8 7 / 8 42 / 62
1956 Minors 21 0.00 4 / 7 3 / 7 7 / 7 8 / 11 2 / 9 12 / 12 8 / 11 44 / 64
1957 Majors 22 0.00 3 / 5 4 / 13 6 / 10 3 / 7 0 / 7 7 / 10 3 / 10 26 / 62
1958 Majors 23 0.00 5 / 10 3 / 12 8 / 9 2 / 6 1 / 8 7 / 9 1 / 4 27 / 58
1959 Majors 24 0.00 2 / 5 3 / 8 1 / 7 4 / 12 1 / 10 8 / 9 4 / 8 23 / 59
1960 Majors 25 0.00 4 / 11 2 / 11 4 / 7 3 / 11 2 / 7 8 / 9 4 / 9 27 / 65
1961 Majors 26 60.00 2 / 6 0 / 7 3 / 13 1 / 15 0 / 9 2 / 4 1 / 6 9 / 60
1962 Majors 27 65.00 1 / 10 1 / 6 2 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 5 2 / 15 0 / 11 6 / 65
1963 Majors 28 66.36 0 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 13 0 / 6 1 / 8 3 / 66
1964 Majors 29 66.80 2 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 6 1 / 14 0 / 10 1 / 13 7 / 66
1965 Majors 30 63.59 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 8 2 / 10 2 / 63
1966 Majors 31 52.19 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 52
1967 Majors 32 47.99 1 / 15 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 47
1968 Majors 33 62.59 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 14 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 62
1969 Majors 34 65.49 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 20 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 65
1970 Majors 35 57.00 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 12 0 / 11 2 / 57
1971 Majors 36 56.70 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 56
1972 Majors 37 46.89 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 46
1973 Majors 38 19.89 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 19
Total 0 0 0 41 / 166 26 / 150 51 / 160 36 / 175 15 / 183 62 / 156 39 / 166 270 / 1156
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Don Buford has retired from the New York Rain
1973-04-15The New York Rain have acquired Don Buford from the waiver wire.
1973-04-11The Boston Baked Beans have promoted Chick Nelson to the major league team. The Boston Baked Beans have promoted Jaime Mrozinski to the major league team. The Boston Baked Beans have designated Don Buford for assignment. The Boston Baked Beans have designated Brooks Robinson for assignment.
1972-04-16The Boston Baked Beans have renamed Preston Sturgis to Don Buford.
1957-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Preston Sturgis to the major league team.