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Thurman Munson League
8-6-2254
Don Buford Right Field
Retired (1971, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .215 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .618 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 271 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 05-07-1936
HR 35 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1960)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(102 games)
RBI 154
SB 10
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR C+
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (98.2%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (98.9%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1960 LHP 32 33 5 2 0 0 2 6 7 .494 .282 .212 .061 .152
1960 RHP 40 77 18 4 1 2 9 3 20 .652 .263 .390 .156 .234
1962 LHP 49 94 18 6 1 4 13 8 24 .654 .250 .404 .213 .191
1962 RHP 39 94 13 2 0 4 13 8 16 .501 .214 .287 .149 .138
1965 LHP 18 29 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 .207 .069 .138 .069 .069
1965 RHP 9 24 9 1 1 1 2 3 5 1.069 .444 .625 .250 .375
1967 LHP 71 112 33 2 0 8 16 11 21 .885 .358 .527 .232 .295
1967 RHP 51 129 37 4 1 2 22 18 26 .751 .372 .380 .093 .287
1968 LHP 56 97 13 3 0 1 6 6 24 .379 .183 .196 .062 .134
1968 RHP 54 136 22 4 1 0 8 8 30 .424 .218 .206 .044 .162
1969 LHP 65 112 32 7 0 4 17 11 24 .805 .350 .455 .170 .286
1969 RHP 41 112 18 3 1 3 12 2 26 .458 .172 .286 .125 .161
1970 LHP 76 106 25 2 2 4 17 11 18 .719 .314 .406 .170 .236
1970 RHP 35 94 25 1 0 2 13 5 22 .650 .310 .340 .074 .266
1971 LHP 7 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .154 .077 .077 .000 .077
1971 RHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total LHP 374 596 129 24 3 21 75 53 126 .653 .280 .372 .156 .216
Total RHP 270 667 142 19 5 14 79 47 145 .587 .267 .319 .106 .213
Total 527 1263 271 43 8 35 154 100 271 .618 .273 .344 .130 .215
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Don Buford has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1971-05-22The Baltimore Orioles have waived Don Buford.
1971-04-11The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Jim Cypert to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Don Buford for assignment.
1967-03-25The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Don Buford to the major league team.
1965-06-13The Baltimore Orioles have sent Don Buford down to the minors.
1965-03-25The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Roberto Alomar to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Tug Spriggs to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Ken Singleton to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Don Buford to the major league team.
1962-09-12The Baltimore Orioles have sent Don Buford to the minors.
1962-03-25The Baltimore Orioles have renamed Chuck Murphy to Don Buford.
1960-09-22The Milwaukee Braves have sent Chuck Murphy to the minors.
1960-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Chuck Murphy to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Larry Brown to the minors.