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Thurman Munson League 8-6-2254 |
| Don Buford |  Right FieldRetired (1971, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .215 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .618 | Status | Deceased (2017) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 154 | |||||
| SB | 10 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (98.2%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | (98.9%) |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (100%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
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| 1960 | Majors | 24 | 13.26 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 8 / 13 | |||
| 1961 | Minors | 25 | 17.00 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 7 / 17 | |||
| 1962 | Minors | 26 | 3.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 3 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 26 | 20.15 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 1 | 8 / 20 | |||
| 1963 | Minors | 27 | 25.00 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 4 / 6 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 6 | 4 / 7 | 0 / 0 | 14 / 25 | |||
| 1964 | Minors | 28 | 27.00 | 3 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 6 / 27 | |||
| 1965 | Minors | 29 | 10.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 10 | |||
| 1965 | Majors | 29 | 5.39 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 5 | |||
| 1966 | Minors | 30 | 19.00 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 4 / 19 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 31 | 25.73 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 25 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 32 | 24.16 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 5 | 2 / 24 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 33 | 23.90 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 23 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 34 | 21.75 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 21 | |||
| 1971 | Minors | 35 | 4.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 35 | 1.40 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 / 39 | 5 / 27 | 8 / 35 | 7 / 25 | 11 / 40 | 11 / 47 | 5 / 24 | 56 / 237 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1971-11-01 | Don Buford has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1971-05-22 | The Baltimore Orioles have waived Don Buford. |
| 1971-04-11 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Jim Cypert to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Don Buford for assignment. |
| 1967-03-25 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Don Buford to the major league team. |
| 1965-06-13 | The Baltimore Orioles have sent Don Buford down to the minors. |
| 1965-03-25 | The 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. |
| 1962-09-12 | The Baltimore Orioles have sent Don Buford to the minors. |
| 1962-03-25 | The Baltimore Orioles have renamed Chuck Murphy to Don Buford. |
| 1960-09-22 | The Milwaukee Braves have sent Chuck Murphy to the minors. |
| 1960-04-01 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Chuck Murphy to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Larry Brown to the minors. |