#66 Don Buford, Third Base, 30 yrs, San Francisco Giants Friday, 10/20/1967 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Don Buford
2/2/1937 30 USA,TX, 5"8 165
Third Base S R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good GREAT Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1967 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Talent | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 6 6 8 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 2B : 3 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 6 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 10 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/21 | @STL | W 12-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/22 | @STL | L 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #8 | | |
9/24 | CHN | L 5-12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/25 | CHN | L 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/26 | @NYM | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/29 | PIT | L 5-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/30 | PIT | L 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #1 | | |
10/1 | @HOU | W 6-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | #1 | | |
10/5 | PHI | L 3-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
10/6 | @CIN | L 1-8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 104 | 232 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 23 | 30 | .259 | .329 | .353 | .683 | .620 | .095 |
Projected | 104 | 232 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 23 | 30 | .259 | .329 | .353 | .683 | .620 | .095 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 45 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 28.7 | 4.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 159 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .311 | .314 | .625 |
vs. RHP | 73 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .315 | .370 | .438 | .809 |
Close/Late | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .300 | .429 | .729 |
Scoring Position | 51 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .273 | .314 | .586 |
Pinch Hitting | 38 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .342 | .359 | .421 | .780 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 53 | 107 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 13 | .234 | .294 | .355 | .649 |
Road | 51 | 125 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 17 | .280 | .357 | .352 | .709 |
March/April | 12 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .189 | .302 | .216 | .519 |
May | 21 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .222 | .271 | .289 | .560 |
June | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .265 | .325 | .441 | .766 |
July | 14 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .378 | .465 | .486 | .952 |
August | 15 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 |
Sept/Oct | 23 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .235 | .291 | .353 | .644 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1964 | 121 | 368 | 97 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 86 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 4 | .264 | .377 | .397 | .773 | SF |
1965 | 157 | 611 | 172 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 68 | 114 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 31 | 15 | .282 | .381 | .434 | .815 | SF |
1966 | 154 | 582 | 129 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 92 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 99 | 20 | 7 | .222 | .335 | .342 | .677 | SF |
1967 | 104 | 232 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .259 | .329 | .353 | .683 | SF |
Total | 536 | 1793 | 458 | 67 | 13 | 47 | 172 | 330 | 275 | 17 | 6 | 245 | 58 | 28 | .255 | .359 | .386 | .745 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1964, AAA | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .400 | .263 | .663 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Second Base | 33 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 45 | 1 | .978 | 70.0 | 5.79 | | | | |
Third Base | 52 | 43 | 18 | 112 | 8 | 135 | 5 | .963 | 384.2 | 3.16 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by San Francisco in 1964... Had first career hit on 4/15/1964, off Gaylord Perry (HOU)... Hit first career homerun on 5/17/1964, off Bob Mahoney (CHN)... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/22/1966...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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Triples 1965 - 6 - 8th
| BB 1965 - 96 - 5th 1966 - 91 - 8th
| SB 1965 - 31 - 3rd 1966 - 20 - 7th
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