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Don Buddin
Donald Thomas Buddin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 17, 1956
Final Game September 25, 1962
Born May 5, 1934 in Turbeville, SC

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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        For my dad, Frank, who said after 2003, "You're lucky; you have 50 or 60 more years of this." Thank you, dad, for teaching me to love baseball in despite of bad times and Errors.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 22 BOS AL 114  377   49   90  24  0   5   37   2  0  65  62  .239  .352  .342   76  129   2   6   1   4  14
 1958 24 BOS AL 136  497   74  118  25  2  12   43   0  4  82 106  .237  .349  .368   93  183   9   2   1   4  13
 1959 25 BOS AL 151  485   75  117  24  1  10   53   6  1  92  99  .241  .366  .357   97  173   5   2   0   5   7
 1960 26 BOS AL 124  428   62  105  21  5   6   36   4  2  62  59  .245  .338  .360   87  154   3   6   5   1  14
 1961 27 BOS AL 115  339   58   89  22  3   6   42   2  1  72  45  .263  .394  .398  111  135   6   1   7   2   7
 1962 28 TOT     71  163   24   32   7  1   2   14   1  0  37  33  .196  .351  .288   76   47   4   0   2   2   4
         HOU NL  40   80   10   13   4  1   2   10   0  0  17  17  .163  .316  .313   75   25   2   0   2   1   4
         DET AL  31   83   14   19   3  0   0    4   1  0  20  16  .229  .385  .265   77   22   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      711 2289  342  551 123 12  41  225  15  8 410 404  .241  .358  .359   92  821  29  17  16  18  59
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   78  126  28  3   9   51   3  2  93  92  .241  .358  .359   92  187   7   4   4   4  13
 Career High    151  497   75  118  25  5  12   53   6  4  92 106  .263  .394  .398  111  183   9   6   7   5  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 22 BOS AL  454  309   49   4.2   116| .239  .281| .352  .365| .342  .429| .694  .794|  76  .444 -11.3  -1.1 100%
 1958 24 BOS AL  594  407   66   4.3   103| .237  .268| .349  .338| .368  .408| .717  .746|  93  .504  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1959 25 BOS AL  589  383   72   5.0   102| .241  .265| .366  .337| .357  .405| .723  .742|  97  .563   1.8   0.2  85%
 1960 26 BOS AL  500  348   53   4.1   104| .245  .267| .338  .341| .360  .408| .698  .749|  87  .459  -6.3  -0.6  66%
 1961 27 BOS AL  420  265   58   5.8   106| .263  .266| .394  .342| .398  .414| .792  .756| 111  .603   9.2   0.9  66%
 1962 28 TOT     206  139   19   3.7   101| .196  .264| .351  .334| .288  .406| .639  .740|  76  .402  -3.6  -0.3 100%
         HOU NL  100   73    8   2.9    97| .163  .261| .316  .328| .313  .397| .629  .724|  75  .308  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         DET AL  106   66   11   4.5   105| .229  .267| .385  .339| .265  .415| .650  .755|  77  .492  -1.5  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2763 1851  317   4.6   105| .241  .269| .358  .343| .359  .412| .717  .755|  92  .508 -12.5  -1.1  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 22 BOS AL SS 113 213 370 29 98 .953 .960 5.16 4.10 5.31 4.98 113 988.3 1958 24 BOS AL SS 136 269 445 31 102 .958 .964 5.25 4.17 5.49 4.96 136 1171.3 1959 25 BOS AL SS 150 235 412 35 89 .949 .959 4.31 3.97 4.75 4.87 145 1225.0 1960 26 BOS AL SS 124 230 356 30 79 .951 .960 4.73 4.37 4.99 5.11 121 1057.0 1961 27 BOS AL SS 109 204 294 23 70 .956 .956 4.57 4.37 4.78 4.84 108 937.0 1962 28 TOT SS 46 78 111 7 26 .964 .963 4.11 4.45 4.83 4.96 40 352.0 TOT 3B 11 6 11 3 1 .850 .950 1.55 2.60 3.56 2.95 3 43.0 HOU NL SS 27 38 62 5 13 .952 .963 3.70 4.43 4.65 5.05 22 193.7 3B 9 6 11 3 1 .850 .950 1.89 2.56 3.73 2.94 3 41.0 DET AL SS 19 40 49 2 13 .978 .962 4.68 4.47 5.06 4.84 18 158.3 2B 5 8 6 0 1 1.000 .979 2.80 4.88 3.23 5.26 5 39.0 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 28 DET AL 2B 5 8 6 0 1 1.000 .979 2.80 4.88 3.23 5.26 5 39.0 1962 28 TOT 3B 11 6 11 3 1 .850 .950 1.55 2.60 3.56 2.95 3 43.0 HOU NL 3B 9 6 11 3 1 .850 .950 1.89 2.56 3.73 2.94 3 41.0 DET AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1956 22 BOS AL SS 113 213 370 29 98 .953 .960 5.16 4.10 5.31 4.98 113 988.3 1958 24 BOS AL SS 136 269 445 31 102 .958 .964 5.25 4.17 5.49 4.96 136 1171.3 1959 25 BOS AL SS 150 235 412 35 89 .949 .959 4.31 3.97 4.75 4.87 145 1225.0 1960 26 BOS AL SS 124 230 356 30 79 .951 .960 4.73 4.37 4.99 5.11 121 1057.0 1961 27 BOS AL SS 109 204 294 23 70 .956 .956 4.57 4.37 4.78 4.84 108 937.0 1962 28 TOT SS 46 78 111 7 26 .964 .963 4.11 4.45 4.83 4.96 40 352.0 HOU NL SS 27 38 62 5 13 .952 .963 3.70 4.43 4.65 5.05 22 193.7 DET AL SS 19 40 49 2 13 .978 .962 4.68 4.47 5.06 4.84 18 158.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 678 1229 1988 155 464 .954 .960 4.74 4.20 5.05 4.95 663 5730.7 3B* 11 6 11 3 1 .850 .950 1.55 2.60 3.56 2.95 3 43.0 2B* 5 8 6 0 1 1.000 .979 2.80 4.88 3.23 5.26 5 39.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 694 1243 2005 158 466 .954 .960 4.68 4.18 5.03 4.94 671 5813
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1959 AL-151-6

Doubles
1958 AL-25-10

Bases on Balls
1958 AL-82-6
1959 AL-92-4

Strikeouts
1958 AL-106-3
1959 AL-99-4

Sac. Hits
1958 AL-9-7

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-6-8
1960 AL-6-9

Intentional Walks
1961 AL-7-7

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1961: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Eddie Bressoud.

July 20, 1962: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Houston Colt .45's.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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