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Don Buddin

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: May 5, 1934 in Turbeville, SC us

Died: June 30, 2011 in Greenville, SC

Buried: Thomas Cemetery, Olanta, SC

High School: Olanta HS (Olanta, SC)

School: Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 21-348d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1962 (Age 28-143d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Donald Thomas Buddin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

2289

551

.241

342

RBI

225

OBP

.358

SLG

.359

OPS

.717

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS		BAL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,10-14	CG	48	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	8	0	12	1	SS
11	11	May 2	BOS		KCA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
12	12	May 3	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	13	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
14	14	May 5	BOS		DET	L,4-16	CG	55	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
15	15	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
16	16	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
17	17	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	18	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
20	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
22	22	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
24	24	May 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	2	11	1	SS
25	25	May 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	8	1	11	3	SS
26	26	May 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	1	2	1	4	0	SS
27	27	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	2	7	1	SS
28	28	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
29	29	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
30	30	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
31	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
33	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
34	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
35	35	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	3	6	0	SS
36	39 (3)	May 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40	Jun 1	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
38	41	Jun 2	BOS		KCA	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
39	42	Jun 3	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	GS	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
40	43	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,11-14	CG	52	9.0	3	4	2	9	2	SS
41	44	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	4	SS
42	45	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
43	46	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
44	47	Jun 9	BOS		CHW	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	48	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
46	49	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
47	50	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
48	51	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
49	52	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	T,8-8	GS	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
50	53	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	GS	36	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
51	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	55	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
53	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
55	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
57	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
58	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
59	62	Jun 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
61	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
62	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
63	66	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
64	67	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
67	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	50	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
68	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
69	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
70	73	Jul 5	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
71	74	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	75	Jul 8 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
73	76	Jul 8 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
74	77	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
75	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
77	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
78	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
79	82	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
80	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
82	85	Jul 18	BOS		KCA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
83	86	Jul 19	BOS		KCA	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	6	4	0	10	3	SS
85	88	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	89	Jul 22	BOS		DET	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
87	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
88	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
90	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
92	95	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	96	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
94	97	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	99	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
97	100	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,18-3	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
98	101	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	7	1	10	4	SS
99	102	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
100	103	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
101	104	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
102	105	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	GS	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
103	106	Aug 8	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
104	107	Aug 9	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
105	108	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
106	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
107	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	111	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
109	112	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	130 (17)	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
111	131	Sep 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
112	132	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
113	133	Sep 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							113gm		988.1	213	370	29	612	98