Buddy Bradford
1966–1976 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals
697G
.226AVG
.312OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
363H
52HR
175RBI
36SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,832 | 1,834 |
| Batting · Runs | 224 | 223 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 11 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 185 | 186 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 697 | 1,832 | 1,605 | 224 | 363 | 50 | 8 | 52 | 175 | 185 | 411 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 585 | .226 | .312 | .364 | .676 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1973-07-03 to 1973-07-10
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1974-04-15 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1976-04-15 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1970-08-29 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 323 | 753 | 154 | 24 | 75 | 86 | 161 | .237 | .319 | .389 |
| Away | 374 | 1081 | 209 | 28 | 100 | 100 | 250 | .219 | .286 | .348 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 87 | 271 | 60 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 54 | .264 | .362 | .480 |
| May | 118 | 318 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 78 | .172 | .220 | .228 |
| June | 77 | 215 | 44 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 45 | .237 | .307 | .409 |
| July | 154 | 442 | 90 | 16 | 45 | 49 | 109 | .235 | .314 | .399 |
| August | 125 | 274 | 62 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 58 | .251 | .303 | .393 |
| September | 129 | 290 | 54 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 62 | .213 | .303 | .307 |
| October | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .174 | .208 | .304 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 59 | 186 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 40 | .222 | .301 | .438 |
| minnesota-twins | 56 | 156 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 43 | .229 | .276 | .393 |
| baltimore-orioles | 55 | 178 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 40 | .195 | .275 | .305 |
| california-angels | 55 | 133 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 29 | .246 | .308 | .407 |
| athletics | 55 | 141 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 44 | .231 | .284 | .338 |
| kansas-city-royals | 48 | 151 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 34 | .244 | .358 | .366 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 47 | 121 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | .193 | .256 | .303 |
| new-york-yankees | 45 | 134 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | .167 | .194 | .206 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  Chicago White Sox | 14 | 28 | 4 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 20 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | .100 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox | 103 | 281 | 61 | 5 | 24 | 8 | .217 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 93 | 273 | 70 | 11 | 27 | 5 | .256 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 107 | 254 | 49 | 9 | 31 | 1 | .193 | – | – |
| 1971 | Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians | 99 | 138 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 4 | .188 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .271 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 53 | 168 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 4 | .238 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 96 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 139 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 3 | .223 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 55 | 160 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 6 | .219 | – | – |