Don Buddin
1956–1962 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros
711G
.241AVG
.358OBP
.359SLG
More career statistics
551H
41HR
225RBI
15SB
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 | 8 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 404 | 407 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,763 | 2,765 |
| Batting · RBI | 225 | 226 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 410 | 412 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 711 | 2,763 | 2,289 | 342 | 551 | 123 | 12 | 41 | 225 | 410 | 404 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 821 | .241 | .358 | .359 | .717 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1961-06-15 to 1961-06-23
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1958-04-21 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1956-07-17 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1961-06-11 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 359 | 1379 | 300 | 23 | 136 | 203 | 208 | .264 | .365 | .408 |
| Away | 352 | 1386 | 251 | 18 | 90 | 209 | 199 | .218 | .332 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 250 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 35 | .246 | .388 | .335 |
| May | 139 | 569 | 107 | 8 | 45 | 78 | 95 | .223 | .325 | .329 |
| June | 150 | 591 | 126 | 15 | 58 | 96 | 90 | .259 | .376 | .414 |
| July | 145 | 548 | 108 | 6 | 51 | 88 | 67 | .241 | .358 | .350 |
| August | 152 | 580 | 112 | 5 | 42 | 66 | 83 | .226 | .307 | .329 |
| September | 67 | 227 | 51 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 37 | .271 | .374 | .415 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 94 | 378 | 73 | 3 | 27 | 53 | 68 | .229 | .333 | .317 |
| cleveland-guardians | 93 | 360 | 60 | 3 | 20 | 60 | 48 | .205 | .333 | .277 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 92 | 364 | 77 | 6 | 36 | 60 | 49 | .259 | .376 | .394 |
| chicago-white-sox | 91 | 362 | 71 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 60 | .230 | .320 | .375 |
| new-york-yankees | 88 | 360 | 68 | 5 | 32 | 57 | 44 | .234 | .347 | .348 |
| detroit-tigers | 84 | 341 | 78 | 3 | 29 | 41 | 50 | .264 | .349 | .363 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 77 | 319 | 66 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 48 | .251 | .354 | .373 |
| minnesota-twins | 21 | 77 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | .281 | .390 | .516 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Boston Red Sox | 114 | 377 | 90 | 5 | 37 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 136 | 497 | 118 | 12 | 43 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1959 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 485 | 117 | 10 | 54 | 6 | .241 | – | – |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox | 124 | 428 | 105 | 6 | 36 | 3 | .245 | – | – |
| 1961 | Boston Red Sox | 115 | 339 | 89 | 6 | 42 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros | 71 | 163 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .196 | – | – |