Don Buford
1963–1972 · bats B / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox
1,286G
.264AVG
.362OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
1,203H
93HR
418RBI
200SB
13Rare 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 | 105 | 108 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 575 | 577 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,286 | 5,347 | 4,553 | 718 | 1,203 | 157 | 44 | 93 | 418 | 672 | 575 | 200 | 105 | 41 | 34 | 1,727 | .264 | .362 | .379 | .741 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1971-06-08 to 1971-06-26
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1971-08-26 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1968-08-25 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1964-09-26 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 631 | 2556 | 562 | 41 | 200 | 354 | 267 | .262 | .358 | .372 |
| Away | 655 | 2791 | 641 | 52 | 218 | 318 | 310 | .266 | .344 | .386 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 125 | 533 | 114 | 9 | 47 | 74 | 47 | .254 | .353 | .359 |
| May | 197 | 746 | 157 | 13 | 50 | 85 | 81 | .245 | .324 | .368 |
| June | 230 | 962 | 236 | 20 | 85 | 109 | 93 | .284 | .359 | .388 |
| July | 248 | 1039 | 238 | 20 | 76 | 136 | 119 | .271 | .360 | .402 |
| August | 263 | 1144 | 260 | 19 | 91 | 149 | 131 | .269 | .358 | .405 |
| September | 211 | 882 | 190 | 12 | 68 | 115 | 100 | .253 | .346 | .338 |
| October | 12 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .235 | .293 | .235 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 145 | 594 | 146 | 7 | 34 | 59 | 76 | .278 | .345 | .375 |
| boston-red-sox | 143 | 610 | 140 | 8 | 53 | 67 | 83 | .265 | .339 | .367 |
| cleveland-guardians | 142 | 573 | 123 | 10 | 52 | 83 | 62 | .260 | .360 | .381 |
| new-york-yankees | 130 | 531 | 117 | 9 | 34 | 57 | 42 | .250 | .328 | .361 |
| minnesota-twins | 128 | 535 | 127 | 16 | 53 | 63 | 60 | .277 | .355 | .424 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 124 | 494 | 108 | 14 | 38 | 67 | 47 | .260 | .354 | .418 |
| california-angels | 105 | 432 | 92 | 7 | 35 | 62 | 45 | .256 | .356 | .356 |
| baltimore-orioles | 72 | 285 | 77 | 0 | 15 | 32 | 29 | .310 | .382 | .391 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Chicago White Sox | 12 | 42 | 12 | – | 5 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 135 | 442 | 116 | 4 | 30 | 12 | .262 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago White Sox | 155 | 586 | 166 | 10 | 47 | 17 | .283 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago White Sox | 163 | 607 | 148 | 8 | 52 | 51 | .244 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago White Sox | 156 | 535 | 129 | 4 | 32 | 34 | .241 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Baltimore Orioles | 130 | 426 | 120 | 15 | 46 | 27 | .282 | – | – |
| 1969 | Baltimore Orioles | 144 | 554 | 161 | 11 | 64 | 19 | .291 | – | – |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | 144 | 504 | 137 | 17 | 66 | 16 | .272 | – | – |
| 1971 | Baltimore Orioles | 122 | 449 | 130 | 19 | 54 | 15 | .290 | – | – |
| 1972 | Baltimore Orioles | 125 | 408 | 84 | 5 | 22 | 8 | .206 | – | – |