Born: (1937-02-02) February 2, 1937 (age 87) Linden, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 14, 1963, for the Chicago White Sox
NPB: April 14, 1973, for the Taiheiyo Club Lions
Last appearance
MLB: October 3, 1972, for the Baltimore Orioles
NPB: October 7, 1976, for the Nankai Hawks
MLB statistics
Batting average
.264
Home runs
93
Runs batted in
418
NPB statistics
Batting average
.270
Home runs
65
Runs batted in
213
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1963–1967)
Baltimore Orioles (1968–1972)
Taiheiyo Club Lions (1973–1975)
Nankai Hawks (1976)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1971)
World Series champion (1970)
Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
Donald Alvin Buford (born February 2, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player scout, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 through 1972, most notably as the leadoff hitter for the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1969 to 1971 and, won the World Series in 1970. He also played for the Chicago White Sox and played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1973 to 1976. Buford also played as an infielder and was a switch hitter who threw right-handed. In 1993, Buford was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.[1]
^"Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame at MLB.com". mlb.com. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
Gillick. Buford was also a running back on the USC football team. His sons DonBuford, Jr. and Damon Buford also played for the USC Trojans. Buford is a member...
three-run home run in the third off Dock Ellis to give the Orioles the lead. DonBuford added a home run off of Bob Moose in the fifth as McNally settled down...
Damon Jackson Buford (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets...
Rather than prematurely promoting him to Triple-A, farm system director DonBuford decided that Werth would begin the 2000 season in Bowie before making...
proving all the prognosticators right, as it was a dominant performance. DonBuford hit Tom Seaver's second pitch of the game for a home run, which just evaded...
McGlothlin gave up successive singles to pinch-hitter Chico Salmon and DonBuford. Paul Blair singled home Salmon, chasing McGlothlin and bringing in Milt...
leaders Don Doll (1948) Al Carmichael (1950) Frank Gifford (1951) Jon Arnett (1954–1955) C. R. Roberts (1956) Rex Johnston (1957) DonBuford (1958) Ben...
advisor. Dedeaux brought along World Series champion and USC alumnus DonBuford to coach the actors. The film was shot using the novel's title; eventually...
artist Don Toliver may have a hit on his hands with 'I Gotta'". Elevator. Retrieved September 7, 2018. Buford, London (December 20, 2017). "Don Toliver...
"Steve McFarland." Baseball-Reference. Retrieved on March 29, 2011. "DonBuford." Baseball-Reference. Retrieved on March 29, 2011. "Cubs announce Daytona...
Manager(s) 1993 72–68 .514 -23.0 3rd Lost to Canton-Akron in Semifinals (2–3) DonBuford 1994 84–58 .592 -5.5 2nd Southern Lost to Harrisburg in Semifinals (2–3)...
All-Star Gail Hopkins, 1967 Andy Etchebarren (1963) 2 x MLB All-Star DonBuford (1962) MLB All-Star Dave DeBusschere (1962) 8 x NBA All-Star Joe Hoerner...
Flanagan Andy MacPhail Dan Duquette Mike Elias Brady Anderson John Angelos DonBuford Jim Duquette Tommy Giordano Gordon Goldsberry Lou Gorman Wayne Krivsky...
Most Valuable Player, leading the team with 35 home runs and 114 RBIs. DonBuford and Blair continued to get on base, and Frank Robinson (.306, 25 home...
C. Fields: Straight Up) 1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me Nominated Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Luckinbill, and DonBuford (Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie)...
leaders Don Doll (1948) Al Carmichael (1950) Frank Gifford (1951) Jon Arnett (1954–1955) C. R. Roberts (1956) Rex Johnston (1957) DonBuford (1958) Ben...
Prospect Award (formerly the Rookie of the Year Award) in the same season: DonBuford (1963), Joe Foy (1965), Mike Epstein (1966), Merv Rettenmund (1968), Luis...
July 26, 2008. Klingaman, Mike (October 24, 2013). "Catching Up With... DonBuford". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved...
Andrea Buchanan, professional tennis player Beno Bryant, football player DonBuford (Class of 1955), professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Baltimore...
for four seasons for the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers. "Don McCall Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24. v t e...
delivery, and as a joke I called "steee-rike" on the batter. The batter, DonBuford, was aghast. He looked at me as though I was crazy. And out on the mound...
as a mafia hitman in Charley Varrick (1973), real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the action film Walking Tall (1973), a brute force detective in...
produced by Charles A. Pratt. The film stars Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker, who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film. The...
same runners were on base both times: Dave McNally was on third base, DonBuford was on second, and Paul Blair was on first. The Orioles won three consecutive...
Dedeaux coached dozens of future major leaguers, including Ron Fairly, DonBuford, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Roy Smalley, Fred Lynn, Steve Kemp, Mark McGwire...
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