Damon Buford MLB, Minor League, College Baseball Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1988	USC	Pac10	NCAA-1			18	CF	58	227	57	73	12	3	5	29	16	8	24	38	0	0	0	0	0	106	251	20	53	.322	.386	.467	.853	.286	.145	.000	9.56	15.14	1.58	45.40
1990	Wausau Timbers	Midw	A	BAL	-	20	OF	41	160	31	48	7	2	1	14	15	4	21	32	4	1	2	1	0	62	188	10	38	.300	.390	.388	.778	.288	.088	.364	11.17	17.02	1.52	160.00
1991	Frederick Keys	Caro	A+	BAL	32	21	OF	133	505	71	138	25	6	8	54	50	14	51	92	10	7	2	1	0	199	575	39	99	.273	.350	.394	.744	.293	.121	.319	8.87	16.00	1.80	63.13
1992	Hagerstown Suns	East	AA	BAL	-	22	OF	101	373	53	89	17	3	1	30	41	12	42	62	1	7	3	0	0	115	426	21	68	.239	.315	.308	.623	.260	.069	.281	9.86	14.55	1.48	373.00
1992	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	22	OF	45	155	29	44	10	2	1	12	23	4	14	23	1	2	1	0	5	61	173	13	31	.284	.345	.394	.739	.323	.110	.326	8.09	13.29	1.64	155.00
1993	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	23	OF	27	116	24	33	6	1	1	4	10	2	7	16	0	1	0	0	0	44	124	8	25	.284	.325	.379	.704	.224	.095	.323	5.65	12.90	2.29	116.00
1993	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	18	23	OF-DH	53	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	2	2	9	19	1	1	0	0	1	29	90	7	11	.228	.315	.367	.682	.253	.139	.276	10.00	21.11	2.11	39.50
1994	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	24	OF	111	452	89	122	21	4	16	66	31	6	35	81	7	3	4	2	3	199	501	41	81	.270	.329	.440	.769	.303	.170	.295	6.99	16.17	2.31	28.25
1994	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	22	24	OF-DH	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1995	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	25	OF	46	188	40	58	12	3	4	18	17	4	17	26	1	1	1	0	2	88	208	19	39	.309	.367	.468	.835	.319	.159	.340	8.17	12.50	1.53	47.00
1995	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	22	25	OF	24	32	6	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	6	7	0	3	1	0	0	2	42	0	2	.063	.205	.063	.268	.250	.000	.077	14.29	16.67	1.17	0.00
1995	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	2	25	OF	44	136	24	32	5	0	4	12	7	7	19	28	5	0	2	0	3	49	162	9	23	.235	.346	.360	.706	.265	.125	.264	11.73	17.28	1.47	34.00
1996	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	2	26	RF-CF	90	145	30	41	9	0	6	20	8	5	15	34	0	1	1	0	3	68	162	15	26	.283	.348	.469	.817	.310	.186	.330	9.26	20.99	2.27	24.17
1997	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	2	27	CF	122	366	49	82	18	0	8	39	18	7	30	83	3	3	2	0	8	124	404	26	56	.224	.287	.339	.626	.227	.115	.267	7.43	20.54	2.77	45.75
1998	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	2	28	CF	86	216	37	61	14	4	10	42	5	5	22	43	1	0	2	1	5	113	241	28	33	.282	.349	.523	.872	.343	.241	.309	9.13	17.84	1.95	21.60
1999	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	2	29	CF	91	297	39	72	15	2	6	38	9	2	21	74	2	1	3	0	5	109	324	23	49	.242	.294	.367	.661	.219	.125	.300	6.48	22.84	3.52	49.50
2000	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	9	30	CF	150	495	64	124	18	3	15	48	4	6	47	118	8	4	2	3	9	193	556	36	88	.251	.324	.390	.714	.230	.139	.299	8.45	21.22	2.51	33.00
2001	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	25	31	OF	39	149	20	38	10	0	4	12	3	1	22	26	3	0	2	0	2	60	176	14	24	.255	.358	.403	.761	.309	.148	.281	12.50	14.77	1.18	37.25
2001	Louisville RiverBats	IL	AAA	CIN	9	31	OF	13	54	14	20	5	1	3	14	0	1	10	17	0	0	1	0	2	36	65	9	11	.370	.462	.667	1.129	.463	.297	.486	15.38	26.15	1.70	18.00
2001	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	9	31	CF	35	85	11	15	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	23	0	0	0	0	3	26	89	5	10	.176	.213	.306	.519	.176	.130	.203	4.49	25.84	5.75	28.33
2002	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Caro	A+	CHA	-	32	OF	7	28	2	8	2	0	0	2	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	32	2	6	.286	.375	.357	.732	.214	.071	.333	12.50	12.50	1.00	0.00
2002	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	11	32	OF	41	138	20	34	8	0	2	10	6	1	12	22	2	3	1	0	4	48	156	10	24	.246	.314	.348	.662	.225	.102	.278	7.69	14.10	1.83	69.00
2002	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	BOS	-	32	OF	10	31	5	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	9	35	2	3	.161	.257	.290	.547	.290	.129	.160	11.43	14.29	1.25	31.00
2003	Edmonton Trappers	PCL	AAA	MON	27	33	OF	15	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	4	27	1	2	.150	.308	.200	.508	.250	.050	.200	18.52	22.22	1.20	0.00
1988	NCAA-1	Total	--	-	--	--	--	58	227	57	73	12	3	5	29	16	8	24	38	0	0	0	0	0	106	251	20	53	.322	.386	.467	.853	.286	.145	.370	9.56	15.14	1.58	45.40	Pac10	1988
1989	NCAA-1	Total	--	-	--	--	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0												Pac10	1989
1990	NCAA-1	Total	--	-	--	--	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0												Pac10	1990
1990	A	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	41	160	31	48	7	2	1	14	15	4	21	32	4	1	2	1	0	62	188	10	38	.300	.390	.388	.778	.288	.088	.364	11.17	17.02	1.52	160.00	Midw	1990
1991	A+	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	133	505	71	138	25	6	8	54	50	14	51	92	10	7	2	1	0	199	575	39	99	.273	.350	.394	.744	.293	.121	.319	8.87	16.00	1.80	63.13	Caro	1991
1992	AAA,AA	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	146	528	82	133	27	5	2	42	64	16	56	85	2	9	4	0	5	176	599	34	99	.252	.324	.333	.657	.278	.081	.294	9.35	14.19	1.52	264.00	IL	1992
1993	AAA	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	27	116	24	33	6	1	1	4	10	2	7	16	0	1	0	0	0	44	124	8	25	.284	.325	.379	.705	.224	.095	.323	5.65	12.90	2.29	116.00	IL	1993
1993	MLB	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	53	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	2	2	9	19	1	1	0	0	1	29	90	7	11	.228	.315	.367	.682	.253	.139	.276	10.00	21.11	2.11	39.50	AL	1993
1994	AAA	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	111	452	89	122	21	4	16	66	31	6	35	81	7	3	4	2	3	199	501	41	81	.270	.329	.440	.770	.303	.170	.295	6.99	16.17	2.31	28.25	IL	1994
1994	MLB	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	50.00			AL	1994
1995	AAA	Total	--	BAL	--	--	--	46	188	40	58	12	3	4	18	17	4	17	26	1	1	1	0	2	88	208	19	39	.309	.367	.468	.835	.319	.160	.340	8.17	12.50	1.53	47.00	IL	1995
1995	MLB	Total	--	NYN,BAL	--	--	--	68	168	30	34	5	0	4	14	10	8	25	35	5	3	3	0	3	51	204	9	25	.202	.318	.304	.622	.262	.101	.227	12.25	17.16	1.40	42.00	NL	1995
1996	MLB	Total	--	TEX	--	--	--	90	145	30	41	9	0	6	20	8	5	15	34	0	1	1	0	3	68	162	15	26	.283	.348	.469	.817	.310	.186	.330	9.26	20.99	2.27	24.17	AL	1996
1997	MLB	Total	--	TEX	--	--	--	122	366	49	82	18	0	8	39	18	7	30	83	3	3	2	0	8	124	404	26	56	.224	.287	.339	.626	.227	.115	.267	7.43	20.54	2.77	45.75	AL	1997
1998	MLB	Total	--	BOS	--	--	--	86	216	37	61	14	4	10	42	5	5	22	43	1	0	2	1	5	113	241	28	33	.282	.349	.523	.872	.343	.241	.309	9.13	17.84	1.95	21.60	AL	1998
1999	MLB	Total	--	BOS	--	--	--	91	297	39	72	15	2	6	38	9	2	21	74	2	1	3	0	5	109	324	23	49	.242	.294	.367	.661	.219	.125	.300	6.48	22.84	3.52	49.50	AL	1999
2000	MLB	Total	--	CHN	--	--	--	150	495	64	124	18	3	15	48	4	6	47	118	8	4	2	3	9	193	556	36	88	.251	.324	.390	.714	.230	.139	.299	8.45	21.22	2.51	33.00	NL	2000
2001	AAA	Total	--	CIN,BAL	--	--	--	52	203	34	58	15	1	7	26	3	2	32	43	3	0	3	0	4	96	241	23	35	.286	.386	.473	.859	.350	.187	.327	13.28	17.84	1.34	29.00	IL	2001
2001	MLB	Total	--	CHN	--	--	--	35	85	11	15	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	23	0	0	0	0	3	26	89	5	10	.176	.213	.306	.519	.176	.129	.203	4.49	25.84	5.75	28.33	NL	2001
2002	A+,AAA	Total	--	CHA,BOS	--	--	--	58	197	27	47	11	0	3	14	8	2	20	31	2	3	1	0	7	67	223	14	33	.239	.314	.340	.654	.234	.102	.268	8.97	13.90	1.55	65.67	Caro	2002
2003	AAA	Total	--	MON	--	--	--	15	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	4	27	1	2	.150	.308	.200	.508	.250	.050	.200	18.52	22.22	1.20		PCL	2003
Tot:	MLB (9 yrs)		MLB					699	1853	280	448	86	9	54	218	56	35	173	430	20	13	13	4	37	714	2072	149	299	.242	.311	.385	.697	.248	.144	.285	8.35	20.75	2.49	34.31
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL					229	716	99	171	25	3	22	68	11	13	70	169	13	4	4	3	15	268	807	50	121	.239	.316	.374	.691	.230	.135	.282	8.67	20.94	2.41	32.55
Tot:	AL (7 yrs)		AL					470	1137	181	277	61	6	32	150	45	22	103	261	7	9	9	1	22	446	1265	99	178	.244	.308	.392	.700	.259	.149	.287	8.14	20.63	2.53	35.53
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors					629	2369	401	640	125	22	42	239	199	52	244	412	29	26	18	4	21	935	2686	189	451	.270	.343	.395	.738	.290	.125	.309	9.08	15.34	1.69	56.40
Tot:	AAA (7 yrs)		AAA					347	1303	244	357	74	11	32	139	92	21	126	222	14	11	11	2	20	549	1465	117	240	.274	.342	.421	.763	.299	.147	.307	8.60	15.15	1.76	40.72
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					101	373	53	89	17	3	1	30	41	12	42	62	1	7	3	0	0	115	426	21	68	.239	.315	.308	.623	.260	.070	.281	9.86	14.55	1.48	373.00
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					140	533	73	146	27	6	8	56	51	15	55	96	10	7	2	1	1	209	607	41	105	.274	.352	.392	.744	.289	.118	.320	9.06	15.82	1.75	66.63
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					41	160	31	48	7	2	1	14	15	4	21	32	4	1	2	1	0	62	188	10	38	.300	.390	.388	.778	.288	.088	.364	11.17	17.02	1.52	160.00
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					58	227	57	73	12	3	5	29	39	8	24	38	0	0	0	0	0	106	251	20	53	.322	.386	.467	.853	.388	.145	.370	9.56	15.14	1.58	45.40

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1998	Boston Red Sox	Division Series	Playoffs	28	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1999	Boston Red Sox	Division Series	Playoffs	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1999	Boston Red Sox	Championship Series	Playoffs	29	4	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	.200	.000	.667	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	.111	.000	.333	0.00	33.33

Player batting statistics considered to be non-regular season leagues and events.

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1990	Wausau Timbers	Midw	A	20	OF	39	-	-	89	2	2	0	93	91	0	0		.978	2.3	0.00	0.00	28.7	95.1	4
1991	Frederick Keys	Caro	A+	21	OF	127	-	-	293	7	5	2	305	300	0	0		.984	2.4	0.00	0.00	90.7	95.5	1
1992	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	22	OF	45	-	-	100	1	3	1	104	101	0	0		.971	2.2	0.00	0.00	31.3	100.0	5
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1988	USC	Pac10	NCAA-1		18	36	26	4	0	58	Mike Gillespie	-	-	NCAA Regionals
1989	USC	Pac10	NCAA-1		19	41	25	3	0	0	Mike Gillespie	-	-	NCAA Regionals
1990	USC	Pac10	NCAA-1		20	40	22	3	0	0	Mike Gillespie	-	-	NCAA Regionals
1990	Wausau Timbers	Midw	A	BAL	20	49	87	6	-	41	Mike Young	-	-	dnq
1991	Frederick Keys	Caro	A+	BAL	21	58	82	4	-	133	Wally Moon	-	-	dnq
1992	Hagerstown Suns	East	AA	BAL	22	59	80	7	-	101	Don Buford	-	-	dnq
1992	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	22	70	74	3	-	45	Jerry Narron	-	-	dnq
1993	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	23	74	67	1	-	27	Bob Miscik	-	-	dnq
1993	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	23	85	77	3	-	53	Johnny Oates	109,000		dnq
1994	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	24	87	74	1	-	111	Bob Miscik	-	-	dnq
1994	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	24	63	49	2	-	4	Johnny Oates	130,000		dnq
1995	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	25	73	69	1	-	46	Marv Foley	-	-	Lost in Semi-Finals
1995	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	25	71	73	3	-	24	Phil Regan	140,000		dnq
1995	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	25	69	75	2	-	44	Dallas Green	140,000		dnq
1996	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	26	90	72	1	-	90	Johnny Oates	165,000		Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1997	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	27	77	85	3	-	122	Johnny Oates	225,000		dnq
1998	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	28	92	70	2	-	86	Jimy Williams	460,000		Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1999	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	29	94	68	2	-	91	Jimy Williams	1,100,000		Lost ALCS (Yankees)
2000	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	30	65	97	6	-	150	Don Baylor	1,100,000		dnq
2001	Louisville RiverBats	IL	AAA	CIN	31	84	60	1	-	13	Dave Miley	-	-	Co-League Champions (Wilkes-Barre)
2001	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	31	60	84	6	-	39	Andy Etchebarren	-	-	dnq
2001	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	31	88	74	3	-	35	Don Baylor	1,100,000		dnq
2002	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Caro	A+	CHA	32	50	90	4	-	7	Razor Shines	-	-	dnq
2002	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	BOS	32	60	84	5	-	10	Buddy Bailey	-	-	dnq
2002	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	32	55	88	4	-	41	Nick Capra	-	-	dnq
2003	Edmonton Trappers	PCL	AAA	MON	33	73	69	1	-	15	Dave Huppert	-	-	Lost in Semi-Finals
26 record(s)

Based on playing years with listed statistics and available season data.

Transactions

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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
2003-05-05	Released by Expos			No	Hist
2003-02-18	Signed to Minor League contract	Montreal Expos		No	Hist
2002-07-14	Released by White Sox			No	Hist
2002-05-17	Signed to Minor League contract	Chicago White Sox		No	Hist
2002-04-20	Released by Red Sox			No	Hist
2001-12-03	Signed to Minor League contract	Boston Red Sox		No	Hist
2001-10-15	Released by Reds			No	Hist
2001-08-18	Signed to #-year contract for 2001-2001 ($0m) [Free Agent]	Cincinnati Reds		No	Hist
2001-08-09	Released by Orioles			No	Hist
2001-06-08	Signed to #-year contract for 2001-2001 ($0m) [Free Agent]	Baltimore Orioles		No	Hist
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Prospect Rankings

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Prospect rankings are available since 1990 and are based on pre-season rankings from various ranking sites.

Salaries and Contracts

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year	team	age	salary	tm rank	lg rank	avg salary	lg minimum	service time	contract
1993	Baltimore Orioles	23	109,000	-	-	1,076,089	109,000
1994	Baltimore Orioles	24	130,000	25	656	1,168,263	109,000
1995	Baltimore Orioles	25	140,000	23	615	1,110,766	109,000
1996	Texas Rangers	26	165,000	26	574	1,119,981	122,667
1997	Texas Rangers	27	225,000	23	529	1,336,609	150,000
1998	Boston Red Sox	28	460,000	16	438	1,398,831	170,000
1999	Boston Red Sox	29	1,100,000	16	330	1,611,166	200,000		Signed to 1-year contract for 1999-1999 ($1.1m) [Avoids arbitration] [1999-01-29]
2000	Chicago Cubs	30	1,100,000	13	342	1,895,630	200,000
2001	Chicago Cubs	31	1,100,000	17	389	2,138,896	200,000
9 season(s)			$4,529,000	Career Earnings

Talent Ratings

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Speed

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Power

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Contact

49

XBH

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RBIs

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Runs

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Hitting

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Durability

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Damon Buford

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[Career Highlights]

Stat Capsule	ab	r	h	hr	rbi	sb	avg	ops
MLB Career	1853	280	448	54	218	56	.242	.697