Damon Buford

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornJune 12, 1970 · Baltimore, MD, USA

MLB debutMay 4, 1993

Final gameMay 15, 2001

Seasons9 (1993–2001)

Baltimore Orioles 1993–1995; New York Mets 1995; Texas Rangers 1996–1997; Boston Red Sox 1998–1999; Chicago Cubs 2000–2001

Percentile snapshot

2000 season — qualified batters

150

54.9

556

25.6

495

24.4

7.9

124

3.7

32.9

RBI

11.6

28.7

118

17.1

31.1

26.8

.251

11.6

OBP

.324

18.3

SLG

.390

19.5

OPS

.714

13.4

wRC+

83.2

15.2

OPS+

82.7

16.5

wOBA

.319

11.6

sWAR

0.8

20.1

of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.2

65.4

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1993	53	90	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	9	19	2	2	.228	.315	.367	.682	84.4	81.3	.317	-0.1
1994	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	164.2	156.4	.452	0.0
1995	68	204	168	30	34	5	0	4	14	25	35	10	8	.202	.318	.304	.622	73.5	68.0	.296	-0.1
1996	90	162	145	30	41	9	0	6	20	15	34	8	5	.283	.348	.469	.817	101.9	101.0	.359	0.3
1997	122	404	366	49	82	18	0	8	39	30	83	18	7	.224	.287	.339	.626	58.7	59.9	.284	-0.5
1998	86	241	216	37	61	14	4	10	42	22	43	5	5	.282	.349	.523	.872	121.7	122.7	.375	1.4
1999	91	324	297	39	72	15	2	6	38	21	74	9	2	.242	.294	.367	.661	66.0	67.6	.295	-0.2
2000	150	556	495	64	124	18	3	15	48	47	118	4	6	.251	.324	.390	.714	83.2	82.7	.319	0.8
2001	35	89	85	11	15	2	0	3	8	4	23	0	0	.176	.213	.306	.519	31.9	36.0	.229	-0.4

Career totals

699

2,072

1,853

280

448

RBI

218

173

430

.2418

OBP

.3113

SLG

.3853

OPS

.6966

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
2000-07-19	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	2	4	0	1	1	1	9
1995-09-13	HOU @ NYM Gameday	5	2	2	0	0	2	3	8
1997-08-31	TEX @ SD Gameday	4	1	4	0	0	1	2	7
2000-05-23	CHC @ COL Gameday	4	2	4	0	0	1	1	7
1999-06-04	ATL @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	7

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.