MLB / Players

Don Buddin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 178 lb

BornMay 5, 1934 · Turbeville, SC, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1956

Final gameSeptember 25, 1962

Seasons6 (1956–1962)

Boston Red Sox 1956; Boston Red Sox 1958–1961; Detroit Tigers 1962; Houston Colt .45's 1962

Percentile snapshot

1960 season — qualified batters

124

6.2

500

9.9

428

1.2

28.4

105

1.2

40.7

55.6

19.8

RBI

8.6

71.6

56.8

43.2

.245

7.4

OBP

.338

44.4

SLG

.360

19.8

OPS

.698

24.7

wRC+

85.8

OPS+

85.6

wOBA

.322

28.4

sWAR

1.4

24.7

of 82 qualified 1960 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

11.1

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
1956	114	454	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	65	62	2	0	.239	.352	.342	.694	79.5	76.4	.333	0.9
1958	136	594	497	74	118	25	2	12	43	82	106	0	4	.237	.349	.368	.717	97.6	92.3	.336	2.5
1959	151	589	485	75	117	24	1	10	53	92	99	6	1	.241	.366	.357	.723	103.2	95.3	.344	3.0
1960	124	500	428	62	105	21	5	6	36	62	59	4	2	.245	.338	.360	.698	85.8	85.6	.322	1.4
1961	115	420	339	58	89	22	3	6	42	72	45	2	1	.263	.394	.398	.792	114.3	110.1	.365	2.7
1962	71	206	163	24	32	7	1	2	14	37	33	1	0	.196	.351	.288	.640	85.3	76.2	.312	0.6

Career totals

711

2,763

2,289

342

551

123

RBI

225

410

404

.2407

OBP

.3581

SLG

.3587

OPS

.7168

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1956-07-17	ATH @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	2	1	3	0	8
1961-06-11	MIN @ BOS Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	8
1956-09-04	BOS @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	7
1958-06-18	BOS @ CWS Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	3	0	6
1961-06-18	TEX @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	0	1	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1956-07-24	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-09-18	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-09-19	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957-04-30	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957-06-07	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.