Damon Buford

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: June 12, 1970 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Birmingham HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: May 4, 1993 (Age 22-326d, 16,291st in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 15, 2001 (Age 30-337d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Damon Jackson Buford

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Relatives: Son of Don Buford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

1853

448

.242

280

RBI

218

OBP

.311

SLG

.385

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TEX		MIL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 4	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 5	TEX		BAL	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 6	TEX		BAL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 7	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 11	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	9	Apr 14	TEX		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 15	TEX		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	CF
11	11	Apr 16	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	12	Apr 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 18	TEX		TOR	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 19	TEX		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
15	15	Apr 20	TEX		TOR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	16	Apr 21	TEX		DET	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	CF
17	17	Apr 23	TEX		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	18	Apr 24	TEX		DET	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	19	Apr 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	Apr 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	21	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	22	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,8-14	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	Apr 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	24	Apr 30	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 2	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
26	26	May 3	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
27	27	May 4	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	28	May 6	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
29	29	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	30	May 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
31	31	May 9	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	32	May 10	TEX	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	33	May 11	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	34	May 12	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	35	May 13	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
36	37 (1)	May 15	TEX		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	38	May 16	TEX		NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	39	May 17	TEX		NYY	L,5-11	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	40	May 18	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
40	41	May 20	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
41	43 (1)	May 22	TEX		OAK	W,10-7	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	45 (1)	May 24	TEX	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	47 (1)	May 26	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	48	May 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,15-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	49	May 28	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	50	May 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
47	51	May 30	TEX		KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
48	52	May 31	TEX		KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	53	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	L,2-6	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	54	Jun 2	TEX		MIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	55	Jun 3	TEX		MIN	L,4-5	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
52	56	Jun 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
53	57	Jun 6	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	58	Jun 7	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	59	Jun 8	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
56	60	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	61	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	62	Jun 12	TEX		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	63	Jun 13	TEX		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	64	Jun 14	TEX		SDP	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	65	Jun 15	TEX		SDP	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	66	Jun 17	TEX	@	COL	W,10-8	CG	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	67	Jun 18	TEX	@	COL	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	68	Jun 19	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	69	Jun 20	TEX		SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
66	70	Jun 21	TEX		SEA	L,8-15	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
67	71	Jun 22	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	72	Jun 23	TEX		ANA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
69	73	Jun 24	TEX		ANA	L,6-7	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	74	Jun 25	TEX		ANA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
71	75	Jun 26	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	76	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	77	Jun 28	TEX	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	78	Jun 29	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	79	Jun 30	TEX	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	80	Jul 1	TEX	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	81	Jul 2	TEX		COL	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	82	Jul 3	TEX		COL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
79	83	Jul 4	TEX		OAK	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	84	Jul 5	TEX		OAK	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
81	85	Jul 6	TEX		OAK	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	86	Jul 10	TEX	@	SEA	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	87	Jul 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	88	Jul 12	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	89	Jul 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	90	Jul 14	TEX	@	ANA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	91	Jul 15	TEX	@	ANA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	92	Jul 16	TEX		TOR	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
89	93	Jul 17	TEX		TOR	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
90	94	Jul 18	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
91	95	Jul 19	TEX		DET	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	96	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	97	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
94	99 (1)	Jul 23	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	100	Jul 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	101	Jul 25	TEX	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
97	102	Jul 26	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	111 (8)	Aug 5	TEX		BOS	L,1-17	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	112	Aug 6	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	113	Aug 7	TEX		NYY	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
101	116 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
102	119 (2)	Aug 12	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	120	Aug 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	122 (1)	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
105	123	Aug 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
106	125 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
107	126	Aug 19	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	127	Aug 20	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
109	128	Aug 22	TEX		CHW	W,17-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
110	129	Aug 23	TEX		CHW	W,13-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
111	134 (4)	Aug 28	TEX	@	SFG	W,11-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
112	135	Aug 29	TEX	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
113	137 (1)	Aug 31	TEX	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	147 (9)	Sep 12	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
115	149 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	L,1-11	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	153 (3)	Sep 18	TEX		SEA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	162 (8)	Sep 28	TEX	@	ANA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							117gm		909.2	284	7	3	294	4