Don Buford

Don Buford
Left fielder / Second baseman / Third baseman
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
Stats at Baseball Reference
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]