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Don Buford

Orioles Career team 1968 to 1972
Position LF
Born Feb 2, 1937

Key Insights

1972
One opponent brings the best out of him

Buford has hit .455/.571/1.091 against Jack Aker in 14 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 11 with 2 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .692 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Buford is 7 for 13 against Jim Palmer, a .538 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

16 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Buford carries a .741 career OPS; against Mike Nagy it is 1.540, over 18 plate appearances.

7 for 14 with 2 home runs.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Buford has hit 5 home runs off Bert Blyleven, one every 4.2 plate appearances they have shared.

21 career plate appearances against him.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Ray Corbin walks Buford in 41.7% of their meetings, 5 times in 12 plate appearances.

5 walks in 12 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Buford more often than Mel Stottlemyre Sr.: 105 plate appearances, in which Buford has hit .258/.333/.323.

24 hits, 2 home runs and 4 strikeouts across 105 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 2, 1937