James Buford - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

James Buford



James L. Buford Jr.
(Black Bottom)

Born: December 25, 1906 in Spring Hill, TN
Died: November 8, 1966 in Nashville, TN
          (59 years old)

Bats:
Throws: R
Ht: 5'11"
Wt: 165
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Notes:


• Buried: Greenwood Cemetery (Nashville, TN)


Compared to Contemporary Second Basemen (Top 50)

Compare With:



Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
1
2B
25
1922-1947
30.2
19.5
7.1
0.0
3.6
2
2B
26
1921-1946
25.6
24.5
-0.2
0.1
1.2
3
2B
21
1921-1945
18.4
16.6
-0.9
0.7
1.9
4
2B
19
1914-1932
14.7
8.3
3.5
0.0
3.0
5
2B
14
1930-1946
13.8
13.0
-0.8
0.0
1.7
6
2B
12
1923-1934
11.7
3.5
6.0
0.0
2.3
7
2B
12
1920-1934
11.3
10.4
0.8
0.1
0.0
8
2B
15
1931-1946
5.7
6.1
-1.7
0.0
1.2
9
2B
12
1917-1932
4.3
-3.2
5.5
0.0
2.0
10
2B
11
1921-1931
3.8
-0.1
2.9
0.0
1.0
11
2B
8
1921-1931
3.6
1.6
-0.2
0.0
2.3
12
2B
5
1920-1931
3.1
1.8
1.2
0.0
0.1
13
2B
11
1926-1941
2.9
0.4
0.0
0.0
2.5
14
2B
11
1926-1944
2.9
3.0
-0.7
0.0
0.5
15
2B
6
1923-1932
2.6
1.7
-0.2
0.0
1.1
16
2B
11
1921-1932
2.1
3.0
-1.6
0.0
0.7
17
2B
3
1927-1931
1.5
1.1
0.3
0.0
0.1
18
2B
5
1929-1933
1.1
1.2
-0.1
-0.3
0.4
19
2B
7
1923-1933
0.9
1.8
-1.9
0.0
0.9
20
2B
2
1930-1931
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
21
2B
3
1928-1935
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
22
2B
10
1921-1939
0.3
-2.0
2.8
-0.4
-0.1
23
2B
9
1918-1931
0.2
0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.2
24
2B
2
1926-1931
0.0
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
25
2B
5
1926-1931
0.0
0.6
-0.8
-0.1
0.3
26
2B
2
1930-1932
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
27
2B
4
1928-1936
-0.2
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.1
28
2B
3
1927-1932
-0.4
0.1
-0.9
0.1
0.3
29
2B
2
1925-1940
-0.5
-0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
30
2B
7
1925-1931
-0.5
-2.7
1.1
0.0
1.1
31
2B
6
1931-1945
-0.7
-0.8
-0.2
0.0
0.4
32
2B
4
1929-1932
-0.8
-0.9
0.2
-0.2
0.1
33
2B
10
1928-1940
-0.8
-0.7
-0.4
0.0
0.3
34
2B
11
1929-1943
-1.2
-0.3
-1.6
0.0
0.7
35
2B
2
1931-1932
-1.4
-0.7
-0.9
0.0
0.2
36
2B
19
1926-1947
-2.0
-6.6
2.7
0.0
1.9

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