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)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1929	NEG	IND	22	3B	19	72	68	10	19	0	1	0	4	1		3			0	1			.279	.310	.309	.619	91
1930	NEG	NNL	23	2B	46	187	175	22	54	9	2	2	21	6		11			0	1			.309	.349	.417	.767	105
1931	CCU	NNL	24	2B	5	14	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	57
1932	NEG	NSL/NSC	25	2B	38	143	135	19	41	3	1	1	17	5		3			0	5			.304	.319	.363	.682	110
1933	ID	NN2	26	2B	18	65	60	5	15	1	2	0	7	1		2			1	2			.250	.286	.333	.619	66
5	3			2B	126	481	452	56	133	13	6	3	50	13		19			1	9			.294	.324	.369	.694	98
162 Game Average						618	581	72	171	17	8	4	64	17		24			1	12			.294	.324	.369	.694	98

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
3	Baltimore Elite Giants			2B	103	402	378	51	114	12	4	3	42	12		17			0	7			.302	.332	.378	.710	104
1	Cleveland Cubs			2B	5	14	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	57
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			2B	18	65	60	5	15	1	2	0	7	1		2			1	2			.250	.286	.333	.619	66

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1929	NEG	IND	72	.293	.304	4.2%	7.6%					0.0%	0.8%	.029	.079
1930	NEG	NNL	187	.351	.338	5.9%	8.0%					1.1%	1.1%	.109	.116
1931	CCU	NNL	14	.274	.345	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.097
1932	NEG	NSL/NSC	143	.309	.300	2.1%			5.7%			0.7%	0.5%	.059	.077
1933	ID	NN2	65	.275	.332	3.1%	6.7%					0.0%	1.1%	.083	.121
5	3		481	.317	.321	4.0%	7.1%					0.6%	0.9%	.075	.099

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
3	Baltimore Elite Giants		402	.326	.319	4.2%	7.1%					0.7%	0.8%	.077	.096
1	Cleveland Cubs		14	.274	.345	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.097
1	Indianapolis ABCs II		65	.275	.332	3.1%	6.7%					0.0%	1.1%	.083	.121

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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