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)

Batting

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	45	181	171	20	52	8	2	2	19	6		9			0	1			.304	.339	.409	.748	100
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	NSC/NSL	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	125	475	448	54	131	12	6	3	48	13		17			1	9			.292	.320	.366	.686	96
162 Game Average						616	581	70	170	16	8	4	62	18		22			1	12			.292	.320	.366	.686	96

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	102	396	374	49	112	11	4	3	40	12		15			0	7			.299	.326	.374	.701	102
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	181		.342	.338		5.0%	8.0%								1.1%	1.1%		.105	.116
1931	CCU	NNL	14		.274	.345		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.097
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	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		475		.314	.321		3.6%	7.1%								0.6%	0.9%		.074	.099

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Baltimore Elite Giants		396		.321	.318		3.8%	7.1%								0.8%	0.8%		.075	.095
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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