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	5	1		3	0		0	1			.279	.310	.309	.619	91
1930	NEG	NNL	23	2B	46	187	176	20	52	9	2	2	21	6		7			3	1			.295	.333	.403	.737	94
1931	CCU	NNL	24	2B	6	18	18	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.278	.278	.278	.556	53
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	25	2B	38	146	136	19	41	3	1	1	15	5		4			1	5			.301	.326	.360	.687	106
1933	ID	NN2	26	2B	20	73	66	6	16	1	2	0	8	1		4			1	2			.242	.296	.318	.614	65
5	2			2B	129	496	464	56	133	13	6	3	50	13		18	0		5	9			.287	.320	.360	.680	92
162 Game Average						623	583	70	167	16	8	4	63	16		23	0		6	11			.287	.320	.360	.680	92

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+
4	Baltimore Elite Giants			2B	109	423	398	50	117	12	4	3	42	12		14	0		4	7			.294	.325	.367	.691	96
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			2B	20	73	66	6	16	1	2	0	8	1		4			1	2			.242	.296	.318	.614	65

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1929	NEG	IND	72		.294	.305		4.2%	7.4%		0.0%	0.4%			19.50		0.0%	0.8%		.029	.079
1930	NEG	NNL	187		.336	.340		3.7%	7.7%								1.1%	1.2%		.108	.123
1931	CCU	NNL	18		.267	.344		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.095
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	146		.315	.311		2.7%				6.4%					0.7%	0.6%		.059	.082
1933	ID	NN2	73		.278	.334		5.5%	6.9%								0.0%	1.1%		.076	.123
5	2		496		.313	.326		3.6%	7.2%		0.0%	0.9%			17.61		0.6%	0.9%		.073	.103

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
4	Baltimore Elite Giants		423		.319	.324		3.3%	7.2%		0.0%	0.9%			17.61		0.7%	0.9%		.073	.100
1	Indianapolis ABCs II		73		.278	.334		5.5%	6.9%								0.0%	1.1%		.076	.123

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