How Damon Buford's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Damon Buford posted a career Batting Average of .242, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1996, posting .283, near the league average of .276 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .177, well below the league average of .265 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .242 in 1999 to .251 in 2000 and .177 in 2001. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Damon Buford Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Damon Buford Batting Average Per Season

Damon Buford's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Damon Buford Batting Average per season line chart

Damon Buford Batting Average by Team

Damon Buford's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Damon Buford Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Damon Buford's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Damon Buford Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Damon Buford Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Damon Buford's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Damon Buford Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Damon Buford Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Damon Buford's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Damon Buford Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table