How Don Buford's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Don Buford posted a career Games Started % of 87.53, well above the league average of .679 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1971, posting 98.26, well above the league average of .777 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at 77.46, well above the league average of .747 that year. The Games Started % trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 94.12 in 1970 to 98.26 in 1971 and 96.19 in 1972. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Games Started % producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.
Don Buford Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Don Buford
| Don Buford
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 87.53 |
| Season Avg. | 87.53 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 87.53 |
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Don Buford Games Started % Per Season
Don Buford's Games Started % for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Don Buford Games Started % by Team
Don Buford's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Buford Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Buford's career Games Started % 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.
Don Buford Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Buford's seasonal Games Started % 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.
Don Buford Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Buford's MLB career with Games Started % 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.
