Damon Buford vs. Wally Gilbert — Career Comparison

Damon Buford
Gen XMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Wally Gilbert
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueThird Baseman

Damon Buford and Wally Gilbert are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 87 for Damon Buford, 90 for Wally Gilbert), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 83 vs 80). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Damon Buford and Wally Gilbert

Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
202.41
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
591
138.62
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
2072
600
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2558
600
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
1853
536.58
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2317
543.47
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.721
0.721
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.689
0.689
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
448
129.73
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
146.36
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
299
86.58
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
488
114.46
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
86
24.9
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
26.27
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.61
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
3.99
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
15.64
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.64
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
43.15
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
136
31.9
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
230.24
66.67
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267.52
62.75
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
714
206.76
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
791
185.54
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
641
185.62
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
803
188.35
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.697
0.697
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.585
0.585
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
280
81.08
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
301
70.6
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
63.13
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
214
50.2
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
444
128.57
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
508
119.16
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
227.83
65.97
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302.63
70.98
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.79
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
17
3.99
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
50.1
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
162
38
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.16
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
430
124.52
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
30.73
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.53
19.53
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
1.24
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.76
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.76
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
37
10.71
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
16.22
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
21
4.93
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.14
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
26.35
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
21
4.93
Damon Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
61.54
61.54
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Damon Buford and Wally Gilbert

Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
1.25
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
0.97
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13511
27
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4503.2
9
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1255
2.51
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
512
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.06
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1157
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1297
2.59
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1763
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283
2.56
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1669
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.92
98.92
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.67
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.843
Damon Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.48
77.48
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.02
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Damon Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0