Don Buford vs. Sammy Strang — Career Comparison

Don Buford
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueLeft FielderAll-Star
Sammy Strang
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueThird Baseman

Don Buford and Sammy Strang 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+ 120 for Don Buford, 119 for Sammy Strang), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 113 vs 109). The overall lean goes to Don Buford, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Don Buford and Sammy Strang

Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1286
144.31
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
903
154.27
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5347
600
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
3512
600
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4553
510.9
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
2933
501.08
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.776
0.776
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.794
0.794
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1203
134.99
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
790
134.97
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
909
102
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
634
108.31
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
17.62
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
19.13
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
4.94
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
28
4.78
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
10.44
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
16
2.73
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
294
32.99
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
156
26.65
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
697.48
78.27
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
486.65
83.14
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1727
193.79
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
1006
171.87
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1916
215
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1297
221.58
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.757
0.757
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.807
0.807
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
718
80.57
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
479
81.83
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418
46.9
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
253
43.22
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
117.04
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
716
122.32
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721.54
80.97
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
511.6
87.4
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
41
4.6
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
7.35
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
672
75.41
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
79.27
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
6.4
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
575
64.52
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
67.31
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.3
9.3
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
8.91
8.91
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
47
5.27
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
12.3
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
3.82
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
34
3.82
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
200
22.44
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
36.9
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
11.78
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
34.22
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
36.9
Don Buford
Career
Per 600 PA
65.57
65.57
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Don Buford and Sammy Strang

Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1299
1.15
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
1.09
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
1.01
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
0.45
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30468
27
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
20931
27
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10156
9
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
6977
9
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2083
1.85
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
1204
1.55
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1601
1.42
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1616
2.08
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.1
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
0.39
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3800
3.37
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3122
4.03
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3684
3.26
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2820
3.64
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.33
90.33
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.836
2.836
Sammy Strang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.326
3.326
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.53
87.53
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.51
41.51
Don Buford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.25
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.16
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Buford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Strang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0