Damon Buford | |||
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Center fielder | |||
Born: Baltimore, Maryland |
June 12, 1970 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 4, 1993, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
May 15, 2001, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .242 | ||
Home runs | 54 | ||
Runs batted in | 218 | ||
Teams | |||
Damon Jackson Buford (born June 12, 1970) is a former American Major League Baseball center fielder with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs between 1993 and 2001. Buford was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Buford batted and threw right-handed. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Don Buford.
Buford played at the University of Southern California. His Trojan teammates included Bret Barberie, Brett Boone, Jay Hemond, and Jeff Cirillo.
His father Don Buford also played for the USC Trojans and in the major leagues and later worked as hitting coordinator of the Hannibal Cavemen, under manager Jay Hemond, who played at USC while Don was hitting coach.