Buford has recorded a batting average of .259 for his time in baseball with 764 scored runs and an OPS of .442. He has been struck out 658 times and has gotten a free base on 741 at-bats, contributing to a .359 on-base percentage. For his MLB career, Buford has hit 98 balls out of the park while knocking in 440 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .083 and he has a total of 1,836 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 5,832 times and got on base with a base hit 1,287 times.
So far this season, Don Buford has batted in 22 runs and has recorded a slugging percentage of .267. He has accounted for an on-base percentage of .326 in addition to 69 free passes and 83 strikeouts. Buford has recorded 109 bases in total with 84 base hits out of 408 at-bats. He has accounted for a batting average when batting of .206 while holding an OPS of .593. He has notched 46 runs for the season and has drilled 5 balls out of the park.
| Year | Team | BA | HR | H | BB | R | RBI | OBP | PA | AB | OPS | OPS+ | 2B | 3B | G | SLG | SB | CS | TB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | .264 | 93 | 1,203 | 672 | 718 | 418 | .362 | 5,347 | 4,553 | .741 | 115 | 157 | 44 | 1,286 | .379 | 200 | 105 | 1,727 | 575 | |
| 1972 | BAL | .206 | 5 | 84 | 69 | 46 | 22 | .326 | 485 | 408 | .593 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 125 | .267 | 8 | 3 | 109 | 83 |
| 1971 | BAL | .290 | 19 | 130 | 89 | 99 | 54 | .413 | 549 | 449 | .890 | 153 | 19 | 4 | 122 | .477 | 15 | 7 | 214 | 62 |
| 1970 | BAL | .272 | 17 | 137 | 109 | 99 | 66 | .406 | 629 | 504 | .816 | 126 | 15 | 2 | 144 | .411 | 16 | 8 | 207 | 55 |
| 1969 | BAL | .291 | 11 | 161 | 96 | 99 | 64 | .397 | 663 | 554 | .814 | 128 | 31 | 3 | 144 | .417 | 19 | 18 | 231 | 62 |
| 1968 | BAL | .282 | 15 | 120 | 57 | 65 | 46 | .367 | 494 | 426 | .804 | 143 | 13 | 4 | 130 | .437 | 27 | 12 | 186 | 46 |
| 1967 | CHW | .241 | 4 | 129 | 65 | 61 | 32 | .322 | 609 | 535 | .638 | 95 | 10 | 9 | 156 | .316 | 34 | 21 | 169 | 51 |
| 1966 | CHW | .244 | 8 | 148 | 69 | 85 | 52 | .323 | 698 | 607 | .672 | 100 | 26 | 7 | 163 | .349 | 51 | 22 | 212 | 71 |
| 1965 | CHW | .283 | 10 | 166 | 67 | 93 | 47 | .358 | 668 | 586 | .747 | 120 | 22 | 5 | 155 | .389 | 17 | 7 | 228 | 76 |
| 1964 | CHW | .262 | 4 | 116 | 46 | 62 | 30 | .337 | 504 | 442 | .685 | 94 | 14 | 6 | 135 | .348 | 12 | 7 | 154 | 62 |
| 1963 | CHW | .286 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .354 | 48 | 42 | .759 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .405 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
