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Thanks for bring him up Matt. He's the forgotten Oriole, and it's a real shame because that dude could play. As an O, he had a lifetime OPB of .385. A heckuva ballplayer. We all know about Earl's saying that you win with pitching, defense, and three run homers. Well. we focus on the homer and forget that it takes two guys getting on base ahead of him. Buford had two .400+ OBP seasons - so what Earl was really saying is "Pitching, defense, Buford, another guy, and a jack." Of course, in 1971, Buford himself hit 19 jacks to go with his .413 OBP. 19 homers and yet only 54 RBIs. I guess there were times when Donny didn't want to wait around for the three run homer.
Here's an oddity. Three straight seasons with exactly 99 runs scored.