Black Bottom Buford

Black Bottom Buford
Black Bottom Buford
	Second baseman
	Born: December 25, 1906; Spring Hill, Tennessee, US
	Died: November 8, 1966 (aged 59); Nashville, Tennessee, US
	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1929, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Last appearance
	1933, for the Indianapolis ABCs
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Nashville Elite Giants (1929–1930); Cleveland Cubs (1931); Nashville Elite Giants (1932); Indianapolis ABCs (1933);

James L. Buford Jr. (December 25, 1906 – November 8, 1966), nicknamed "Black Bottom", was an American Negro league second baseman between 1929 and 1933.

A native of Tennessee, Buford made his Negro leagues debut in 1929 with the Nashville Elite Giants. He remained with the club for four seasons, as it moved to Cleveland in 1931 and back to Nashville in 1932. Buford finished his career in 1933 with the Indianapolis ABCs.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Black Bottom Buford". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ "Black Bottom Buford". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

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[1] "Black Bottom Buford". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

[2] "Black Bottom Buford". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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