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Ed Busch
Edgar John Busch

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 30, 1943
Final Game September 27, 1945
Born November 16, 1917 in Lebanon, IL
Died January 17, 1987 in St.Clair Co., IL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 25 PHA AL   4   17    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  1   1   2  .294  .368  .294   96    5   0           1   0
 1944 26 PHA AL 140  484   41  131  11  3   0   40   5  3  29  17  .271  .313  .306   78  148   9           1  20
 1945 27 PHA AL 126  416   37  104  10  3   0   35   2  3  32   9  .250  .305  .288   73  120   9           1  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      270  917   80  240  21  6   0   75   7  7  62  28  .262  .311  .298   76  273  18   0   0   3  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        550   48  144  13  4   0   45   4  4  37  17  .262  .311  .298   76  164  11   0   0   2  19
 Career High    140  484   41  131  11  3   0   40   5  3  32  17  .271  .313  .306   78  148   9   0   0   1  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 25 PHA AL   19   13    1   2.1    86| .294  .255| .368  .329| .294  .352| .662  .681|  96  .253  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1944 26 PHA AL  523  385   46   3.2    91| .271  .267| .313  .334| .306  .364| .619  .698|  78  .399 -14.6  -1.6  62%
 1945 27 PHA AL  458  336   36   2.9    89| .250  .262| .305  .334| .288  .356| .593  .689|  73  .367 -15.1  -1.6  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1000  734   83   3.0    90| .262  .264| .311  .334| .298  .360| .609  .694|  76  .383 -29.7  -3.2  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 25 PHA AL SS 4 10 6 1 1 .941 .952 4.00 4.92 1944 26 PHA AL SS 111 204 330 34 50 .940 .947 4.81 5.05 2B 27 51 62 7 12 .942 .967 4.19 5.36 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 3.23 1945 27 PHA AL SS 116 209 370 29 67 .952 .951 4.99 4.94 2B 2 4 4 1 2 .889 .976 4.00 5.35 3B 2 4 4 1 2 .889 .952 4.00 2.95 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 9.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 27 PHA AL 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 9.80 1944 26 PHA AL 2B 27 51 62 7 12 .942 .967 4.19 5.36 1945 27 PHA AL 2B 2 4 4 1 2 .889 .976 4.00 5.35 1944 26 PHA AL 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 3.23 1945 27 PHA AL 3B 2 4 4 1 2 .889 .952 4.00 2.95 1943 25 PHA AL SS 4 10 6 1 1 .941 .952 4.00 4.92 1944 26 PHA AL SS 111 204 330 34 50 .940 .947 4.81 5.05 1945 27 PHA AL SS 116 209 370 29 67 .952 .951 4.99 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 231 423 706 64 118 .946 .949 4.89 4.99 2B 29 55 66 8 14 .938 .967 4.17 5.36 3B 6 6 5 1 2 .917 .957 1.83 3.13 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 9.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 267 487 777 73 135 .945 .951 4.73 5.01
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 AL-20-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1944 AL-28.5-2
1945 AL-46.2-1

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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