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Buster Narum
Leslie Ferdinand Narum

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 14, 1963
  vs. NYY 1.3 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 26, 1967
Born November 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
Died May 17, 2004 in Clearwater, FL

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 22 BAL AL   0   0   7   0   0   0   1  0    9.0    8    3    3   0    5    5   0   0    38   2   0  3.00  3.45  115 1.444
 1964 23 WSA AL   9  15  38  32   7   2   3  0  199.0  195  104   95  31   73  121   5   7   845   4   1  4.30  3.70   86 1.347
 1965 24 WSA AL   4  12  46  24   2   0   1  0  173.7  176   98   86  16   91   86   7   4   782  11   0  4.46  3.46   78 1.537
 1966 25 WSA AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.3   11    9    8   2    4    0   0   0    25   0   0 21.60  3.47   16 4.500
 1967 26 WSA AL   1   0   2   2   0   0   0  0   11.7    8    4    4   1    4    8   0   0    45   0   0  3.09  3.13  102 1.029
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .341  14  27  96  58   9   2   6  0  396.7  398  218  196  50  177  220  12  11  1735  17   1  4.45  3.57   80 1.450
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  11  42  25   3   0   2  0  175.0  175   96   86  22   78   97   5   4   766   7   0  4.45  3.57   80 1.450
 Career High      9  15  46  32   7   2   3  0  199.0  195  104   95  31   91  121   7   7   845  11   1  4.30  3.70   86 1.347

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 22 BAL AL   7    1    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1250    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 23 WSA AL  38   66    1    4   0  0   1    1   0  0   0  40  .061  .061  .106  -55    7   5   0   0   0   0
 1965 24 WSA AL  46   46    1    2   0  0   1    2   0  0   0  27  .043  .083  .109  -45    5   6   0   0   2   0
 1967 26 WSA AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       96  118    3    7   0  0   3    5   0  0   0  70  .059  .075  .136  -42   16  11   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        199    5   12   0  0   5    8   0  0   0 118  .059  .075  .136  -42   27  19   0   0   3   0
 Career High     46   66    1    4   0  0   1    2   0  0   0  40                           7   6   0   0   2   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 22 BAL AL    1    0    4          91|1.000  .251|1.000  .316|4.000  .387|5.000  .703|1250         1.4   0.1   0%
 1964 23 WSA AL   71   67    1   0.4    96| .061  .256| .061  .324| .106  .397| .167  .721| -55  .013 -13.9  -1.5   0%
 1965 24 WSA AL   54   50    1   0.5    90| .043  .248| .083  .318| .109  .381| .192  .699| -45  .025  -8.9  -1.0   0%
 1967 26 WSA AL    5    5    0   0.0    81| .000  .239| .000  .307| .000  .358| .000  .665|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       131  122    6   1.3    93| .059  .252| .075  .321| .136  .389| .211  .710| -42  .110 -22.6  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 22 BAL AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.79 3.00 2.00 0 9.0 1964 23 WSA AL P 38 9 16 1 2 .962 .958 0.66 0.72 1.13 1.90 32 199.0 1965 24 WSA AL P 46 17 39 3 2 .949 .951 1.22 0.75 2.90 2.04 24 173.7 1966 25 WSA AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.73 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1967 26 WSA AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.75 1.54 1.92 2 11.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 22 BAL AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.79 3.00 2.00 0 9.0 1964 23 WSA AL P 38 9 16 1 2 .962 .958 0.66 0.72 1.13 1.90 32 199.0 1965 24 WSA AL P 46 17 39 3 2 .949 .951 1.22 0.75 2.90 2.04 24 173.7 1966 25 WSA AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.73 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1967 26 WSA AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.75 1.54 1.92 2 11.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 96 28 58 4 4 .956 .953 0.90 0.74 1.95 1.96 58 396.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 96 28 58 4 4 .956 .953 0.90 0.74 1.95 1.96 58 397
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Home Runs Allow.
1964 AL-31-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1965 AL-91-6

Losses
1964 AL-15-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1964 AL-95-9
1965 AL-86-10

Hit Batsmen
1965 AL-7-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

March 31, 1964: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later. The Washington Senators sent Lou Piniella (August 4, 1964) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

February 13, 1968: Traded by the Washington Senators with Tim Cullen and Bob Priddy to the Chicago White Sox for Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones, and Ron Hansen.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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