News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

Photo of Jim Busby


Jim Busby

James Franklin Busby

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1927 in Kenedy, TX
School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/WhiteSox/Indians/RedSox/... 1950-1962

Final Game: July 8, 1962
Died: July 8, 1996 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Millen Cemetery, Millen, GA
Relatives: Cousin of Steve Busby
    About biographical information

47
3
14
7
4
5
31
23
33
7
16
4
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 23 CHW AL 18 50 48 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 5 .208 .224 .208 .433 13 10 1 0 1 8O/9
1951 24 CHW AL 143 524 477 59 135 15 2 5 68 26 11 40 46 .283 .344 .354 .698 90 169 15 4 3 *8O AS,MVP-30
1952 25 TOT AL 145 589 551 63 130 24 4 2 47 5 8 24 55 .236 .273 .305 .578 62 168 12 4 10 *8
1952 25 CHW AL 16 43 39 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 .128 .171 .128 .299 -16 5 1 0 2 8O
1952 25 WSH AL 129 546 512 58 125 24 4 2 47 5 6 22 48 .244 .281 .318 .599 69 163 11 4 8 *8O
1953 26 WSH AL 150 636 586 68 183 28 7 6 82 13 6 38 45 .312 .358 .415 .773 111 243 8 4 7 *8O
1954 27 WSH AL 155 685 628 83 187 22 7 7 80 17 2 43 56 .298 .342 .389 .731 105 244 8 3 5 7 *8 MVP-18
1955 28 TOT AL 146 578 528 61 126 19 6 7 41 12 3 38 59 .239 .289 .337 .626 69 178 10 0 10 2 1 *8
1955 28 WSH AL 47 208 191 23 44 6 2 6 14 5 0 13 22 .230 .279 .377 .656 79 72 4 0 4 0 1 8
1955 28 CHW AL 99 370 337 38 82 13 4 1 27 7 3 25 37 .243 .294 .315 .608 63 106 6 0 6 2 0 8
1956 29 CLE AL 135 546 494 72 116 17 3 12 50 8 3 43 47 .235 .301 .354 .656 72 175 13 4 5 0 2 *8
1957 30 TOT AL 116 397 362 40 86 12 2 5 23 6 4 24 44 .238 .284 .323 .607 70 117 6 0 9 2 0 *8/7
1957 30 CLE AL 30 78 74 9 14 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 8 .189 .200 .324 .524 41 24 3 0 3 0 0 8/7
1957 30 BAL AL 86 319 288 31 72 10 1 3 19 6 3 23 36 .250 .304 .323 .626 77 93 3 0 6 2 0 8
1958 31 BAL AL 113 245 215 32 51 7 2 3 19 6 4 24 37 .237 .320 .330 .650 85 71 2 3 1 2 0 *8/5
1959 32 BOS AL 61 110 102 16 23 8 0 1 5 0 1 5 18 .225 .266 .333 .599 61 34 3 1 1 1 0 8/79
1960 33 TOT AL 80 183 159 25 41 7 1 0 12 2 3 20 14 .258 .341 .314 .655 80 50 4 0 4 0 1 8/7
1960 33 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1960 33 BAL AL 79 183 159 25 41 7 1 0 12 2 3 20 14 .258 .341 .314 .655 80 50 4 0 4 0 1 8
1961 34 BAL AL 75 99 89 15 23 3 1 0 6 2 0 8 10 .258 .316 .315 .631 73 28 1 0 1 1 0 8
1962 35 HOU NL 15 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .182 .308 .182 .490 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 /8279
13 Yrs 1352 4655 4250 541 1113 162 35 48 438 97 48 310 439 .262 .314 .350 .665 82 1489 83 23 57 15 4
162 Game Avg. 162 558 509 65 133 19 4 6 52 12 6 37 53 .262 .314 .350 .665 82 178 10 3 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSH (4 yrs) 481 2075 1917 232 539 80 20 21 223 40 14 116 171 .281 .325 .377 .701 95 722 31 11 24 7 1
BAL (4 yrs) 353 846 751 103 187 27 5 6 56 16 10 75 97 .249 .318 .322 .640 79 242 10 3 12 5 1
CHW (4 yrs) 276 987 901 107 232 28 6 6 99 33 18 68 95 .257 .312 .322 .634 71 290 23 4 12 2 0
BOS (2 yrs) 62 110 102 16 23 8 0 1 5 0 1 5 18 .225 .266 .333 .599 61 34 3 1 1 1 0
CLE (2 yrs) 165 624 568 81 130 19 4 14 54 8 4 44 55 .229 .289 .350 .639 68 199 16 4 8 0 2
HOU (1 yr) 15 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .182 .308 .182 .490 40 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 1337 4642 4239 539 1111 162 35 48 437 97 47 308 436 .262 .315 .351 .665 82 1487 83 23 57 15 4
NL (1 yr) 15 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .182 .308 .182 .490 40 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 23 CHW AL 18 50 -6 -1 0 0 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .462 .496 -0.6 0.0 -6 $ 8O/9
1951 24 CHW AL 143 524 -6 -1 2 4 -1 -2 -0.2 14 12 1.2 .499 .499 0.7 0.3 8 $ *8O AS,MVP-30
1952 25 CHW AL 16 43 -6 -1 0 0 -0 -7 -0.8 1 -6 -0.7 .449 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -6 $ 8O
1952 25 WSH AL 129 546 -21 1 3 2 -1 -16 -1.8 15 -1 -0.3 .486 .489 -0.6 0.1 -3 $ *8O
1953 26 WSH AL 150 636 7 2 4 19 -1 30 3.2 17 48 4.9 .521 .520 2.8 1.9 29 $ *8O
1954 27 WSH AL 155 685 6 4 3 4 -1 17 1.8 18 35 3.6 .512 .511 3.1 0.3 31 $ *8 MVP-18
1955 28 WSH AL 47 208 -7 2 -1 -2 -0 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .483 .495 -0.1 -0.2 -0 $ 8
1955 28 CHW AL 99 370 -15 1 1 3 -1 -10 -1.0 10 -0 0.0 .489 .493 -0.4 0.3 -3 $ 8
1956 29 CLE AL 135 546 -19 1 0 9 -1 -10 -1.0 15 4 0.4 .492 .494 -0.5 0.9 -4 $ *8
1957 30 CLE AL 30 78 -7 -0 -0 -0 -0 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .471 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -6 $ 8/7
1957 30 BAL AL 86 319 -6 1 1 11 -0 7 0.7 9 16 1.6 .509 .505 0.4 1.1 5 $ 8
1958 31 BAL AL 113 245 -5 1 1 10 -0 6 0.6 7 13 1.3 .506 .504 0.3 1.0 3 $ *8/5
1959 32 BOS AL 61 110 -3 1 -0 -2 -0 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .492 .497 0.0 -0.3 0 $ 8/79
1960 33 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /7
1960 33 BAL AL 79 183 -2 -0 -0 8 -0 5 0.5 5 10 1.0 .507 .503 0.2 0.8 2 $ 8
1961 34 BAL AL 75 99 -4 1 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .497 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 8
1962 35 HOU NL 15 13 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /8279
13 Seasons 1352 4655 -93 10 13 66 -8 -11 -1.4 126 115 11.1 .499 .500 3.8 6.2 48 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
WSH (4 yrs) 481 2075 -15 9 8 24 -3 24 2.4 56 79 8.0 .505 .504 5.2 2.2 56 $
BAL (4 yrs) 353 846 -17 3 2 30 -1 17 1.6 23 40 3.9 .505 .503 0.8 2.9 10 $
CHW (4 yrs) 276 987 -33 -2 3 7 -2 -26 -2.7 26 0 -0.1 .490 .496 -1.0 0.6 -7 $
BOS (2 yrs) 62 110 -3 1 -0 -2 -0 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .492 .498 0.0 -0.3 0 $
CLE (2 yrs) 165 624 -25 0 -0 9 -1 -18 -1.9 17 -1 -0.3 .488 .494 -1.1 0.8 -10 $
HOU (1 yr) 15 13 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 23 CHW AL 50 42 2 1.3 111 .233 .208 .275 .224 .361 .208 .412 .433 .773 13 .075 -6.4 -0.6 .220 -.021 .000
1951 24 CHW AL 524 371 58 4.2 100 .305 .283 .265 .344 .346 .354 .389 .698 .735 90 .468 -6.5 -0.6 .620 .187 .071 8.4
1952 25 TOT AL 589 451 45 2.7 94 .259 .236 .257 .273 .336 .305 .375 .578 .711 62 .311 -29.4 -3.1 .438 .107 .069 2.9
1952 25 CHW AL 43 39 1 0.7 97 .156 .128 .261 .171 .341 .128 .381 .299 .723 -16 .036 -6.3 -0.7 .135 .000 .000
1952 25 WSH AL 546 412 44 2.9 94 .266 .244 .257 .281 .336 .318 .375 .599 .710 69 .339 -23.1 -2.4 .465 .115 .074 2.9
1953 26 WSH AL 636 424 86 5.4 100 .331 .312 .266 .358 .342 .415 .392 .773 .733 111 .591 7.9 0.8 .700 .179 .102 8.2
1954 27 WSH AL 685 463 86 5.0 95 .315 .298 .259 .342 .334 .389 .379 .731 .713 105 .571 3.2 0.3 .676 .183 .091 9.9
1955 28 TOT AL 578 427 52 3.3 102 .256 .239 .266 .289 .346 .337 .397 .626 .742 69 .349 -25.8 -2.6 .542 .188 .098 8.8
1955 28 WSH AL 208 155 20 3.4 99 .233 .230 .262 .279 .340 .377 .390 .656 .730 79 .373 -7.0 -0.7 .596 .241 .147 5.5
1955 28 CHW AL 370 272 32 3.2 104 .269 .243 .269 .294 .349 .315 .400 .608 .749 63 .335 -18.8 -1.9 .511 .157 .071 1.8
1956 29 CLE AL 546 399 52 3.5 108 .239 .235 .270 .301 .352 .354 .412 .656 .764 72 .357 -22.8 -2.2 .576 .217 .119 9.6
1957 30 TOT AL 397 297 34 3.1 95 .257 .238 .257 .284 .328 .323 .387 .607 .715 70 .345 -15.3 -1.6 .500 .157 .086 5.5
1957 30 CLE AL 78 67 4 1.6 99 .188 .189 .263 .200 .335 .324 .397 .524 .733 41 .138 -6.6 -0.7 .375 .135 .135 .0
1957 30 BAL AL 319 230 30 3.5 93 .275 .250 .255 .304 .326 .323 .385 .626 .710 77 .401 -8.7 -0.9 .536 .163 .073 4.0
1958 31 BAL AL 245 173 24 3.7 93 .271 .237 .255 .320 .322 .330 .387 .650 .709 85 .434 -3.8 -0.4 .588 .214 .093 4.0
1959 32 BOS AL 110 85 8 2.5 102 .262 .225 .265 .266 .337 .333 .405 .599 .742 61 .266 -5.5 -0.6 .470 .147 .108 .0
1960 33 TOT AL 183 129 17 3.6 101 .283 .258 .262 .341 .336 .314 .401 .655 .737 80 .394 -4.0 -0.4 .552 .176 .057 .0
1960 33 BAL AL 183 129 17 3.6 101 .283 .258 .262 .341 .336 .314 .401 .655 .737 80 .394 -4.0 -0.4 .552 .176 .057 .0
1961 34 BAL AL 99 69 10 3.9 100 .288 .258 .259 .316 .334 .315 .403 .631 .737 73 .417 -3.3 -0.3 .567 .169 .056 .0
1962 35 HOU NL 13 10 1 2.7 97 .250 .182 .262 .308 .328 .182 .397 .490 .725 40 .274 -0.8 -0.1 .300 .091 .000
13 Yrs 4655 3340 475 3.8 99 .282 .262 .263 .314 .340 .350 .391 .665 .730 82 .431 -112.5 -11.4 .573 .173 .088 64.2
162 Game Avg. 558 400 57 3.8 99 .282 .262 .263 .314 .340 .350 .391 .665 .730 82 .431 -112.5 -11.4 .573 .173 .088 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (4 yrs) 2075 1454 236 4.4 96 .299 .281 .261 .325 .337 .377 .383 .701 .720 95 .504 -19.0 -2.0 .615 .170 .095 27.5
BAL (4 yrs) 846 601 81 3.6 96 .277 .249 .257 .318 .328 .322 .391 .640 .719 79 .411 -19.7 -2.0 .558 .181 .073 8.7
CHW (4 yrs) 987 724 93 3.4 102 .282 .257 .267 .312 .348 .322 .394 .634 .742 71 .376 -38.1 -3.8 .531 .156 .064 10.2
CLE (2 yrs) 624 466 56 3.2 107 .232 .229 .269 .289 .350 .350 .410 .639 .760 68 .329 -29.4 -2.9 .548 .206 .121 10.2
BOS (2 yrs) 110 85 8 2.5 102 .262 .225 .265 .266 .337 .333 .405 .599 .742 61 .267 -5.5 -0.6 .470 .147 .108 .0
HOU (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 97 .250 .182 .262 .308 .328 .182 .397 .490 .725 40 .274 -0.8 -0.1 .300 .091 .000
AL (12 yrs) 4642 3330 474 3.8 99 .282 .262 .263 .315 .340 .351 .391 .665 .730 82 .431 -111.6 -11.3 .573 .173 .089 64.2
NL (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 97 .250 .182 .262 .308 .328 .182 .397 .490 .725 40 .274 -0.8 -0.1 .300 .091 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 23 CHW AL 50 0.0% 10.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 9.6 12.0 1.69 86%
1951 24 CHW AL 524 1.0% 8.8% 7.6% 4.2% 16% 1.15 10.4 95.4 7.0 1.20 81%
1952 25 TOT AL 589 0.3% 9.3% 4.1% 5.1% 23% 2.29 10.0 275.5 11.7 1.13 84%
1952 25 CHW AL 43 0.0% 16.3% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 3.50 5.6 1.82 74%
1952 25 WSH AL 546 0.4% 8.8% 4.0% 5.5% 24% 2.18 10.7 256.0 10.9 1.09 85%
1953 26 WSH AL 636 0.9% 7.1% 6.0% 6.5% 22% 1.18 13.0 97.7 7.1 0.95 84%
1954 27 WSH AL 685 1.0% 8.2% 6.3% 5.3% 19% 1.30 11.2 89.7 7.9 1.09 84%
1955 28 TOT AL 578 1.2% 10.2% 6.6% 5.5% 25% 1.55 8.9 75.4 12.9 1.03 80%
1955 28 WSH AL 208 2.9% 10.6% 6.3% 6.7% 32% 1.69 8.7 31.8 13.6 1.08 78%
1955 28 CHW AL 370 0.3% 10.0% 6.8% 4.9% 22% 1.48 9.1 337.0 12.5 1.01 81%
1956 29 CLE AL 546 2.2% 8.6% 7.9% 5.9% 28% 1.09 10.5 41.2 9.9 0.82 80%
1957 30 TOT AL 397 1.3% 11.1% 6.1% 4.8% 22% 1.83 8.2 72.4 15.7 1.03 79%
1957 30 CLE AL 78 2.6% 10.3% 1.3% 6.4% 36% 8.00 9.3 37.0 18.5 0.97 82%
1957 30 BAL AL 319 0.9% 11.3% 7.2% 4.4% 19% 1.57 8.0 96.0 15.2 1.04 79%
1958 31 BAL AL 245 1.2% 15.1% 9.8% 4.9% 24% 1.54 5.8 71.7 11.3 1.05 72%
1959 32 BOS AL 110 0.9% 16.4% 4.6% 8.2% 39% 3.60 5.7 102.0 20.4 0.97 76%
1960 33 TOT AL 183 0.0% 7.7% 10.9% 4.4% 20% 0.70 11.4 13.3 0.86 79%
1960 33 BAL AL 183 0.0% 7.7% 10.9% 4.4% 20% 0.70 11.4 13.3 0.86 79%
1961 34 BAL AL 99 0.0% 10.1% 8.1% 4.0% 17% 1.25 8.9 14.8 1.57 81%
1962 35 HOU NL 13 0.0% 23.1% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.7 11.0 1.00 62%
13 Yrs 4655 1.0% 9.4% 6.7% 5.3% 22% 1.42 9.7 88.5 9.7 1.04 81%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.0% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.31 7.4 39.5 8.2 1.00 75%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 23 CHW AL -6.4 -0.6 54 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 1.17 -0.6 -0.1 -5.4 -0.5 1.01 -6.5 0
1951 24 CHW AL -6.5 -0.6 527 -0.3 9.0 -9.3 1.07 -0.4 0.1 1.6 0.2 1.00 -3.5 2.12 4
1952 25 TOT AL -29.4 -3.1 602 -2.0 8.8 -10.9 1.05 -1.9 -0.0 -20.7 -2.2 1.01 -20.6 2.81 1
1952 25 CHW AL -6.3 -0.7 45 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1.08 -0.7 -0.1 -8.6 -0.9 1.05 -7.8 0
1952 25 WSH AL -23.1 -2.4 557 -1.2 8.6 -9.8 1.05 -1.2 0.1 -12.1 -1.3 1.01 -12.8 2.81 1
1953 26 WSH AL 7.1 0.7 661 1.9 11.4 -9.5 .96 0.3 1.7 20.8 2.1 1.00 8.2 0
1954 27 WSH AL 4.1 0.4 712 2.5 14.3 -11.8 1.12 1.1 1.1 20.0 2.1 0.99 12.6 0
1955 28 TOT AL -26.5 -2.6 595 -2.9 8.0 -10.9 1.00 -1.5 -1.4 -20.3 -2.0 0.95 -19.1 0
1955 28 WSH AL -7.3 -0.7 213 -1.5 3.0 -4.5 1.05 -0.4 -1.1 -8.8 -0.9 0.95 -5.0 0
1955 28 CHW AL -19.3 -1.9 382 -1.4 5.0 -6.4 .96 -1.2 -0.3 -11.5 -1.1 0.95 -14.1 0
1956 29 CLE AL -23.4 -2.3 561 -1.9 8.4 -10.3 1.00 -1.1 -0.8 -12.2 -1.2 0.95 -15.8 0.96 5
1957 30 TOT AL -15.3 -1.6 410 -1.1 6.1 -7.2 1.04 -1.5 0.5 -14.3 -1.5 0.97 -16.2 1.00 8
1957 30 CLE AL -6.6 -0.7 79 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .89 -0.8 -0.0 -10.2 -1.1 0.99 -8.1 1.10 5
1957 30 BAL AL -8.7 -0.9 331 -0.3 5.3 -5.7 1.08 -0.7 0.4 -4.1 -0.4 0.96 -8.1 0.82 3
1958 31 BAL AL -3.8 -0.4 254 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 1.03 -0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.98 -6.6 1.18 6
1959 32 BOS AL -5.5 -0.6 116 -0.8 1.5 -2.3 1.03 -0.3 -0.5 -4.7 -0.5 0.93 -3.9 1.63 18
1960 33 TOT AL -4.0 -0.4 191 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 1.09 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.96 -2.6 1.53 3
1960 33 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1960 33 BAL AL -4.0 -0.4 191 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 1.09 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.96 -2.6 1.53 3
1961 34 BAL AL -3.3 -0.3 101 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 .92 -0.4 -0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.91 -4.2 0.74 4
1962 35 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 15 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .99 -0.0 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.00 -0.9 0.49 3
13 Yrs -113.7 -11.5 4799 -6.7 76.6 -83.2 1.04 -7.3 0.9 -38.2 -3.8 0.98 -79.2 1.34 52
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 23 CHW AL 0 0 46% 22 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1951 24 CHW AL 11 0 31% 211 26 11 70% 22 9 3 0 0 0 5 0 7 3 43% 36 24 7 7 4 3 17 1 16
1952 25 TOT AL 21 0 39% 208 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 42% 38 24 13 11 9 2 25 9 16
1952 25 CHW AL 0 0 71% 6 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1952 25 WSH AL 21 0 38% 202 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 43% 35 23 12 11 9 2 24 8 16
1953 26 WSH AL 7 0 28% 271 13 6 68% 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 45% 35 26 9 10 4 5 28 9 19
1954 27 WSH AL 12 0 34% 297 17 2 89% 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 47% 38 24 13 14 6 7 29 7 18
1955 28 TOT AL 10 0 34% 192 12 3 80% 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 50% 35 22 13 6 5 1 17 2 15
1955 28 WSH AL 2 0 33% 52 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 8 4 4 3 2 1 7 0 7
1955 28 CHW AL 8 0 35% 140 7 3 70% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 43% 27 18 9 3 3 0 10 2 8
1956 29 CLE AL 10 0 40% 183 8 3 73% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 57% 26 13 12 6 4 2 15 2 13
1957 30 TOT AL 7 0 33% 136 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 64% 17 8 9 1 1 0 10 1 9
1957 30 CLE AL 0 0 54% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 30 BAL AL 7 0 30% 117 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 63% 14 7 7 1 1 0 9 1 8
1958 31 BAL AL 1 0 39% 109 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 53% 17 11 6 3 1 2 10 2 8
1959 32 BOS AL 5 0 54% 48 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 4
1960 33 TOT AL 4 0 41% 98 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 44% 11 6 5 5 3 2 7 4 3
1960 33 BAL AL 4 0 41% 98 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 44% 11 6 5 5 3 2 7 4 3
1961 34 BAL AL 0 0 48% 53 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 12 7 5 1 1 0 2 1 1
1962 35 HOU NL 0 0 50% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 88 0 35% 1836 97 48 67% 91 48 5 2 0 0 12 1 47 79 48% 274 169 97 64 38 24 168 41 123
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 23 CHW AL 50 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 4 2 50% 32 4 13% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1951 24 CHW AL 524 36% 135 4 0 0 1 2.12 5 0 20 2 2 2 3 0 8 3 38% 111 15 14% 62 20 32% 338 62 18% 33 20 61% 22 8 36% 0
1952 25 TOT AL 589 40% 130 1 0 0 0 2.81 2 0 20 1 1 0 2 0 13 10 77% 152 12 8% 90 28 31% 399 46 12% 33 17 52% 31 13 42% 0
1952 25 CHW AL 43 21% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 11 1 9% 4 2 50% 34 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1952 25 WSH AL 546 42% 125 1 0 0 0 2.81 2 0 18 1 1 0 2 0 10 8 80% 141 11 8% 86 26 30% 365 46 13% 32 17 53% 26 10 38% 0
1953 26 WSH AL 636 29% 183 0 0 0 0 6 0 22 4 2 0 6 0 10 7 70% 145 8 6% 66 25 38% 435 77 18% 42 22 52% 26 13 50% 0
1954 27 WSH AL 685 30% 187 0 0 0 0 7 0 15 5 2 1 6 0 9 5 56% 149 8 5% 82 26 32% 467 77 16% 47 27 57% 27 10 37% 0
1955 28 TOT AL 578 26% 126 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 6 1 0 7 0 13 10 77% 117 10 9% 54 17 31% 360 36 10% 26 10 38% 18 8 44% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 208 24% 44 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 5 1 0 6 0 5 4 80% 40 4 10% 20 3 15% 129 8 6% 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 0
1955 28 CHW AL 370 28% 82 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 75% 77 6 8% 34 14 41% 231 28 12% 18 8 44% 15 7 47% 0
1956 29 CLE AL 546 35% 116 5 1 0 0 0.96 12 2 16 10 2 3 9 0 7 5 71% 106 13 12% 40 12 30% 339 39 12% 24 9 38% 19 10 53% 0
1957 30 TOT AL 397 29% 86 8 2 0 0 1.00 5 0 13 5 0 3 2 0 10 9 90% 83 6 7% 37 16 43% 247 20 8% 20 8 40% 21 12 57% 0
1957 30 CLE AL 78 29% 14 5 1 0 0 1.10 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 20 3 15% 8 3 38% 44 3 7% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1957 30 BAL AL 319 29% 72 3 1 0 0 0.82 3 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 7 6 86% 63 3 5% 29 13 45% 203 17 8% 16 7 44% 21 12 57% 0
1958 31 BAL AL 245 43% 51 6 1 0 0 1.18 3 1 10 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 50% 48 2 4% 16 5 31% 146 17 12% 10 5 50% 10 5 50% 0
1959 32 BOS AL 110 54% 23 18 1 0 0 1.63 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 22 3 14% 7 2 29% 57 4 7% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1960 33 TOT AL 183 70% 41 3 1 0 0 1.53 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 35 4 11% 13 5 38% 109 13 12% 6 2 33% 8 4 50% 0
1960 33 BAL AL 183 70% 41 3 1 0 0 1.53 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 35 4 11% 13 5 38% 109 13 12% 6 2 33% 8 4 50% 0
1961 34 BAL AL 99 89% 23 4 1 0 0 0.74 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 7 4 57% 54 6 11% 6 4 67% 4 4 100% 0
1962 35 HOU NL 13 85% 2 3 1 0 1 0.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 4655 36% 1113 52 8 0 2 1.34 48 3 143 35 12 12 36 0 80 57 71% 987 83 8% 478 162 34% 2991 402 13% 252 126 50% 193 89 46% 0
MLB Averages 49% 81% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 23 18 50 48 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 5 .208 .224 .208 .433 13 10 1 0 1
1951 24 161 574 525 64 145 15 2 5 72 26 13 41 51 .276 .333 .341 .674 83 179 16 4 4
1952 25 306 1163 1076 127 275 39 6 7 119 31 21 65 106 .256 .303 .322 .625 73 347 28 8 14
1953 26 456 1799 1662 195 458 67 13 13 201 44 27 103 151 .276 .322 .355 .677 86 590 36 12 21
1954 27 611 2484 2290 278 645 89 20 20 281 61 29 146 207 .282 .328 .364 .692 91 834 44 15 26 7
1955 28 757 3062 2818 339 771 108 26 27 322 73 32 184 266 .274 .321 .359 .680 87 1012 54 15 36 9 1
1956 29 892 3608 3312 411 887 125 29 39 372 81 35 227 313 .268 .318 .358 .676 85 1187 67 19 41 9 3
1957 30 1008 4005 3674 451 973 137 31 44 395 87 39 251 357 .265 .314 .355 .669 83 1304 73 19 50 11 3
1958 31 1121 4250 3889 483 1024 144 33 47 414 93 43 275 394 .263 .315 .354 .668 83 1375 75 22 51 13 3
1959 32 1182 4360 3991 499 1047 152 33 48 419 93 44 280 412 .262 .313 .353 .666 83 1409 78 23 52 14 3
1960 33 1262 4543 4150 524 1088 159 34 48 431 95 47 300 426 .262 .314 .352 .666 83 1459 82 23 56 14 4
1961 34 1337 4642 4239 539 1111 162 35 48 437 97 47 308 436 .262 .315 .351 .665 82 1487 83 23 57 15 4
1962 35 1352 4655 4250 541 1113 162 35 48 438 97 48 310 439 .262 .314 .350 .665 82 1489 83 23 57 15 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 23 19 52 50 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 .200 .216 .200 .416 2 18
1951 24 150 548 500 61 140 16 2 5 70 27 41 48 .280 .339 .350 .689 59 143
1952 25 152 625 584 72 144 27 4 2 54 6 27 57 .247 .285 .317 .601 52 145
1953 26 157 666 615 73 194 30 7 6 88 14 40 47 .315 .361 .416 .777 92 150
1954 27 162 732 669 96 208 24 8 8 93 19 48 59 .311 .356 .407 .763 97 155
1955 28 153 603 551 63 131 20 6 7 42 12 40 62 .238 .288 .334 .622 53 146
1956 29 141 563 511 70 116 17 3 12 48 8 43 49 .227 .292 .342 .635 50 135
1957 30 122 424 386 47 96 13 2 6 27 7 27 46 .249 .296 .339 .636 39 116
1958 31 118 261 228 38 57 8 2 3 22 7 27 39 .250 .335 .342 .677 26 113
1959 32 64 115 107 17 24 8 0 1 5 0 5 19 .224 .263 .327 .590 9 61
1960 33 84 192 167 26 43 7 1 0 13 2 21 15 .257 .340 .311 .652 18 80
1961 34 75 99 89 15 23 3 1 0 6 2 8 10 .258 .316 .315 .631 9 75
1962 35 15 15 12 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 15
13 Yrs 1412 4895 4469 586 1189 173 36 50 474 104 331 459 .266 .319 .354 .673 507 1352
162 Game Avg. 162 562 513 67 136 20 4 6 54 12 38 53 .266 .319 .354 .673 58 1352

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (30, 1%)
1954 AL (18, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1953 AL  4.9 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1953 AL  4.9 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 AL  1.9 (6th)
1956 AL  0.9 (10th)
1958 AL  1.0 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1953 AL  .312 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1953 AL  586 (9th)
1954 AL  628 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 AL  685 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  183 (5th)
1954 AL  187 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1954 AL  7 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  26 (2nd)
1953 AL  13 (4th)
1954 AL  17 (4th)
1955 AL  12 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1953 AL  142 (2nd)
1954 AL  151 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1953 AL  225 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (10th)
1955 AL  10 (9th)
1957 AL  9 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  11 (2nd)
1952 AL  8 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 AL  70.27 (5th)
1953 AL  68.42 (3rd)
1954 AL  89.47 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1953 AL  8.2 (10th)
1954 AL  9.9 (5th)
1955 AL  8.8 (9th)
1956 AL  9.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1952 AL  451 (8th)
1954 AL  463 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (939), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1925), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Bill Tuttle (955)
  2. Rick Miller (948)
  3. Peanuts Lowrey (946)
  4. Billy Hatcher (945)
  5. Ken Berry (944)
  6. Joe Orsulak (942)
  7. Bob Kennedy (942)
  8. Cesar Geronimo (940)
  9. Milt Thompson (936)
  10. Vic Davalillo (936)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Farmer Weaver (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Boots Day (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jerry Mumphrey (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jerry Mumphrey (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rube Oldring (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Kennedy (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Kennedy (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Kennedy (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Kennedy (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Kennedy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Kennedy (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Juan Beniquez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Jim Busby    

Viewed 12,989 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: James Franklin james Jim jimmie jimmy Busby

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.