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Jim Busby
James Franklin Busby

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

Born: January 8, 1927 in Kenedy, TX
School: Texas Christian University
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1950
Final Game: July 8, 1962
Died: July 8, 1996 in Augusta, GA
Relatives: Cousin of Steve Busby
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Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1950	CHW	AL	23	OF	12			28	25	2	1	1	.964									2.25	.979		2.34	0-12-1
1951	CHW	AL	24	OF	139			383	360	16	7	4	.982									2.71	.977		2.23	0-139-0						AS,MVP-30
1952	TOT	AL	25	OF	144			479	472	4	3	0	.994									3.31	.980		2.18	0-144-0
1952	CHW	AL	25	OF	16			42	42	0	0	0	1.000									2.63	.979		2.18	0-16-0
1952	WSH	AL	25	OF	128			437	430	4	3	0	.993									3.39	.980		2.18	0-128-0
1953	WSH	AL	26	OF	150			503	482	15	6	4	.988									3.31	.981		2.18	0-150-0
1954	WSH	AL	27	CF	155	155	1374.1	504	492	6	6	1	.988	4.4	3.8	9.4	5.3	4.1	-5		3.26	3.21	.983	2.85	2.64							MVP-18
1954	WSH	AL	27	OF	155	155	1374.1	503	491	6	6	1	.988	4.4	3.8	9.4	5.3	4.1	-5		3.25	3.21	.979	2.39	2.17							MVP-18
1955	TOT	AL	28	CF	146	136	1214.2	387	375	7	5	3	.987	1.2	1.2	0.2	-5.9	6.2	1		2.83	2.62	.985	2.87	2.55
1955	TOT	AL	28	OF	146	136	1214.2	387	375	7	5	3	.987	1.2	1.2	0.2	-5.9	6.2	1		2.83	2.62	.982	2.40	2.08
1955	WSH	AL	28	CF	47	47	415.2	135	133	1	1	0	.993	-1.8	-5.2	-0.8	-5.7	4.9	-1		2.90	2.85	.985	2.87	2.55
1955	WSH	AL	28	OF	47	47	415.2	134	132	1	1	0	.993	-1.8	-5.2	-0.8	-5.7	4.9	-1		2.88	2.83	.982	2.40	2.08
1955	CHW	AL	28	CF	99	89	799.0	252	242	6	4	3	.984	3.0	4.5	1.0	-0.2	1.3	2		2.79	2.51	.985	2.87	2.55
1955	CHW	AL	28	OF	99	89	799.0	253	243	6	4	3	.984	3.0	4.5	1.0	-0.2	1.3	2		2.80	2.52	.982	2.40	2.08
1956	CLE	AL	29	CF	133	122	1116.2	355	347	4	4	0	.989	8.7	9.3	10.7	0.4	10.3	-2		2.83	2.64	.984	2.79	2.50
1956	CLE	AL	29	OF	133	122	1116.2	351	344	3	4	0	.989	8.7	9.3	10.7	0.4	10.3	-2		2.80	2.61	.979	2.34	2.04
1957	TOT	AL	30	OF	111	96	873.0	291	277	9	5	2	.983	10.5	14.4	9.5	4.4	5.1	1		2.95	2.58	.980	2.24	1.97
1957	TOT	AL	30	CF	110	95	862.0	285	273	7	5	2	.982	10.9	15.2	9.9	4.2	5.6	1		2.92	2.55	.983	2.72	2.40
1957	CLE	AL	30	OF	26	19	168.0	46	44	1	1	1	.978	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0		2.41	1.73	.980	2.24	1.97
1957	CLE	AL	30	CF	25	18	157.0	43	41	1	1	1	.977	0.3	2.3	0.3	-0.2	0.4	0		2.41	1.68	.984	2.72	2.40
1957	CLE	AL	30	LF	2	1	11.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-43.6	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	0		2.45	1.50	.967	2.13	1.70
1957	BAL	AL	30	CF	85	77	705.0	242	232	6	4	1	.983	10.6	18.0	9.6	4.4	5.2	1		3.04	2.80	.983	2.72	2.40
1957	BAL	AL	30	OF	85	77	705.0	245	233	8	4	1	.984	10.6	18.0	9.6	4.4	5.2	1		3.08	2.84	.980	2.24	1.97
1958	BAL	AL	31	CF	103	54	567.0	203	201	1	1	0	.995	9.9	21.0	11.9	9.0	2.8	-2		3.21	1.96	.985	2.68	2.29
1958	BAL	AL	31	OF	103	54	567.0	198	196	1	1	0	.995	9.9	21.0	11.9	9.0	2.8	-2		3.13	1.91	.982	2.27	1.94
1958	BAL	AL	31	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
1959	BOS	AL	32	OF	34	19	197.1	51	49	1	1	0	.980	-1.9	-11.6	-1.9	0.8	-2.7	0		2.28	1.47	.980	2.22	1.96
1959	BOS	AL	32	CF	26	16	158.1	42	40	1	1	0	.976	-2.6	-19.7	-2.6	0.4	-3.0	0		2.33	1.58	.983	2.72	2.44
1959	BOS	AL	32	LF	7	3	37.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0.9	29.2	0.9	0.4	0.5	0		2.19	1.29	.978	2.07	1.69
1959	BOS	AL	32	RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-120.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.60
1960	TOT	AL	33	OF	72	45	420.0	137	133	2	2	1	.985	8.0	22.9	8.0	6.4	1.5	0		2.89	1.88	.982	2.25	1.95
1960	BOS	AL	33	LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70
1960	BOS	AL	33	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1960	BAL	AL	33	OF	71	45	419.0	137	133	2	2	1	.985	8.0	22.9	8.0	6.4	1.5	0		2.90	1.90	.982	2.25	1.95
1960	BAL	AL	33	CF	70	45	419.0	139	135	2	2	1	.986	8.0	22.9	8.0	6.4	1.5	0		2.94	1.96	.987	2.66	2.30
1961	BAL	AL	34	CF	71	26	264.1	74	71	2	1	0	.986	1.4	6.4	1.4	2.8	-1.4	0		2.49	1.03	.982	2.59	2.24
1961	BAL	AL	34	OF	71	26	264.1	79	76	2	1	0	.987	1.4	6.4	1.4	2.8	-1.4	0		2.66	1.10	.977	2.25	1.98
1962	HOU	NL	35	OF	10	2	26.2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-31.5	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0		1.35	0.40	.975	2.06	1.79
1962	HOU	NL	35	CF	8	2	25.1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-23.7	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0		1.42	0.50	.975	2.45	2.28
1962	HOU	NL	35	C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0					0	0.00	0.00		6.30	5.50		0	0	0	0
1962	HOU	NL	35	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-720.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0			0.00	0.00		2.70	1.40
1962	HOU	NL	35	RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		1.80	1.60
13 Seasons				OF	1280	655	6054.0	3394	3284	68	42	16	.988	41.5	8.2	48.5	22.7	25.7	-7		4.98	2.62	.980	2.33	2.09	11-1267-3
9 Seasons (incomplete)				CF	822	651	6001.2	1993	1938	30	25	7	.987	41.4	8.3	48.4	22.3	25.9	-7		2.95	2.39	.984	2.78	2.45
4 Seasons				LF	11	4	49.1	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	7.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	0		2.19	1.09	.975	2.08	1.66
2 Seasons (incomplete)				RF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-80.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.60
1 Season				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
1 Season				C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0					0	0.00	0.00		6.30	5.50		0	0	0	0
13 Seasons				TOT	1282	655	6056.0	3394	3284	68	42	16	.988	41.5	8.2	48.5	22.7	25.7	-7	0	4.98	2.61	.967	2.33	2.09	11-1267-3	0	0	0	0
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1950	CHW	AL	23	18		18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	12
1951	CHW	AL	24	143		143	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	139
1952	WSH	AL	25	129		129	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	128
1952	CHW	AL	25	16		16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	16
1953	WSH	AL	26	150		150	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	150
1954	WSH	AL	27	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	155		0	0
1955	CHW	AL	28	99	89	99	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99	0	99		0	4
1955	WSH	AL	28	47	47	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0	47		0	0
1956	CLE	AL	29	135	122	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	0	133		5	1
1957	BAL	AL	30	86	77	86	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	0	85		3	3
1957	CLE	AL	30	30	19	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	0	26		5	1
1958	BAL	AL	31	113	54	113	113	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	103	0	103		6	19
1959	BOS	AL	32	61	19	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	1	34		20	15
1960	BAL	AL	33	79	45	79	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	0	71		4	16
1960	BOS	AL	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		0	0
1961	BAL	AL	34	75	26	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	71		4	13
1962	HOU	NL	35	15	2	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	10		4	5
13 Seasons				1352	655	1352	1352	0	1	0	0	1	0	11	1267	3	1280		51	77
				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1954	WSH	AL	27	6	0	3	3	1	6	0	3	0	2	72	47	0	67	4	1	13	5	0	23	6	0	44	37	0	219	99	45.2%	119	1	0.5%	5	6058	69%	81%	30%	899	55%
1955	CHW	AL	28	4	0	4	0	1	6	0	3	2	0	30	24	0	30	7	0	6	2	0	13	2	0	24	20	2	103	55	53.4%	46	2	1.9%	4	3416	58%	79%	28%	456	54%
1955	WSH	AL	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	23	16	0	20	1	0	4	2	0	7	2	0	10	7	0	64	28	43.8%	36	0	0.0%	1	1903	71%	77%	28%	254	53%
1956	CLE	AL	29	4	0	4	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	66	37	0	35	6	0	6	1	0	21	7	0	25	19	0	153	70	45.8%	83	0	0.0%	4	4876	62%	75%	28%	617	57%
1957	BAL	AL	30	4	0	4	0	2	6	0	1	4	1	33	18	3	30	3	1	3	1	0	6	2	0	7	5	0	79	29	36.7%	46	4	5.1%	2	2910	65%	79%	29%	397	58%
1957	CLE	AL	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	20	7	35.0%	12	1	5.0%	0	703	64%	73%	26%	69	59%
1958	BAL	AL	31	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	29	17	0	19	3	0	2	0	0	7	2	0	13	10	0	70	32	45.7%	38	0	0.0%	1	2375	67%	80%	32%	336	60%
1959	BOS	AL	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	9	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	21	9	42.9%	12	0	0.0%	1	693	69%	80%	28%	81	52%
1960	BAL	AL	33	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	18	10	0	10	0	0	3	1	0	8	2	1	7	6	0	46	19	41.3%	26	1	2.2%	1	1788	66%	78%	29%	231	59%
1961	BAL	AL	34	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	17	8	0	9	1	0	4	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	0	35	14	40.0%	20	1	2.9%	1	1138	58%	78%	27%	141	52%
1962	HOU	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	106	51%	76%	32%	13	31%
9 Seasons				25	0	22	3	7	30	0	14	8	5	301	185	3	238	27	2	44	15	1	88	24	1	142	113	3	813	364	44.8%	439	10	1.2%	20	25966	65%	78%	29%	3494	56%
MLB Averages																															42.5%			2.1%			62%	78%	29%		56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1957	CLE	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	57	81%	77%	30%	6	50%
1959	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	8	6	75.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	155	72%	83%	33%	19	47%
1960	BOS	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	5	60%	60%	60%	0
1962	HOU	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	5	20%	80%	40%	0
4 Seasons				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	11	6	54.5%	5	0	0.0%	0	222	73%	81%	33%	25	48%
MLB Averages																															56.6%			2.3%			62%	78%	29%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1959	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	86%	86%	0%	0
1962	HOU	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	67%	100%	33%	0
2 Seasons				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	10	80%	90%	10%	0
MLB Averages																															42.7%			3.2%			62%	78%	29%		53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1958	BAL	AL	31	3	67%	67%	33%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 Season				3	67%	67%	33%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					62%	78%	26%		89%																								59%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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					Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	ERA	RAvg	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
1960	BAL	AL	33	5	0.00	0.00	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	HOU	NL	35	7	9.00	9.00	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons				12	4.50	4.50	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					3.94	4.45		95%																							87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
1960	BAL	AL	33	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	HOU	NL	35	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons				0	0	7	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages										41%											1.17	1.16

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