Mike Busby

Michael James Busby

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 27, 1972 in Lomita, CA
High School: Bannington HS (Bannington, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1996
Team: Cardinals 1996-1999

Final Game: July 8, 1999
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1991	18	STL-min	Rk	4	3	.571	3.51	11	11	0	0	0	59.0	67	35	23	1	29	0	71	2	1	3	267		1.627	10.2	0.2	4.4	10.8	2.45	CDS · ARIZ
1992	19	STL-min	A	4	13	.235	3.67	28	28	0	1	0	149.2	145	96	61	11	67	0	84	17	1	16	665		1.416	8.7	0.7	4.0	5.1	1.25	SAV · SALL
1993	20	STL-min	A	12	2	.857	2.44	23	21	0	1	1	143.2	116	49	39	8	31	0	125	10	2	5	579		1.023	7.3	0.5	1.9	7.8	4.03	SAV · SALL
1994	21	STL-min	A+	6	13	.316	4.45	26	26	0	1	0	151.2	166	82	75	11	49	1	89	14	2	5	663		1.418	9.9	0.7	2.9	5.3	1.82	SPT · FLOR
1995	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.29	26	26	0	2	0	172.1	153	81	63	10	46	1	121	9	0	7	719		1.155	8.0	0.5	2.4	6.3	2.63	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1996	23	STL-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.38	14	14	0	0	0	72.0	89	57	51	11	44	1	53	6	2	7	343		1.847	11.1	1.4	5.5	6.6	1.20	LOU · AA
1996	23	STL	NL	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	13	8	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	28	25	3.250	20.3	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1997	24	STL-min	AAA	4	8	.333	4.61	15	14	0	1	1	93.2	95	49	48	12	30	1	65	7	0	8	395		1.335	9.1	1.2	2.9	6.2	2.17	LOU · AA
1997	24	STL	NL	0	2	.000	8.79	3	3	0	0	0	14.1	24	14	14	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	67	49	1.953	15.1	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.50
1998	25	STL-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	7	2	2	0	0	8.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	29		0.875	5.6	1.1	2.2	5.6	2.50	MEM · PCL
1998	25	STL	NL	5	2	.714	4.50	26	2	7	0	0	46.0	45	23	23	3	15	0	33	5	0	3	202	95	1.304	8.8	0.6	2.9	6.5	2.20
1999	26	STL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	7.43	29	10	6	0	0	72.2	112	69	60	12	36	1	50	3	0	8	359		2.037	13.9	1.5	4.5	6.2	1.39	MEM · PCL
1999	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	7.13	15	0	3	0	0	17.2	21	15	14	2	14	0	7	2	0	1	86	66	1.981	10.7	1.0	7.1	3.6	0.50
2000	27	MIL-MIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	10.31	26	2	7	0	0	36.2	65	49	42	7	34	3	22	5	0	7	217		2.700	16.0	1.7	8.3	5.4	0.65	INA,SLK · IL,PCL
4 Yrs				5	6	.455	6.48	45	6	10	0	0	82.0	99	65	59	11	37	0	50	8	0	4	383	68	1.659	10.9	1.2	4.1	5.5	1.35
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.455	6.48	60	8	13	0	0	109	132	87	79	15	49	0	67	11	0	5	511	68	1.659	10.9	1.2	4.1	5.5	1.35

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1996	23	STL	NL	4.0	1	1	13	29.25	4.55	0.74	0.17	108.0	4.30	-11	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-11	.054	.497	$109,000
1997	24	STL	NL	14.1	3	3	14	8.79	4.54	0.47	0.17	100.3	4.25	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-6	.300	.496	$
1998	25	STL	NL	46.0	26	2	23	4.50	4.43	0.04	-0.22	104.3	4.34	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.2	4	.497	.500	$172,500
1999	26	STL	NL	17.2	15	0	15	7.64	5.15	-0.02	-0.39	99.7	4.76	-6	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.464	.497	$220,000
4 Seasons				82.0	45	6	65	7.13	4.61	0.14	-0.17	102.8	4.41	-25	-1.7	.9	-0.0	-1.0	-17	.463	.497	$501,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1996	23	STL	NL	1	28	22	13	9	2	1	4	0	0	4	4	.409	.519	1.136	1.655	.357	25	0	1	1	0	0	2
1997	24	STL	NL	3	67	61	14	24	2	0	2	3	2	4	6	.393	.424	.525	.949	.407	32	0	0	1	1	0	0
1998	25	STL	NL	26	202	176	23	45	11	1	3	3	0	15	33	.256	.328	.381	.709	.296	67	2	5	3	2	0	1
1999	26	STL	NL	15	86	69	15	21	5	1	2	2	0	14	7	.304	.435	.493	.928	.317	34	4	2	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				45	383	328	65	99	20	3	11	8	2	37	50	.302	.383	.482	.865	.326	158	6	8	5	3	0	3
162 Game Avg.				60	511	437	87	132	27	4	15	11	3	49	67	.302	.383	.482	.865	.326	211	8	11	7	4	0	4
MLB Averages																.269	.339	.425	.764	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	23	STL	NL	-7.8	-0.6	28	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.44	-0.9	-0.2	-10.8	-0.7	0.44	-9.0	0	0	0
1997	24	STL	NL	-6.6	-0.6	73	-0.6	0.9	-1.5	.95	-0.4	-0.3	-5.8	-0.5	0.95	-4.2	0	0	0
1998	25	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	208	-0.0	3.2	-3.2	.93	0.1	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.93	0.5	7	9	8
1999	26	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.4	89	-0.1	1.0	-1.0	.58	-0.5	0.4	-4.0	-0.4	0.58	-4.8	1	5	9
4 Yrs				-19.2	-1.6	398	-1.1	5.2	-6.3	.82	-1.6	0.2	-23.8	-1.9	0.82	-17.5	8	14	17

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1996	23	STL	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3.0	6.8	4.0
1997	24	STL	NL	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.000	0	1	0	0	1	33%	32.3	49	16	1	1	0	1	3.3	2.1	4.8	80	2	1	0	0	94
1998	25	STL	NL	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	45.5	53	38	9	4	0	1	4.5	6.3	5.3	80	1	1	0	0	86
3 Yrs				30	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	2	33%	32	53	2	10	5	0	3	3.7	4.3	4.8	80	3	2	0	0	94
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					5.0	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1998	25	STL	NL	26	24	7	4	1	2	2	0%	7	5	15	10	67%	7	.930	7	9	8	12	4	8	11	13	13	5	14	1	4.4	23
1999	26	STL	NL	15	15	3	0	1	0	0		4	4	5	2	40%	6	.583	1	5	9	6	1	8	3	12	5	4	5	1	3.5	22
2 Yrs				41	39	10	4	2	2	2	0%	11	9	20	12	60%		.826	8	14	17	18	5	16	14	25	18	9	19	2	4.1	22

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1996	23	STL	NL	28	46%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	25.0%	78%	0.75	1.67	50%	21%	80.0%	38%	5	0	0%
1997	24	STL	NL	67	57%	3.0%	9.0%	6.0%	6.0%	17%	0.90	1.13	81%	21%	7.4%	7%	15	0	0%
1998	25	STL	NL	202	51%	1.5%	16.3%	7.4%	7.4%	33%	0.79	0.98	70%	21%	5.0%	25%	43	2	5%
1999	26	STL	NL	86	59%	2.3%	8.1%	16.3%	9.3%	38%	1.03	1.50	70%	21%	7.7%	13%	23	4	17%
4 Yrs				383	53%	2.9%	13.1%	9.7%	8.9%	34%	0.86	1.13	71%	21%	9.3%	20%	86	6	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.3%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	24	STL	NL	68	240	3.53	155	65%	27%	8%	28%	37%	73%	0%	47%	89%	60%	4%	3	2	24%	16	10	1	17%	0	1	-1	0	0
1998	25	STL	NL	202	709	3.51	429	61%	29%	14%	22%	35%	71%	0%	43%	80%	56%	6%	13	6	13%	26	9	0	33%	2	7	0	0	0
1999	26	STL	NL	86	326	3.79	178	55%	35%	8%	22%	35%	65%	0%	36%	88%	44%	6%	5	3	19%	16	10	2	29%	1	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				356	1275	3.58	762	60%	30%	11%	23%	35%	70%	0%	42%	84%	54%	6%	21	11	16%	58	29	3	30%	3	10	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1996	23	STL	NL	28	9	0	0	4	1	1	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	100%	2	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	24	STL	NL	67	24	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	5	4	0	80%	0	0	0	28	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1998	25	STL	NL	202	45	14	1	3	0	9	3	0	1	2	16	10	1	63%	1	3	0	87	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1999	26	STL	NL	86	21	1	1	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	9	3	1	33%	0	1	0	36	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4 Yrs				383	99	19	2	11	1	16	7	4	4	7	31	18	2	58%	3	4	0	164	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	23	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	4.0	9	13	8	4	4	4	1	0	28	25	3.250	20.3	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	25
1997	24	0	3	.000	10.80	4	4	0	18.1	33	27	22	6	8	10	1	0	95	40	2.236	16.2	2.9	3.9	4.9	1.25	40
1998	25	5	5	.500	6.30	30	6	7	64.1	78	50	45	9	23	43	6	3	297	68	1.570	10.9	1.3	3.2	6.0	1.87	68
1999	26	5	6	.455	6.48	45	6	10	82.0	99	65	59	11	37	50	8	4	383	68	1.659	10.9	1.2	4.1	5.5	1.35	68

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1996	23	0	0		14.40	5.0	9	9	8	4	4	5	1	2.600	16.2	7.2	9.0	1.25	7.2	1
1997	24	0	1	.000	9.00	13.0	23	14	13	2	4	6	0	2.077	15.9	2.8	4.2	1.50	1.4	3
1998	25	2	3	.400	4.30	46.0	44	24	22	3	15	33	5	1.283	8.6	2.9	6.5	2.20	0.6	26
1999	26	0	1	.000	6.35	17.0	20	13	12	2	13	7	2	1.941	10.6	6.9	3.7	0.54	1.1	15
4 Yrs		2	5	.286	6.11	81.0	96	60	55	11	36	51	8	1.630	10.7		5.7	1.42	1.2	45

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