Mike Busby
Michael James Busby
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 27, 1972 in Lomita, CA
High School: Bannington (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
Final Game: July 8, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV 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
1996 23 STL NL 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 13 8 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 28 23 3.250 20.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1997 24 STL NL 0 2 .000 8.79 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 24 14 14 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 67 47 1.953 15.1 1.3 2.5 3.8 1.50
1998 25 STL NL 5 2 .714 4.50 26 2 7 0 0 0 46.0 45 23 23 3 15 0 33 5 0 3 202 94 1.304 8.8 0.6 2.9 6.5 2.20
1999 26 STL NL 0 1 .000 7.13 15 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 21 15 14 2 14 0 7 2 0 1 86 65 1.981 10.7 1.0 7.1 3.6 0.50
4 Seasons 5 6 .455 6.48 45 6 10 0 0 0 82.0 99 65 59 11 37 0 50 8 0 4 383 66 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 0 109 132 87 79 15 49 0 67 11 0 5 511 66 1.659 10.9 1.2 4.1 5.5 1.35

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
1998 25 STL NL 26 201 176 23 45 11 1 3 3 0 15 33 .256 .328 .381 .709 .296 67 2 5 3 2 0
1999 26 STL NL 15 85 69 15 21 5 1 2 2 0 14 7 .304 .435 .493 .928 .317 34 4 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 45 381 328 65 99 20 3 11 8 2 37 50 .302 .383 .482 .865 .326 158 6 8 5 3 0
162 Game Avg. 60 508 437 87 132 27 4 15 11 3 49 67 .302 .383 .482 .865 .326 211 8 11 7 4 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 49 16 1 1 0 1 3.3 2.1 4.8 78 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% 46 53 38 9 4 0 1 4.5 6.3 5.3 80 1 1 0 0 86
3 Seasons 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 79 3 2 0 0 94
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0 2 0% 7 5 15 10 67% 7 0.950 7 11 6 12 4 8 11 13 13 5 14 1 4.4 23
1999 26 STL NL 15 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 5 2 40% 6 0.585 1 5 9 6 1 8 3 12 5 4 5 1 3.5 22
2 Seasons 41 39 10 4 2 2 0 2 0% 11 9 20 12 60% 0.841 8 16 15 18 5 16 14 25 18 9 19 2 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

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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 54% 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 43% 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 50% 1.5% 16.4% 7.5% 7.5% 33% 0.79 0.98 71% 21% 5.0% 25% 43 2 5%
1999 26 STL NL 86 41% 2.4% 8.2% 16.5% 9.4% 38% 1.03 1.50 71% 21% 7.7% 13% 23 4 17%
4 Seasons 383 47% 2.9% 13.1% 9.7% 8.9% 34% 0.86 1.13 71% 21% 9.3% 20% 86 6 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 67 235 3.51 153 65% 26% 8% 29% 37% 74% 0% 48% 89% 61% 4% 3 2 24% 16 10 1 17% 0 1 0 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 Seasons 355 1270 3.58 760 60% 30% 11% 23% 35% 70% 0% 42% 84% 54% 6% 21 11 16% 58 29 3 30% 3 10 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK 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 0 0 0 4.0 9 13 8 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 28 23 3.250 20.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 23
1997 24 0 3 .000 10.80 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 33 27 22 6 8 0 10 1 0 0 95 39 2.236 16.2 2.9 3.9 4.9 1.25 39
1998 25 5 5 .500 6.30 30 6 7 0 0 0 64.1 78 50 45 9 23 0 43 6 0 3 297 67 1.570 10.9 1.3 3.2 6.0 1.87 67
1999 26 5 6 .455 6.48 45 6 10 0 0 0 82.0 99 65 59 11 37 0 50 8 0 4 383 66 1.659 10.9 1.2 4.1 5.5 1.35 66

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 5 0 2.077 15.9 2.8 3.5 1.25 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 19 13 12 2 13 7 2 1.882 10.1 6.9 3.7 0.54 1.1 15
4 Seasons 2 5 .286 6.11 81.0 95 60 55 11 36 50 8 1.617 10.6 5.6 1.39 1.2 45

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