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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 Schools: Bannington HS (Bannington, CA), Phineas Banning HS (Wilmington, 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 (Age 23)
Team: Cardinals 1996-1999

Final Game: July 8, 1999 (Age 26)
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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 25 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 49 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 95 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 66 1.981 10.7 1.0 7.1 3.6 0.50
4 Yrs 5 6 .455 6.48 45 6 10 0 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 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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1996 23 STL NL 4.0 1 1 13 29.25 4.51 0.74 0.17 108.0 4.25 -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 3 .497 .500 $172,500
1999 26 STL NL 17.2 15 0 15 7.64 5.11 -0.02 -0.39 99.7 4.73 -6 -0.5 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .464 .497 $220,000
4 Seasons 82.0 45 6 65 7.13 4.60 0.14 -0.17 102.8 4.41 -25 -1.7 .9 -0.0 -1.0 -18 .463 .497 $501,500

Standard Batting

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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
1996 23 STL NL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 24 STL NL 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 165 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 25 STL NL 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 STL NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 45 10 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333 .400 .333 .733 97 3 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 36 32 0 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 14 .333 .400 .333 .733 97 11 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1996 23 STL NL 1 2 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .543 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000 /1
1997 24 STL NL 3 4 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .531 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
1998 25 STL NL 26 4 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 $172,500 1
1999 26 STL NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $220,000 1
4 Seasons 45 10 -0 -1 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $501,500

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1996 STL NL 23 P 1 1 0 4.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 1.00 .955 1.80 1.80 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 24 P 3 3 0 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.67 .955 1.82 1.83 3 2 40% 32% 1
1998 STL NL 25 P 26 2 0 46.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.37 0.27 .961 1.86 1.84 3 0 0% 32% 0
1999 STL NL 26 P 15 0 0 17.2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.20 .950 1.73 1.71 2 0 0% 29% 1
4 Seasons P 45 6 0 82.0 14 4 9 1 2 .929 1.43 0.29 .957 1.82 1.79 8 2 20% 31% 2
4 Seasons TOT 45 6 0 82.0 14 4 9 1 2 .929 1.43 0.29 .957 1.82 1.79 8 2 20% 31% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

  • June 3, 1991: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1991.
  • October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 7, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199623St. Louis Cardinals$109,0001996 AP survey
199825St. Louis Cardinals$172,5004/3/98 USA Today
199926St. Louis Cardinals$220,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$501,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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