Steve Busby
Steven Lee Busby
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 29, 1949 in Burbank, CA
High School: Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1972
Final Game: August 26, 1980
Relatives: Cousin of Jim 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% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 KCR AL 22 P 5 5 40.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.12 1.00 .950 1.87 0.76
1973 KCR AL 23 P 37 37 238.1 63 10 47 6 3 .905 2.15 1.54 .954 1.86 0.86 RoY-3
1974 KCR AL 24 P 38 38 292.1 85 24 53 8 2 .906 2.37 2.03 .949 1.81 0.83 AS,MVP-30
1975 KCR AL 25 P 34 34 260.1 77 22 52 3 2 .961 2.56 2.18 .939 1.87 0.85 AS
1976 KCR AL 26 P 13 13 71.2 22 10 9 3 0 .864 2.39 1.46 .955 1.87 0.85
1978 KCR AL 28 P 7 5 21.1 6 0 5 1 0 .833 2.11 0.71 .967 1.90 0.86
1979 KCR AL 29 P 22 12 94.1 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.67 1.27 .946 1.92 0.81
1980 KCR AL 30 P 11 6 42.1 10 5 4 1 0 .900 1.91 0.82 .960 1.85 0.77
8 Seasons P 167 150 1060.2 297 76 198 23 8 .923 2.32 1.64 .948 1.85 0.83
8 Seasons TOT 167 150 1060.2 297 76 198 23 8 .923 2.32 1.64 .871 1.85 0.83

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
1972 KCR AL 22 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 23 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 24 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 25 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 26 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 28 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 29 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 30 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 167 5 6 167 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1972 KCR AL 22 162 76% 22% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1973 KCR AL 23 1090 74% 27% 36 100% 0 10 0 9 47 30 3 6 0 0 6 0 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1974 KCR AL 24 1268 77% 29% 58 93% 1 24 2 17 54 38 4 8 0 1 7 1 2 2 2 0 10 100%
1975 KCR AL 25 1114 78% 29% 45 93% 2 22 0 18 50 30 5 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 6 100%
1976 KCR AL 26 345 77% 23% 10 90% 0 10 0 7 9 5 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 KCR AL 28 111 76% 23% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 KCR AL 29 422 74% 26% 21 100% 0 4 0 3 24 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1980 KCR AL 30 209 84% 24% 5 100% 0 5 1 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 4721 76% 27% 185 95% 3 76 3 57 197 131 15 23 0 2 21 2 8 7 7 1 30 97%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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