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 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
1972 22 KCR AL 3 1 .750 1.58 5 5 0 3 0 0 40.0 28 9 7 1 8 0 31 0 0 0 153 191 0.900 6.3 0.2 1.8 7.0 3.88
1973 23 KCR AL 16 15 .516 4.23 37 37 0 7 1 0 238.1 246 125 112 18 105 7 174 6 0 9 1037 96 1.473 9.3 0.7 4.0 6.6 1.66 RoY-3
1974 24 KCR AL 22 14 .611 3.39 38 38 0 20 3 0 292.1 284 118 110 14 92 6 198 9 2 5 1220 112 1.286 8.7 0.4 2.8 6.1 2.15 AS,MVP-30
1975 25 KCR AL 18 12 .600 3.08 34 34 0 18 3 0 260.1 233 96 89 18 81 4 160 3 0 8 1064 126 1.206 8.1 0.6 2.8 5.5 1.98 AS
1976 26 KCR AL 3 3 .500 4.40 13 13 0 1 0 0 71.2 58 42 35 7 49 1 29 3 0 1 323 80 1.493 7.3 0.9 6.2 3.6 0.59
1978 28 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 7.59 7 5 1 0 0 0 21.1 24 18 18 2 15 1 10 2 1 0 104 51 1.828 10.1 0.8 6.3 4.2 0.67
1979 29 KCR AL 6 6 .500 3.63 22 12 5 4 0 0 94.1 71 45 38 10 64 3 45 0 0 1 405 118 1.431 6.8 1.0 6.1 4.3 0.70
1980 30 KCR AL 1 3 .250 6.17 11 6 2 0 0 0 42.1 59 30 29 3 19 0 12 2 0 4 199 66 1.843 12.5 0.6 4.0 2.6 0.63
8 Seasons 70 54 .565 3.72 167 150 8 53 7 0 1060.2 1003 483 438 73 433 22 659 25 3 28 4505 104 1.354 8.5 0.6 3.7 5.6 1.52
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .565 3.72 36 32 2 11 2 0 228 215 104 94 16 93 5 141 5 1 6 966 104 1.354 8.5 0.6 3.7 5.6 1.52

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1974 KCR AL 24
1975 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1972 22 KCR AL 5 153 140 9 28 1 1 1 3 0 8 31 .200 .238 .243 .481 .243 34 1 0 2 3 0
1973 23 KCR AL 37 1036 909 125 246 32 5 18 16 10 105 174 .271 .348 .376 .724 .315 342 21 6 9 7 7
1974 24 KCR AL 38 1220 1101 118 284 45 6 14 16 11 92 198 .258 .319 .348 .667 .302 383 20 9 13 5 6
1975 25 KCR AL 34 1064 963 96 233 37 3 18 23 5 81 160 .242 .302 .343 .644 .272 330 22 3 13 4 4
1976 26 KCR AL 13 323 266 42 58 8 3 7 15 4 49 29 .218 .344 .350 .693 .220 93 1 3 3 2 1
1978 28 KCR AL 7 104 85 18 24 3 1 2 3 1 15 10 .282 .402 .412 .814 .301 35 0 2 2 0 1
1979 29 KCR AL 22 405 323 45 71 8 1 10 9 4 64 45 .220 .343 .344 .686 .222 111 7 0 11 7 3
1980 30 KCR AL 11 199 176 30 59 14 2 3 0 3 19 12 .335 .402 .489 .891 .344 86 4 2 0 2 0
8 Seasons 167 4504 3963 483 1003 148 22 73 85 38 433 659 .253 .328 .357 .685 .285 1414 76 25 53 30 22
162 Game Avg. 36 966 850 104 215 32 5 16 18 8 93 141 .253 .328 .357 .685 .285 303 16 5 11 6 5
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
1972 22 KCR AL 5 5 3 1 1 0 1 4 1 .800 0 0 3 0 5 100% 69 82 56 0 0 0 4 4.2 3.9 8.0
1973 23 KCR AL 37 37 16 15 6 3 3 21 16 .568 3 2 7 1 17 46% 50 85 14 48 22 20 8 4.4 4.7 6.4
1974 24 KCR AL 38 38 22 14 2 4 6 23 15 .605 2 1 20 3 25 66% 56 89 18 25 9 16 5 5.3 5.2 7.7
1975 25 KCR AL 34 34 18 12 4 3 4 21 13 .618 2 1 18 3 21 62% 58 84 18 11 4 13 8 4.2 4.0 7.7
1976 26 KCR AL 13 13 3 3 7 1 1 7 6 .538 2 2 1 0 3 23% 47 68 10 11 5 2 6 6.1 6.0 5.5
1978 28 KCR AL 7 5 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 .800 0 4 0 0 0 0% 39 61 23 5 2 0 4 5.4 4.2 3.1
1979 29 KCR AL 22 12 4 5 3 0 2 4 8 .333 1 0 4 0 7 58% 53 72 27 17 7 1 6 4.0 4.4 6.5
1980 30 KCR AL 11 6 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 2 33% 40 54 21 8 3 0 3 3.2 3.9 5.9
8 Seasons 167 150 68 53 29 13 18 86 64 .573 10 10 53 7 80 53% 53 89 10 125 52 52 44 4.7 4.7 6.9
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
1978 28 KCR AL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0.977 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 8.5
1979 29 KCR AL 22 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 8 1.103 2 2 6 0 2 8 7 3 5 4 5 0 4.9
1980 30 KCR AL 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.873 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 3 3 2 3 0 4.2
3 Seasons 40 17 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 26% 1.020 2 3 11 0 2 15 11 6 10 6 10 0 5.1

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%
1972 22 KCR AL 153 42% 0.7% 20.3% 5.2% 2.0% 11% 0.81 73% 25 1 4%
1973 23 KCR AL 1037 47% 1.7% 16.8% 10.1% 5.3% 22% 1.25 70% 194 21 11%
1974 24 KCR AL 1220 44% 1.2% 16.2% 7.5% 5.3% 23% 1.02 73% 238 20 8%
1975 25 KCR AL 1064 48% 1.7% 15.0% 7.6% 5.5% 25% 1.28 74% 199 22 11%
1976 26 KCR AL 323 57% 2.2% 9.0% 15.2% 5.6% 31% 0.74 72% 58 1 2%
1978 28 KCR AL 104 43% 1.9% 9.6% 14.4% 5.8% 25% 0.93 70% 26 0 0%
1979 29 KCR AL 405 41% 2.5% 11.1% 15.8% 4.7% 27% 1.16 68% 76 7 9%
1980 30 KCR AL 199 45% 1.5% 6.0% 9.6% 9.6% 32% 0.91 82% 45 4 9%
8 Seasons 4505 46% 1.6% 14.6% 9.6% 5.4% 24% 1.10 72% 861 76 9%
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
1972 22 KCR AL 153 28 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 4 1 67% 0 0 2 49 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
1973 23 KCR AL 1037 246 18 0 19 13 5 7 11 41 24 6 59% 15 9 2 384 16 10 62% 16 9 0 0 0 1 18 2 22 0
1974 24 KCR AL 1220 284 14 0 15 11 3 7 7 64 29 14 45% 4 5 2 468 16 11 59% 16 10 0 0 0 1 13 0 20 0
1975 25 KCR AL 1064 233 18 0 13 9 9 6 12 42 23 12 55% 9 8 3 390 23 5 82% 22 5 1 0 0 0 11 2 17 0
1976 26 KCR AL 323 58 7 1 8 3 4 5 2 20 11 2 55% 7 1 0 120 15 4 79% 12 4 2 0 1 0 5 1 5 0
1978 28 KCR AL 104 24 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 11 4 1 36% 2 0 0 41 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1979 29 KCR AL 405 71 10 0 8 5 5 2 8 26 13 4 50% 5 1 1 159 9 4 69% 9 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 11 0
1980 30 KCR AL 199 59 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 21 14 2 67% 1 4 2 74 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
8 Seasons 4505 1003 73 1 78 44 29 29 44 231 122 42 53% 43 28 12 1685 85 38 69% 81 34 3 1 1 3 56 5 97 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+
1972 22 3 1 .750 1.58 5 5 0 3 0 0 40.0 28 9 7 1 8 0 31 0 0 0 153 191 0.900 6.3 0.2 1.8 7.0 3.88 191
1973 23 19 16 .543 3.85 42 42 0 10 1 0 278.1 274 134 119 19 113 7 205 6 0 9 1190 101 1.390 8.9 0.6 3.7 6.6 1.81 101
1974 24 41 30 .577 3.61 80 80 0 30 4 0 570.2 558 252 229 33 205 13 403 15 2 14 2410 107 1.337 8.8 0.5 3.2 6.4 1.97 107
1975 25 59 42 .584 3.44 114 114 0 48 7 0 831.0 791 348 318 51 286 17 563 18 2 22 3474 112 1.296 8.6 0.6 3.1 6.1 1.97 112
1976 26 62 45 .579 3.52 127 127 0 49 7 0 902.2 849 390 353 58 335 18 592 21 2 23 3797 109 1.312 8.5 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.77 109
1977 27 62 45 .579 3.52 127 127 0 49 7 0 902.2 849 390 353 58 335 18 592 21 2 23 3797 109 1.312 8.5 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.77 109
1978 28 63 45 .583 3.61 134 132 1 49 7 0 924.0 873 408 371 60 350 19 602 23 3 23 3901 106 1.324 8.5 0.6 3.4 5.9 1.72 106
1979 29 69 51 .575 3.61 156 144 6 53 7 0 1018.1 944 453 409 70 414 22 647 23 3 24 4306 107 1.334 8.3 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.56 107
1980 30 70 54 .565 3.72 167 150 8 53 7 0 1060.2 1003 483 438 73 433 22 659 25 3 28 4505 104 1.354 8.5 0.6 3.7 5.6 1.52 104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1972 22 3 1 .750 2.08 39.0 33 10 9 1 9 30 0 1.077 7.6 2.1 6.9 3.33 0.2 5
1973 23 10 14 .417 4.64 225.0 250 129 116 18 107 164 6 1.587 10.0 4.3 6.6 1.53 0.7 37
1974 24 15 15 .500 3.99 273.0 295 134 121 15 96 185 9 1.432 9.7 3.2 6.1 1.93 0.5 38
1975 25 15 12 .556 3.50 247.0 243 107 96 19 84 152 3 1.324 8.9 3.1 5.5 1.81 0.7 34
1976 26 2 5 .286 5.56 68.0 64 47 42 8 54 28 3 1.735 8.5 7.1 3.7 0.52 1.1 13
1978 28 0 2 .000 9.00 20.0 25 22 20 2 16 9 2 2.050 11.3 7.2 4.1 0.56 0.9 7
1979 29 5 5 .500 3.80 90.0 72 42 38 10 65 43 0 1.522 7.2 6.5 4.3 0.66 1.0 22
1980 30 1 3 .250 6.92 39.0 60 33 30 3 19 11 2 2.026 13.8 4.4 2.5 0.58 0.7 11
8 Seasons 51 57 .472 4.24 1001.0 1042 524 472 76 450 622 25 1.491 9.4 5.6 1.38 0.7 167

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1974
1975 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1974-AL-30-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL--3.077--10th

Wins s c a p y
1974 AL--22--3rd
1975 AL--18--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 AL--.611--9th
Career--.565--249th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 AL--1.206--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL--6.571--7th
1974 AL--6.096--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 AL--292.3--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 AL--174--9th
1974 AL--198--6th
1975 AL--160--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1974 AL--20--8th
1975 AL--18--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 AL--3--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--105--7th
1974 AL--92--9th

Hits s c a p y
1974 AL--284--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1974 AL--2.152--9th
1975 AL--1.975--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--.431--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 AL--112--9th
1974 AL--110--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL--9--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1974 AL--1220--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 AL--126--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 35 (682), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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