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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

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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
1972 22 KCR AL 5 15 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 23 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-3
8 Seasons 6 15 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 39 4 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 405 405 0 81 27 0 0 108 0 0 0 81 .200 .200 .267 .467 39 108 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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

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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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Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

August 29, 1980: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 27, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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