Brian Buscher
Brian Phillip Buscher
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 18, 1981 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Terry Parker (Jacksonville, FL)
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 2007
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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
2007 26 MIN AL 33 94 82 8 20 1 0 2 10 1 0 10 16 .244 .323 .329 .652 77 27 2 0 1 1 0 5
2008 27 MIN AL 70 244 218 29 64 9 0 4 47 0 2 19 42 .294 .340 .390 .730 97 85 6 0 0 7 0 5/34D
2009 28 MIN AL 61 164 136 14 32 3 1 2 12 0 0 24 35 .235 .360 .316 .676 81 43 3 3 0 1 0 53/D
3 Seasons 164 502 436 51 116 13 1 8 69 1 2 53 93 .266 .343 .356 .699 88 155 11 3 1 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 496 431 50 115 13 1 8 68 1 2 52 92 .266 .343 .356 .699 88 153 11 3 1 9 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 26 MIN AL 94 66 9 3.6 103 .277 .244 .265 .323 .332 .329 .414 .652 .746 77 .355 -2.6 -0.2 .594 .220 .085 1.3
2008 27 MIN AL 244 169 29 4.6 102 .335 .294 .263 .340 .331 .390 .414 .730 .744 97 .465 0.2 0.0 .630 .174 .096 .0
2009 28 MIN AL 164 108 17 4.2 107 .300 .235 .266 .360 .335 .316 .427 .676 .762 81 .416 -2.8 -0.3 .654 .257 .081 .0
3 Seasons 502 343 55 4.3 104 .314 .266 .264 .343 .332 .356 .418 .699 .750 88 .428 -5.2 -0.5 .631 .209 .089 1.8
162 Game Avg. 496 339 54 4.3 104 .314 .266 .264 .343 .332 .356 .418 .699 .750 88 .428 -5.2 -0.5 .631 .209 .089 2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 26 MIN AL 94 2.1% 17.0% 10.6% 3.2% 15% 1.60 5.1 41.0 8.2 0.76 1.18 69% 16% 6.1% 13%
2008 27 MIN AL 244 1.6% 17.2% 7.8% 5.3% 20% 2.21 5.2 54.5 4.6 0.51 0.74 73% 23% 3.7% 12%
2009 28 MIN AL 164 1.2% 21.3% 14.6% 3.7% 19% 1.46 3.9 68.0 11.3 0.59 0.72 61% 20% 3.8% 17%
3 Seasons 502 1.6% 18.5% 10.6% 4.4% 19% 1.75 4.7 54.5 6.3 0.58 0.80 69% 21% 4.1% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 26 MIN AL 1 0 21% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 27% 4 2 2 3 3 0 4 1 1
2008 27 MIN AL 1 1 32% 92 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 48% 14 9 5 5 2 2 6 1 5
2009 28 MIN AL 1 0 21% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 43% 9 7 2 0 0 0 5 1 4
3 Seasons 3 1 26% 185 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 42% 27 18 9 8 5 2 15 3 10
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 26 MIN AL 94 87% 20 2 0 6 1 0 1 1.53 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 10 3 30% 61 8 13% 9 5 56% 7 3 43% 0
2008 27 MIN AL 245 80% 64 4 0 4 2 0 1 1.64 4 0 9 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 60 6 10% 24 13 54% 177 43 24% 25 20 80% 16 10 63% 0
2009 28 MIN AL 164 89% 32 5 0 15 3 0 0 1.66 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 3 9% 13 2 15% 103 11 11% 2 1 50% 12 6 50% 0
3 Seasons 503 84% 116 11 0 25 6 0 2 1.63 8 0 16 8 0 4 4 0 1 1 100% 110 11 10% 47 18 38% 341 62 18% 36 26 72% 35 19 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 26 MIN AL 94 357 3.80 216 61% 32% 13% 24% 31% 68% 0% 41% 82% 21% 2% 2 0 12% 11 7 10% 9 5 19% 0 0 0
2008 27 MIN AL 245 963 3.93 593 62% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 0% 45% 80% 24% 5% 12 0 13% 31 12 8% 20 14 14% 0 0 1
2009 28 MIN AL 164 698 4.26 406 58% 30% 19% 26% 25% 70% 0% 41% 72% 21% 3% 5 0 16% 27 7 13% 22 10 17% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 503 2018 4.01 1215 60% 29% 16% 27% 29% 71% 0% 43% 78% 23% 4% 19 0 14% 69 26 10% 51 29 16% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 26 33 94 82 8 20 1 0 2 10 1 0 10 16 .244 .323 .329 .652 77 27 2 0 1 1 0
2008 27 103 338 300 37 84 10 0 6 57 1 2 29 58 .280 .335 .373 .709 92 112 8 0 1 8 0
2009 28 164 502 436 51 116 13 1 8 69 1 2 53 93 .266 .343 .356 .699 88 155 11 3 1 9 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 26 33 93 82 8 20 1 0 2 10 1 10 16 .244 .323 .329 .652 9 33
2008 27 70 244 218 30 64 9 0 4 49 0 19 42 .294 .340 .390 .730 30 70
2009 28 61 171 140 15 36 3 1 2 13 0 27 35 .257 .386 .336 .722 18 61
3 Seasons 164 508 440 53 120 13 1 8 72 1 56 93 .273 .352 .361 .714 57 164
162 Game Avg. 162 502 435 52 119 13 1 8 71 1 55 92 .273 .352 .361 .714 56 164

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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