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Brian Buscher    \BUSH-er\

Brian Phillip Buscher

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 18, 1981 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Terry Parker HS (Jacksonville, FL)
Schools: Central Florida Community College (Ocala, FL), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
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 (Age 26)
Team: Twins 2007-2009
Agents: SFX [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 28)
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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 70 245 218 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 82 43 3 3 0 1 0 53/D
3 Yrs 164 503 436 51 116 13 1 8 69 1 2 53 93 .266 .343 .356 .699 89 155 11 3 1 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 497 431 50 115 13 1 8 68 1 2 52 92 .266 .343 .356 .699 89 153 11 3 1 9 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
2007 26 MIN AL 33 94 -2 -1 -0 -4 0 -7 -0.7 4 -4 -0.4 .478 .496 0.0 -0.3 0 5
2008 27 MIN AL 70 245 -1 -2 0 -1 1 -3 -0.2 9 6 0.7 .496 .498 0.7 0.0 7 5/34D
2009 28 MIN AL 61 164 -3 0 -0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .493 .497 0.3 -0.2 3 $412,500 53/D
3 Seasons 164 503 -6 -3 -0 -6 0 -14 -1.3 19 4 0.5 .491 .497 1.1 -0.5 10 $412,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 MIN AL 26 3B 27 24 15 201.1 52 17 31 4 6 .923 -5 -4 -31 -24 2.15 1.78 .957 2.63 2.60
2008 MIN AL 27 3B 64 60 46 519.1 160 37 113 10 9 .938 -3 -1 -7 -2 2.60 2.34 .958 2.74 2.71
2008 MIN AL 27 1B 6 1 0 14.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 17 0 8.36 2.17 .994 9.26 9.18
2008 MIN AL 27 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
2008 MIN AL 27 DH 1 1
2009 MIN AL 28 3B 25 22 19 195.2 51 19 31 1 4 .980 -0 -2 -3 -12 2.30 2.00 .957 2.68 2.65
2009 MIN AL 28 1B 13 6 6 72.1 75 69 6 0 13 1.000 2 1 25 18 9.33 5.77 .994 9.12 9.02
2009 MIN AL 28 DH 5 5
3 Seasons 3B 116 106 80 916.1 263 73 175 15 19 .943 -9 -7 -11 -9 2.44 2.14 .958 2.70 2.67
2 Seasons 1B 19 7 6 86.1 88 82 6 0 14 1.000 2 1 24 13 9.17 4.63 .994 9.14 9.07
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
3 Seasons TOT 136 113 86 1003.2 351 155 181 15 33 .957 -7 -6 -8 -7 3.01 2.47 .967 3.26 3.58
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

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200928Minnesota Twins$412,500
Career to date (may be incomplete)$412,500
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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