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Ed Busch

Edgar John Busch

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 16, 1917 in Lebanon, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1943 (Age 25)
Team: Athletics 1943-1945

Final Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 27)
Died: January 17, 1987 in St. Clair County, IL
Buried: O'Fallon City Cemetery, O'Fallon, IL
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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
1943 25 PHA AL 4 19 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 95 5 0 1 0 /6
1944 26 PHA AL 140 523 484 41 131 11 3 0 40 5 3 29 17 .271 .313 .306 .619 79 148 20 1 9 *64/5
1945 27 PHA AL 126 458 416 37 104 10 3 0 35 2 3 32 9 .250 .305 .288 .594 74 120 12 1 9 *6/453
3 Yrs 270 1000 917 80 240 21 6 0 75 7 7 62 28 .262 .311 .298 .608 77 273 32 3 18
162 Game Avg. 162 600 550 48 144 13 4 0 45 4 4 37 17 .262 .311 .298 .608 77 164 19 2 11

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
1943 25 PHA AL 4 19 -0 -0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $900 /6
1944 26 PHA AL 140 523 -11 0 0 -6 9 -8 -0.9 15 7 0.6 .493 .494 1.3 0.3 13 $3,500 *64/5
1945 27 PHA AL 126 458 -12 -0 0 2 8 -3 -0.3 13 11 1.1 .498 .498 0.8 1.1 9 $5,000 *6/453
3 Seasons 270 1000 -23 -1 0 -5 17 -12 -1.4 29 17 1.6 .495 .497 2.1 1.3 22 $9,400

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 PHA AL 25 SS 4 4 4 17 10 6 1 1 .941 4.00 .953 5.12
1944 PHA AL 26 SS 111 108 105 568 204 330 34 50 .940 4.81 .947 5.29
1944 PHA AL 26 2B 27 24 23 120 51 62 7 12 .942 4.19 .967 5.61
1944 PHA AL 26 3B 4 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 .953 3.35
1945 PHA AL 27 SS 116 110 103 608 209 370 29 67 .952 4.99 .951 5.28
1945 PHA AL 27 2B 2 2 2 9 4 4 1 2 .889 4.00 .970 5.60
1945 PHA AL 27 3B 2 3 3 9 4 4 1 2 .889 4.00 .948 3.15
1945 PHA AL 27 1B 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 .990 10.10
3 Seasons SS 231 222 212 1193 423 706 64 118 .946 4.89 .949 5.28
2 Seasons 2B 29 26 25 129 55 66 8 14 .938 4.17 .967 5.61
2 Seasons 3B 6 4 3 12 6 5 1 2 .917 1.83 .949 3.28
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 .990 10.10
3 Seasons TOT 267 252 240 1337 487 777 73 135 .945 4.73 .951 5.29
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1945 AL  1.1 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 AL  20 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1944 AL  28.5 (2nd)
1945 AL  46.2 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1944 AL  41 (3rd)
1945 AL  31 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1944 AL  34 (5th)
1945 AL  29 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1944 AL  .940 (5th)
1945 AL  .952 (4th)

                           

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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
194325Philadelphia Athletics$900Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194426Philadelphia Athletics$3,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194527Philadelphia Athletics$5,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,400
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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