Mike Busch

Michael Anthony Busch

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 241 lb.

Born: July 7, 1968 in Davenport, IA
School: Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1995
Team: Dodgers 1995-1996

Final Game: August 10, 1996
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Standard Batting

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
1990	21	LAD-min	Rk	61	264	220	48	72	19	2	13	47	3	2	38	49	.327	.428	.609	1.037		134		3	0	3	1		GRF · PION
1991	22	LAD-min	A+	21	85	72	13	20	3	1	4	16	0	1	12	21	.278	.376	.514	.890		37	1	0	0	1	0		BAK · CALL
1992	23	LAD-min	AA	115	459	416	58	99	14	2	18	51	3	2	36	111	.238	.303	.411	.714		171	7	4	0	3	2		SAN · TL
1993	24	LAD-min	AAA	122	497	431	87	122	32	4	22	70	1	2	53	89	.283	.368	.529	.897		228	12	8	0	5	4		ABQ · PCL
1994	25	LAD-min	AAA	126	515	460	73	121	23	3	27	83	2	3	50	101	.263	.340	.502	.842		231	8	4	0	1	0		ABQ · PCL
1995	26	LAD-min	AAA	121	492	443	68	119	32	1	18	62	2	2	42	103	.269	.341	.467	.809		207	12	7	0	0	3		ABQ · PCL
1995	26	LAD	NL	13	17	17	3	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	7	.235	.235	.765	1.000	161	13	0	0	0	0	0	5/3
1996	27	LAD-min	AAA	38	166	142	30	43	6	1	12	36	0	1	22	45	.303	.404	.613	1.016		87	1	2	0	0	4		ABQ · PCL
1996	27	LAD	NL	38	88	83	8	18	4	0	4	17	0	0	5	33	.217	.261	.410	.671	80	34	2	0	0	0	0	5/3
1997	28	CLE-min	AAA	51	191	166	24	30	4	0	12	29	0	0	22	68	.181	.277	.422	.699		70	6	1	0	2	1		BFL · AA
1998	29	HWA	Fgn																										HWA · KBO
2 Yrs				51	105	100	11	22	4	0	7	23	0	0	5	40	.220	.257	.470	.727	93	47	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	334	318	35	70	13	0	22	73	0	0	16	127	.220	.257	.470	.727	93	149	6	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1995	26	LAD	NL	13	17	1	-0	0	-1	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$109,000	5/3
1996	27	LAD	NL	38	88	-3	0	-0	-3	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$	5/3
2 Seasons				51	105	-2	0	-0	-4	0	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.489	.498	0.0	-0.4	1	$109,000

Advanced Batting

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
1995	26	LAD	NL	17	13	3	6.2	99	.143	.235	.260	.235	.328	.765	.404	1.000	.732	161	.611	1.1	0.1	1.000	.529	.529	.0
1996	27	LAD	NL	88	67	8	3.2	101	.304	.217	.261	.261	.329	.410	.409	.671	.738	80	.319	-2.8	-0.3	.582	.253	.193	.0
2 Yrs				105	80	11	3.7	100	.283	.220	.261	.257	.329	.470	.408	.727	.737	93	.378	-1.7	-0.2	.650	.300	.250	.0
162 Game Avg.				334	254	35	3.7	100	.283	.220	.261	.257	.329	.470	.408	.727	.737	93	.378	-1.7	-0.2	.650	.300	.250

Ratio Batting*

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
1995	26	LAD	NL	17	17.7%	41.2%	0.0%	17.7%	75%		2.4	5.7	2.8	0.25	0.40	41%	10%	60.0%	38%
1996	27	LAD	NL	88	4.6%	37.5%	5.7%	9.1%	44%	6.60	2.5	20.8	4.9	0.58	0.75	52%	22%	16.7%	23%
2 Yrs				105	6.7%	38.1%	4.8%	10.5%	50%	8.00	2.5	14.3	4.3	0.51	0.68	50%	20%	24.1%	26%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.4%	9.1%	7.7%	32%	1.80	5.4	32.7	7.4	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	26	LAD	NL	1.1	0.1	17	0.4	0.6	-0.2	.75	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.1	1.05	0.6	0.65	7
1996	27	LAD	NL	-2.8	-0.3	88	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	1.21	-0.4	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.03	-2.9	1.02	14
2 Yrs				-1.7	-0.2	105	-0.2	2.1	-2.3	1.13	-0.3	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.04	-2.3	0.90	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1995	26	LAD	NL	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1996	27	LAD	NL	21%	23	1	67%	5	2	3	1	1
2 Yrs				20%	25	1	57%	6	3	3	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1995	26	LAD	NL	17	59%	4	1	0	7	2	1	1	0.65	3	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		12	3	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	27	LAD	NL	88	35%	18	0	0	14	3	1	1	1.02	4	1	7	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		20	2	10%	6	1	17%	72	13	18%	8	3	38%	3	2	67%	0
2 Yrs				105	39%	22	1	0	21	5	2	2	0.90	7	1	8	5	2	1	6	0	0	0		23	2	9%	6	1	17%	84	16	19%	8	3	38%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			71%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1995	26	LAD	NL	17	75	4.41	52	69%	19%	27%	37%	17%	81%	0%	56%	67%	24%	0%	0	0	18%	3	3	0%	0	0	29%	0	0	0
1996	27	LAD	NL	74	269	3.64	175	65%	22%	33%	22%	23%	78%	0%	51%	58%	35%	7%	5	1	16%	12	5	5%	4	1	26%	14	0	0
2 Yrs				91	344	3.78	227	66%	21%	31%	26%	22%	79%	0%	52%	60%	33%	5%	5	1	16%	15	8	4%	4	1	26%	14	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

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
1995	26	13	17	17	3	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	7	.235	.235	.765	1.000	161	13	0	0	0	0	0
1996	27	51	105	100	11	22	4	0	7	23	0	0	5	40	.220	.257	.470	.727	93	47	2	0	0	0	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	26	15	19	19	3	4	0	3	7	0	8	.211	.211	.684	.895	3	13
1996	27	38	88	83	8	18	4	4	17	5	33	.217	.261	.410	.671	9	38
2 Yrs		53	107	102	11	22	4	7	24	5	41	.216	.252	.461	.713	12	51
162 Game Avg.		162	327	312	34	67	12	21	73	15	125	.216	.252	.461	.713	37	51

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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