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Dave Bush

David Thomas Bush

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 9, 1979 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Conestoga (Berwyn, PA)
School: Wake Forest University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 2004
Teams (by GP): Brewers/BlueJays/Rangers 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.150, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Rex Gary [*]
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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
2004 24 TOR AL 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-8
2005 25 TOR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 26 MIL NL 34 72 62 6 11 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 25 .177 .190 .226 .416 6 14 1 1 9 0 0 1
2007 27 MIL NL 34 62 55 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .127 .143 .164 .306 -21 9 2 1 6 0 0 1
2008 28 MIL NL 32 63 57 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .088 .103 .105 .209 -44 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
2009 29 MIL NL 22 40 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .118 .211 .118 .328 -9 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
2010 30 MIL NL 40 62 53 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 23 .132 .193 .151 .344 -5 8 0 0 5 0 0 1
2011 31 TEX AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 206 301 263 18 34 7 0 0 13 0 0 9 96 .129 .164 .156 .320 -15 41 3 2 27 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 237 207 14 27 6 0 0 10 0 0 7 75 .129 .164 .156 .320 -15 32 2 2 21 0 0
MIL (5 yrs) 162 299 261 18 34 7 0 0 13 0 0 9 96 .130 .165 .157 .323 -14 41 3 2 27 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 162 299 261 18 34 7 0 0 13 0 0 9 96 .130 .165 .157 .323 -14 41 3 2 27 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 44 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 TOR AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 RoY-8
2006 26 MIL NL 72 -9 0 -1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $352,000 1
2007 27 MIL NL 62 -9 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $450,000 1
2008 28 MIL NL 63 -11 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $2,550,000 1
2009 29 MIL NL 40 -5 -0 -0 0 0 4 1 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $4,000,000 1
2010 30 MIL NL 62 -8 -0 1 0 0 6 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $4,215,000 1
2011 31 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000 1
7 Seasons 301 -43 -1 -2 0 0 30 9 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.6 -0.1 $12,567,000
MIL (5 yrs) 299 -42 -1 -2 0 0 30 9 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.5 -0.1 $11,567,000
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000
TOR (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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
2004 24 TOR AL 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .276 .000 .344 .000 .442 .000 .786 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 26 MIL NL 72 61 3 1.3 114 .297 .177 .273 .190 .344 .226 .444 .416 .788 6 .078 -9.0 -0.8 .288 .048 .048
2007 27 MIL NL 62 56 1 0.5 111 .159 .127 .273 .143 .342 .164 .436 .306 .778 -21 .013 -10.0 -1.0 .200 .036 .036
2008 28 MIL NL 63 57 1 0.5 106 .139 .088 .265 .103 .336 .105 .423 .209 .759 -44 .014 -12.1 -1.2 .135 .035 .018
2009 29 MIL NL 40 32 1 0.8 105 .222 .118 .263 .211 .336 .118 .418 .328 .755 -9 .040 -5.5 -0.5 .267 .118 .000
2010 30 MIL NL 62 51 2 1.0 102 .233 .132 .262 .193 .332 .151 .413 .344 .745 -5 .063 -8.0 -0.8 .261 .094 .019
8 Seasons 301 259 8 0.8 108 .204 .129 .268 .164 .339 .156 .428 .320 .767 -15 .037 -45.2 -4.4 .224 .061 .027
162 Game Avg. 237 204 6 0.8 108 .204 .129 .268 .164 .339 .156 .428 .320 .767 -15 .037 -45.2 -4.4 .224 .061 .027
MIL (5 yrs) 299 257 8 0.8 108 .206 .130 .268 .165 .338 .157 .428 .323 .766 -14 .038 -44.6 -4.3 .226 .061 .027
TOR (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .276 .000 .344 .000 .442 .000 .786 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 299 257 8 0.8 108 .206 .130 .268 .165 .338 .157 .428 .323 .766 -14 .038 -44.6 -4.3 .226 .061 .027
AL (3 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .276 .000 .344 .000 .442 .000 .786 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 28 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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
2004 24 TOR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
2006 26 MIL NL 72 0.0% 34.7% 0.0% 4.2% 27% 2.5 6.9 1.19 2.70 51% 17% 0.0% 6%
2007 27 MIL NL 62 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 3.2% 29% 5.0 27.5 2.23 4.00 71% 10% 0.0% 38%
2008 28 MIL NL 63 0.0% 33.3% 1.6% 1.6% 20% 21.00 2.7 1.69 1.85 57% 15% 0.0% 15%
2009 29 MIL NL 40 0.0% 40.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.1 4.67 2.40 45% 5% 0.0% 0%
2010 30 MIL NL 62 0.0% 37.1% 6.5% 1.6% 14% 5.75 2.3 26.5 1.25 1.07 48% 11% 0.0% 17%
8 Seasons 301 0.0% 31.9% 3.0% 2.3% 21% 10.67 2.7 20.2 1.71 2.21 55% 13% 0.0% 17%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.06 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 24 TOR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.62 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.17 -0.6 0
2005 25 TOR AL 0.0
2006 26 MIL NL -9.0 -0.8 72 -0.6 0.7 -1.4 .93 -0.7 -0.0 -7.2 -0.7 0.97 -8.9 0
2007 27 MIL NL -10.0 -1.0 62 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .84 -1.0 0.0 -10.1 -1.0 0.89 -11.4 0.56 1
2008 28 MIL NL -12.1 -1.2 63 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 .82 -1.3 -0.1 -15.5 -1.5 0.95 -14.2 0.02 1
2009 29 MIL NL -5.5 -0.5 40 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .81 -0.6 0.0 -7.4 -0.7 0.91 -6.9 0
2010 30 MIL NL -7.9 -0.8 62 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .97 -0.6 0.0 -7.6 -0.8 0.98 -6.9 0.00 1
2011 31 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons -45.0 -4.4 301 -3.7 2.0 -5.8 .88 -4.3 0.0 -48.5 -4.7 0.95 -48.8 0.19 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2004 24 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 0 0 50% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2007 27 MIL NL 0 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
2008 28 MIL NL 0 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 29 MIL NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 MIL NL 2 0 55% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
8 Seasons 2 0 40% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39% 8 5 3 2 1 1 8 5 3

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 24 TOR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 72 21% 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 14 1 7% 22 8 36% 54 9 17% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
2007 27 MIL NL 62 24% 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 9 2 22% 12 7 58% 31 2 6% 1 0 0% 6 5 83% 0
2008 28 MIL NL 63 33% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 11 0 0% 14 3 21% 47 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2009 29 MIL NL 40 18% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0 0% 9 0 0% 29 0 0% 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2010 30 MIL NL 62 42% 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 13 0 0% 15 3 20% 43 3 7% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
8 Seasons 301 28% 34 3 0 3 0 0 0 0.19 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 41 27 66% 55 3 5% 73 21 29% 206 14 7% 16 2 13% 15 9 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

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
2004 24 TOR AL 2 3 1.50 2 67% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 67% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 72 201 2.79 157 78% 24% 31% 16% 29% 76% 0% 59% 60% 49% 0% 0 0 1% 1 1 1% 1 0 8% 0 0 0
2007 27 MIL NL 62 190 3.06 146 77% 25% 21% 20% 34% 75% 0% 57% 72% 37% 0% 0 0 5% 3 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 28 MIL NL 63 208 3.30 157 75% 30% 25% 18% 26% 70% 0% 53% 64% 27% 0% 0 0 5% 3 1 0% 0 0 10% 0 0 0
2009 29 MIL NL 40 147 3.68 99 67% 28% 25% 26% 20% 72% 0% 48% 65% 30% 3% 1 0 8% 3 0 5% 2 0 31% 0 0 0
2010 30 MIL NL 62 210 3.39 144 69% 39% 20% 17% 24% 61% 0% 42% 67% 29% 2% 1 0 6% 4 0 5% 3 0 43% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 301 959 3.19 705 74% 29% 24% 19% 28% 71% 0% 52% 66% 35% 1% 2 0 5% 14 2 2% 6 0 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2004 24 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 75 74 64 6 11 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 25 .172 .185 .219 .403 3 14 1 1 9 0 0
2007 27 109 136 119 8 18 5 0 0 11 0 0 0 36 .151 .165 .193 .359 -8 23 3 2 15 0 0
2008 28 141 199 176 10 23 6 0 0 11 0 0 1 57 .131 .145 .165 .310 -20 29 3 2 20 0 0
2009 29 163 239 210 12 27 6 0 0 11 0 0 5 73 .129 .157 .157 .314 -18 33 3 2 22 0 0
2010 30 203 301 263 18 34 7 0 0 13 0 0 9 96 .129 .164 .156 .320 -15 41 3 2 27 0 0
2011 31 206 301 263 18 34 7 0 0 13 0 0 9 96 .129 .164 .156 .320 -15 41 3 2 27 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2004 24 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
2006 26 34 62 61 5 10 3 0 0 7 0 0 25 .164 .177 .213 .391 2 34
2007 27 34 56 55 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 .127 .143 .164 .306 1 34
2008 28 32 59 58 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 .103 .119 .121 .239 1 32
2009 29 22 38 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .118 .211 .118 .328 1 22
2010 30 40 59 54 8 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 23 .148 .220 .167 .387 2 40
6 Seasons 178 276 264 20 35 7 0 0 12 0 10 96 .133 .170 .159 .329 7 178
162 Game Avg. 162 251 240 18 32 6 0 0 11 0 9 87 .133 .170 .159 .329 6 178

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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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