David Bush
David Thomas Bush
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 212 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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 24 TOR AL 5 4 .556 3.69 16 16 0 1 1 0 97.2 95 47 40 11 25 2 64 6 0 3 412 131 1.229 8.8 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56 RoY-8
2005 25 TOR AL 5 11 .313 4.49 25 24 1 2 0 0 136.1 142 73 68 20 29 3 75 13 0 2 575 99 1.254 9.4 1.3 1.9 5.0 2.59
2006 26 MIL NL 12 11 .522 4.41 34 32 0 3 2 0 210.0 201 111 103 26 38 2 166 18 0 6 869 103 1.138 8.6 1.1 1.6 7.1 4.37
2007 27 MIL NL 12 10 .545 5.12 33 31 2 0 0 0 186.1 217 110 106 27 44 1 134 11 0 3 810 87 1.401 10.5 1.3 2.1 6.5 3.05
2008 28 MIL NL 9 10 .474 4.18 31 29 0 0 0 0 185.0 163 92 86 29 48 3 109 10 1 2 763 101 1.141 7.9 1.4 2.3 5.3 2.27
2009 29 MIL NL 5 9 .357 6.38 22 21 0 0 0 0 114.1 131 84 81 19 37 2 89 15 0 2 508 63 1.469 10.3 1.5 2.9 7.0 2.41
6 Seasons 48 55 .466 4.69 161 153 3 6 3 0 929.2 949 517 484 132 221 13 637 73 1 18 3937 94 1.259 9.2 1.3 2.1 6.2 2.88
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .466 4.69 35 33 1 1 1 0 201 206 112 105 29 48 3 138 16 0 4 853 94 1.259 9.2 1.3 2.1 6.2 2.88
MIL (4 yrs) 38 40 .487 4.86 120 113 2 3 2 0 695.2 712 397 376 101 167 8 498 54 1 13 2950 89 1.264 9.2 1.3 2.2 6.4 2.98
TOR (2 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.15 41 40 1 3 1 0 234.0 237 120 108 31 54 5 139 19 0 5 987 111 1.244 9.1 1.2 2.1 5.3 2.57
NL (4 yrs) 38 40 .487 4.86 120 113 2 3 2 0 695.2 712 397 376 101 167 8 498 54 1 13 2950 89 1.264 9.2 1.3 2.2 6.4 2.98
AL (2 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.15 41 40 1 3 1 0 234.0 237 120 108 31 54 5 139 19 0 5 987 111 1.244 9.1 1.2 2.1 5.3 2.57

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 28 MIL NL NLDS L PHI 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.938 8.4 0.0 0.0 5.1
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.938 8.4 0.0 0.0 5.1

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 TOR AL 16 412 373 47 95 16 1 11 6 3 25 64 .255 .309 .391 .700 .278 146 5 6 4 4 2
2005 25 TOR AL 25 575 528 73 142 37 2 20 16 4 29 75 .269 .322 .460 .782 .280 243 11 13 3 2 3
2006 26 MIL NL 34 869 798 111 201 51 3 26 18 8 38 166 .252 .299 .421 .720 .286 336 8 18 9 6 2
2007 27 MIL NL 33 810 747 110 217 54 2 27 15 7 44 134 .290 .338 .477 .815 .323 356 13 11 6 2 1
2008 28 MIL NL 31 763 698 92 163 38 4 29 17 9 48 109 .234 .291 .424 .715 .238 296 13 10 4 3 3
2009 29 MIL NL 22 508 445 84 131 34 5 19 12 4 37 89 .294 .365 .521 .886 .327 232 9 15 6 5 2
6 Seasons 161 3937 3589 517 949 230 17 132 84 35 221 637 .264 .318 .448 .767 .287 1609 59 73 32 22 13
162 Game Avg. 35 853 777 112 206 50 4 29 18 8 48 138 .264 .318 .448 .767 .287 348 13 16 7 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 24 TOR AL 16 16 5 4 7 0 1 6 10 .375 3 1 1 1 8 50% 52 91 18 9 1 0 10 4.4 5.4 6.1 92 3 8 5 0 117
2005 25 TOR AL 25 24 5 11 8 1 5 8 16 .333 1 5 2 0 12 50% 49 73 15 14 3 3 12 4.6 4.0 5.6 88 9 6 9 0 107
2006 26 MIL NL 34 32 12 10 10 3 2 16 16 .500 2 4 3 2 18 56% 53 87 20 7 0 2 11 5.1 5.2 6.5 93 6 13 13 0 116
2007 27 MIL NL 33 31 10 10 11 0 2 14 17 .452 2 4 0 0 15 48% 47 67 4 20 8 2 14 4.7 4.6 5.9 95 6 13 11 1 127
2008 28 MIL NL 31 29 9 10 10 0 2 15 14 .517 1 7 0 0 16 55% 52 87 26 6 3 2 13 5.0 4.8 6.2 92 5 16 7 1 124
2009 29 MIL NL 22 21 5 9 7 1 1 10 11 .476 2 4 0 0 9 43% 44 74 6 15 9 1 7 5.1 5.0 5.4 88 5 12 4 0 116
6 Seasons 161 153 46 54 53 5 13 69 84 .451 11 25 6 3 78 51% 50 91 4 71 24 10 67 4.8 4.8 6.0 91 34 68 49 2 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 25 TOR AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.884 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0 38
2006 26 MIL NL 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 0.873 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
2007 27 MIL NL 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.988 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 20
2008 28 MIL NL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.863 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31
2009 29 MIL NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.987 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
5 Seasons 145 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 0.915 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 5 4 0 4 0 4.9 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 24 TOR AL 412 59% 2.7% 15.5% 6.1% 6.8% 30% 0.72 0.79 73% 16% 7.2% 16% 69 5 7%
2005 25 TOR AL 575 50% 3.5% 13.0% 5.0% 10.3% 42% 0.86 1.26 76% 18% 9.3% 12% 74 11 15%
2006 26 MIL NL 869 49% 3.0% 19.1% 4.4% 9.2% 40% 0.91 1.31 70% 18% 8.9% 10% 124 8 6%
2007 27 MIL NL 810 44% 3.3% 16.5% 5.4% 10.3% 38% 0.80 1.01 73% 19% 9.2% 12% 141 13 9%
2008 28 MIL NL 763 49% 3.8% 14.3% 6.3% 9.3% 44% 0.70 0.91 74% 15% 9.8% 14% 102 13 13%
2009 29 MIL NL 508 51% 3.7% 17.5% 7.3% 11.4% 44% 0.57 0.81 67% 18% 9.4% 11% 97 9 9%
6 Seasons 3937 49% 3.4% 16.2% 5.6% 9.6% 40% 0.77 1.03 72% 17% 9.1% 12% 607 59 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 TOR AL 412 1474 3.58 964 65% 30% 12% 26% 33% 70% 2% 46% 83% 62% 3% 11 7 24% 98 54 8 27% 11 2 0 0 0
2005 25 TOR AL 575 2138 3.72 1406 66% 25% 12% 30% 33% 75% 2% 49% 84% 62% 4% 23 17 23% 130 67 9 13% 10 3 0 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 869 3021 3.48 2005 66% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 1% 49% 81% 62% 3% 29 18 25% 221 124 17 29% 41 9 0 0 0
2007 27 MIL NL 810 2972 3.67 1952 66% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 49% 80% 62% 3% 27 17 28% 228 125 14 26% 23 9 0 0 0
2008 28 MIL NL 763 2723 3.57 1731 64% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 47% 82% 60% 4% 27 11 21% 157 61 6 25% 18 13 0 0 0
2009 29 MIL NL 508 1847 3.64 1154 62% 28% 12% 28% 32% 72% 1% 45% 83% 58% 6% 28 19 19% 99 50 3 38% 20 7 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3937 14175 3.60 9212 65% 27% 13% 28% 33% 73% 1% 48% 82% 61% 4% 145 89 24% 933 481 57 27% 123 43 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 24 TOR AL 412 95 12 0 11 0 7 2 9 4 7 26 13 1 50% 3 3 1 135 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 25 TOR AL 575 142 9 1 20 0 2 8 12 10 10 20 11 0 55% 3 2 3 204 16 4 80% 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2006 26 MIL NL 869 201 17 4 26 0 10 15 11 13 13 49 32 8 65% 6 6 2 266 18 8 69% 17 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 0
2007 27 MIL NL 810 217 22 5 27 1 18 18 9 17 10 45 25 7 56% 8 3 1 297 15 7 68% 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 28 MIL NL 763 163 17 2 29 3 17 13 16 16 13 34 18 7 53% 11 2 1 219 17 9 65% 16 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 29 MIL NL 508 131 10 3 19 0 14 9 10 10 9 27 17 4 63% 2 2 1 182 12 4 75% 8 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
6 Seasons 3937 949 87 15 132 4 68 65 67 70 62 201 116 27 58% 33 18 9 1303 84 35 71% 77 30 6 4 1 1 1 0 64 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 24 5 4 .556 3.69 16 16 0 1 1 0 97.2 95 47 40 11 25 2 64 6 0 3 412 131 1.229 8.8 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56 131
2005 25 10 15 .400 4.15 41 40 1 3 1 0 234.0 237 120 108 31 54 5 139 19 0 5 987 111 1.244 9.1 1.2 2.1 5.3 2.57 111
2006 26 22 26 .458 4.28 75 72 1 6 3 0 444.0 438 231 211 57 92 7 305 37 0 11 1856 107 1.194 8.9 1.2 1.9 6.2 3.32 107
2007 27 34 36 .486 4.53 108 103 3 6 3 0 630.1 655 341 317 84 136 8 439 48 0 14 2666 100 1.255 9.4 1.2 1.9 6.3 3.23 100
2008 28 43 46 .483 4.45 139 132 3 6 3 0 815.1 818 433 403 113 184 11 548 58 1 16 3429 100 1.229 9.0 1.2 2.0 6.0 2.98 100
2009 29 48 55 .466 4.69 161 153 3 6 3 0 929.2 949 517 484 132 221 13 637 73 1 18 3937 94 1.259 9.2 1.3 2.1 6.2 2.88 94

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 24 6 4 .600 3.34 97.0 91 40 36 11 24 64 6 1.186 8.4 2.2 5.9 2.67 1.0 16
2005 25 6 8 .429 4.53 131.0 141 73 66 20 29 72 13 1.298 9.7 2.0 4.9 2.48 1.4 25
2006 26 11 11 .500 4.13 207.0 195 106 95 25 37 164 17 1.121 8.5 1.6 7.1 4.43 1.1 34
2007 27 8 12 .400 4.90 182.0 211 110 99 26 43 131 11 1.396 10.4 2.1 6.5 3.05 1.3 33
2008 28 9 10 .474 4.25 180.0 165 94 85 29 49 106 10 1.189 8.3 2.5 5.3 2.16 1.5 31
2009 29 3 9 .250 6.75 108.0 132 90 81 19 37 84 15 1.565 11.0 3.1 7.0 2.27 1.6 22
6 Seasons 43 54 .443 4.59 905.0 935 513 462 130 219 621 72 1.275 9.3 6.2 2.84 1.3 161

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 NL--1.138--4th
2008 NL--1.141--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--7.930--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--1.629--4th
2007 NL--2.125--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL--2--10th
2006 NL--3--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL--1--4th
2006 NL--2--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL--29--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2006 NL--4.368--1st
2007 NL--3.046--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--103--10th
2007 NL--106--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL--13--4th
2006 NL--18--2nd
2009 NL--15--1st
Active--73--22nd
Career--73--142nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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