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Homer Bush

Homer Giles Bush

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 12, 1972 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1997
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Yankees/Marlins 1997-2004

Final Game: June 8, 2004
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
1991	18	SDP-min	Rk	32	132	127	16	41	3	2	0	16	11	7	4	33	.323	.348	.378	.726		48	2	1	0	0	1	PDS · ARIZ
1992	19	SDP-min	A	108	385	367	37	86	10	5	0	18	14	11	13	85	.234	.265	.289	.554		106	3	3	0	2	0	CHS · SALL
1993	20	SDP-min	A	130	494	472	63	152	19	3	5	51	39	14	19	87	.322	.349	.407	.756		192	10	1	1	1	0	WLO · MIDW
1994	21	SDP-min	AA,A+	98	435	406	72	127	21	7	3	30	29	9	19	68	.313	.353	.421	.775		171	8	7	2	1	0	WCH,RCU · TL,CALL
1995	22	SDP-min	AA	108	453	432	53	121	12	5	5	37	34	12	15	83	.280	.307	.366	.673		158	6	2	4	0	0	MEM · SOUL
1996	23	SDP-min	AAA	32	126	116	24	42	11	1	2	3	3	5	3	33	.362	.388	.526	.914		61	2	2	5	0	1	LVG · PCL
1997	24	NYY-SDP-min	AAA	112	481	430	61	111	20	4	5	40	17	8	32	96	.258	.309	.358	.667		154	7	3	8	8	0	CLB,LVG · IL,PCL
1997	24	NYY	AL	10	11	11	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	91	4	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1998	25	NYY	AL	45	78	71	17	27	3	0	1	5	6	3	5	19	.380	.421	.465	.886	134	33	1	0	2	0	0	4/56
1999	26	TOR-min	A+	4	17	14	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.357	.438	.500	.938		7	1	1	1	0	0	DUN · FLOR
1999	26	TOR	AL	128	523	485	69	155	26	4	5	55	32	8	21	82	.320	.353	.421	.774	96	204	9	6	8	3	0	*46
2000	27	TOR	AL	76	325	297	38	64	8	0	1	18	9	4	18	60	.215	.271	.253	.524	33	75	10	5	4	1	0	4
2001	28	TOR-min	AAA,A+	13	57	49	15	14	2	0	0	5	1	0	5	9	.286	.368	.327	.695		16	1	2	0	1	0	SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
2001	28	TOR	AL	78	291	271	32	83	11	1	3	27	13	4	8	50	.306	.336	.387	.723	89	105	2	6	2	4	1	4
2002	29	TOT	MLB	63	141	132	16	30	2	0	1	7	4	1	5	25	.227	.266	.265	.531	41	35	2	2	2	0	0	4/6
2002	29	TOR	AL	23	83	78	9	18	2	0	1	2	2	0	2	12	.231	.268	.295	.563	48	23	2	2	1	0	0	4
2002	29	FLA	NL	40	58	54	7	12	0	0	0	5	2	1	3	13	.222	.263	.222	.485	32	12	0	0	1	0	0	4/6

2004	31	NYY-min	AAA	63	257	234	35	68	15	0	2	18	3	3	11	41	.291	.327	.380	.707		89	4	2	9	1	0	CLB · IL
2004	31	NYY	AL	9	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	1	1	0	0	0	/4
7 Seasons				409	1377	1274	176	363	50	5	11	115	65	20	57	238	.285	.324	.358	.682	75	456	25	20	18	8	1
162 Game Avg.				162	545	505	70	144	20	2	4	46	26	8	23	94	.285	.324	.358	.682	75	181	10	8	7	3	0

TOR (4 yrs)				305	1222	1131	148	320	47	5	10	102	56	16	49	204	.283	.321	.360	.681	74	407	23	19	15	8	1
NYY (3 yrs)				64	97	89	21	31	3	0	1	8	7	3	5	21	.348	.389	.416	.805	113	37	2	1	2	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				40	58	54	7	12	0	0	0	5	2	1	3	13	.222	.263	.222	.485	32	12	0	0	1	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				369	1319	1220	169	351	50	5	11	110	63	19	54	225	.288	.326	.364	.690	77	444	25	20	17	8	1
NL (1 yr)				40	58	54	7	12	0	0	0	5	2	1	3	13	.222	.263	.222	.485	32	12	0	0	1	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
1997	24	NYY	AL	11	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/4
1998	25	NYY	AL	78	5	1	0	1	1	-1	3	9	0.8	9	0.9	-0.1	$178,900	4/56
1999	26	TOR	AL	523	-2	1	1	2	8	2	18	30	3.0	22	2.1	0.9	$227,000	*46
2000	27	TOR	AL	325	-30	0	1	0	0	1	11	-17	-1.5	-17	-1.6	0.1	$1,450,000	4
2001	28	TOR	AL	291	-3	1	-1	1	2	1	10	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$2,550,000	4
2002	29	TOR	AL	83	-5	0	1	0	-1	0	3	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$3,375,000	4
2002	29	FLA	NL	58	-6	0	0	1	-2	0	2	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$	4/6

2004	31	NYY	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/4
7 Seasons				1377	-43	3	2	5	7	3	47	23	2.3	17	1.7	0.6	$7,780,900

TOR (4 yrs)				1222	-40	2	2	3	9	4	42	22	2.4	13	1.3	1.1	$7,602,000
NYY (3 yrs)				97	3	1	0	1	-0	-1	3	6	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$178,900
FLA (1 yr)				58	-6	0	0	1	-2	0	2	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	R	SB
1998	25	NYY	AL	ALDS	TEX	W	1	0	1
1998	25	NYY	AL	ALCS	CLE	W	2	1	1
1998	25	NYY	AL	WS	SDP	W	2	0	0
1 Season (3 Series)							5	1	2
1 ALDS							1	0	1
1 ALCS							2	1	1
1 WS							2	0	0

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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
1997	NYY	AL	24	2B	8	1	1	30.2	23	8	13	2	2	.913	-1		-39		6.16	2.63	.980	4.93	4.89
1998	NYY	AL	25	2B	24	10	9	126.0	68	37	29	2	4	.971	-1		-6		4.71	2.75	.978	4.85	4.80
1998	NYY	AL	25	3B	3	2	1	19.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1		76		3.32	2.33	.949	2.56	2.53
1998	NYY	AL	25	SS	2	0	0	11.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0		33		2.45	1.50	.973	4.75	4.65
1999	TOR	AL	26	2B	109	107	105	951.2	579	220	350	9	81	.984	7		9		5.39	5.23	.981	5.13	5.05
1999	TOR	AL	26	SS	18	18	18	159.0	87	26	54	7	5	.920	1		5		4.53	4.44	.970	4.73	4.66
2000	TOR	AL	27	2B	75	73	73	653.0	417	165	246	6	68	.986	0		1		5.66	5.48	.980	5.03	4.97
2001	TOR	AL	28	2B	78	76	68	660.2	411	153	254	4	68	.990	2		4		5.54	5.22	.981	4.86	4.82
2002	TOT	MLB	29	2B	34	27	22	249.2	123	49	72	2	14	.984	-3		-12		4.36	3.56	.979	4.91	4.87
2002	TOR	AL	29	2B	22	21	16	182.0	97	38	58	1	12	.990	-1		-8		4.75	4.36	.979	4.89	4.84
2002	FLA	NL	29	2B	12	6	6	67.2	26	11	14	1	2	.962	-1		-25		3.33	2.08	.981	4.96	4.92
2002	FLA	NL	29	SS	4	1	0	14.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1		-69		0.00	0.00		4.50	4.50
2004	NYY	AL	31	2B	4	2	2	23.0	11	7	4	0	3	1.000	-0	-1	-10	-52	4.30	2.75	.982	4.93	4.90
	7 Seasons			2B	332	296	280	2694.2	1632	639	968	25	240	.985	5	-1	2	-52	5.37	4.84	.980	5.00	4.94
	3 Seasons			SS	24	19	18	184.0	90	26	57	7	5	.922	0		1		4.06	3.46	.970	4.72	4.63
	1 Season			3B	3	2	1	19.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1		76		3.32	2.33	.949	2.56	2.53
	7 Seasons			TOT	359	317	299	2897.2	1729	666	1031	32	245	.981	7	-1	3	-52	5.27	4.73	.980	4.97	4.90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1999 AL 32 (10th)	Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 1999 AL 7 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1999 AL 5.39 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1999 AL 5.23 (3rd)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1999 AL .984 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Most Similar by Ages

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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1991.
April 22, 1997: Traded by the San Diego Padres with players to be named later and Gordon Amerson (minors) to the New York Yankees for Rafael Medina, Ruben Rivera and $3,000,000. The San Diego Padres sent Hideki Irabu (May 29, 1997) and Vernon Maxwell (minors) (June 9, 1997) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
February 18, 1999: Traded by the New York Yankees with Graeme Lloyd and David Wells to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roger Clemens.
May 10, 2002: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 20, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
September 1, 2002: Released by the Florida Marlins.
December 13, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
February 24, 2003: Released by the San Diego Padres.
December 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
October 26, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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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
1998	25	New York Yankees	$178,900	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	26	Toronto Blue Jays	$227,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	27	Toronto Blue Jays	$1,450,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	28	Toronto Blue Jays	$2,550,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	29	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,375,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,780,900

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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