Tom Buskey

Thomas William Buskey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 20, 1947 in Harrisburg, PA
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1973
Teams (by GP): Indians/BlueJays/Yankees 1973-1980

Final Game: August 4, 1980
Died: June 7, 1998 in Harrisburg, PA
Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, PA
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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	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1969	22	NYY-min	Rk,A	12	34	32	1	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.281	.324	.281	.605	9							JOH,FTL · APPY,FLOR
1970	23	NYY-min	A	20	56	48	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	16	.083	.214	.083	.298	4							FTL,KIN · FLOR,CARL
1971	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	30	52	38	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	11	.132	.267	.132	.398	5		0	7	0			MAN,SYR · EL,IL
1972	25	NYY-min	AA	24	51	44	6	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	11	.182	.217	.205	.422	9		0	5	0			WHA · EL
1973	26	NYY-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1973	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1974	27	TOT	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	27	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1974	27	CLE	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	28	CLE	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	29	CLE	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	30	CLE-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1977	30	CLE	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	31	TOR-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1978	31	TOR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	32	TOR-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1979	32	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	33	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				258	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (4 yrs)				161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (3 yrs)				85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	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
1973	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1974	27	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1974	27	CLE	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1975	28	CLE	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	29	CLE	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	30	CLE	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$38,000	1
1978	31	TOR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1979	32	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	33	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
8 Seasons				258	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$38,000

CLE (4 yrs)				161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$38,000
TOR (3 yrs)				85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
NYY (2 yrs)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg
1973	26	NYY	AL
1974	27	TOT	AL
1974	27	NYY	AL
1974	27	CLE	AL
1975	28	CLE	AL
1976	29	CLE	AL
1977	30	CLE	AL
1978	31	TOR	AL
1979	32	TOR	AL
1980	33	TOR	AL
8 Yrs

* 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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