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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 Pitching

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
1973 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 5.40 8 0 6 0 0 1 16.2 18 12 10 2 4 0 8 1 0 1 72 70 1.320 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.3 2.00
1974 27 TOT AL 2 7 .222 3.38 55 0 42 0 0 18 98.2 103 40 37 11 36 9 43 2 0 1 430 108 1.409 9.4 1.0 3.3 3.9 1.19
1974 27 NYY AL 0 1 .000 6.35 4 0 2 0 0 1 5.2 10 4 4 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 30 60 2.294 15.9 1.6 4.8 4.8 1.00
1974 27 CLE AL 2 6 .250 3.19 51 0 40 0 0 17 93.0 93 36 33 10 33 8 40 1 0 1 400 114 1.355 9.0 1.0 3.2 3.9 1.21
1975 28 CLE AL 5 3 .625 2.57 50 0 34 0 0 7 77.0 69 27 22 7 29 10 29 1 0 4 316 147 1.273 8.1 0.8 3.4 3.4 1.00
1976 29 CLE AL 5 4 .556 3.63 39 0 20 0 0 1 94.1 88 42 38 9 34 8 32 3 1 3 391 96 1.293 8.4 0.9 3.2 3.1 0.94
1977 30 CLE AL 0 0 5.29 21 0 9 0 0 0 34.0 45 24 20 6 8 1 15 1 0 1 157 75 1.559 11.9 1.6 2.1 4.0 1.88
1978 31 TOR AL 0 1 .000 3.38 8 0 6 0 0 0 13.1 14 5 5 1 5 4 7 0 0 0 59 119 1.425 9.5 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.40
1979 32 TOR AL 6 10 .375 3.43 44 0 40 0 0 7 78.2 74 33 30 10 25 7 44 1 0 3 329 126 1.258 8.5 1.1 2.9 5.0 1.76
1980 33 TOR AL 3 1 .750 4.46 33 0 9 0 0 0 66.2 68 35 33 11 26 6 34 0 0 1 279 98 1.410 9.2 1.5 3.5 4.6 1.31
8 Yrs 21 27 .438 3.66 258 0 166 0 0 34 479.1 479 218 195 57 167 45 212 9 1 14 2033 106 1.348 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.0 1.27
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .438 3.66 68 0 44 0 0 9 126 126 57 51 15 44 12 56 2 0 4 536 106 1.348 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.0 1.27
CLE (4 yrs) 12 13 .480 3.41 161 0 103 0 0 25 298.1 295 129 113 32 104 27 116 6 1 9 1264 107 1.337 8.9 1.0 3.1 3.5 1.12
TOR (3 yrs) 9 12 .429 3.86 85 0 55 0 0 7 158.2 156 73 68 22 56 17 85 1 0 4 667 112 1.336 8.8 1.2 3.2 4.8 1.52
NYY (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.64 12 0 8 0 0 2 22.1 28 16 14 3 7 1 11 2 0 1 102 67 1.567 11.3 1.2 2.8 4.4 1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1973 26 NYY AL 16.2 8 0 12 6.48 4.32 0.09 -0.36 98.3 3.80 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .435 .497 $
1974 27 NYY AL 5.2 4 0 4 6.35 4.06 0.17 -0.34 97.7 3.47 -2 -0.2 2.4 -0.2 -0.3 -1 .452 .499 $
1974 27 CLE AL 93.0 51 0 36 3.48 4.06 0.23 -0.34 100.7 3.51 0 0.0 2.2 -0.2 0.7 10 .501 .500 $
1975 28 CLE AL 77.0 50 0 27 3.16 4.37 -0.04 -0.36 99.5 4.03 8 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.6 16 .516 .505 $
1976 29 CLE AL 94.1 39 0 42 4.01 4.06 -0.19 -0.33 99.3 3.88 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.5 8 .497 .499 $
1977 30 CLE AL 34.0 21 0 24 6.35 4.81 -0.06 -0.39 98.8 4.43 -7 -0.7 .3 0.2 -0.2 -3 .465 .495 $38,000
1978 31 TOR AL 13.1 8 0 5 3.38 4.50 -0.10 -0.37 100.9 4.27 1 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.3 3 .519 .501 $
1979 32 TOR AL 78.2 44 0 33 3.78 4.86 0.07 -0.39 101.6 4.47 6 0.6 1.6 0.0 1.4 15 .514 .504 $
1980 33 TOR AL 66.2 33 0 35 4.73 4.59 0.08 -0.37 106.6 4.42 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.2 0.1 5 .492 .498 $
8 Seasons 479.1 258 0 218 4.09 4.39 0.02 -0.36 101.0 4.05 -3 -0.2 1.6 -0.5 3.6 48 .499 .500 $38,000
CLE (4 yrs) 298.1 161 0 129 3.89 4.22 -0.00 -0.35 99.8 3.87 -1 -0.0 1.6 -0.1 2.6 30 .500 .500 $38,000
TOR (3 yrs) 158.2 85 0 73 4.14 4.72 0.06 -0.38 103.7 4.43 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.8 23 .506 .501 $
NYY (2 yrs) 22.1 12 0 16 6.45 4.25 0.11 -0.35 98.2 3.72 -7 -0.7 1.8 -0.3 -0.8 -4 .441 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1973 26 NYY AL 8 72 63 12 18 2 1 2 1 1 4 8 .286 .324 .444 .768 .286 28 1 1 1 3 0 2
1974 27 TOT AL 55 426 379 40 103 23 1 11 4 1 36 43 .272 .333 .425 .758 .278 161 8 2 7 6 9 7
1974 27 CLE AL 51 396 354 36 93 19 1 10 4 1 33 40 .263 .322 .407 .729 .268 144 8 1 6 6 8 7
1974 27 NYY AL 4 30 25 4 10 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .400 .483 .680 1.163 .429 17 0 1 1 0 1 0
1975 28 CLE AL 50 316 274 27 69 7 1 7 4 5 29 29 .252 .324 .361 .685 .258 99 8 1 10 2 10 5
1976 29 CLE AL 39 391 344 42 88 11 4 9 5 6 34 32 .256 .326 .390 .715 .258 134 9 3 7 3 8 5
1977 30 CLE AL 21 157 144 24 45 10 1 6 3 1 8 15 .313 .348 .521 .869 .312 75 0 1 2 2 1 2
1978 31 TOR AL 8 59 51 5 14 3 0 1 0 0 5 7 .275 .339 .392 .731 .302 20 1 0 3 0 4 1
1979 32 TOR AL 44 329 297 33 74 7 1 10 4 1 25 44 .249 .310 .380 .690 .263 113 6 1 6 0 7 8
1980 33 TOR AL 33 279 245 35 68 10 2 11 5 1 26 34 .278 .341 .469 .810 .278 115 10 0 3 5 6 2
8 Yrs 258 2029 1797 218 479 73 11 57 26 16 167 212 .267 .328 .415 .743 .272 745 43 9 39 21 45 32
162 Game Avg. 68 535 474 57 126 19 3 15 7 4 44 56 .267 .328 .415 .743 .272 196 11 2 10 6 12 8
MLB Averages .260 .326 .381 .707 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 26 NYY AL -3.5 -0.4 76 -0.5 0.6 -1.2 .65 -0.5 -0.4 -4.6 -0.5 0.65 -4.2 3 1 4
1974 27 TOT AL 3.9 0.4 438 0.1 11.6 -11.5 1.59 -0.1 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 1.61 -0.2 32 11 11
1974 27 NYY AL -1.4 -0.1 31 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 1.98 -0.4 0.2 -2.9 -0.3 1.98 -3.0 3 0 1
1974 27 CLE AL 5.3 0.6 407 0.4 10.7 -10.3 1.56 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.58 2.8 29 11 10
1975 28 CLE AL 9.5 1.0 331 0.3 7.9 -7.5 1.42 0.3 -0.1 4.9 0.5 1.42 1.5 22 6 21
1976 29 CLE AL -1.2 -0.1 409 -1.4 5.5 -6.9 .90 -0.1 -1.5 -1.9 -0.2 0.90 -4.4 14 12 12
1977 30 CLE AL -5.8 -0.6 163 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .20 -0.9 0.0 -8.5 -0.8 0.20 -9.6 1 3 13
1978 31 TOR AL 1.2 0.1 59 0.0 1.3 -1.2 1.42 0.0 -0.0 0.9 0.1 1.42 -0.8 2 3 3
1979 32 TOR AL 8.0 0.8 339 -0.4 8.8 -9.2 1.60 0.3 -0.5 9.2 0.9 1.60 6.1 23 4 15
1980 33 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 286 -1.9 2.8 -4.8 .67 -0.4 -2.5 -10.6 -1.0 0.67 -2.4 11 12 10
8 Yrs 12.1 1.2 2101 -3.9 39.1 -43.0 1.16 -1.3 -2.1 -13.0 -1.3 1.16 -14.0 108 52 89

Reliever Pitching*

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
1973 26 NYY AL 8 8 6 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 7 1 14% 5 .650 3 1 4 2 1 5 5 3 5 1 5 0 6.3
1974 27 TOT AL 55 55 42 2 7 25 18 7 72% 31 6 65 22 34% 1.593 32 11 11 34 6 15 39 16 38 11 40 15 5.4
1974 27 NYY AL 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 4 50% 6 1.981 3 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 3 0 4.3
1974 27 CLE AL 51 51 40 2 6 24 17 7 71% 30 6 57 18 32% 8 1.564 29 11 10 33 5 13 35 16 35 11 37 15 5.5
1975 28 CLE AL 50 50 34 5 3 10 7 3 70% 16 5 62 23 37% 8 1.420 22 6 21 17 7 26 37 13 28 13 30 17 4.6
1976 29 CLE AL 39 39 20 5 4 3 1 2 33% 5 1 50 18 36% 6 .901 14 12 12 11 5 23 27 12 26 6 29 6 7.3
1977 30 CLE AL 21 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 8 42% 8 .198 1 3 13 3 0 18 10 11 12 3 14 3 4.9
1978 31 TOR AL 8 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 7 1.423 2 3 3 0 2 6 8 0 5 3 5 1 5.0
1979 32 TOR AL 44 44 40 6 10 11 7 4 64% 11 0 37 10 27% 8 1.603 23 4 15 13 11 20 25 19 28 8 29 7 5.4
1980 33 TOR AL 33 33 9 3 1 1 0 1 0% 3 0 51 24 47% 5 .668 11 12 10 4 3 26 28 5 22 8 23 4 6.1
8 Yrs 258 258 166 21 27 52 34 18 65% 69 12 302 111 37% 1.161 108 52 89 84 35 139 179 79 164 53 175 53 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1973 26 NYY AL 72 64% 2.8% 11.1% 5.6% 6.9% 28% 0.82 78% 8 1 13%
1974 27 TOT AL 430 64% 2.6% 10.1% 8.5% 8.2% 34% 1.06 78% 81 8 10%
1974 27 NYY AL 30 70% 3.3% 10.0% 10.0% 16.7% 50% 0.44 70% 6 0 0%
1974 27 CLE AL 400 64% 2.5% 10.1% 8.3% 7.6% 32% 1.11 78% 75 8 11%
1975 28 CLE AL 316 59% 2.2% 9.2% 9.2% 4.8% 22% 1.73 76% 67 8 12%
1976 29 CLE AL 391 62% 2.3% 8.2% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 1.16 78% 84 9 11%
1977 30 CLE AL 157 60% 3.8% 9.6% 5.1% 10.8% 38% 0.72 80% 26 0 0%
1978 31 TOR AL 59 66% 1.7% 11.9% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 2.30 73% 14 1 7%
1979 32 TOR AL 329 56% 3.0% 13.4% 7.6% 5.5% 24% 1.42 74% 85 6 7%
1980 33 TOR AL 279 54% 3.9% 12.2% 9.3% 8.2% 34% 1.40 73% 63 10 16%
8 Yrs 2033 60% 2.8% 10.5% 8.2% 7.0% 29% 1.25 76% 428 43 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1973 26 NYY AL 72 18 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 100% 2 1 0 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 27 TOT AL 426 103 11 1 21 7 4 7 4 31 17 3 55% 7 1 1 182 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 4
1974 27 NYY AL 30 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1974 27 CLE AL 396 93 10 1 19 6 4 7 3 29 17 2 59% 7 1 1 165 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4
1975 28 CLE AL 316 69 7 0 12 6 1 5 2 29 14 2 48% 5 4 1 134 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 0
1976 29 CLE AL 391 88 9 0 14 7 2 5 4 26 15 2 58% 5 3 0 159 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 10 0
1977 30 CLE AL 157 45 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 14 9 2 64% 2 1 1 65 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 31 TOR AL 59 14 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 10 2 2 20% 1 0 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 32 TOR AL 329 74 10 1 6 6 4 1 9 25 10 5 40% 8 3 0 150 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1980 33 TOR AL 279 68 11 0 14 3 8 3 8 29 19 2 66% 2 1 0 102 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
8 Yrs 2029 479 57 2 78 35 22 24 33 167 89 18 53% 32 14 4 849 26 16 62% 25 14 1 1 0 1 7 0 55 4
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1973 26 0 1 .000 5.40 8 0 6 0 0 1 16.2 18 12 10 2 4 0 8 1 0 1 72 70 1.320 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.3 2.00 70
1974 27 2 8 .200 3.67 63 0 48 0 0 19 115.1 121 52 47 13 40 9 51 3 0 2 502 100 1.396 9.4 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.28 100
1975 28 7 11 .389 3.23 113 0 82 0 0 26 192.1 190 79 69 20 69 19 80 4 0 6 818 115 1.347 8.9 0.9 3.2 3.7 1.16 115
1976 29 12 15 .444 3.36 152 0 102 0 0 27 286.2 278 121 107 29 103 27 112 7 1 9 1209 108 1.329 8.7 0.9 3.2 3.5 1.09 108
1977 30 12 15 .444 3.56 173 0 111 0 0 27 320.2 323 145 127 35 111 28 127 8 1 10 1366 103 1.353 9.1 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.14 103
1978 31 12 16 .429 3.56 181 0 117 0 0 27 334.0 337 150 132 36 116 32 134 8 1 10 1425 104 1.356 9.1 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.16 104
1979 32 18 26 .409 3.53 225 0 157 0 0 34 412.2 411 183 162 46 141 39 178 9 1 13 1754 108 1.338 9.0 1.0 3.1 3.9 1.26 108
1980 33 21 27 .438 3.66 258 0 166 0 0 34 479.1 479 218 195 57 167 45 212 9 1 14 2033 106 1.348 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.0 1.27 106

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1973 26 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 19 12 11 2 4 8 1 1.438 10.7 2.3 4.5 2.00 1.1 8
1974 27 5 5 .500 4.16 93.0 110 48 43 12 38 41 2 1.591 10.6 3.7 4.0 1.08 1.2 55
1975 28 4 3 .571 3.17 71.0 73 28 25 7 31 27 1 1.465 9.3 3.9 3.4 0.87 0.9 50
1976 29 4 5 .444 4.87 85.0 97 51 46 10 37 29 3 1.576 10.3 3.9 3.1 0.78 1.1 39
1977 30 1 2 .333 5.82 34.0 47 24 22 6 8 15 1 1.618 12.4 2.1 4.0 1.88 1.6 21
1978 31 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 14 6 5 1 5 7 0 1.462 9.7 3.5 4.8 1.40 0.7 8
1979 32 5 3 .625 3.51 77.0 74 33 30 10 25 43 1 1.286 8.6 2.9 5.0 1.72 1.2 44
1980 33 3 3 .500 4.65 62.0 67 36 32 11 26 32 0 1.500 9.7 3.8 4.6 1.23 1.6 33
8 Yrs 23 22 .511 4.27 451.0 501 238 214 59 174 202 9 1.497 10.0 4.0 1.16 1.2 258

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1974 AL  55 (9th)
1975 AL  50 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 AL  18 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 AL  42 (10th)
1975 AL  34 (9th)
1979 AL  40 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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