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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1969	22	NYY-min	A,Rk	8	3	.727	1.82	12	11					89.0	74	25	18	1	13								0.978	7.5	0.1	1.3			FTL,JOH · FLOR,APPY
1970	23	NYY-min	A	11	6	.647	1.91	20	16				1	146.0	105	39	31	3	22		81						0.870	6.5	0.2	1.4	5.0	3.68	FTL,KIN · FLOR,CARL
1971	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	3.65	30	20		7	0	0	143.0	140	68	58	11	39	4	84	3	0	4			1.252	8.8	0.7	2.5	5.3	2.15	MAN,SYR · EL,IL
1972	25	NYY-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.82	24	18		5	2	2	137.0	123	55	43	6	27	4	83	1	0	5			1.095	8.1	0.4	1.8	5.5	3.07	WHA · EL
1973	26	NYY-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.90	30	2		0	0	5	87.0	76	34	28	7	28	2	52	3	0	2			1.195	7.9	0.7	2.9	5.4	1.86	SYR · IL
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-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.50	10	3		2	0	0	30.0	26	18	15	1	8	1	16	1	0	1			1.133	7.8	0.3	2.4	4.8	2.00	TOL · IL
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-min	AAA	7	13	.350	2.95	45	4		3	0	9	119.0	113	51	39	7	41	5	62	2	1	0			1.294	8.5	0.5	3.1	4.7	1.51	SYR · IL
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	120	1.425	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.7	1.40
1979	32	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		2.12	12	0		0	0	6	17.0	15	5	4	1	8	0	11	1	0	2			1.353	7.9	0.5	4.2	5.8	1.38	SYR · IL
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1973	26	NYY	AL	16.2	0	12	9	0	.7	-3	-0.4	$
1974	27	NYY	AL	5.2	0	4	3	0	1.9	-1	-0.2	$
1974	27	CLE	AL	93.0	0	36	48	2	1.6	12	0.9	$
1975	28	CLE	AL	77.0	0	27	45	0	1.5	18	1.6	$
1976	29	CLE	AL	94.1	0	42	52	-2	.9	10	0.4	$
1977	30	CLE	AL	34.0	0	24	21	0	.2	-3	-0.3	$
1978	31	TOR	AL	13.1	0	5	8	0	1.4	3	0.3	$
1979	32	TOR	AL	78.2	0	33	50	1	1.6	17	1.4	$
1980	33	TOR	AL	66.2	0	35	42	1	.7	7	0.2	$
8 Seasons				479.1	0	218	278	2	1.2	60	3.9	$

CLE (4 yrs)				298.1	0	129	166	0	1.2	37	2.6	$
TOR (3 yrs)				158.2	0	73	100	2	1.2	27	1.9	$
NYY (2 yrs)				22.1	0	16	12	0	1.0	-4	-0.6	$

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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	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
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 Seasons				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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1973	NYY	AL	26	P	8	16.2	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.08	0.25	.950	1.89	1.85	1	1	50%	0
1974	TOT	AL	27	P	55	98.2	26	7	18	1	0	.962	2.28	0.45	.947	1.81	1.80	4	1	20%	0
1974	NYY	AL	27	P	4	5.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.75	1.80	0	0		0
1974	CLE	AL	27	P	51	93.0	26	7	18	1	0	.962	2.42	0.49	.947	1.81	1.80	4	1	20%	0
1975	CLE	AL	28	P	50	77.0	29	9	19	1	2	.966	3.27	0.56	.940	1.87	1.86	4	5	56%	1
1976	CLE	AL	29	P	39	94.1	22	4	18	0	2	1.000	2.10	0.56	.950	1.87	1.88	5	6	55%	2
1977	CLE	AL	30	P	21	34.0	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.85	0.33	.949	1.96	1.93	3	1	25%	0
1978	TOR	AL	31	P	8	13.1	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	3.38	0.63	.954	1.89	1.88	0	0		0
1979	TOR	AL	32	P	44	78.2	25	5	19	1	1	.960	2.75	0.55	.949	1.92	1.89	4	1	20%	1
1980	TOR	AL	33	P	33	66.2	15	5	10	0	1	1.000	2.02	0.45	.957	1.85	1.85	5	1	17%	0
	8 Seasons			P	258	479.1	131	34	94	3	7	.977	2.40	0.50	.948	1.87	1.86	26	16	38%	4
	8 Seasons			TOT	258	479.1	131	34	94	3	7	.977	2.40	0.50	.948	1.87	1.86	26	16	38%	4

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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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)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1975 AL 3.27 (1st) 1979 AL 2.75 (4th)

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)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1975 AL 3.27 (1st)
1979 AL 2.75 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 21, 1969: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
April 26, 1974: Traded by the New York Yankees with Fred Beene, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson to the Cleveland Indians for Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw.
February 28, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with John Lowenstein to the Texas Rangers for David Clyde and Willie Horton.
April 1, 1978: Released by the Texas Rangers.
May 13, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
August 8, 1980: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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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
1977	30	Cleveland Indians	$38,000	1/28/78 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$38,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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