Ray Busse

Raymond Edward Busse

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 25, 1948 in Daytona Beach, FL
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1971
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals 1971-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1967	18	HOU-min	Rk	60	220	220		49	6	2	2						.223	.223	.295	.518		65							CVN · APPY
1968	19	HOU-min	A	124	424	424		99	17	4	4						.233	.233	.321	.554		136							COC · FLOR
1969	20	HOU-min	A	109	417	395	45	96	17	5	7	35	11	1	22	72	.243	.283	.365	.648		144							PNS · CARL
1970	21	HOU-min	AA	105	402	402		106	13	3	7						.264	.264	.363	.627		146							CBS · SOUL
1971	22	HOU-min	AAA	92	373	343	44	93	15	5	13	54	2	2	23	65	.271	.319	.458	.777		157		2	3	2			OKC · AA
1971	22	HOU	NL	10	37	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.147	.194	.235	.430	23	8	0	0	1	0	0	/65

1972	23	HOU-min	AAA	70	228	208	21	43	4	2	3	19	2	1	15	53	.207	.270	.288	.558		60		3	2	0			OKC · AA
1973	24	TOT	NL	39	94	87	7	11	4	2	2	5	0	1	6	33	.126	.183	.287	.470	29	25	4	0	1	0	2	6/5
1973	24	STL	NL	24	76	70	6	10	4	2	2	5	0	1	5	21	.143	.200	.343	.543	48	24	4	0	1	0	2	6
1973	24	HOU	NL	15	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	0	0	0	0	0	/65
1974	25	HOU-min	AAA	81	359	332	53	96	14	9	11	38	7	4	25	71	.289	.341	.485	.826		161		1	1	0			DEN · AA
1974	25	HOU	NL	19	37	34	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.206	.270	.235	.506	46	8	2	0	0	0	0	/5
1975	26	KCR-HOU-min	AAA	132	511	473	52	117	24	4	13	66	4	3	33	117	.247	.295	.397	.692		188		0	2	3			OMA,IWA · AA
3 Yrs				68	168	155	12	23	8	2	2	9	0	1	11	54	.148	.205	.265	.469	32	41	6	0	2	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	400	369	29	55	19	5	5	21	0	2	26	129	.148	.205	.265	.469	32	98	14	0	5	0	5

HOU (3 yrs)				44	92	85	6	13	4	0	0	4	0	0	6	33	.153	.209	.200	.409	17	17	2	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				24	76	70	6	10	4	2	2	5	0	1	5	21	.143	.200	.343	.543	48	24	4	0	1	0	2

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
1971	22	HOU	NL	10	37	-2	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.483	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/65

1973	24	STL	NL	24	76	-5	-1	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.5	.470	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	6
1973	24	HOU	NL	15	18	-3	-0	0	0	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/65
1974	25	HOU	NL	19	37	-2	-0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	/5
3 Seasons				68	168	-12	-2	-0	-1	2	-13	-1.4	5	-8	-0.9	.479	.498	-0.8	0.1	-7	$

HOU (3 yrs)				44	92	-7	-0	0	1	1	-6	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.484	.499	-0.5	0.2	-4	$
STL (1 yr)				24	76	-5	-1	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.5	.470	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1971	22	HOU	NL	37	30	2	1.8	90	.200	.147	.256	.194	.322	.235	.375	.430	.697	23	.183	-3.4	-0.4	.345	.147	.088

1973	24	TOT	NL	94	82	3	1.0	96	.173	.126	.262	.183	.331	.287	.390	.470	.721	29	.064	-9.0	-0.9	.370	.218	.161	.0
1973	24	STL	NL	76	66	3	1.2	97	.170	.143	.262	.200	.331	.343	.390	.543	.722	48	.092	-5.5	-0.6	.431	.257	.200	.0
1973	24	HOU	NL	18	16	0	0.0	96	.200	.059	.261	.111	.330	.059	.389	.170	.719	-51	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.125	.059	.000
1974	25	HOU	NL	37	29	2	1.9	90	.318	.206	.256	.270	.328	.235	.371	.506	.698	46	.180	-2.4	-0.2	.379	.118	.029
3 Yrs				168	141	7	1.3	94	.212	.148	.260	.205	.328	.265	.383	.469	.711	32	.108	-14.8	-1.6	.367	.181	.116	.0
162 Game Avg.				400	336	17	1.3	94	.212	.148	.260	.205	.328	.265	.383	.469	.711	32	.108	-14.8	-1.6	.367	.181	.116

HOU (3 yrs)				92	75	4	1.4	91	.250	.153	.257	.209	.326	.200	.376	.409	.702	17	.124	-9.3	-1.0	.311	.118	.047
STL (1 yr)				76	66	3	1.2	97	.170	.143	.262	.200	.331	.343	.390	.543	.722	48	.092	-5.5	-0.6	.431	.257	.200	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	22	HOU	NL	37	0.0%	24.3%	5.4%	8.1%	60%	4.50	3.8		8.5	0.80	68%

1973	24	TOT	NL	94	2.1%	35.1%	6.4%	8.5%	73%	5.50	2.6	43.5	17.4	1.56	55%
1973	24	STL	NL	76	2.6%	27.6%	6.6%	10.5%	80%	4.20	3.3	35.0	14.0	1.63	62%
1973	24	HOU	NL	18	0.0%	66.7%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	12.00	1.4			1.00	28%
1974	25	HOU	NL	37	0.0%	32.4%	8.1%	2.7%	14%	4.00	2.8			1.29	59%
3 Yrs				168	1.2%	32.1%	6.6%	7.1%	52%	4.91	2.9	77.5	17.2	1.37	59%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.62	6.4	46.6	9.1	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	22	HOU	NL	-3.4	-0.4	18	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.08	-0.2	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.14	-1.8	0.39	2

1973	24	TOT	NL	-9.0	-0.9	97	-1.2	1.1	-2.3	1.04	-0.6	-0.5	-10.0	-1.0	0.91	-7.0	0.78	6
1973	24	STL	NL	-5.5	-0.6	79	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	1.03	-0.3	-0.5	-6.8	-0.7	0.92	-3.5		0
1973	24	HOU	NL	-3.5	-0.4	18	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.04	-0.3	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.91	-3.5	0.78	6
1974	25	HOU	NL	-2.5	-0.2	37	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.13	-0.3	0.3	-2.6	-0.3	0.88	-2.8	1.67	11
3 Yrs				-14.9	-1.6	152	-1.3	1.9	-3.3	1.06	-1.0	-0.2	-13.4	-1.4	0.93	-11.5	1.26	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	22	HOU	NL	2	0	29%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1973	24	TOT	NL	2	0	33%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	24	STL	NL	2	0	31%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	24	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	25	HOU	NL	1	0	30%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	40%	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
3 Yrs				5	0	31%	40	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	30%	7	5	2	1	0	0	2	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1971	22	HOU	NL	37	12%	5			2	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	2	14%	0	0		0	0		0

1973	24	TOT	NL	94	49%	11			6	0	0	0	0.78	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	16	4	25%	13	1	8%	59	4	7%	8	1	13%	3	0	0%	0
1973	24	STL	NL	76	53%	10			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	14	4	29%	12	1	8%	50	4	8%	7	1	14%	3	0	0%	0
1973	24	HOU	NL	18	33%	1			6	0	0	0	0.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1974	25	HOU	NL	37	43%	7			11	1	0	0	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	3	1	33%	19	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				168	43%	23			19	1	0	0	1.26	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	200%	26	6	23%	17	2	12%	92	6	7%	9	1	11%	4	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1971	22	10	37	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	2	9	.147	.194	.235	.430	23	8	0	1	0
1972	23	10	37	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	2	9	.147	.194	.235	.430	23	8	0	1	0
1973	24	49	131	121	9	16	7	2	2	9	1	8	42	.132	.186	.273	.459	27	33	4	2	2
1974	25	68	168	155	12	23	8	2	2	9	1	11	54	.148	.205	.265	.469	32	41	6	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	22	10	38	35	3	6	4	0	0	5	0	2	9	.171	.216	.286	.502	2	10

1973	24	39	96	88	7	12	4	2	2	5	0	7	33	.136	.200	.295	.495	5	39
1974	25	19	37	34	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	12	.206	.270	.235	.506	2	19
3 Yrs		68	171	157	13	25	9	2	2	10	0	12	54	.159	.219	.280	.499	9	68
162 Game Avg.		162	407	374	31	60	21	5	5	24	0	29	129	.159	.219	.280	.499	21	68

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