Dave DeBusschere

David Albert DeBusschere

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 16, 1940 in Detroit, MI
High School: Austin Catholic HS (Detroit, MI)
School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1962
Team: WhiteSox 1962-1963

Final Game: September 2, 1963
Died: May 14, 2003 in New York, NY
Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Garden City, NY
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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
1962	21	CHW-min	A	10	1	.909	2.49	15	14		7	2		94.0	62	35	26	4	53	0	93	1	0	2			1.223	5.9	0.4	5.1	8.9	1.75	SAV · SALL
1962	21	CHW	AL	0	0		2.00	12	0	9	0	0	0	18.0	5	7	4	1	23	1	8	1	0	2	82	201	1.556	2.5	0.5	11.5	4.0	0.35
1963	22	CHW	AL	3	4	.429	3.09	24	10	3	1	1	0	84.1	80	35	29	9	34	1	53	4	0	6	365	113	1.352	8.5	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.56
1964	23	CHW-min	AAA	15	8	.652	3.93	32	30		10	2		174.0	173	88	76	16	66	5	126	3	1	10			1.374	8.9	0.8	3.4	6.5	1.91	INA · PCL
1965	24	CHW-min	AAA	15	12	.556	3.65	35	34		10	1		244.0	255	120	99	23	66	2	176	6	0	7			1.316	9.4	0.8	2.4	6.5	2.67	INA · PCL
2 Yrs				3	4	.429	2.90	36	10	12	1	1	0	102.1	85	42	33	10	57	2	61	5	0	8	447	124	1.388	7.5	0.9	5.0	5.4	1.07
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.429	2.90	53	15	18	1	1	0	151	126	62	49	15	84	3	90	7	0	12	661	124	1.388	7.5	0.9	5.0	5.4	1.07

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
1962	21	CHW	AL	18.0	12	0	7	3.50	4.39	0.13	-0.18	101.8	4.15	2	0.2	.1	-0.1	0.2	3	.513	.501	$
1963	22	CHW	AL	84.1	24	10	35	3.74	4.03	0.27	-0.02	95.4	3.58	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.1	0.5	6	.498	.500	$
2 Seasons				102.1	36	10	42	3.69	4.09	0.24	-0.05	96.5	3.68	1	0.1	.3	-0.2	0.7	9	.503	.500	$

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
1962	21	CHW	AL	12	82	56	7	5	2	0	1	2	0	23	8	.089	.358	.179	.537	.083	10	0	1	1	1	1	1
1963	22	CHW	AL	24	365	321	35	80	8	3	9	5	2	34	53	.249	.327	.377	.704	.272	121	6	4	4	2	1	5
2 Yrs				36	447	377	42	85	10	3	10	7	2	57	61	.225	.333	.347	.680	.243	131	6	5	5	3	2	6
162 Game Avg.				53	661	557	62	126	15	4	15	10	3	84	90	.225	.333	.347	.680	.243	194	9	7	7	4	3	9
MLB Averages																.252	.318	.382	.700	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1962	21	CHW	AL	2.9	0.3	86	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.09	-0.0	-0.7	1.6	0.2	0.09	0.9	0	10
1963	22	CHW	AL	2.9	0.3	379	-0.1	5.0	-5.1	.80	0.2	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.80	-0.9	2	12
2 Yrs				5.8	0.6	465	-0.2	5.0	-5.2	.67	0.1	-0.4	2.7	0.3	0.67	-0.1	2	22

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1963	22	CHW	AL	24	10	3	4	3	0	1	4	6	.400	1	2	1	1	5	50%	51.1	77	17	15	4	6	3	3.6	2.9	5.4
1 Yr				24	10	3	4	3	0	1	4	6	.400	1	2	1	1	5	50%	51	77	17	15	4	6	3	3.6	2.9	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	115	-14					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	21	CHW	AL	12	12	9	2	1	50%	8	.091	0	10	12	1	11	6	1	6	2	4.5
1963	22	CHW	AL	24	14	3	7	3	43%	4	.798	2	12	14	4	10	10	2	11	0	6.4
2 Yrs				36	26	12	9	4	44%		.668	2	22	26	5	21	16	3	17	2	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	21	CHW	AL	82	59%	1.2%	9.8%	28.1%	3.7%	60%	0.31	59%	23	0	0%
1963	22	CHW	AL	365	59%	2.5%	14.5%	9.3%	5.5%	25%	0.73	72%	69	6	9%
2 Yrs				447	59%	2.2%	13.7%	12.8%	5.2%	27%	0.63	69%	92	6	7%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.05	73%			10%

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
1962	21	CHW	AL	82	5			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	100%	1	2	0	40	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1963	22	CHW	AL	365	80			9	0	7	7	2	4	5	13	5	3	38%	5	6	0	142	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2 Yrs				447	85			10	0	10	8	2	4	6	16	8	3	50%	6	8	0	182	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

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+
1962	21	0	0		2.00	12	0	9	0	0	0	18.0	5	7	4	1	23	1	8	1	0	2	82	201	1.556	2.5	0.5	11.5	4.0	0.35	201
1963	22	3	4	.429	2.90	36	10	12	1	1	0	102.1	85	42	33	10	57	2	61	5	0	8	447	124	1.388	7.5	0.9	5.0	5.4	1.07	124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1962	21	1	0	1.000	2.00	18.0	5	4	4	1	23	8	1	1.556	2.5	11.5	4.0	0.35	0.5	12
1963	22	4	4	.500	3.71	80.0	85	37	33	10	36	50	4	1.513	9.6	4.1	5.6	1.39	1.1	24
2 Yrs		5	4	.556	3.40	98.0	90	41	37	11	59	58	5	1.520	8.3		5.3	0.98	1.0	36

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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