Dave DeBusschere
David Albert DeBusschere
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 16, 1940 in Detroit, MI
High School: Austin Catholic (Detroit, MI)
School: University of Detroit Mercy
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1962
Final Game: September 2, 1963
Died: May 14, 2003 in NY, NY
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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
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 82 196 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
2 Seasons 3 4 .429 2.90 36 10 12 1 1 0 102.1 85 42 33 10 57 2 61 5 0 8 447 123 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 12 661 123 1.388 7.5 0.9 5.0 5.4 1.07

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 36 447 377 42 85 10 3 10 7 2 57 61 .225 .333 .347 .680 .243 131 6 5 5 3 2
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 22 CHW AL 24 10 3 4 3 0 1 4 6 .400 0 2 1 1 5 50% 51 77 17 15 4 6 3 3.6 2.9 5.4
1 Season 24 10 3 4 3 0 1 4 6 .400 0 2 1 1 5 50% 51 77 17 15 4 6 3 3.6 2.9 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1962 21 CHW AL 12 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0.103 0 0 10 0 0 12 1 11 6 1 6 2 4.5
1963 22 CHW AL 24 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 4 0.830 0 5 9 0 0 14 4 10 10 2 11 0 6.4
2 Seasons 36 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 0.697 0 5 19 0 0 26 5 21 16 3 17 2 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1962 21 CHW AL 82 41% 1.2% 9.8% 28.1% 3.7% 60% 0.31 59% 23 0 0%
1963 22 CHW AL 365 41% 2.5% 14.5% 9.3% 5.5% 25% 0.73 72% 69 6 9%
2 Seasons 447 41% 2.2% 13.7% 12.8% 5.2% 27% 0.63 69% 92 6 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 82 196 1.556 2.5 0.5 11.5 4.0 0.35 196
1963 22 3 4 .429 2.90 36 10 12 1 1 0 102.1 85 42 33 10 57 2 61 5 0 8 447 123 1.388 7.5 0.9 5.0 5.4 1.07 123

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 3.60 80.0 85 36 32 10 36 50 4 1.513 9.6 4.1 5.6 1.39 1.1 24
2 Seasons 5 4 .556 3.31 98.0 90 40 36 11 59 58 5 1.520 8.3 5.3 0.98 1.0 36

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