Steven Lee Busby
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.
Born: September 29, 1949 in Burbank, CA
High School: Fullerton HS (Fullerton, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
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Debut: September 8, 1972 (Age 22)
vs. MIN 9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Team: Royals 1972-1980
Final Game: August 26, 1980 (Age 30)
Relatives: Cousin of Jim Busby
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 6 | 1 | Apr 6 | KCR | @ | CAL | L,2-3 | GS-5 | L(0-1) | 99 | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .57 | -0.205 | -2.32 | 1b start tie | 5b 123 1 out d3 | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Apr 11 | KCR | TEX | W,9-6 | GS-4 | 4 | 3.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .69 | -0.078 | -2.56 | 1t start tie | 4t 123 1 out a5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 9 | Apr 15 | KCR | @ | CHW | W,12-5 | GS-7 | W(1-1) | 3 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .20 | 0.085 | -0.52 | 1b start a 3 | 7b 3 out a8 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | 13 | Apr 20 | KCR | CHW | L,2-16 | GS-2 | L(1-2) | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.04 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | -0.288 | -3.49 | 1t start tie | 2t 12- 0 out d3 | |||||||
| 5 | 10 | 19 | Apr 27 | KCR | @ | DET | W,3-0 | SHO | W(2-2) | 6 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 0.618 | 4.56 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 24 | May 4 | KCR | @ | MIL | W,5-3 | GS-6 | W(3-2) | 6 | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.75 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .87 | 0.003 | 0.04 | 1b start tie | 6b 123 2 out a2 | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | 28 | May 9 | KCR | DET | L,1-4 | GS-3 | L(3-3) | 4 | 3.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .96 | -0.166 | -1.48 | 1t start tie | 3t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 8 | 13 | 32 | May 13 | KCR | MIN | L,0-5 | GS-8 | L(3-4) | 3 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4.57 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .80 | -0.039 | 1.05 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 9 | 14 | 37 | May 18 | KCR | @ | OAK | L,4-5 | GS-6 | L(3-5) | 4 | 5.2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.98 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | -0.421 | -2.49 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 1-- 2 out d1 | ||||||
| 10 | 15 | 42 | May 23 | KCR | @ | MIN | L,6-8 | GS-6 | L(3-6) | 4 | 5.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | -0.271 | -2.20 | 1b start tie | 6b 1-3 1 out a1 | ||||||
| 11 | 16 | 46 | May 27(2) | KCR | BOS | L,2-7 | GS-3 | L(3-7) | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | -0.100 | -1.06 | 1t start tie | 3t 123 1 out d1 | |||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 12 | 17 | 53 | Jun 3 | KCR | CLE | W,5-4 | GS-8 | 6 | 7.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.78 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | -0.133 | -0.31 | 1t start tie | 8t --3 2 out d2 | ||||||||
| 13 | 18 | 60 | Jun 12 | KCR | @ | BAL | L,4-6 | GS-6 | 8 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.56 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .90 | -0.209 | -1.91 | 1b start tie | 6b 123 2 out d3 | |||||||
| 14 | 19 | 64 | Jun 16 | KCR | @ | CLE | W,5-2 | GS-10 | 3 | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5.12 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.39 | 0.305 | 2.36 | 1b start a 1 | 10b 1-- 1 out tie | |||||||
| 15 | 20 | 69 | Jun 20 | KCR | OAK | W,5-4 | GS-9 | 3 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 0.061 | 1.06 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 0 out a2 | ||||||||
| 16 | 21 | 72 | Jun 24(1) | KCR | TEX | W,7-4 | CG | W(4-7) | 3 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4.96 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .72 | 0.137 | 0.56 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 17 | 22 | 77 | Jun 28 | KCR | @ | OAK | L,2-3 | CG(8) | L(4-8) | 3 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.84 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .68 | -0.095 | 0.63 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 18 | 23 | 82 | Jul 2 | KCR | MIN | L,2-5 | GS-4 | L(4-9) | 3 | 3.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.03 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | -0.199 | -1.66 | 1t start tie | 4t -2- 1 out d2 | |||||||
| 19 | 24 | 86 | Jul 6 | KCR | DET | W,12-1 | CG | W(5-9) | 3 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .35 | 0.181 | 3.56 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a11 | |||||||
| 20 | 25 | 90 | Jul 10 | KCR | @ | MIL | W,5-3 | CG | W(6-9) | 3 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4.58 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 0.238 | 1.17 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 21 | 26 | 94 | Jul 14 | KCR | @ | NYY | W,4-2 | GS-9 | W(7-9) | 3 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.44 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | 0.187 | 1.20 | 1b start a 1 | 9b -23 0 out a3 | ||||||
| 22 | 27 | 98 | Jul 18 | KCR | @ | DET | L,4-14 | GS-4 | L(7-10) | 3 | 3.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.72 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | -0.319 | -3.30 | 1b start tie | 4b -2- 2 out d4 | ||||||
| 23 | 28 | 101 | Jul 22 | KCR | MIL | W,7-5 | GS-8 | 3 | 7.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.73 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .89 | -0.163 | -0.48 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-- 1 out tie | ||||||||
| 24 | 29 | 104 | Jul 27 | KCR | CHW | W,2-1 | CG(10) | W(8-10) | 4 | 10.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.48 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .96 | 0.461 | 4.07 | 1t start tie | 10t 3 out tie | |||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 25 | 30 | 109 | Aug 1 | KCR | @ | CHW | W,4-2 | GS-9 | W(9-10) | 4 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.36 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | 0.170 | 1.56 | 1b start tie | 9b 12- 1 out a2 | ||||||
| 26 | 31 | 113 | Aug 5 | KCR | @ | MIN | L,1-7 | GS-2 | L(9-11) | 3 | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.43 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .96 | -0.290 | -3.78 | 1b start tie | 2b 123 2 out d4 | ||||||
| 27 | 32 | 116 | Aug 9 | KCR | BOS | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(10-11) | 3 | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4.33 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 0.204 | 1.61 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 2 out a1 | |||||||
| 28 | 33 | 120 | Aug 14 | KCR | CLE | W,8-5 | GS-6 | W(11-11) | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.34 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.46 | 0.051 | 0.04 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 29 | 34 | 126 | Aug 20 | KCR | NYY | W,6-2 | GS-9 | W(12-11) | 5 | 8.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .43 | 0.196 | 1.64 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 1 out a4 | |||||||
| 30 | 35 | 130 | Aug 25 | KCR | @ | BAL | L,1-7 | GS-6 | L(12-12) | 4 | 5.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .98 | -0.191 | -2.54 | 1b start a 1 | 6b -23 1 out d3 | ||||||
| 31 | 36 | 133 | Aug 29 | KCR | @ | CLE | W,3-2 | GS-6 | W(13-12) | 3 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.19 | 0.250 | 1.93 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 32 | 37 | 136 | Sep 2 | KCR | OAK | W,6-5 | GS-8 | W(14-12) | 3 | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .93 | 0.060 | -1.21 | 1t start tie | 8t --- 1 out a1 | |||||||
| 33 | 38 | 143 | Sep 10 | KCR | @ | OAK | L,0-13 | GS-5 | L(14-13) | 7 | 4.1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.55 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .82 | -0.243 | -5.59 | 1b start tie | 5b 12- 1 out d7 | ||||||
| 34 | 39 | 147 | Sep 14 | KCR | @ | CAL | L,2-3 | GS-8 | L(14-14) | 3 | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.48 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.08 | -0.033 | -0.02 | 1b start tie | 8b 123 1 out d1 | ||||||
| 35 | 40 | 150 | Sep 17 | KCR | MIN | L,3-8 | GS-7 | L(14-15) | 2 | 6.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.51 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.24 | 0.037 | 0.96 | 1t start tie | 7t 123 1 out a1 | |||||||
| 36 | 41 | 157 | Sep 25 | KCR | @ | CHW | W,6-2 | CG | W(15-15) | 7 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4.38 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | 0.262 | 2.47 | 1b start a 2 | 9b 3 out a4 | ||||||
| 37 | 42 | 161 | Sep 29 | KCR | @ | TEX | W,7-1 | GS-8 | W(16-15) | 3 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.23 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .88 | 0.316 | 3.63 | 1b start a 1 | 8b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| KCR | 238.1 | 246 | 125 | 112 | 105 | 174 | 18 | 6 | 4.23 | 1037 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.36 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 and 12 runs |
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