Steve Busby

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: September 29, 1949 in Burbank, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 8, 1972 (Age 22-345d, 13,295th in major league history)
vs. MIN 9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 26, 1980 (Age 30-332d)
vs. MIL 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Steven Lee Busby

Nicknames: Buzz

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Relatives: Cousin of Jim Busby

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

ERA

3.72

167

150

1060.2

659

WHIP

1.354

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-15 / in Starts: 23-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	43	2	Apr 6	KCR		MIN	W,23-6	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	10	6	6	2	4	2	0	10.80	7.38	27	9	6	0	4	6	25			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.010	.69	0.01%	-3.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
2	44	4	Apr 10	KCR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.50	3.86	34	10	13	1	4	3	75			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.411	1.73	0.36%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	45	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	5	8.0	5	3	2	2	5	1	0	3.68	3.81	29	8	9	0	2	5	65			1	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.179	1.39	-0.16%	0.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
4	46	11	Apr 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	5.2	11	8	7	5	8	1	1	5.20	4.10	34	6	6	2	1	8	20			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	-0.349	2.01	-0.27%	-2.93	1b start a 2	6b 123 2 out a1
5	47	16	Apr 26	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	6	5	0	0	4.42	3.94	35	13	8	1	3	3	66			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	4	1	0	1.37	0.388	1.50	0.26%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	48	20	May 1	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.94	3.39	33	9	11	2	5	4	74			0	0	1	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.206	1.11	0.14%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	49	24	May 5	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.62	3.20	35	16	9	0	2	1	70			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	0.273	.90	0.13%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	50	28	May 11	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.39	3.00	32	9	13	4	3	4	73			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.325	.90	0.27%	1.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
9	51	34	May 16	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	GS-9	W(6-3)	4	8.1	9	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.38	3.05	35	12	9	1	2	6	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.067	1.88	0.07%	0.43	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
10	52	38	May 21	KCR		CAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	6.2	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.20	3.06	27	10	3	0	1	6	58			0	1	1	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.40	0.176	2.21	0.17%	1.60	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
11	53	42	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	GS-11		3	11.0	13	2	2	1	8	0	1	3.01	2.89	47	20	11	0	2	6	70			1	0	0	45	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	0.521	3.15	0.52%	3.28	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
12	54	46	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,3-10	GS-7	L(7-4)	3	6.1	8	7	6	1	4	0	0	3.38	2.82	28	11	7	0	3	5	34			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.244	1.32	-0.28%	-2.81	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	55	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(7-5)	4	5.2	7	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.54	2.91	27	10	3	0	1	7	36			0	0	1	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.210	1.24	-0.20%	-1.75	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
14	56	54	Jun 9	KCR		CLE	L,6-8	GS-5	L(7-6)	5	5.0	9	5	4	2	4	1	0	3.71	3.00	25	7	6	0	2	6	33			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.381	1.60	-0.31%	-2.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
15	57	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	1	3.66	3.02	38	8	16	3	4	7	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	0.433	2.50	0.46%	1.19	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
16	58	62	Jun 19	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.39	2.96	28	13	11	4	5	0	89			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.581	1.84	0.68%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	59	67	Jun 24	KCR		CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(9-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.37	3.02	35	11	13	2	3	5	63			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.101	2.18	-0.14%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	60	72	Jun 29	KCR		OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.15	2.93	30	11	8	1	2	4	82			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.558	2.70	0.76%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	61	77	Jul 4	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	1	1	3.39	3.00	28	10	5	0	0	8	32			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.61	-0.279	1.38	-0.38%	-2.52	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d1
20	62	81	Jul 8	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.20	2.97	30	12	12	0	5	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.313	1.06	0.38%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	63	85	Jul 12	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	10	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.13	2.92	37	9	11	1	4	7	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.141	1.61	0.14%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	64	89	Jul 16	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	9	4	3	1	9	0	0	3.13	2.82	37	11	9	0	6	7	63			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.189	1.71	0.19%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	65	93	Jul 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-2	L(13-9)	3	1.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.31	2.83	11	5	2	1	0	3	22			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.325	1.63	-0.27%	-4.52	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d4
24	66	96	Jul 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	W(14-9)	5	9.0	8	2	1	7	8	0	2	3.20	2.88	43	14	6	0	0	6	66			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	0.260	1.86	0.17%	1.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	67	101	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(15-9)	4	8.1	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.15	2.85	35	11	9	1	3	8	62			1	0	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.110	1.10	0.05%	1.73	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	68	105	Aug 4(1)	KCR		CAL	W,10-4	GS-6	W(16-9)	3	6.0	7	4	4	3	7	0	1	3.24	2.83	27	8	6	2	4	2	46			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.181	.98	-0.08%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
27	69	111	Aug 9	KCR		MIL	W,13-3	GS-7	W(17-9)	4	7.0	10	3	3	0	9	0	0	3.26	2.73	29	7	6	2	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	2	0	0	.34	0.094	.33	0.06%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
28	70	116	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	W(18-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	7	0	0	3.17	2.73	37	8	13	3	3	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.106	.32	0.09%	3.19	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a8
29	71	119	Aug 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	L(18-10)	3	8.1	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.09	2.73	34	9	10	0	2	6	68			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.146	3.15	0.20%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
30	72	123	Aug 23(1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(19-10)	4	6.1	10	4	4	4	4	0	0	3.16	2.75	31	5	10	4	1	8	37			0	0	1	26	3	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.022	1.75	-0.03%	-1.70	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
31	73	128	Aug 27(1)	KCR		CLE	L,8-12	GS-8	L(19-11)	3	7.1	15	8	8	1	3	1	0	3.37	2.78	37	16	6	1	3	11	18			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.502	3.13	-0.78%	-3.83	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	74	133	Sep 1	KCR		BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(19-12)	4	5.1	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.48	2.83	27	9	6	0	2	7	29			1	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.230	.71	-0.16%	-2.63	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d5
33	75	137	Sep 5	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	CG	L(19-13)	3	9.0	10	4	3	1	6	0	2	3.46	2.81	39	15	8	5	2	7	58			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.173	.20	-0.02%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
34	76	140	Sep 9(1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(19-14)	3	8.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.46	2.85	31	12	7	0	3	6	58			1	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.054	.15	-0.01%	0.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
35	77	144	Sep 13	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.1	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.51	2.93	25	8	8	3	2	5	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	2	.81	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
36	78	149	Sep 17	KCR		OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(20-14)	3	9.0	3	1	0	3	8	0	0	3.40	2.89	34	13	8	1	2	2	84			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.582	.00	0.00%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
37	79	153	Sep 21(2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS-8	W(21-14)	3	7.2	10	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.46	2.93	37	8	10	0	4	9	41			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
38	80	157	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	CG	W(22-14)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.39	2.88	32	11	8	1	3	3	79			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.49	0.104	.00	0.00%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							23-15		W-L:22-14	3.7	292.1	284	118	110	92	198	14	9	3.39	2.88	1220	1.22		6%	14%	205	56		---%	16	11	5	1101	45	6	6	20	5	4	1.06	2.540	1.40	2.03%	20.19

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