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: 21-13 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	81	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-9		99	8.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.25	1.46	27	11	4	1	0	5	69			0	1	2	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.331	2.00	0.30%	2.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
2	82	5	Apr 13	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.13	2.34	29	11	10	2	2	3	75			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.260	1.48	0.29%	3.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
3	83	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	3	2	3	7	0	0	1.44	2.23	34	8	11	2	5	5	67			2	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.276	2.70	0.33%	1.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	84	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	6	9	0	0	1.91	2.31	35	10	4	1	0	6	61			1	1	1	27	0	0	2	0	0	0	.76	0.019	1.83	0.03%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	85	18	Apr 28	KCR		CHW	W,7-5	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	8.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.20	2.25	34	17	3	0	0	9	55			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.075	2.13	0.09%	0.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
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	86	22	May 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-2)	3	8.0	10	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.57	2.18	35	10	7	0	4	10	50			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.156	1.33	-0.18%	-0.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
7	87	26	May 7	KCR		TEX	W,6-5	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.1	9	5	5	4	4	0	0	2.98	2.31	36	10	10	0	4	8	45			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.181	2.46	0.20%	-0.47	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
8	88	30	May 11	KCR		MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.58	2.16	33	10	7	0	3	5	84			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.388	1.06	0.28%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	89	34	May 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.27	2.16	33	11	11	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.529	1.51	0.42%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	90	38	May 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(6-3)	3	8.0	7	5	5	3	3	2	1	2.59	2.59	35	12	9	2	1	7	48			3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.161	.86	-0.14%	-1.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
11	91	43	May 25	KCR		BAL	W,9-1	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	1	2.44	2.70	34	11	9	0	2	5	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.295	1.51	0.30%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
12	92	48	Jun 1(1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,13-6	GS-2		6	1.1	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.88	2.76	10	1	2	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.410	2.42	-0.46%	-4.71	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d4
13	93	51	Jun 4	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(7-4)	2	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	3	0	3.04	3.03	28	9	6	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.193	.82	-0.28%	-0.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
14	94	55	Jun 8	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-5)	3	8.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.90	2.99	30	8	11	1	3	3	72			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.188	2.25	0.24%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	95	59	Jun 12	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(8-5)	3	10.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.73	2.92	33	15	8	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.26	0.588	2.64	0.74%	3.93	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	96	64	Jun 17	KCR		CAL	W,3-2	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.68	2.89	37	13	9	0	4	5	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.392	3.51	0.56%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	97	67	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.57	2.78	34	9	11	2	4	5	80			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.360	2.97	0.70%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
18	98	71	Jun 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG(12)	W(11-5)	3	12.0	12	2	1	3	6	0	1	2.42	2.76	50	14	14	1	1	12	75			2	0	1	46	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.48	0.561	2.92	0.66%	3.29	1b start tie	12b 3 out a4
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	99	76	Jul 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-6	L(11-6)	5	5.1	11	5	4	2	0	1	0	2.57	2.88	28	10	6	0	3	10	26			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.80	-0.233	1.23	-0.22%	-2.53	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d3
20	100	80	Jul 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	GS-8		3	7.2	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.62	2.87	32	13	6	2	1	8	52			1	0	0	30	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.308	2.17	0.33%	1.72	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
21	101	85	Jul 10	KCR		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	11	3	3	5	8	1	0	2.64	2.92	44	12	9	1	2	10	56			2	0	1	39	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.19	0.071	1.75	0.06%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	102	90	Jul 18	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-4	L(11-8)	7	3.1	9	7	7	1	6	2	0	2.95	3.01	20	3	1	1	0	9	19			1	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.348	.51	-0.18%	-5.61	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d6
23	103	94	Jul 22(1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(12-8)	3	7.1	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.93	2.97	31	11	5	2	1	10	53			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.49	0.075	1.15	0.04%	0.94	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
24	104	100	Jul 27	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	GS-9	W(13-8)	4	8.2	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.84	2.93	32	10	11	1	5	4	73			1	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.464	1.34	0.25%	3.12	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
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
25	105	105	Aug 1	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.71	2.91	36	6	14	3	2	6	77			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.417	1.61	0.33%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
26	106	110	Aug 6	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	W(15-8)	4	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.73	2.93	39	14	8	2	1	10	54			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.65	0.377	1.92	0.26%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	107	115	Aug 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(15-9)	4	8.0	7	4	4	4	5	1	0	2.79	2.99	36	10	10	0	5	7	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.027	2.17	-0.03%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
28	108	119	Aug 16	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	GS-3		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.98	9	4	4	1	1	1	57			0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.150	1.25	0.16%	1.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out a2
29	109	128	Aug 26(2)	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	L(15-10)	9	9.0	4	3	1	2	2	1	0	2.68	3.03	33	19	6	1	1	4	71			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.064	1.05	0.04%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
30	110	133	Sep 1(1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS-3	L(15-11)	5	2.2	7	7	6	2	2	1	0	2.89	3.09	15	1	3	1	0	7	18			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.71	-0.583	1.27	-0.26%	-5.64	1b start a 3	3b --- 2 out d2
31	111	138	Sep 5	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(16-11)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	8	0	0	2.82	3.02	36	8	10	1	1	9	70			2	0	0	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.171	1.71	0.13%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	112	144	Sep 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-9	GS-6	L(16-12)	4	6.0	8	6	6	3	6	2	0	2.97	3.10	27	7	3	0	2	8	35			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	-0.307	1.13	-0.26%	-3.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
33	113	148	Sep 14	KCR		CAL	W,10-4	GS-8	W(17-12)	3	7.1	5	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.02	3.19	30	12	6	0	3	5	53			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.35	0.114	.06	0.01%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a5
34	114	153	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8	W(18-12)	4	7.1	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.08	3.22	29	6	10	6	1	8	47			1	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.196	.03	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
							21-13		W-L:18-12	4.0	260.1	233	96	89	81	160	18	3	3.08	3.22	1064	1.30		6%	10%	226	58		---%	23	5	9	963	37	3	4	22	4	9	1.10	4.040	1.74	4.75%	29.97

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