Buster Narum
Leslie Ferdinand Narum
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Clearwater (Clearwater, FL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1963
Final Game: September 26, 1967
Died: May 17, 2004 in Clearwater, FL
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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
1963 22 BAL AL 0 0 3.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 38 115 1.444 8.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
1964 23 WSA AL 9 15 .375 4.30 38 32 3 7 2 0 199.0 195 104 95 31 73 4 121 5 1 7 845 86 1.347 8.8 1.4 3.3 5.5 1.66
1965 24 WSA AL 4 12 .250 4.46 46 24 1 2 0 0 173.2 176 98 86 16 91 11 86 7 0 4 782 78 1.537 9.1 0.8 4.7 4.5 0.95
1966 25 WSA AL 0 0 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 11 9 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 25 16 4.500 29.7 5.4 10.8 0.0 0.00
1967 26 WSA AL 1 0 1.000 3.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 8 4 4 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 45 102 1.029 6.2 0.8 3.1 6.2 2.00
5 Seasons 14 27 .341 4.45 96 58 6 9 2 0 396.2 398 218 196 50 177 17 220 12 1 11 1735 80 1.450 9.0 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.24
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .341 4.45 42 26 3 4 1 0 175 176 96 87 22 78 8 97 5 0 5 766 80 1.450 9.0 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.24
WSA (4 yrs) 14 27 .341 4.48 89 58 5 9 2 0 387.2 390 215 193 50 172 15 215 12 1 11 1697 80 1.450 9.1 1.2 4.0 5.0 1.25
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 38 115 1.444 8.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00

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
1963 22 BAL AL 7 38 33 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 .242 .342 .273 .615 .286 9 2 0 0 0 2
1964 23 WSA AL 38 845 754 104 195 37 3 31 7 5 73 121 .259 .325 .439 .764 .269 331 13 5 6 7 4
1965 24 WSA AL 46 782 660 98 176 30 2 16 12 9 91 86 .267 .360 .391 .750 .285 258 14 7 20 4 11
1966 25 WSA AL 3 25 19 9 11 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 .579 .652 1.000 1.652 .529 19 0 0 2 0 0
1967 26 WSA AL 2 45 41 4 8 2 1 1 0 1 4 8 .195 .267 .366 .633 .219 15 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 96 1735 1507 218 398 72 6 50 19 15 177 220 .264 .344 .419 .763 .279 632 29 12 28 11 17
162 Game Avg. 42 766 665 96 176 32 3 22 8 7 78 97 .264 .344 .419 .763 .279 279 13 5 12 5 8
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
1964 23 WSA AL 38 32 9 15 8 2 5 12 20 .375 1 3 7 2 14 44% 50 89 29 18 10 12 8 3.6 4.1 6.0
1965 24 WSA AL 46 24 3 11 10 1 3 8 16 .333 3 6 2 0 7 29% 46 80 25 32 14 14 5 3.7 2.5 5.5
1967 26 WSA AL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 57 67 46 1 0 0 2 3.3 5.7 5.8
3 Seasons 86 58 13 26 19 3 8 21 37 .362 4 9 9 2 22 38% 49 89 25 51 24 26 15 3.6 3.5 5.8
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
1963 22 BAL AL 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 0.288 0 1 6 0 0 7 3 4 3 2 3 2 3.9
1964 23 WSA AL 38 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0.998 0 1 5 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 2 1 4.0
1965 24 WSA AL 46 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 42% 5 1.076 6 1 14 3 2 17 11 11 13 5 14 4 5.6
1966 25 WSA AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.338 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 3.3
4 Seasons 94 38 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 50% 1.008 6 3 28 3 2 33 15 23 19 8 20 7 4.9

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%
1963 22 BAL AL 38 37% 0.0% 13.2% 13.2% 2.6% 13% 1.75 74% 3 2 67%
1964 23 WSA AL 845 46% 3.7% 14.3% 8.6% 8.4% 36% 0.71 72% 150 13 9%
1965 24 WSA AL 782 43% 2.1% 11.0% 11.6% 6.1% 27% 1.00 72% 175 14 8%
1966 25 WSA AL 25 16% 8.0% 0.0% 16.0% 16.0% 36% 1.50 68% 6 0 0%
1967 26 WSA AL 45 31% 2.2% 17.8% 8.9% 8.9% 50% 0.30 71% 4 0 0%
5 Seasons 1735 44% 2.9% 12.7% 10.2% 7.4% 32% 0.84 72% 338 29 9%
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
1963 22 BAL AL 38 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 23 WSA AL 845 195 31 0 9 19 12 20 11 43 22 6 51% 3 7 3 297 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
1965 24 WSA AL 782 176 16 2 22 12 4 6 10 38 17 8 45% 17 4 2 352 12 9 57% 12 8 0 1 0 0 4 0 12 0
1966 25 WSA AL 25 11 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 26 WSA AL 45 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1735 398 50 2 34 33 17 27 23 86 42 14 49% 20 11 5 686 19 15 56% 19 14 0 1 0 0 6 0 36 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+
1963 22 0 0 3.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 38 115 1.444 8.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 115
1964 23 9 15 .375 4.24 45 32 4 7 2 0 208.0 203 107 98 31 78 6 126 5 1 7 883 87 1.351 8.8 1.3 3.4 5.5 1.62 87
1965 24 13 27 .325 4.34 91 56 5 9 2 0 381.2 379 205 184 47 169 17 212 12 1 11 1665 83 1.436 8.9 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.25 83
1966 25 13 27 .325 4.49 94 56 6 9 2 0 385.0 390 214 192 49 173 17 212 12 1 11 1690 80 1.462 9.1 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.23 80
1967 26 14 27 .341 4.45 96 58 6 9 2 0 396.2 398 218 196 50 177 17 220 12 1 11 1735 80 1.450 9.0 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.24 80

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1963 22 0 0 3.38 8.0 8 3 3 0 5 4 0 1.625 9.0 5.6 4.5 0.80 0.0 7
1964 23 8 12 .400 4.89 186.0 202 112 101 32 76 113 5 1.495 9.8 3.7 5.5 1.49 1.5 38
1965 24 6 12 .333 5.36 163.0 188 108 97 17 97 81 7 1.748 10.4 5.4 4.5 0.84 0.9 46
1966 25 0 0 27.00 3.0 12 10 9 2 4 0 0 5.333 36.0 12.0 0.0 0.00 6.0 3
1967 26 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 9 6 5 1 4 8 0 1.182 7.4 3.3 6.5 2.00 0.8 2
5 Seasons 14 25 .359 5.22 371.0 419 239 215 52 186 206 12 1.631 10.2 5.0 1.11 1.3 96

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  31 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  91 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1964 AL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  95 (9th)
1965 AL  86 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (5th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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