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Steve Busby
Steven Lee Busby

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut September 8, 1972
  vs. MIN 9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game August 26, 1980
Born September 29, 1949 in Burbank, CA

Cousin of Jim Busby

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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        Two no-hitters and a twenty game winner before age 25. Who knows what he would have become if not for injuries?

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1972 22 KCR AL   3   1   5   5   3   0   0  0   40.0   28    9    7   1    8   31   0   0   153   0   0  1.58  3.01  191 0.900
 1973 23 KCR AL  16  15  37  37   7   1   0  0  238.3  246  125  112  18  105  174   6   9  1037   7   0  4.23  4.05   96 1.473 RoY-3
 1974 24 KCR AL  22  14  38  38  20   3   0  0  292.3  284  118  110  14   92  198   9   5  1220   6   2  3.39  3.81  112 1.286 MVP-30,AS
 1975 25 KCR AL  18  12  34  34  18   3   0  0  260.3  233   96   89  18   81  160   3   8  1064   4   0  3.08  3.86  126 1.206 AS
 1976 26 KCR AL   3   3  13  13   1   0   0  0   71.7   58   42   35   7   49   29   3   1   323   1   0  4.40  3.52   80 1.493
 1978 28 KCR AL   1   0   7   5   0   0   1  0   21.3   24   18   18   2   15   10   2   0   104   1   1  7.59  3.85   51 1.828
 1979 29 KCR AL   6   6  22  12   4   0   5  0   94.3   71   45   38  10   64   45   0   1   405   3   0  3.63  4.27  118 1.431
 1980 30 KCR AL   1   3  11   6   0   0   2  0   42.3   59   30   29   3   19   12   2   4   199   0   0  6.17  4.04   66 1.843
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .565  70  54 167 150  53   7   8  0 1060.7 1003  483  438  73  433  659  25  28  4505  22   3  3.72  3.88  104 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  11  35  32  11   1   1  0  227.3  215  103   93  15   92  141   5   6   966   4   0  3.72  3.88  104 1.354
 Career High     22  15  38  38  20   3   5  0  292.3  284  125  112  18  105  198   9   9  1220   7   2  1.58  4.27  191 0.900

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 22 KCR AL   5   15    0    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .267   39    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons        6   15    0    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .267   39    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        405    0   81  27  0   0  108   0  0   0  81  .200  .200  .267   39  108   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High      5   15    0    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   3                           4   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 22 KCR AL   15   12    1   2.2    82| .200  .245| .200  .314| .267  .354| .467  .668|  39  .292  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        15   12    1   2.2    82| .200  .245| .200  .314| .267  .354| .467  .668|  39  .292  -1.2  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1972 22 KCR AL P 5 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 1.00 0.76 1.12 1.87 5 40.0 1973 23 KCR AL P 37 10 47 6 3 .905 .952 1.54 0.86 2.15 1.86 37 238.3 1974 24 KCR AL P 38 24 53 8 2 .906 .947 2.03 0.83 2.37 1.81 38 292.3 AS 1975 25 KCR AL P 34 22 52 3 2 .961 .940 2.18 0.85 2.56 1.87 34 260.3 AS 1976 26 KCR AL P 13 10 9 3 0 .864 .950 1.46 0.85 2.38 1.87 13 71.7 1978 28 KCR AL P 7 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.71 0.86 2.11 1.90 5 21.3 1979 29 KCR AL P 22 4 24 0 1 1.000 .949 1.27 0.81 2.67 1.92 12 94.3 1980 30 KCR AL P 11 5 4 1 0 .900 .957 0.82 0.77 1.91 1.85 6 42.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 22 KCR AL P 5 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 1.00 0.76 1.12 1.87 5 40.0 1973 23 KCR AL P 37 10 47 6 3 .905 .952 1.54 0.86 2.15 1.86 37 238.3 1974 24 KCR AL P 38 24 53 8 2 .906 .947 2.03 0.83 2.37 1.81 38 292.3 1975 25 KCR AL P 34 22 52 3 2 .961 .940 2.18 0.85 2.56 1.87 34 260.3 1976 26 KCR AL P 13 10 9 3 0 .864 .950 1.46 0.85 2.38 1.87 13 71.7 1978 28 KCR AL P 7 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.71 0.86 2.11 1.90 5 21.3 1979 29 KCR AL P 22 4 24 0 1 1.000 .949 1.27 0.81 2.67 1.92 12 94.3 1980 30 KCR AL P 11 5 4 1 0 .900 .957 0.82 0.77 1.91 1.85 6 42.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 167 76 198 23 8 .923 .947 1.64 0.83 2.32 1.85 150 1060.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 167 76 198 23 8 .923 .947 1.64 0.83 2.32 1.85 150 1061
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1974   KCR AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1975   KCR AL      0  0  0   2     4   1   1   0   0  0   0  0   1  1  0  0  1 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   KCR AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1975   KCR AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974
1975 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1974-AL-30-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

ERA
1975 AL-3.08-10

Wins
1974 AL-22-3
1975 AL-18-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1975 AL-1.206-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1973 AL-6.57-7
1974 AL-6.10-4

Innings
1974 AL-292.3-9

Strikeouts
1973 AL-174-9
1974 AL-198-6
1975 AL-160-8

Comp. Games
1974 AL-20-8
1975 AL-18-7

Shutouts
1975 AL-3-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1973 AL-105-7
1974 AL-92-9

Hits Allowed
1974 AL-284-5

SO to Walk
1974 AL-2.15-9
1975 AL-1.98-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1973 AL-112-9
1974 AL-110-9

Hit Batsmen
1974 AL-9-2

Batters Faced
1974 AL-1220-9

Adjusted ERA+
1975 AL-126-6

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (732) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 18.0 (639) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

August 29, 1980: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 27, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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