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Tom Buskey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: February 20, 1947 in Harrisburg, PA us

Died: June 7, 1998 in Harrisburg, PA

Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, PA

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: August 5, 1973 (Age 26-166d, 13,398th in major league history)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 4, 1980 (Age 33-166d)
vs. CLE 3.1 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Thomas William Buskey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.66

258

479.1

212

WHIP

1.348

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 5 walk-off, 5 tying, 11 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	32
TOR	22
NYY	3

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	22

Home/Road
Away	33
Home	24

Outs
2	22
0	21
1	14

12 Opps
BOS	9
BAL	8
CLE	7
NYY	7
MIL	5
TEX	4
DET	4
CHW	4
OAK	3
SEA	3
KCR	2
MIN	1

47 Batters
Dwight Evans	3
Doug DeCinces	3
Jim Spencer	2
Toby Harrah	2
Lee May	2
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Jeff Burroughs	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Jorge Orta	1
Rod Craig	1
Wayne Gross	1
Roy White	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Pat Kelly	1
Tommy Davis	1
Don Money	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Dave Nelson	1
Rick Manning	1
Ron Blomberg	1
Lou Piniella	1
Dick Allen	1
Buddy Bradford	1
Bobby Brown	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Bob Watson	1
Dan Meyer	1
Dave Duncan	1
Chuck Scrivener	1
Darrell Porter	1
Willie Horton	1
Hal McRae	1
Butch Hobson	1
Ken Henderson	1
Joe Charboneau	1
Vada Pinson	1
Bo Díaz	1
Bill Stein	1
Don Baylor	1
Ron LeFlore	1
Danny Walton	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Graig Nettles	1
Carlton Fisk	1
George Scott	1
Joe Rudi	1
Rusty Staub	1

12 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	26
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	18
8	5
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	17
-2-	7
123	2
12-	2
-23	1
1-3	1

95 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	27
1 on	24
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	30

Inning
3	1
5	5
6	5
7	18
8	10
9	14
Extra	4

1-3	1
4-6	10
7-end	46

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	12
+2	4
+1	2
Tied	8
-1	5
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	33
Tied	8
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	13
DH	13
3B	9
LF	6
CF	5
1B	4
PH	3
2B	2
C	2

OrderPos
6th	15
3rd	10
7th	6
4th	6
2nd	5
1st	4
5th	4
8th	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-08-17	Dave Nelson	TEX		NYY	ahead 6-1	b 8	2	1--	2	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Maddox Scores
2	2	2	1	1973-09-09	Darrell Porter	MIL	@	NYY	ahead 7-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1974-04-14 (2)	Dave Duncan	CLE		NYY	ahead 8-3	b 7	0	---	1	8	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1974-06-18	Ken Henderson	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	5	8	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	2	1974-06-18	Dick Allen	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	1--	2	3	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Orta Scores
6	6	4	1	1974-07-02	Don Money	MIL	@	CLE	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	1	3	5	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	5	1	1974-07-30	Don Baylor	BAL		CLE	behind 3-7	b 8	2	12-	3	6	7	15%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Grich Scores; B. Powell Scores
8	8	6	1	1974-08-16	Jeff Burroughs	TEX	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 7	2	-23	3	3	9	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Nelson Scores/unER; C. Tovar Scores/unER; J. Burroughs Scores/Team unER
9	9	7	1	1974-08-21	Vada Pinson	KCR	@	CLE	behind 2-5	t 7	2	123	4	2	9	54%	67%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Rojas Scores; G. Brett Scores; F. Healy Scores
10	10	8	1	1974-08-27 (1)	Hal McRae	KCR		CLE	behind 7-12	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1974-09-13 (2)	Tommy Davis	BAL		CLE	behind 5-6	b 7	0	---	1	4	DH	24%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	10	1	1974-09-28 (2)	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	CLE	behind 5-7	t 8	1	1--	2	8	PH	32%	46%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Nettles Scores
13	13	11	2	1974-09-28 (2)	Roy White	NYY	@	CLE	tied 7-7	t 8	1	1--	2	1	DH	36%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mason Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1975-05-04 (1)	Doug DeCinces	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 8-1	t 9	0	1--	2	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run; K. Singleton Scores
15	15	2	1	1975-05-30	Reggie Jackson	OAK		CLE	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	1	3	9	3%	97%		Home Run
16	16	3	1	1975-06-08 (1)	Jeff Burroughs	TEX	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 9	1	---	1	3	9	5%	9%		Home Run
17	17	4	1	1975-06-09	Danny Walton	MIN	@	CLE	behind 9-10	t 9	2	---	1	9	PH	37%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Walton Scores/unER
18	18	5	1	1975-07-01	Ron LeFlore	DET	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	1--	2	1	8	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores
19	19	6	1	1975-09-22	George Scott	MIL	@	CLE	tied 5-5	t 9	2	---	1	3	3	42%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	7	1	1975-09-26 (2)	Dwight Evans	BOS		CLE	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	-2-	2	2	9	7%	97%		Home Run; J. Beníquez Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1976-04-24	Joe Rudi	OAK	@	CLE	behind 6-7	t 9	2	1--	2	3	7	76%	83%		Home Run; C. Washington Scores
22	22	2	1	1976-06-02	Lee May	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 14	1	1--	2	5	DH	43%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
23	23	3	1	1976-06-06 (2)	Buddy Bradford	CHW		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	---	1	8	9	3%	97%		Home Run
24	24	4	1	1976-06-13 (1)	Pat Kelly	CHW	@	CLE	behind 2-5	t 7	2	---	1	1	DH	6%	11%		Home Run
25	25	5	1	1976-06-25	Reggie Jackson	BAL		CLE	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---	1	4	9	21%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	6	1	1976-07-02	Lou Piniella	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 3	0	1--	2	4	9	9%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Munson Scores
27	27	7	1	1976-07-23	Willie Horton	DET	@	CLE	behind 2-9	t 7	2	1--	2	4	DH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Veryzer Scores
28	28	8	1	1976-07-26	Dwight Evans	BOS		CLE	behind 3-9	b 9	0	---	1	7	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	9	1	1976-08-08 (2)	Chuck Scrivener	DET		CLE	ahead 8-4	b 5	1	---	1	9	4	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1977-04-16	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	1--	2	4	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rice Scores
31	31	2	2	1977-04-16	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	---	1	7	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	1977-04-29	Cecil Cooper	MIL		CLE	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	---	1	3	3	11%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	1977-07-15 (2)	Toby Harrah	TEX		CLE	ahead 6-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
34	34	5	1	1977-07-21 (1)	Butch Hobson	BOS		CLE	ahead 8-3	b 7	2	1-3	3	7	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores; G. Scott Scores
35	35	6	1	1977-09-11	Doug DeCinces	BAL		CLE	ahead 7-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1978-09-15	Lee May	BAL		TOR	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	-2-	2	6	DH	4%	99%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1979-05-17	Toby Harrah	CLE		TOR	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	-2-	2	6	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Norris Scores
38	38	2	1	1979-06-12	Dan Meyer	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	5	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1979-06-23	Bob Watson	BOS		TOR	tied 3-3	b 11	0	---	1	6	DH	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
40	40	4	1	1979-07-04	Rusty Staub	DET		TOR	behind 4-7	b 11	2	-2-	2	6	DH	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Jones Scores
41	41	5	1	1979-07-19	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		TOR	tied 2-2	b 11	1	---	1	6	9	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	6	1	1979-09-06	Doug DeCinces	BAL		TOR	ahead 3-0	b 8	0	1--	2	6	5	2%	100%		Home Run; L. May Scores
43	43	7	1	1979-09-09	Bobby Bonds	CLE		TOR	tied 10-10	b 9	1	123	4	3	DH	16%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); W. Cage Scores; M. Hargrove Scores; R. Manning Scores
44	44	8	1	1979-09-27	Carlton Fisk	BOS		TOR	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	1	5	DH	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
45	45	9	1	1979-09-30	Jim Spencer	NYY		TOR	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	1	7	DH	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	10	2	1979-09-30	Jim Spencer	NYY		TOR	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	1--	2	7	DH	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1980-04-11	Rod Craig	SEA		TOR	behind 5-7	b 9	2	-2-	2	2	8	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores/unER; R. Craig Scores/unER
48	48	2	1	1980-04-19	Joe Charboneau	CLE		TOR	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	1	6	7	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	1980-05-14	Bill Stein	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	1--	2	6	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores
50	50	4	1	1980-05-20	Jim Dwyer	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	1	2	9	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1980-05-27	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		TOR	behind 3-4	b 9	0	1--	2	6	7	65%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fisk Scores
52	52	6	1	1980-06-01	Bobby Brown	NYY		TOR	tied 3-3	b 5	2	12-	3	6	8	32%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Soderholm Scores; L. Piniella Scores
53	53	7	2	1980-06-01	Graig Nettles	NYY		TOR	ahead 6-3	b 6	0	1--	2	9	PH	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
54	54	8	1	1980-07-30	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 9-1	t 9	2	1--	2	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cox Scores
55	55	9	1	1980-08-04	Jorge Orta	CLE		TOR	ahead 7-3	b 6	0	-2-	2	2	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Diloné Scores
56	56	10	2	1980-08-04	Bo Díaz	CLE		TOR	ahead 9-3	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	11	3	1980-08-04	Rick Manning	CLE		TOR	ahead 10-3	b 7	1	---	1	8	8	0%	100%		Home Run