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: 5-2 / in Starts: 4-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 2

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	128	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	4.27	21	9	7	0	3	2	61			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.291	1.21	0.20%	2.30	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a3
2	129	6	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS-4		5	3.1	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	5.19	4.09	18	4	5	1	2	6	27			1	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.361	1.74	-0.31%	-3.01	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d2
3	130	12	Apr 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-1		7	0.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	7.00	5.03	5	1	0	0	0	1	38			1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.191	2.75	-0.20%	-2.06	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d1
4	131	17	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	GS-2		4	1.2	5	5	5	2	0	1	1	10.13	6.71	13	2	3	0	2	5	23			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.340	2.12	-0.34%	-4.14	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
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
5	132	137	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	2-5		99	3.1	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	9.00	6.30	14	2	3	0	2	4		3	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.002	.68	0.01%	0.06	2b 123 2 out d5	5b 3 out d5
6	133	141	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-13	6-GF(8)		3	2.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	8.27	5.40	10	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	6b 1-- 2 out d12	8b end d12
7	134	161	Sep 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	GS-5		19	5.0	4	3	3	4	2	0	1	7.59	5.26	23	9	5	2	0	2	45			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
							5-2		W-L:1-0	4.8	21.1	24	18	18	15	10	2	2	7.59	5.26	104	1.12		5%	16%	22	39	4	0%	3	1	0	85	3	1	1	0	0	2	1.00	-0.741	1.04	-0.65%	-7.33

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