#16 Jim Busby, Centerfield, 27 yrs, Washington Senators Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Jim Busby
1/8/1927 27 USA,TX,KENEDY 6"1 175
Centerfield R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 1.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1954 (Automatic) $ 3,000,000 (3 year(s)) 5 Year(s), 79 Days (939 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 86 Days (1290 total Days) 7 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 5 6 4 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 2 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 1 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 3 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 6 Outfield Arm : 8
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/10 | @BOS | W 11-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/12 | NYY | W 11-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/13 | NYY | L 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/15 | @DET | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/19 | @PHA | W 10-8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/20 | @PHA | W 6-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/21 | @PHA | L 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/22 | CHA | L 8-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/23 | CHA | L 7-10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/24 | CHA | L 7-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 118 | 277 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 28 | .238 | .336 | .343 | .679 | .630 | .105 |
Projected | 124 | 291 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 29 | .238 | .336 | .343 | .679 | .630 | .105 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 65 | 322 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 95 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 36.0 | 4.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 210 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .238 | .349 | .348 | .697 |
vs. RHP | 67 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .288 | .328 | .616 |
Close/Late | 37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .325 | .351 | .676 |
Scoring Position | 82 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .232 | .327 | .366 | .692 |
Pinch Hitting | 41 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .333 | .390 | .724 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 59 | 134 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 13 | .239 | .354 | .381 | .735 |
Road | 59 | 143 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | .238 | .317 | .308 | .624 |
March/April | 17 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | .195 | .306 | .293 | .599 |
May | 20 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | .243 | .333 | .270 | .604 |
June | 24 | 68 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 6 | .279 | .388 | .456 | .843 |
July | 21 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .152 | .245 | .261 | .506 |
August | 23 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .276 | .354 | .379 | .733 |
Sept/Oct | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .259 | .364 | .296 | .660 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 58 | 173 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | .249 | .284 | .324 | .608 | CHA WS1 |
1951 | 30 | 76 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .303 | .341 | .382 | .723 | WS1 |
1952 | 106 | 305 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 4 | .256 | .330 | .367 | .698 | WS1 |
1953 | 103 | 255 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 44 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .298 | .364 | .510 | .873 | WS1 |
1954 | 118 | 277 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 7 | .238 | .336 | .343 | .679 | WS1 |
Total | 415 | 1086 | 286 | 50 | 4 | 26 | 163 | 136 | 115 | 4 | 9 | 94 | 24 | 17 | .263 | .334 | .389 | .722 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1950, AA | 21 | 81 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .358 | .438 | .580 | 1.018 |
1951, AAA | 82 | 360 | 112 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 53 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 3 | .311 | .372 | .503 | .875 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1953 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .263 | .421 |
Total | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .263 | .421 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 35.0 | 1.03 | | | | |
Centerfield | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.0 | 7.71 | | | | |
Rightfield | 74 | 62 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 4 | .966 | 553.0 | 1.94 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Chicago (A) to Washington on 4/28/1950 (Going to WS1: CF Jim Busby, 3B Floyd Baker, P Gus Keriazakos. Going to CHA: 1B Eddie Robinson, P Lloyd Hittle)... Achievements Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 8/10/1952... Milestones Had first career hit on 5/1/1950, off Bob Lemon (CLE)... Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1950, off Steve Gromek (CLE)... Won World Championship with Washington in 1953... 9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
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