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Ed
Busch		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 16, 1917 in Usa, IL, LEBANON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 25 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 10 10 10
1944 26 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 10 10 10
1945 27 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 10 10 10
1946 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 10 10 10
1947 29 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1948 30 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
1949 31 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 10 10 10
1950 32 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10
1951 33 STL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 25 AAA   56 230 24 59 9 0 0 19 5 4 19 5 .257 .313 .296 .609 21.1  
    AA   52 203 23 60 5 1 3 18 8 2 21 8 .296 .362 .374 .736 28.7  
1944 26 AAA   137 531 59 168 18 3 7 64 11 9 51 8 .316 .376 .401 .777 77.8  
1945 27 AAA   136 558 72 157 19 3 3 45 8 7 46 14 .281 .336 .342 .678 63.5  
1946 28 STL NL 93 198 12 53 3 0 0 10 2 0 10 5 .268 .301 .283 .584 17.3 1.2
    AAA   13 19 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .316 .350 .368 .718 1.7  
1947 29 STL NL 85 224 17 53 4 1 0 16 1 2 16 4 .237 .285 .263 .549 16.4 0.0
1948 30 AAA   85 244 26 66 6 0 1 36 2 4 25 6 .270 .338 .307 .646 25.8  
1949 31 AAA   119 291 38 88 6 2 3 43 5 6 31 10 .302 .370 .368 .737 39.3  
1950 32 AAA   37 30 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 .233 .303 .233 .536 1.7  
1951 33 AAA   130 478 63 136 14 4 2 49 11 17 31 12 .285 .328 .343 .671 49.4  
2 Years Sim 178 422 29 106 7 1 0 26 3 2 26 9 .251 .293 .273 .565 33.7 1.2
8 Years AAA 713 2381 286 687 73 12 16 261 42 51 207 56 .289 .347 .349 .696 280.1  
1 Years AA 52 203 23 60 5 1 3 18 8 2 21 8 .296 .366 .374 .740 28.7  
9 Years Minors 765 2584 309 747 78 13 19 279 50 53 228 64 .289 .348 .351 .699 308.7  
162 Game Average 384 26 96 6 0 0 23 2 1 23 8 .251 .293 .273 .565 30.6  
Career Highs 93 224 17 53 4 1 0 16 2 2 16 5 .268 .301 .283 .584 17.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   184 12 47 4 0 0 11 1 2 13 7 .255 .303 .277 .580 15.2
vs LH   238 17 59 3 1 0 15 2 0 13 2 .248 .285 .269 .553 18.3
Home 87 206 14 50 3 1 0 12 2 1 14 4 .243 .290 .267 .557 16.0
Away 91 216 15 56 4 0 0 14 1 1 12 5 .259 .296 .278 .573 17.5
RISP   99 0 23 1 0 0 26 0 0 3 2 .232 .248 .242 .490 5.4
Pinch Hitting   18 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .278 .350 .333 .683 2.2
Close/Late   42 2 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .357 .357 .381 .738 5.1
Mar/Apr 9 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.7
May 30 80 5 23 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 .288 .329 .288 .617 7.7
June 45 115 8 26 2 1 0 4 1 0 7 1 .226 .268 .261 .529 8.0
July 36 89 8 20 3 0 0 9 0 1 6 1 .225 .274 .258 .532 5.8
August 31 75 6 23 2 0 0 7 1 0 4 2 .307 .333 .333 .667 8.5
Sep/Oct 27 51 0 11 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 .216 .231 .216 .446 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1946 28 STL NL SS 71 45 431.0 70 181 9 32 .965 5.24   2.1
    2B 10 4 59.3 17 23 0 3 1.000 6.07   0.2
1947 29 STL NL SS 72 64 538.0 83 226 17 39 .948 5.17   2.7
    2B 5 2 25.3 8 6 1 1 .933 4.97   0.1
  SS 143 109 969.0 153 407 26 71 .956 5.20   4.8
  2B 15 6 84.7 25 29 1 4 .982 5.74   0.2
Career Totals   158 115 1053.7 178 436 27 75 .958 5.24   5.0
Career Highs   81 66 563.3 91 232 18 40 .970 5.34    
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 79th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1943
Injured on 5/14/1943 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/29/1943 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to St. Louis on 7/1/1943 (Going to STL: SS Ed Busch, P Randy Gumpert, P Danny Macfayden. Going to TAM: P Hi Bithorn, 3B Dario Lodigiani, 1B Mickey Rocco)
Injured on 4/21/1944 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/3/1944 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/1/1946, off Jess Dobernic (MIN)
Injured on 3/26/1950 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
 
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