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Buster
Narum		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 16, 1940 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1971    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 22 WAS NL   7 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
1964 23 WAS NL   7 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6
1965 24 WAS NL   7 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6
1966 25 WAS NL   7 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1967 26 WAS NL   7 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1968 27 WAS NL   7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1969 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6
1970 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1971 30 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6
1972 31 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 5 6 5
1973 32 STL NL $ 1,207,143 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1974 33 STL NL   6 7 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1975 34 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1976 35 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1977 36 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1978 37 KCR AL $ 2,250,000 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 4 5 5
1979 38 KCR AL $ 2,250,000 6 7 8 7 8 9 9 4 5 5
1980 39 KCR AL $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 7 8 9 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 7 7 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1963 22 AA   9 14 .391 30 30 4 0 0 216.7 192 63 14 67 197 2.62 .237 .295 .337 .632  
1964 23 AA   11 11 .500 30 30 5 1 0 224.3 180 70 18 66 181 2.81 .218 .276 .333 .609  
1965 24 AA   4 3 .571 10 10 0 0 0 68.0 62 22 5 22 65 2.91 .238 .298 .342 .640  
1966 25 AAA   16 6 .727 29 29 1 1 0 210.7 212 69 19 60 163 2.95 .257 .307 .378 .686  
1967 26 AAA   8 15 .348 29 29 2 0 0 198.0 201 80 13 72 154 3.64 .257 .320 .359 .679  
1968 27 AAA   15 9 .625 30 30 5 1 0 211.3 222 81 13 74 154 3.45 .271 .332 .380 .712  
1969 28 NYG NL 4 11 .267 55 5 1 0 9 114.3 122 62 16 31 66 4.88 .272 .318 .454 .773 4.5
1970 29 NYG NL 2 5 .286 49 0 0 0 13 98.0 102 44 14 25 66 4.04 .271 .314 .438 .752 8.6
1971 30 KCR AL 16 5 .762 22 22 1 0 0 160.3 135 68 17 44 97 3.82 .227 .279 .368 .647 11.3
1972 31 KCR AL 9 11 .450 28 28 3 0 0 198.3 203 107 29 53 149 4.86 .262 .312 .423 .735 9.1
1973 32 STL NL 9 10 .474 27 27 1 0 0 193.3 184 74 27 47 131 3.44 .248 .295 .414 .709 12.5
1974 33 STL NL 11 18 .379 34 34 2 0 0 238.0 259 98 32 49 177 3.71 .271 .307 .420 .727 15.7
1975 34 BSN NL 9 13 .409 31 31 4 1 0 217.0 225 112 27 63 137 4.65 .263 .314 .408 .722 7.7
1976 35 BSN NL 7 7 .500 39 9 0 0 12 99.3 110 64 13 24 63 5.80 .286 .325 .439 .764 3.6
1977 36 BSN NL 10 6 .625 55 0 0 0 10 84.0 68 33 7 22 52 3.54 .223 .271 .338 .609 9.0
1978 37 KCR AL 18 11 .621 88 2 0 0 22 153.0 152 59 18 35 60 3.47 .258 .303 .404 .707 17.3
1979 38 KCR AL 11 4 .733 90 0 0 0 5 139.3 104 38 10 26 95 2.45 .206 .245 .311 .556 17.1
1980 39 KCR AL 3 2 .600 36 2 0 0 4 60.7 55 25 8 19 38 3.71 .243 .301 .407 .708 4.5
12 Years Sim 109 103 .514 554 160 12 1 75 1755.6 1719 784 218 438 1131 4.02 .254 .300 .404 .704 121.0
3 Years AAA 39 30 .565 88 88 8 2 0 620.0 635 230 45 206 471 3.34 .262 .320 .373 .692  
3 Years AA 24 28 .462 70 70 9 1 0 509.0 434 155 37 155 443 2.74 .229 .287 .336 .623  
6 Years Minors 63 58 .521 158 158 17 3 0 1129.0 1069 385 82 361 914 3.07 .247 .305 .356 .662  
Season Average 9 8 .529 46 13 1 0 6 146.3 143 65 18 36 94 4.02 .254 .300 .404 .704  
Career Highs 18 18 .762 90 34 4 1 22 238.0 259 112 32 63 177 5.80 .286 .325 .454 .773  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   892 414 122 199 662   .245 .284 .400 .684
vs LH   827 370 96 239 469   .266 .318 .409 .727
Home 66 46 .589 285 77 5 1 36 903.3 852 413 119 239 590 4.11 .246 .295 .402 .696
Away 43 57 .430 269 83 7 0 44 852.3 867 371 99 199 541 3.92 .263 .305 .407 .712
Mar/Apr 20 19 .513 86 28 3 0 10 271.6 269 130 39 87 154 4.31 .258 .315 .422 .737
May 18 16 .529 87 29 3 0 12 317.0 294 153 44 68 193 4.34 .242 .282 .397 .679
June 16 16 .500 96 29 2 1 14 298.3 303 117 33 71 196 3.53 .262 .305 .404 .709
July 16 18 .471 97 22 0 0 15 258.6 279 125 36 76 174 4.35 .272 .322 .440 .762
August 17 15 .531 96 26 1 0 12 313.3 286 126 30 65 209 3.62 .241 .281 .373 .654
Sep/Oct 22 19 .537 92 26 3 0 14 296.6 288 133 36 71 205 4.04 .254 .298 .396 .694
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 28 NYG NL P 55 5 114.3 8 13 2 0 .913 1.65    
1970 29 NYG NL P 49 0 98.0 5 21 0 2 1.000 2.39    
1971 30 KCR AL P 22 22 160.3 11 21 0 2 1.000 1.80    
1972 31 KCR AL P 28 28 198.3 13 22 1 2 .972 1.59    
1973 32 STL NL P 27 27 193.3 13 22 0 0 1.000 1.63    
1974 33 STL NL P 34 34 238.0 10 33 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1975 34 BSN NL P 31 31 217.0 8 21 0 3 1.000 1.20    
1976 35 BSN NL P 39 9 99.3 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.27    
1977 36 BSN NL P 55 0 84.0 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.71    
1978 37 KCR AL P 88 2 153.0 9 23 2 0 .941 1.88    
1979 38 KCR AL P 90 0 139.3 2 23 1 2 .962 1.61    
1980 39 KCR AL P 36 2 60.7 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.23    
Career Totals   554 160 1755.6 92 231 6 14 .982 1.66    
Career Highs   90 34 238.0 13 33 2 3 1.000 2.39    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1971 30 KCR AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 3 4.3 3 3 0 3 1 6.24 .214 .353 .214 .567
1975 34 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 2 3 0.00 .167 .375 .167 .542
1976 35 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 1 11.0 6 4 1 2 8 3.27 .154 .195 .231 .426
1978 37 KCR AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 8 8 1 1 1 30.90 .571 .600 .857 1.457
1979 38 KCR AL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 1 7.0 8 4 2 1 5 5.14 .308 .333 .654 .987
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 24 0 0 0 5 26.3 26 19 4 9 18 6.50 .263 .324 .424 .748
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1971-10-16
1978-3-18
 Losses
1974-4-18
 Winning Pct
1971-5-.762
 Saves
1969-10-9
1970-6-13
1976-6-12
1977-8-10
1978-1-22
 Games Pitched
1969-10-55
1970-10-49
1977-5-55
1978-1-88
1979-1-90
 Games Started
1974-8-34
Homeruns Allowed
1972-9-29
1974-4-32
1975-8-27
 Strikeouts
1974-10-177
 Walks per 9IP
1972-8-2.4
1973-9-2.2
1974-7-1.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1974-7-6.7
 WHiP
1973-7-1.19
 OOBP
1973-7-.295
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 66th overall pick, by Washington in 1963
Injured on 8/21/1965 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 8/25/1968 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 2/13/1969 (Going to WAS: SS Bobby Richardson. Going to NYG: P Buster Narum)
Earned first career win on 4/20/1969
Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 3/3/1971 (Going to NYG: 2B Chuck Schilling, P Howie Koplitz, P Phil Regan, C Don Pavletich. Going to KCR: P Buster Narum, P Jim Merritt, C Doc Edwards)
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1971 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to St. Louis on 3/3/1973 (Going to STL: P Pete Richert, P Buster Narum, LF Joe Pepitone. Going to KCR: P Jim O'toole, P Bob Veale)
Injured on 4/15/1973 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,007,143 through salary arbitration
Released by St. Louis on 10/22/1974
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/3/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $2,250,000 per year
 
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