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Jim
Busby		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 8, 1927 in Usa, TX, KENEDY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1956   
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
1950 23 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1951 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1952 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
1953 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1954 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1955 28 BOS AL $ 471,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1956 29 BOS AL $ 1,580,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1957 30 BOS AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1958 31 MIN AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1959 32 MIN AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1960 33 MIN AL $ 575,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1961 34 MIN AL $ 590,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
1962 35 MIN AL $ 590,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
1963 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
1964 37 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1965 38 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
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
1950 23 AAA   107 285 36 70 15 0 6 35 10 5 39 27 .246 .336 .361 .698 36.8  
1951 24 BOS AL 14 18 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .056 .150 .056 .206 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   54 235 30 68 9 4 7 24 3 2 14 27 .289 .329 .451 .780 33.3  
1952 25 BOS AL 110 314 42 83 12 1 6 29 4 1 23 37 .264 .313 .366 .679 37.5 5.1
1953 26 BOS AL 141 576 63 155 24 2 10 58 4 5 21 48 .269 .295 .370 .665 57.7 6.5
1954 27 BOS AL 140 480 54 129 20 2 6 40 3 1 25 30 .269 .310 .356 .666 49.1 6.3
1955 28 BOS AL 119 279 34 89 10 0 8 36 0 2 6 28 .319 .331 .441 .772 35.4 5.4
1956 29 BOS AL 151 587 76 182 29 8 14 88 3 0 41 34 .310 .358 .458 .816 86.7 16.7
1957 30 BOS AL 134 401 54 103 16 2 15 41 2 2 20 47 .257 .292 .419 .711 49.4 6.2
1958 31 MIN AL 158 583 76 160 19 7 13 68 5 2 31 76 .274 .309 .398 .707 67.9 8.4
1959 32 MIN AL 140 425 42 84 13 2 6 28 7 2 29 51 .198 .254 .280 .534 26.1 0.0
1960 33 MIN AL 141 520 62 141 24 3 10 51 6 2 26 69 .271 .307 .387 .693 59.6 10.4
1961 34 MIN AL 107 268 38 86 13 3 5 22 5 1 16 34 .321 .362 .448 .810 41.4 10.6
1962 35 MIN AL 82 161 16 46 11 0 4 18 3 0 7 12 .286 .320 .429 .748 20.2 4.3
1963 36 NYG NL 80 72 11 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 3 10 .250 .280 .319 .599 5.0 0.1
1964 37 TOR AL 110 376 26 88 18 4 2 29 4 2 17 58 .234 .266 .319 .585 29.7 3.8
    AAA   26 103 10 35 2 0 5 12 1 0 7 19 .340 .382 .505 .887 18.7  
1965 38 TOR AL 104 277 21 68 10 0 0 16 8 2 17 47 .245 .291 .282 .573 24.6 2.8
15 Years Sim 1731 5337 620 1433 221 34 100 534 54 22 284 584 .269 .307 .379 .685 589.6 86.6
3 Years AAA 187 623 76 173 26 4 18 71 14 7 60 73 .278 .344 .419 .763 88.8  
162 Game Average 499 58 134 20 3 9 49 5 2 26 54 .269 .307 .379 .685 55.2  
Career Highs 158 587 76 182 29 8 15 88 8 5 41 76 .321 .362 .458 .816 86.7  
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   3295 383 881 135 24 59 350 30 15 165 306 .267 .304 .377 .681 363.6
vs LH   2042 237 552 86 10 41 184 24 7 119 278 .270 .311 .382 .693 238.4
Home 862 2603 294 708 114 19 43 260 27 7 154 289 .272 .314 .380 .694 302.8
Away 869 2734 326 725 107 15 57 274 27 15 130 295 .265 .299 .378 .677 299.1
RISP   1133 0 312 44 6 28 410 0 0 70 121 .275 .313 .399 .712 140.2
Pinch Hitting   352 40 100 8 1 9 57 5 3 19 36 .284 .320 .389 .709 43.0
Close/Late   692 91 200 24 6 19 91 0 0 34 64 .289 .326 .423 .749 90.7
Mar/Apr 249 768 111 203 36 5 19 79 6 2 41 61 .264 .304 .398 .702 90.1
May 299 921 110 270 49 6 14 98 12 4 51 89 .293 .330 .405 .735 117.9
June 297 958 90 229 29 5 14 74 10 4 42 112 .239 .273 .324 .596 81.6
July 285 867 110 248 33 8 19 95 8 5 50 101 .286 .325 .408 .733 110.9
August 310 952 102 249 36 5 14 91 11 4 58 125 .262 .305 .354 .659 101.2
Sep/Oct 287 871 95 234 38 5 20 97 7 3 42 96 .269 .304 .393 .697 100.3
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
1951 24 BOS AL CF 9 6 50.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.1
1952 25 BOS AL CF 66 60 454.7 134 2 2 1 .986 2.69   0.8
    2B 22 21 180.0 68 67 5 28 .964 6.75   0.6
1953 26 BOS AL CF 141 137 1210.3 342 8 4 1 .989 2.60   2.2
1954 27 BOS AL CF 123 101 931.0 237 8 1 3 .996 2.37   3.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1955 28 BOS AL CF 96 45 473.3 101 3 0 3 1.000 1.98   1.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1956 29 BOS AL CF 148 146 1290.7 377 6 0 3 1.000 2.67   4.7
1957 30 BOS AL CF 117 85 815.0 232 4 1 1 .996 2.61   2.8
1958 31 MIN AL CF 156 150 1315.7 369 8 2 1 .995 2.58   4.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 32 MIN AL CF 104 101 872.7 243 2 1 1 .996 2.53   4.6
    RF 6 6 52.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    LF 5 5 44.0 8 0 2 0 .800 1.64    
1960 33 MIN AL CF 138 135 1112.3 271 2 2 0 .993 2.21   3.5
1961 34 MIN AL CF 58 57 495.7 138 2 3 1 .979 2.54   1.3
    SS 2 0 3.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.11   0.0
1962 35 MIN AL CF 33 31 262.0 87 0 0 0 1.000 2.99   0.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1963 36 NYG NL CF 10 0 23.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.1
1964 37 TOR AL CF 106 100 848.3 219 3 3 0 .987 2.36   2.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 38 TOR AL CF 95 80 707.3 194 4 0 2 1.000 2.52   2.8
  CF 1400 1234 10862.3 2965 52 19 17 .994 2.50   34.9
  2B 22 21 180.0 68 67 5 28 .964 6.75   0.6
  RF 8 6 56.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 8 5 49.0 11 0 2 0 .846 2.02    
  SS 3 0 5.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   1441 1266 11152.6 3059 122 26 46 .992 2.57   35.5
Career Highs   157 150 1317.7 377 69 7 29 1.000 3.84    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1956-3-.310
 Games
1958-1-158
 At-Bats
1956-7-587
 Hits
1956-4-182
 Singles
1953-8-119
1956-3-131
1958-10-121
 Triples
1956-1-8
1958-2-7
Caught Stealing
1953-9-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ollie Brown (960)
  2. Tommy Davis (958)
  3. George Case (952)
  4. Bill Sample (949)
  5. Johnny Grubb (943)
  6. Wally Moon (942)
  7. Larry Hisle (939)
  8. Jeffrey Leonard (930)
  9. Cito Gaston (928)
  10. Dan Briggs (923)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1950
Had first career hit on 7/22/1951, off Ed Head (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1952, off Robin Roberts (SDP)
Injured on 9/15/1953 with a Fractured Hip, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1955, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,580,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1956, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1956, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/25/1956
6/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 6/28/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 9/29/1956 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Minnesota on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: RF Al Kaline, 1B Ed Bouchee, P Jim Constable, P Pedro Ramos, CF Jim Busby. Going to BOS: P Bob Miller, CF Duke Snider, SS Johnny Logan)
Had 7 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 6/17/1958
9/22/1959: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $575,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 5/7/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 6/8/1960
10/4/1960: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $590,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 7/6/1961
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1963 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/4/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year
 
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