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Steve
Busby		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 29, 1949 in Usa, CA, BURBANK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 22 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 8 8
1973 23 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1974 24 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1975 25 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
1976 26 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
1977 27 BSN NL   7 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
1978 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6
1979 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6
1980 30 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1981 31 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 32 PIT NL $ 350,000 8 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 4
1983 33 PIT NL $ 350,000 8 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
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
1972 22 AAA   15 9 .625 30 30 3 1 0 209.0 183 82 20 82 178 3.53 .233 .305 .356 .661  
1973 23 AAA   10 8 .556 27 27 2 1 0 170.3 191 80 15 78 121 4.23 .286 .360 .425 .785  
1974 24 AAA   6 7 .462 16 16 0 0 0 108.7 111 43 13 48 79 3.56 .265 .340 .396 .737  
1975 25 AA   17 5 .773 29 29 8 5 0 215.0 132 57 8 80 195 2.39 .176 .255 .241 .495  
1976 26 AA   3 2 .600 25 3 0 0 1 30.3 31 20 1 15 32 5.93 .267 .351 .353 .705  
1977 27 AA   1 1 .500 8 0 0 0 0 12.3 13 3 0 3 4 2.19 .302 .348 .395 .743  
1978 28 BSN NL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 1 11.7 13 6 0 7 8 4.63 .283 .377 .348 .725 0.6
    AA   7 2 .778 72 0 0 0 3 63.3 52 19 3 26 60 2.70 .228 .307 .338 .645  
1979 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 48 0 0 0 1 82.0 93 50 15 45 46 5.49 .286 .373 .462 .834 0.1
1980 30 BSN NL 10 3 .769 32 0 0 0 0 63.7 56 24 2 26 34 3.39 .238 .306 .319 .625 5.6
  PIT NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 9.3 13 7 1 3 2 6.75 .333 .372 .462 .834 0.0
  TOT   10 3 .769 37 0 0 0 0 73.0 69 31 3 29 36 3.82 .252 .315 .339 .655 5.6
1981 31 PIT NL 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 0 35.3 30 19 7 16 20 4.84 .224 .305 .455 .760 0.6
1982 32 AAA   2 2 .500 43 0 0 0 3 52.0 47 19 6 24 53 3.29 .245 .329 .391 .719  
1983 33 AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 21.3 29 17 6 14 17 7.17 .322 .413 .578 .991  
4 Years Sim 11 5 .688 110 0 0 0 2 202.0 205 106 25 97 110 4.72 .263 .341 .411 .752 6.9
5 Years AAA 33 26 .559 128 73 5 2 3 561.3 561 241 60 246 448 3.86 .260 .336 .397 .733  
4 Years AA 28 10 .737 134 32 8 5 4 321.0 228 99 12 124 291 2.78 .200 .279 .277 .556  
9 Years Minors 61 36 .629 262 105 13 7 7 882.3 789 340 72 370 739 3.47 .239 .316 .356 .672  
Season Average 2 1 .667 27 0 0 0 0 50.5 51 26 6 24 27 4.72 .263 .341 .411 .752  
Career Highs 10 3 .769 48 0 0 0 1 82.0 93 50 15 45 46 5.49 .286 .377 .462 .834  
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   91 54 10 36 53   .238 .303 .371 .674
vs LH   114 52 15 61 57   .288 .383 .449 .832
Home 7 2 .778 51 0 0 0 1 103.7 102 54 9 57 59 4.69 .259 .353 .391 .743
Away 4 3 .571 59 0 0 0 1 98.3 103 52 16 40 51 4.76 .268 .336 .431 .768
Mar/Apr 2 1 .667 19 0 0 0 0 32.7 33 20 6 17 15 5.51 .250 .336 .439 .775
May 4 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 0 41.0 31 16 7 15 21 3.51 .207 .279 .387 .665
June 3 1 .750 17 0 0 0 0 34.7 42 18 2 17 16 4.67 .311 .388 .437 .825
July 1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 0 27.7 37 24 4 17 20 7.81 .319 .406 .483 .889
August 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 0 27.3 24 8 3 16 16 2.64 .240 .345 .380 .725
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 19 0 0 0 2 38.7 38 20 3 15 22 4.66 .260 .329 .349 .679
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 28 BSN NL P 5 0 11.7 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.54    
1979 29 BSN NL P 48 0 82.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.87    
1980 30 BSN NL P 32 0 63.7 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.41    
  PIT NL P 5 0 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
  TOT   P 37 0 73.0 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.48    
1981 31 PIT NL P 20 0 35.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.27    
Career Totals   110 0 202.0 13 23 0 2 1.000 1.60    
Career Highs   48 0 82.0 6 12 0 1 1.000 1.87    
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
1978 28 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1972
Injured on 3/12/1972 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 4/2/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/16/1973 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/24/1974 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 10 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/21/1978
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 7/31/1980 (Going to PIT: P Steve Busby, P Sam Mcdowell. Going to BSN: P John Montefusco P Ron Guidry)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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