Jim Busby

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 8, 1927 in Kenedy, TX us

Died: July 8, 1996 in Augusta, GA

Buried: Millen Cemetery, Millen, GA

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: April 23, 1950 (Age 23-105d, 10,685th in major league history)
vs. DET 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1962 (Age 35-181d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: James Franklin Busby

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Relatives: Cousin of Steve Busby

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

4250

1113

.262

541

RBI

438

OBP

.315

SLG

.350

OPS

.665

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-37 / in Starts: 8-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 110 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	57 (30-21-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 110 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
F Malzone	2
P Runnels	1
P Daley	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
F Malzone	3
T Williams	3
J Jensen	2
S White	2
Self	1
P Runnels	1
P Green	1
D Buddin	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1122	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					4						PR
2	1123	4 (2)	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.43	-0.028	3.72	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
3	1124	8 (3)	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.93	-0.024	2.37	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
4	1125	12 (3)	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	7	.32	-0.018	.78	-0.03%	0.99	LF
5	1126	13	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	7	1.69	-0.159	3.83	-0.22%	-1.08	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1127	18 (4)	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9	.68	-0.018	1.36	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
7	1128	20 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	1.47	-0.038	3.00	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
8	1129	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	1	.74	0.009	1.64	0.01%	0.33	CF
9	1130	23 (1)	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	6-GF(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	1	.91	-0.069	2.01	-0.09%	-0.42	PH CF
10	1131	27 (3)	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	3	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.39	LF
11	1132	29 (1)	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	1	.46	-0.046	.80	-0.05%	-0.36	CF
12	1133	31 (1)	May 18	BOS		DET	L,2-14	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.269	.528	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.24	PH
13	1134	32	May 20	BOS		KCA	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.267	.525	1	.66	-0.031	.76	-0.02%	-0.38	CF
14	1135	33	May 21	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.257	.353	.610	1	1.13	-0.005	1.18	0.00%	-0.42	CF
15	1136	34	May 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.282	.395	.677	1	1.33	0.125	1.53	0.09%	0.99	CF
16	1137	35	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.279	.295	.395	.691	1	1.25	0.027	1.46	0.02%	0.55	CF
17	1138	36	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.292	.404	.696	1	1.11	0.059	1.22	0.04%	0.53	CF
18	1139	37	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-2	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PR CF
19	1140	38	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3						PR
20	1141	39	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3						CF
21	1142	41 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3						CF
22	1143	42	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3						CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1144	44 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.396	.682	3						PR
24	1145	46 (1)	Jun 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.408	.708	3	.07	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.21	LF
25	1146	47	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.314	.420	.734	3	.19	0.008	.26	0.01%	0.12	PR CF
26	1147	48	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.314	.420	.734	4						PR CF
27	1148	50 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.314	.420	.734	3						CF
28	1149	52 (1)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,5-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.314	.420	.734	4						PR
29	1150	55 (2)	Jun 12	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.308	.412	.719	8	1.97	-0.045	1.75	-0.02%	-0.36	PH
30	1151	63 (7)	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.286	.382	.668	3	1.19	-0.119	1.23	-0.07%	-0.81	LF
31	1152	65 (1)	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.283	.379	.663	7	1.22	-0.019	1.22	-0.01%	-0.44	CF
32	1153	70 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.262	.281	.361	.642	6	1.77	-0.044	1.69	-0.03%	0.08	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1154	73 (2)	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.277	.355	.632	1	3.02	-0.072	1.22	-0.02%	-0.29	PH CF
34	1155	78 (4)	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-11	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.279	.344	.623	3	.81	-0.013	.23	0.00%	-0.20	PH CF
35	1156	80 (1)	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.268	.328	.596	2	.87	-0.069	.27	-0.01%	-0.97	CF
36	1157	84 (3)	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.267	.338	.605	3	.80	-0.047	.52	-0.02%	-0.48	CF
37	1158	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.267	.338	.605	6						PR
38	1159	86	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.267	.338	.605	9						PR
39	1160	88 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	GS-10	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.227	.263	.320	.583	1	1.25	-0.043	.33	-0.01%	-0.12	CF
40	1161	94 (5)	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.274	.321	.594	3	1.18	0.061	.05	0.00%	0.36	CF
41	1162	96 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.325	.595	3	.39	0.095	.01	0.00%	0.36	CF
42	1163	97	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.267	.321	.588	1	.71	-0.018	.01	0.00%	-0.22	PH
43	1164	98	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.269	.333	.602	3	.89	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.04	CF
44	1165	101 (2)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.269	.333	.602	4	1.61	0.049	.01	0.00%	0.49	PR
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	1166	102	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.266	.330	.596	9	.61	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
46	1167	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.266	.330	.596	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
47	1168	105 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.274	.330	.603	7	1.58	0.046	.01	0.00%	0.21	PH
48	1169	106	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,17-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.274	.330	.603	5						RF
49	1170	109 (2)	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,4-3	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.274	.330	.603	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
50	1171	111 (1)	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.271	.326	.597	9	1.88	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.79	PH
51	1172	113 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.271	.326	.597	4						PR
52	1173	115 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-4	5-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.268	.322	.590	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PR LF
53	1174	122 (6)	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.232	.275	.337	.611	1	.44	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.44	CF
54	1175	124 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.282	.354	.636	9	1.07	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.10	PH
55	1176	127 (2)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.279	.351	.629	7	.98	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	1177	132 (4)	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.276	.347	.623	9	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
57	1178	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.274	.343	.617	9	1.81	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PH
58	1179	135 (1)	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.271	.340	.611	9	2.09	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
59	1180	139 (3)	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.269	.337	.605	8	4.91	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.61	PH
60	1181	141 (1)	Sep 11	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.269	.337	.605	9						PR
61	1182	148 (6)	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.266	.333	.599	9	3.52	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
							24-37		110	102	16	23	8	0	1	5	5	0	18	1	1	1	5	3	0	2	.225	.266	.333	.599		1.03	-0.764	.90	-0.58%	-4.66

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