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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 25 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
10	10	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	12	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	May 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	May 6 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
18	18	May 8	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 11	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
21	21	May 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
22	22	May 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	23	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
24	24	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
25	25	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	29 (3)	May 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	31	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	32	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
30	33	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	34	May 28	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	35	May 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	36	May 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 2	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	38	Jun 3 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
36	39	Jun 3 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	40	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	41	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
39	42	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	43	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
41	44	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	45	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	46	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	47	Jun 10 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
45	48	Jun 10 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
46	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	50	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	51	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	52	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	4	1	0	5	0	CF
50	53	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	54	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	55	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
53	56	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
54	57	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	58	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jun 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	63	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	64	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	65	Jun 26	CHW		DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	66	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	67	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	68	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	69	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
67	70	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	71	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	72	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
73	76	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	77	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	80	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	81	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	63	17.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
79	82	Jul 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	74	19.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
80	83	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	85 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	86	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	87	Jul 17	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
84	88	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
85	89	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
86	90	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	91	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
88	92	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	93	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
90	94	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
91	95	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
92	96	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
93	97	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	98	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
95	99	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
98	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	50	13.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
103	108	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	24	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
104	110 (1)	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
107	113	Aug 16	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	114	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	115	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	CF
110	116	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
111	117	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
112	118	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GF	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
113	119	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
114	121 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
115	123 (1)	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	124	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
117	125	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
118	126	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS	17	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
119	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
120	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
122	132 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
123	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
124	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
125	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	55	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
128	138	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
129	139	Sep 9	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
130	140	Sep 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	20	4.1	3	0	1	4	0	PH CF
131	142 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
132	143	Sep 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	34	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
133	144	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
134	146 (1)	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
135	147	Sep 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
136	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
137	149	Sep 22	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
138	151 (1)	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
139	155 (3)	Sep 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
							139gm		1123.1	356	14	7	377	4