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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles
2	55	Jun 14	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
3	56	Jun 15 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	57	Jun 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
5	58	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	59	Jun 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
7	60	Jun 18	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	61	Jun 19 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
9	62	Jun 19 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	63	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	64	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	65	Jun 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	37	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
13	66	Jun 24	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	67	Jun 25	BAL	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	68	Jun 26	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	69	Jun 27	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	70	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
18	71	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	72	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73	Jul 1	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	74	Jul 2	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	75	Jul 3	BAL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
23	76	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	77	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
25	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	79	Jul 6	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	80	Jul 7	BAL		NYY	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
28	82 (1)	Jul 9	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	83	Jul 10	BAL		WSH	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
30	84	Jul 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	85	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	87 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-14	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	89 (1)	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	91 (1)	Jul 22	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	92	Jul 23 (1)	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	96 (3)	Jul 28	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	97	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	98	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	99	Jul 31	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	100	Aug 1	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	101	Aug 2	BAL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	102	Aug 3	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
43	104 (1)	Aug 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	106 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
45	107	Aug 9	BAL	@	DET	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	108	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	109	Aug 11	BAL	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
48	116 (6)	Aug 18	BAL		WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
49	119 (2)	Aug 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
50	120	Aug 23	BAL		DET	L,3-5	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	121	Aug 24	BAL		DET	W,9-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
52	124 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,11-3	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	126 (1)	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	127	Aug 29	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	128	Aug 30	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	129	Aug 31	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	130	Sep 2	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	GS	18	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	132 (1)	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	133	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	134	Sep 5 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
61	136 (1)	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	138 (1)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	139	Sep 11	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
64	141 (1)	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,11-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
65	142	Sep 16	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	143	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
67	146 (2)	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
68	149 (2)	Sep 24	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-9	GF	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	150	Sep 25	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	151	Sep 27	BAL	@	BOS	W,17-3		14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
71	153 (1)	Oct 1	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	154	Oct 2	BAL	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
							71gm		420.0	135	2	2	139	1