Steve Busby

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: September 29, 1949 in Burbank, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 8, 1972 (Age 22-345d, 13,295th in major league history)
vs. MIN 9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 26, 1980 (Age 30-332d)
vs. MIL 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Steven Lee Busby

Nicknames: Buzz

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Relatives: Cousin of Jim Busby

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

ERA

3.72

167

150

1060.2

659

WHIP

1.354

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-16 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 7

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	135	12	Apr 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-10	5-7		99	2.2	3	4	1	3	2	2	0	3.38	14.36	15	4	3	0	1	3		0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.38	-0.066	.38	-0.04%	-2.58	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 1-- 2 out d6
2	136	21	Apr 30	KCR		TEX	L,7-8	3-GF	L(0-1)	8	6.2	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0.96	6.48	24	10	8	0	3	3		2	1	1	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	1	1	.79	-0.073	1.24	-0.07%	1.43	3t 1-3 1 out d4	9t end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	137	26	May 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9		5	8.1	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	1.53	5.22	32	9	9	3	4	6	61			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.391	1.25	0.31%	3.78	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a4
4	138	31	May 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(0-2)	4	8.0	4	5	5	3	1	2	0	2.81	5.73	30	13	9	2	3	4	52			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	1	.64	-0.282	.91	-0.24%	-0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	139	37	May 16	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	4	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.86	5.39	35	9	13	2	6	4	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.439	1.80	0.38%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	140	42	May 22	KCR		SEA	L,11-12	GS-2		5	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.72	5.65	12	5	0	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.314	.92	-0.23%	-3.45	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out a1
7	141	46	May 27	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.18	5.14	35	14	9	1	5	6	71			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	0.657	3.54	0.83%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	142	56	Jun 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6		10	5.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.04	5.06	20	5	6	0	0	3	55			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.19	0.005	2.37	0.01%	0.55	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out tie
9	143	60	Jun 11	KCR		BOS	L,0-4	GS-10	L(2-3)	3	9.1	2	2	2	6	2	0	0	2.87	4.93	34	17	8	0	2	1	72			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.631	2.50	0.64%	4.40	1t start tie	10t 12- 1 out tie
10	144	64	Jun 16	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	8	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.93	4.74	36	10	9	1	1	7	54			1	0	1	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.089	2.37	-0.09%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	145	69	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,7-10	GS-3	L(2-5)	4	3.0	3	6	4	4	0	1	0	3.31	5.01	18	7	4	1	1	3	29			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.19	-0.466	1.90	-0.45%	-4.52	1b start a 3	3b 3 out d3
12	146	74	Jun 27	KCR		OAK	W,10-3	GS-8	W(3-5)	5	8.0	6	2	2	6	4	1	0	3.20	5.07	35	10	9	1	4	6	60			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.115	1.94	0.16%	2.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	147	79	Jul 3	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-10	GS-3	L(3-6)	5	2.2	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.54	5.20	17	3	1	1	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.217	1.76	-0.23%	-2.58	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
14	148	83	Jul 7	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	W(4-6)	3	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.48	5.18	5	1	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.042	.54	0.03%	0.87	8t -2- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
15	149	85	Jul 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-8	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	5.13	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.55	7b 1-- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d5
16	150	94	Jul 21	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	7-7		11	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.44	5.19	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.39	-0.043	.17	-0.01%	-0.75	7b -2- 1 out d2	7b 12- 2 out d3
17	151	98	Jul 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	5.15	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.004	.11	0.00%	0.70	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	152	106	Aug 3(1)	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-6	W(5-6)	8	6.0	3	2	2	7	6	1	0	3.39	5.23	28	5	7	2	2	3	57			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.153	1.40	0.10%	1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
19	153	118	Aug 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.35	5.22	5	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.007	.20	0.01%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	154	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-7	9-GF(10)	W(6-6)	4	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.29	5.16	5	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	0.353	5.58	0.45%	2.09	9b 123 1 out tie	10b end a 4
21	155	131	Aug 28	KCR		MIL	L,6-11	6-7		8	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.63	5.19	10	0	4	0	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.04	-0.152	3.75	-0.33%	-2.05	6t -23 0 out tie	7t 123 1 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	156	147	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	L,5-7	8-8		16	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	5.19	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.048	2.33	-0.10%	-1.01	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 12- 0 out d2
							6-16		W-L:6-6	4.6	94.1	71	45	38	64	45	10	0	3.63	5.19	405	1.19		7%	15%	68	53	11	36%	9	4	3	323	8	1	3	7	7	5	1.10	1.051	1.88	1.14%	7.59

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