Brian Buscher

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: April 18, 1981 in Jacksonville, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 50th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Terry Parker HS (Jacksonville, FL), the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 50th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from College of Central Florida (Ocala, FL) and the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Terry Parker HS (Jacksonville, FL)

Schools: College of Central Florida (Ocala, FL), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: July 27, 2007 (Age 26-100d, 19,151st in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 28-169d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: SFX

Full Name: Brian Phillip Buscher

Pronunciation: \BUSH-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

436

116

.266

RBI

OBP

.343

SLG

.356

OPS

.699

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-30 / in Starts: 34-28
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 245 PAs	47
Actual Runners on Base	177 (89-49-39)
Avg. MLBer w/ 245 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	154 (76-51-26)

Most Driven In
J Kubel	17
D Young	10
J Morneau	8
Self	4
J Mauer	3
M Lamb	2
M Redmond	1
A Everett	1

Most Driven In By
C GÃ³mez	7
D Span	4
Self	4
A Casilla	4
A Everett	2
B Harris	2
N Punto	1
J Morneau	1

2008 Batting Game Log

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2008 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	34	19 (18)	Apr 20	MIN		CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	1.12	-0.010	1.09	-0.01%	-0.09	3B 1B
2	35	22 (2)	Apr 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	8	.22	0.002	.22	0.00%	-0.28	3B 1B
3	36	25 (2)	Apr 27	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-10	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	2	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.27	PH 2B
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
4	37	69 (43)	Jun 14	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG(12)	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.385	.400	.462	.862	7	2.65	0.466	2.47	0.26%	1.75	3B
5	38	70	Jun 15	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.333	.375	.708	7	1.29	-0.105	1.37	-0.07%	-0.66	3B
6	39	72 (1)	Jun 18	MIN		WSN	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.348	.381	.729	8	.48	0.043	.51	0.03%	1.47	3B 1B
7	40	73	Jun 19	MIN		WSN	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.370	.417	.787	8	.54	0.082	.57	0.05%	0.96	3B
8	41	74	Jun 20	MIN		ARI	W,7-2	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.345	.385	.729	9	.08	-0.004	.09	0.00%	-0.54	PH 3B
9	42	75	Jun 21	MIN		ARI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.400	.733	8	.97	0.019	1.15	0.01%	0.42	3B
10	43	76	Jun 22	MIN		ARI	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.353	.351	.412	.763	8	1.18	0.054	1.46	0.04%	-0.37	3B
11	44	77	Jun 24	MIN	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.366	.500	.866	8	.67	0.098	.90	0.08%	1.02	3B
12	45	78	Jun 25	MIN	@	SDP	W,9-3	CG	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.400	.500	.900	8	.50	0.026	.68	0.02%	0.68	3B
13	46	79	Jun 26	MIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.386	.408	.500	.908	8	1.40	0.084	1.92	0.07%	0.47	3B
14	47	80	Jun 27	MIN		MIL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.375	.396	.479	.875	8	2.10	0.063	3.09	0.06%	-0.46	3B
15	48	81	Jun 28	MIN		MIL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.375	.451	.826	8	1.15	-0.085	1.66	-0.07%	-1.15	3B
16	49	82	Jun 29	MIN		MIL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.373	.444	.817	7	.64	0.005	.92	0.01%	0.04	3B
17	50	83	Jun 30	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.365	.431	.796	7	1.29	-0.181	2.21	-0.19%	-0.81	3B
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
18	51	85 (1)	Jul 2	MIN		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.358	.419	.778	7	.32	0.019	.55	0.02%	0.10	3B
19	52	86	Jul 4	MIN		CLE	W,12-3	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.361	.424	.785	7	.45	0.115	.68	0.11%	0.84	3B
20	53	89 (2)	Jul 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.342	.400	.742	7	1.80	-0.262	3.19	-0.28%	-1.64	3B
21	54	91 (1)	Jul 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-18	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.333	.389	.722	9	.89	-0.049	1.53	-0.05%	-0.59	3B
22	55	93 (1)	Jul 11	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.413	.759	7	.98	0.122	1.72	0.13%	0.85	3B
23	56	94	Jul 12	MIN	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.341	.418	.759	7	1.07	-0.057	1.96	-0.06%	0.06	3B
24	57	95	Jul 13	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.337	.410	.747	7	1.25	-0.042	2.22	-0.05%	-0.52	3B
25	58	96	Jul 18	MIN		TEX	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.344	.414	.758	7	1.31	0.040	2.28	0.04%	0.81	3B
26	59	97	Jul 19	MIN		TEX	W,14-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.351	.451	.801	7	.34	-0.030	.60	-0.03%	1.66	3B
27	60	98	Jul 20	MIN		TEX	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.360	.452	.812	7	1.43	-0.015	2.46	-0.02%	-0.40	3B
28	61	99	Jul 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.356	.443	.799	7	.59	0.036	1.08	0.04%	-0.07	3B
29	62	100	Jul 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.352	.430	.782	7	.76	-0.036	1.40	-0.04%	-0.48	3B
30	63	103 (2)	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.363	.467	.829	8	.30	0.153	.47	0.14%	3.49	3B
31	64	106 (2)	Jul 29	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.353	.454	.807	8	1.05	-0.043	2.69	-0.07%	-0.36	3B
32	65	107	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.342	.438	.779	7	.47	-0.049	1.26	-0.08%	-0.70	3B
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
33	66	110 (2)	Aug 2	MIN		CLE	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.341	.435	.776	7	.74	-0.009	1.41	-0.01%	-0.13	3B
34	67	111	Aug 3	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.341	.432	.773	7	.56	-0.005	1.07	-0.01%	-0.02	3B
35	68	112	Aug 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-11	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.303	.328	.418	.746	7	.47	-0.045	.86	-0.05%	-2.57	3B
36	69	113	Aug 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,7-8	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.416	.749	7	1.12	0.056	2.16	0.07%	0.19	3B
37	70	116 (2)	Aug 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310	.338	.419	.757	7	.78	0.041	1.51	0.05%	0.00	3B
38	71	117	Aug 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.340	.425	.766	8	1.37	0.130	2.58	0.15%	0.95	3B
39	72	118	Aug 11	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.347	.426	.773	7	.36	0.001	.75	0.00%	0.01	3B
40	73	119	Aug 12	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.307	.336	.414	.750	7	1.62	-0.161	3.13	-0.19%	-0.94	3B
41	74	120	Aug 13	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.303	.329	.408	.737	7	1.04	-0.054	2.12	-0.07%	-0.78	3B
42	75	121	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.333	.407	.740	7	.41	0.018	.80	0.02%	0.52	3B
43	76	122	Aug 16	MIN		SEA	W,7-6	8-GF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.303	.335	.407	.742	7	4.04	0.263	7.89	0.31%	0.24	PH 3B
44	77	124 (1)	Aug 18	MIN		OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.403	.736	7	1.24	-0.098	2.48	-0.12%	-0.44	3B
45	78	125	Aug 19	MIN		OAK	W,13-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.343	.431	.775	7	.56	0.215	1.16	0.27%	4.54	3B
46	79	126	Aug 20	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.337	.423	.760	7	.81	-0.068	1.76	-0.09%	-1.08	3B
47	80	127	Aug 21	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	9-11	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.341	.433	.774	7	1.38	0.071	2.96	0.09%	0.23	PH 3B
48	81	128	Aug 22	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.341	.433	.774	4						PR 1B
49	82	129	Aug 23	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.339	.429	.768	7	1.03	-0.072	1.99	-0.08%	-0.29	3B
50	83	130	Aug 24	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.337	.426	.763	8	2.72	-0.070	5.38	-0.08%	-0.46	PH
51	84	131	Aug 25	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.333	.419	.752	7	1.43	-0.189	3.15	-0.25%	-1.41	3B
52	85	133 (1)	Aug 27	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-5	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.337	.423	.760	8	3.13	0.189	6.89	0.25%	1.12	PH 3B
53	86	135 (1)	Aug 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,12-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.335	.420	.755	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1B
54	87	137 (1)	Aug 31	MIN	@	OAK	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.342	.428	.770	8	.23	-0.004	.51	-0.01%	1.50	3B
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
55	88	138	Sep 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.309	.342	.423	.765	8	.80	-0.020	1.86	-0.03%	-1.05	3B
56	89	139	Sep 3	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.337	.416	.752	6	1.13	-0.088	2.54	-0.12%	-0.78	DH
57	90	141 (1)	Sep 5	MIN		DET	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.335	.412	.747	7	.34	-0.031	.72	-0.04%	0.98	3B
58	91	142	Sep 6	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.405	.739	7	.94	-0.001	2.03	0.00%	0.25	3B
59	92	143	Sep 7	MIN		DET	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.332	.402	.734	7	1.14	0.017	2.17	0.02%	0.43	3B
60	93	144	Sep 9	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.340	.415	.754	7	.39	0.139	.71	0.15%	1.64	3B
61	94	145	Sep 10	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.338	.408	.746	7	.77	0.002	1.78	0.00%	-0.63	3B
62	95	146	Sep 11	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.344	.411	.755	7	1.01	0.071	2.41	0.10%	0.74	3B
63	96	147	Sep 13 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,12-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.344	.410	.754	7	1.09	0.033	2.68	0.05%	0.05	3B
64	97	149 (1)	Sep 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.344	.409	.753	7	.38	-0.006	.97	-0.01%	-0.24	3B
65	98	151 (1)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,9-12	GS-8	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.351	.413	.763	7	1.38	0.143	3.50	0.22%	1.42	3B
66	99	152	Sep 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.349	.407	.756	7	1.49	-0.085	3.12	-0.11%	-0.51	1B
67	100	156 (3)	Sep 21	MIN	@	TBR	W,4-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.347	.401	.748	7	1.03	-0.083	2.28	-0.11%	-0.86	3B
68	101	157	Sep 23	MIN		CHW	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.298	.342	.395	.737	7	.58	-0.030	2.46	-0.08%	-0.59	3B
69	102	159 (1)	Sep 25	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.342	.392	.733	7	.93	-0.046	7.76	-0.23%	-0.35	3B
70	103	160	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.340	.390	.730	7	1.22	-0.054	5.69	-0.15%	-0.54	3B
							40-30		245	218	29	64	9	0	4	47	19	0	42	0	0	7	1	6	0	2	.294	.340	.390	.730		.97	0.629	1.84	0.02%	6.61

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