Ed Busch

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 16, 1917 in Lebanon, IL us

Died: January 17, 1987 in St. Clair County, IL

Buried: O'Fallon City Cemetery, O'Fallon, IL

Debut: September 30, 1943 (Age 25-318d, 9,545th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 27-315d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Edgar John Busch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

917

240

.262

RBI

OBP

.311

SLG

.298

OPS

.608

OPS+

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

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 19	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	50	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
5	5	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
6	6	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
7	7	Apr 26	PHA		NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	13.0	3	4	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
13	13	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
14	14	May 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
15	15	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
17	17	May 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
18	21 (3)	May 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	22	May 19 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
20	23	May 19 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
21	35 (11)	May 31	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	36	Jun 1	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
23	39 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	T,0-0	GF	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	40	Jun 6 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	7	1.0	1	0	2	3	0
25	45 (4)	Jun 12	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	GF	0		1	2	0	3	1
26	46	Jun 14	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
27	47	Jun 15	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	GF	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	2
28	49 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1
29	50	Jun 17 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
30	51	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
31	52	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
32	53	Jun 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	54	Jun 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	55	Jun 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	43	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
35	56	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	0	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
36	57	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
38	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	60	Jun 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
40	61	Jun 30	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	62	Jul 1 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	63	Jul 1 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	64	Jul 3	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	1
44	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
46	67	Jul 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	7	2	0	9	1
47	68	Jul 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	69	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
49	70	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
50	71	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
51	72	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	73	Jul 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	74	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
54	75	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	11.0	1	4	1	6	1
55	76	Jul 14	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	77	Jul 16 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
57	79 (1)	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	T,2-2	GF	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	80	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
59	81	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	82	Jul 21	PHA		DET	T,1-1	CG	88	24.0	3	12	1	16	1
61	83	Jul 22 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	84	Jul 22 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	27	6.0	3	3	1	7	0
63	85	Jul 23	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	86	Jul 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
65	87	Jul 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
66	88	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
67	89	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	90	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	91	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	92	Aug 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	3	3	2	8	1
71	93	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
72	94	Aug 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
73	95	Aug 4	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
74	96	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	97	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
76	98	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	99	Aug 9	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
78	100	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
79	101	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,13-14	GS	0		0	2	1	3	0
80	102	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	103	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	104	Aug 13	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	105	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	106	Aug 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
85	107	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	108	Aug 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
87	109	Aug 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
88	110	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	46	11.0	1	3	1	5	0
89	111	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	112	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	113	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
92	114	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
93	115	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	116	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	117	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	0	6	0	6	0
96	118	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	119	Aug 28	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
98	120	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
99	121	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
100	122	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
101	123	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	124	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	GS	22	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
103	125	Sep 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
104	126	Sep 2 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
105	127	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,6-15	CG	51	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
107	132 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
108	133	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	134	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
110	135	Sep 8	PHA		CHW	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
111	136	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
112	139 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
113	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	142 (1)	Sep 13	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
115	144 (1)	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	145	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	147 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
118	149 (1)	Sep 20	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	150	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
120	151	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
121	152	Sep 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
122	153	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
							121gm		1031.0	220	378	31	629	72