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: 21-16 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	6	1	Apr 6	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.23	5.80	20	6	5	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.205	.89	-0.19%	-2.32	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
2	7	5	Apr 11	KCR		TEX	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.1	7	4	3	1	4	0	0	7.04	3.74	18	4	2	0	1	7	35			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.078	1.26	-0.09%	-2.56	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out a5
3	8	9	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	8	4	3	2	6	1	0	5.52	3.66	31	11	5	1	2	7	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.20	0.085	.41	0.11%	-0.52	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a8
4	9	13	Apr 20	KCR		CHW	L,2-16	GS-2	L(1-2)	4	1.0	4	5	5	1	1	0	1	8.04	3.84	9	2	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.288	2.29	-0.39%	-3.49	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d3
5	10	19	Apr 27	KCR	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	6	9.0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	5.11	3.78	31	9	12	3	0	0	85			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.618	2.14	0.59%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
6	11	24	May 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	6	5.2	1	2	2	6	4	1	0	4.75	4.31	24	6	7	0	1	1	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.004	1.49	0.00%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a2
7	12	28	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-4	GS-3	L(3-3)	4	3.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.13	4.04	16	2	5	1	2	7	35			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.166	1.71	-0.18%	-1.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
8	13	32	May 13	KCR		MIN	L,0-5	GS-8	L(3-4)	3	8.0	7	3	2	4	6	0	1	4.57	3.82	37	12	8	3	1	6	60			2	1	0	30	2	0	1	0	1	2	.80	-0.039	1.71	-0.05%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
9	14	37	May 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.2	11	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.98	3.99	28	6	7	4	1	11	27			2	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.421	2.97	-0.51%	-2.49	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out d1
10	15	42	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	5.1	8	6	6	6	3	1	0	5.50	4.32	30	7	5	1	2	8	25			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.271	2.49	-0.31%	-2.20	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a1
11	16	46	May 27(2)	KCR		BOS	L,2-7	GS-3	L(3-7)	3	2.1	3	4	4	3	1	0	0	5.93	4.38	12	3	2	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.100	1.86	-0.10%	-1.06	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d1
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
12	17	53	Jun 3	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8		6	7.2	11	4	4	1	5	1	0	5.78	4.25	34	7	10	0	3	11	45			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.133	1.69	-0.13%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out d2
13	18	60	Jun 12	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-6		8	5.2	6	4	2	4	5	1	0	5.56	4.33	28	8	5	1	0	6	46			1	0	1	22	1	0	1	0	0	2	.90	-0.209	1.26	-0.18%	-1.91	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d3
14	19	64	Jun 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-10		3	9.1	6	2	2	2	7	2	0	5.12	4.35	33	13	5	0	2	6	73			1	2	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.39	0.305	2.09	0.28%	2.36	1b start a 1	10b 1-- 1 out tie
15	20	69	Jun 20	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.0	5	4	4	6	5	1	0	5.06	4.43	32	10	6	1	1	5	55			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.061	2.28	0.08%	1.06	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
16	21	72	Jun 24(1)	KCR		TEX	W,7-4	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	10	1	0	4.96	4.21	35	8	7	0	0	9	62			2	0	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.137	1.41	0.16%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	22	77	Jun 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-8)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.84	3.98	31	12	3	2	0	6	64			1	1	1	27	0	0	1	0	1	2	.68	-0.095	1.57	-0.13%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
18	23	82	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	GS-4	L(4-9)	3	3.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.03	3.95	17	6	2	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.199	2.15	-0.24%	-1.66	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
19	24	86	Jul 6	KCR		DET	W,12-1	CG	W(5-9)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.71	3.73	36	10	8	1	2	7	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.181	.67	0.21%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
20	25	90	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	7	3	3	5	13	0	1	4.58	3.58	38	4	8	1	4	7	69			0	1	0	32	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.57	0.238	3.46	0.31%	1.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	26	94	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(7-9)	3	8.0	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.44	3.60	34	11	11	1	2	7	57			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.187	2.53	0.21%	1.20	1b start a 1	9b -23 0 out a3
22	27	98	Jul 18	KCR	@	DET	L,4-14	GS-4	L(7-10)	3	3.2	9	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.72	3.80	22	5	3	0	1	9	18			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.319	3.24	-0.45%	-3.30	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d4
23	28	101	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-5	GS-8		3	7.1	9	5	4	2	6	2	0	4.73	3.88	32	7	8	1	1	9	46			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.163	2.29	-0.25%	-0.48	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
24	29	104	Jul 27	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(8-10)	4	10.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.48	3.76	36	14	11	1	3	4	83			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.96	0.462	3.00	0.86%	4.07	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
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
25	30	109	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-10)	4	8.1	5	2	2	4	8	0	0	4.36	3.68	31	9	7	1	2	3	69			0	0	1	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.170	4.25	0.37%	1.56	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
26	31	113	Aug 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS-2	L(9-11)	3	1.2	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	4.43	3.77	12	2	3	1	0	4	34			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.290	3.36	-0.61%	-3.78	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
27	32	116	Aug 9	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-11)	3	7.2	5	2	2	2	11	1	0	4.33	3.70	31	9	6	1	3	3	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.204	4.15	0.42%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
28	33	120	Aug 14	KCR		CLE	W,8-5	GS-6	W(11-11)	4	6.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	1	4.34	3.69	27	7	8	3	1	5	44			0	1	1	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	0.051	5.03	0.11%	0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
29	34	126	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	GS-9	W(12-11)	5	8.1	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.24	3.65	35	16	7	0	3	5	60			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.43	0.196	1.23	0.33%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
30	35	130	Aug 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(12-12)	4	5.1	8	6	6	4	5	0	0	4.41	3.63	27	4	8	2	3	6	29			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.192	2.84	-0.33%	-2.54	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out d3
31	36	133	Aug 29	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-6	W(13-12)	3	6.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.32	3.61	23	9	8	1	1	2	58			0	2	1	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.250	2.05	0.26%	1.93	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
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
32	37	136	Sep 2	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	GS-8	W(14-12)	3	7.1	8	5	5	4	4	1	0	4.38	3.65	34	12	9	0	2	5	42			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.060	4.07	0.16%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
33	38	143	Sep 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-13	GS-5	L(14-13)	7	4.1	10	9	6	2	3	0	1	4.55	3.64	24	9	1	0	1	8	14			0	0	1	19	1	0	1	1	1	1	.82	-0.243	3.35	-0.59%	-5.59	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d7
34	39	147	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(14-14)	3	7.1	7	3	2	3	3	0	0	4.48	3.62	31	15	4	1	2	6	54			1	0	1	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.08	-0.033	1.66	-0.03%	-0.02	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out d1
35	40	150	Sep 17	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	GS-7	L(14-15)	2	6.1	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.51	3.60	28	11	4	0	1	6	44			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.037	.32	0.01%	0.97	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a1
36	41	157	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(15-15)	7	9.0	10	2	1	3	6	0	1	4.38	3.56	40	16	4	0	0	10	64			0	0	1	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.262	.00	0.00%	2.47	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
37	42	161	Sep 29	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-1	GS-8	W(16-15)	3	8.0	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	4.23	3.48	30	7	8	1	0	3	78			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.316	.00	0.00%	3.63	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
							21-16		W-L:16-15	3.9	238.1	246	125	112	105	174	18	6	4.23	3.48	1037	1.39		6%	9%	220	50		---%	16	10	11	909	32	5	7	21	7	15	1.01	0.380	2.12	-0.31%	-2.80

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