Steve Busby
Born: September 29, 1949, Burbank, CAHeight: 6'2" Weight: 205 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Southern California
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1972 Kansas City AL 22 3 1 1.58 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 40.0 28 153 9 7 1 8 0 0 31 1973 Kansas City AL 23 16 15 4.23 37 37 7 0 0 0 1 238.1 246 1037 125 112 18 98 7 6 174 1974 Kansas City AL 24 22 14 3.39 38 38 20 0 0 0 3 292.1 284 1220 118 110 14 86 6 9 198 1975 Kansas City AL 25 18 12 3.08 34 34 18 0 0 0 3 260.1 233 1064 96 89 18 77 4 3 160 1976 Kansas City AL 26 3 3 4.40 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 71.2 58 323 42 35 7 48 1 3 29 1978 Kansas City AL 28 1 0 7.59 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 21.1 24 104 18 18 2 14 1 2 10 1979 Kansas City AL 29 6 6 3.63 22 12 4 5 5 0 0 94.1 71 405 45 38 10 61 3 0 45 1980 Kansas City AL 30 1 3 6.17 11 6 0 3 2 0 0 42.1 59 199 30 29 3 19 0 2 12 TOTALS 70 54 3.72 167 150 53 9 8 0 7 1060.2 1003 4505 483 438 73 411 22 25 659
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1972 Kansas City AL 5 140 9 28 34 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 8 0 0 31 1 .200 .243 .238 1973 Kansas City AL 37 910 125 246 342 32 5 18 9 7 16 10 98 7 6 174 21 .270 .376 .347 1974 Kansas City AL 38 1101 118 284 383 45 6 14 13 5 16 11 86 6 9 198 20 .258 .348 .319 1975 Kansas City AL 34 963 96 233 330 37 3 18 13 4 23 5 77 4 3 160 22 .242 .343 .302 1976 Kansas City AL 13 266 42 58 93 8 3 7 3 2 15 4 48 1 3 29 1 .218 .350 .344 1978 Kansas City AL 7 85 18 24 35 3 1 2 2 0 3 1 14 1 2 10 0 .282 .412 .402 1979 Kansas City AL 22 323 45 71 111 8 1 10 11 7 9 4 61 3 0 45 7 .220 .344 .343 1980 Kansas City AL 11 176 30 59 86 14 2 3 0 2 0 3 19 0 2 12 4 .335 .489 .402
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1972 Kansas City AL 22 5 15 0 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .200 .267 .200 1973 Kansas City AL 23 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Kansas City AL 24 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Kansas City AL 25 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Kansas City AL 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Kansas City AL 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Kansas City AL 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Kansas City AL 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 167 15 0 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .200 .267 .200
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1972 Kansas City AL P 40.0 5 5 1 4 1 0 .833 1.12 3 0 1 1973 Kansas City AL P 238.1 37 37 10 47 6 3 .905 2.15 16 10 10 1974 Kansas City AL P 292.1 38 38 24 53 8 2 .906 2.37 16 11 5 1975 Kansas City AL P 260.1 34 34 22 52 3 2 .961 2.56 23 5 8 1976 Kansas City AL P 71.2 13 13 10 9 3 0 .864 2.39 15 4 3 1978 Kansas City AL P 21.1 5 7 0 5 1 0 .833 2.11 3 1 0 1979 Kansas City AL P 94.1 12 22 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.67 9 4 3 1980 Kansas City AL P 42.1 6 11 5 4 1 0 .900 1.91 0 3 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (March 25, 1976)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (April 17, 1976)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (July 10, 1976)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (October 19, 1976)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (April 1, 1977)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (May 4, 1977)
- Released by Kansas City Royals (August 29, 1980).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 27, 1981).
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