Jim Busby stats
Last played for the Houston Astros, 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,352
- AB
- 4,250
- R
- 541
- H
- 1,113
- HR
- 48
- RBI
- 438
- SB
- 97
- AVG
- .262
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CHW | 18 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .208 |
| 1951 | CHW | 143 | 477 | 59 | 135 | 5 | 68 | 26 | .283 |
| 1952 |  CHW/MIN | 145 | 551 | 63 | 130 | 2 | 47 | 5 | .236 |
| 1953 | MIN | 150 | 586 | 68 | 183 | 6 | 82 | 13 | .312 |
| 1954 | MIN | 155 | 628 | 83 | 187 | 7 | 80 | 17 | .298 |
| 1955 |  MIN/CHW | 146 | 528 | 61 | 126 | 7 | 41 | 12 | .239 |
| 1956 | CLE | 135 | 494 | 72 | 116 | 12 | 50 | 8 | .235 |
| 1957 |  CLE/BAL | 116 | 362 | 40 | 86 | 5 | 23 | 6 | .238 |
| 1958 | BAL | 113 | 215 | 32 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 6 | .237 |
| 1959 | BOS | 61 | 102 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .225 |
| 1960 | BAL | 79 | 159 | 25 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 2 | .258 |
| 1961 | BAL | 75 | 89 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .258 |
| 1962 | HOU | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,655
- TB
- 1,489
- XBH
- 245
- HBP
- 23
- IBB
- 4
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CHW | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHW | 524 | 169 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHW/MIN | 589 | 168 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 635 | 243 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN | 686 | 244 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | MIN/CHW | 578 | 178 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | 546 | 175 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE/BAL | 397 | 117 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | BAL | 245 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | 110 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL | 183 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 99 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 11.1
- RC
- 499.4
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .088
- SECA
- .173
- BB/K
- 0.71
- AB/HR
- 88.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CHW | -0.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | .000 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHW | 1.2 | 63.2 | 4.8 | .071 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 95.4 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHW/MIN | -1.0 | 44.8 | 2.8 | .069 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 275.5 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 4.9 | 90.2 | 5.9 | .102 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 97.7 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN | 3.6 | 91 | 5.4 | .091 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 89.7 | 0 |
| 1955 | MIN/CHW | -0.2 | 55.4 | 3.6 | .098 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 75.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | 0.4 | 56.7 | 4 | .119 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 41.2 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE/BAL | 0.9 | 34.6 | 3.2 | .086 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 72.4 | 0 |
| 1958 | BAL | 1.3 | 24.9 | 3.9 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 71.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | -0.2 | 9 | 3 | .108 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 102 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL | 1.0 | 18.6 | 4 | .057 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 0.0 | 10.1 | 4 | .056 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | -0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jim Busby's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Jim Busby covers 13 seasons with the White Sox, the Twins, the Guardians, the Orioles, the Red Sox and the Astros; its career totals count every season. He was a career .262 hitter with 1,113 hits, 48 home runs and 438 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .312 batting average, 6 home runs and 82 RBI.