Jim Busby

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 8, 1927 in Kenedy, TX us

Died: July 8, 1996 in Augusta, GA

Buried: Millen Cemetery, Millen, GA

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: April 23, 1950 (Age 23-105d, 10,685th in major league history)
vs. DET 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1962 (Age 35-181d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: James Franklin Busby

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Relatives: Cousin of Steve Busby

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

4250

1113

.262

541

RBI

438

OBP

.315

SLG

.350

OPS

.665

OPS+

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

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	BAL		WSH	W,4-0	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
5	6 (1)	Apr 22	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	8 (1)	Apr 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	15	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
7	9	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	11 (1)	Apr 30	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14 (2)	May 3	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	15	May 4 (1)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
11	16	May 4 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	18 (1)	May 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
13	19	May 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	20	May 11 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	23 (2)	May 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
16	24	May 17 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
17	26 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
18	27	May 21	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	31 (3)	May 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,0-4	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	32	May 26	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	33	May 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	34	May 28	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	37	May 31	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	40 (2)	Jun 3	BAL		DET	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	41	Jun 4	BAL		DET	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	42	Jun 5	BAL		DET	L,3-6	GF	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH CF
28	43	Jun 6 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	44	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	46 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
31	49 (2)	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,2-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	50	Jun 11	BAL		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	52 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	T,5-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	56 (3)	Jun 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	57	Jun 18	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
36	58	Jun 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	60 (1)	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	61	Jun 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	64 (2)	Jun 26	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	65	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	68 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	69	Jul 1 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	72 (2)	Jul 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	75	Jul 5	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
46	76	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
47	77	Jul 10 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	78	Jul 10 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	80 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	BAL		DET	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
50	81	Jul 14	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	82	Jul 15	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
52	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	85	Jul 17	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	86	Jul 18	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	87	Jul 19	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
56	89 (1)	Jul 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	90	Jul 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
58	91	Jul 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	92	Jul 25	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	93	Jul 26	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	98 (4)	Aug 2	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	99	Aug 3 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	100	Aug 3 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	103 (2)	Aug 6	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF 3B
65	105 (1)	Aug 9	BAL	@	WSH	W,12-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	107 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	108	Aug 11 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	109	Aug 11 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	110	Aug 12	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
70	111	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	112	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	113	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	W,9-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	114	Aug 17	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	115	Aug 18	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	118 (2)	Aug 20	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	119	Aug 21	BAL		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	120	Aug 22	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	122 (1)	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
79	123	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
80	124	Aug 26	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	42	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
81	127 (2)	Aug 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	GF	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
82	128	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	129	Sep 1 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
84	130	Sep 1 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	132	Sep 3	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
87	133	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
88	134	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	135	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	136	Sep 7	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
91	137	Sep 9	BAL	@	KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	139 (1)	Sep 11	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
93	141 (1)	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,2-13	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	143 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
95	144	Sep 16	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	146 (1)	Sep 19	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	147	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
98	148	Sep 21	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
99	149	Sep 22	BAL		WSH	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	150	Sep 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	151	Sep 24	BAL		WSH	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	152	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
							103gm		568.0	201	1	1	203	0