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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
3	16	Apr 30 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
4	17	Apr 30 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	19	May 3	BAL	@	LAA	L,6-7	GF	11	1.2	1	0	1	2	0	CF
7	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
8	21	May 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-0	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	22	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	GF	10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
10	23	May 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,13-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	26 (2)	May 12	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	27	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
13	33 (5)	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	34	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	35	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	36	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	38 (1)	May 23	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	39	May 24 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	40	May 24 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
20	41	May 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	44 (2)	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	45	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
23	46	May 31	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	48 (1)	Jun 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	50	Jun 5	BAL		LAA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	54 (3)	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	57 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	59 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		WSA	W,8-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	62 (2)	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	67 (4)	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
32	69 (1)	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
33	72 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	74 (1)	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	77 (2)	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,8-11	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
36	78	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
37	84 (5)	Jul 7 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	88 (3)	Jul 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
39	90 (1)	Jul 16	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	91	Jul 17	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	92	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	94	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	L,8-15	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	95	Jul 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
45	96	Jul 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	23	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	CF
46	98 (1)	Jul 25	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	100 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,9-2		7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	101	Jul 27	BAL		BOS	W,8-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
49	102	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
50	103	Jul 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	104	Jul 30 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
52	105	Jul 30 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	106	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	GF	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	107	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
55	108	Aug 3	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	109	Aug 4 (1)	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	110	Aug 4 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
58	112 (1)	Aug 7	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
59	113	Aug 8 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,7-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	114	Aug 8 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
61	116 (1)	Aug 10	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
62	117	Aug 11	BAL		BOS	W,6-3		6	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	119 (1)	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	121 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	123 (1)	Aug 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	128 (4)	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
67	130 (1)	Aug 25	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	131	Aug 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	133 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-1	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	136 (2)	Aug 30	BAL	@	LAA	W,11-4	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	146 (9)	Sep 8 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							71gm		264.1	71	2	1	74	0