Buster Narum
[edit] Biography
Born on November 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Buster Narum (Leslie Ferdinand Narum) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators over the course of his 5 year career. Narum broke into the bigs on April 14, 1963 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 4.30 ERA in 199 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Buster Narum's best season was 1964, when he posted a 4.30 ERA and struck out 121 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| 38
| 32
| 9
| 15
| 4.30
| 121
| 104
| 95
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 199
| 195
| 31
| 73
| 4
| 7
| 5
|
| 1965
| WAS
| A
| 46
| 24
| 4
| 12
| 4.46
| 86
| 98
| 86
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 173.2
| 176
| 16
| 91
| 11
| 4
| 7
|
| 1966
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.60
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 11
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| A
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3.09
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.2
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 58
| 14
| 27
| 4.45
| 220
| 218
| 196
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 396.2
| 398
| 50
| 177
| 17
| 11
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| P
| 38
| 32
| 199
| 9
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .962
|
| 1965
| WAS
| A
| P
| 46
| 24
| 173.2
| 17
| 39
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 9
| 1
| .949
|
| 1966
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1967
| WAS
| A
| P
| 2
| 2
| 11.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 96
| 58
| 396.2
| 28
| 58
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 19
| 15
| 1
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 4.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| 38
| 66
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| .061
| .061
| .106
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| A
| 46
| 46
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 2
| .043
| .083
| .109
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| A
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 118
| 3
| 7
| 3
| 5
| .059
| .075
| .136
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1958).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators in exchange for a player to be named later (March 31, 1964); Baltimore Orioles received Lou Piniella (August 4, 1964).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Tim Cullen and Bob Priddy to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones and Ron Hansen (February 13, 1968).
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