Doc Bushong
[edit] Biography
Doc Bushong (Albert John Bushong) was born on September 15, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on July 19, 1875 for the Brooklyn Atlantics. In 1880, his rookie year, he hit .171 with 0 home runs and 19 RBI. Bushong played for the Brooklyn Atlantics, Philadelphia Athletics, Worcester Ruby Legs, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Bridegrooms over the course of his 13 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1875
| ATL
| n
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .600
| .600
| 1.000
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 21
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .048
| .048
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| 41
| 146
| 13
| 25
| 0
| 19
| .171
| .177
| .192
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| WOR
| N
| 76
| 275
| 35
| 64
| 0
| 21
| .233
| .287
| .287
| 7
| 4
| 21
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| WOR
| N
| 69
| 253
| 20
| 40
| 1
| 15
| .158
| .174
| .194
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| CLE
| N
| 63
| 215
| 15
| 37
| 0
| 9
| .172
| .198
| .195
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| CLE
| N
| 62
| 203
| 24
| 48
| 0
| 10
| .236
| .295
| .276
| 6
| 1
| 17
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| STL
| a
| 85
| 300
| 42
| 80
| 0
| 21
| .267
| .297
| .343
| 13
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| 107
| 386
| 56
| 86
| 1
| 31
| .223
| .281
| .251
| 8
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| 53
| 201
| 35
| 51
| 0
| 26
| .254
| .299
| .274
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| BRO
| a
| 69
| 253
| 23
| 53
| 0
| 16
| .209
| .231
| .237
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| 25
| 84
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .155
| .237
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| 16
| 55
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 7
| .236
| .311
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 332
| 1168
| 116
| 228
| 1
| 82
| .195
| .233
| .231
| 27
| 6
| 57
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .600
| .600
| 1.000
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 339
| 1224
| 171
| 283
| 1
| 102
| .231
| .274
| .269
| 31
| 6
| 67
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 672
| 2397
| 287
| 514
| 2
| 184
| .214
| .255
| .252
| 58
| 13
| 124
| 97
| 6
| 0
| 39
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1875
| ATL
| n
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .769
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| C
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 261
| 76
| 30
| 6
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1881
| WOR
| N
| C
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 368
| 124
| 44
| 10
| 0
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1882
| WOR
| N
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 308
| 101
| 47
| 8
| 0
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1883
| CLE
| N
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 370
| 88
| 46
| 5
| 0
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1884
| CLE
| N
| C
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 355
| 98
| 58
| 11
| 0
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1884
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| STL
| a
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1885
| STL
| a
| C
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 429
| 122
| 40
| 10
| 0
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| C
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 647
| 134
| 48
| 14
| 0
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| C
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 93
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| BRO
| a
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 105
| 42
| 8
| 0
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 41
| 15
| 5
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| C
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 13
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 668
| 0
| 0
| 3481
| 1001
| 412
| 82
| 0
| 553
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Browns by Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers (@January 3, 1885).
- Sold by Cleveland Spiders to Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers with John Harkins, Pete Hotaling, Bill Krieg, Bill Phillips, George Pinkney and Germany Smith for at least $4000 (for the pick of the team) (January 3, 1885).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $4500 (November 21, 1887).
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