Steve Busby

Full Name: Steven Lee Busby	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205	First Game: September 8, 1972
Birthdate: September 29, 1949	Final Game: August 26, 1980
Birthplace: Burbank, California	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 29, 1949 in Burbank, California, Steve Busby (Steven Lee Busby) played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 8 year career. Busby broke into the bigs on September 8, 1972 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 4.23 ERA in 238.1 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Steve Busby's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.39 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 198 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1972	KC	A	5	5	3	1	1.58	31	9	7	3	0	40	28	1	8	0	0	0
1973	KC	A	37	37	16	15	4.23	174	125	112	7	1	238.1	246	18	105	7	9	6
1974	KC	A	38	38	22	14	3.39	198	118	110	20	3	292.1	284	14	92	6	5	9
1975	KC	A	34	34	18	12	3.08	160	96	89	18	3	260.1	233	18	81	4	8	3
1976	KC	A	13	13	3	3	4.40	29	42	35	1	0	71.2	58	7	49	1	1	3
1978	KC	A	7	5	1	0	7.59	10	18	18	0	0	21.1	24	2	15	1	0	2
1979	KC	A	22	12	6	6	3.63	45	45	38	4	0	94.1	71	10	64	3	1	0
1980	KC	A	11	6	1	3	6.17	12	30	29	0	0	42.1	59	3	19	0	4	2
Total			167	150	70	54	3.72	659	483	438	53	7	1060.2	1003	73	433	22	28	25

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1972	KC	A	P	5	5	40	1	4	1	0	2	3	0	1	.833
1973	KC	A	P	37	37	238.1	10	47	6	3	2	16	10	10	.905
1974	KC	A	P	38	38	292.1	24	53	8	2	2	16	11	5	.906
1975	KC	A	P	34	34	260.1	22	52	3	2	3	23	5	8	.961
1976	KC	A	P	13	13	71.2	10	9	3	0	0	15	4	3	.864
1978	KC	A	P	7	5	21.1	0	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	.833
1979	KC	A	P	22	12	94.1	4	24	0	1	1	9	4	3	1.000
1980	KC	A	P	11	6	42.1	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	1	.900
Total			P	167	150	1060.2	76	198	23	8	12	85	38	31	.923

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Year	Team		G	AB	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	SO
1972	KC	A	5	15	3	4	.200	.200	.267	1	3
1973	KC	A	37	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1974	KC	A	38	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1975	KC	A	34	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1976	KC	A	13	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1978	KC	A	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1979	KC	A	22	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1980	KC	A	11	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total			167	15	3	4	.200	.200	.267	1	3

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Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
Released by Kansas City Royals (August 29, 1980).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 27, 1981).

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