Tom Buskey
[edit] Biography
Born on February 20, 1947 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Tom Buskey (Thomas William Buskey) played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 8 year career. Buskey broke into the bigs on August 5, 1973 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.38 ERA in 98.2 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tom Buskey's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.38 ERA and notched 18 saves.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1973
| NY
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.40
| 8
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16.2
| 18
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.35
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.2
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 3.19
| 40
| 36
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 93
| 93
| 10
| 33
| 8
| 1
| 1
|
| 1974
| TOT
| A
| 55
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 3.38
| 43
| 40
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 98.2
| 103
| 11
| 36
| 9
| 1
| 2
|
| 1975
| CLE
| A
| 50
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 2.57
| 29
| 27
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 77
| 69
| 7
| 29
| 10
| 4
| 1
|
| 1976
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.63
| 32
| 42
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 94.1
| 88
| 9
| 34
| 8
| 3
| 3
|
| 1977
| CLE
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.29
| 15
| 24
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 45
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3.38
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.1
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOR
| A
| 44
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 3.43
| 44
| 33
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 78.2
| 74
| 10
| 25
| 7
| 3
| 1
|
| 1980
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 4.45
| 34
| 35
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.2
| 68
| 11
| 26
| 6
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 258
| 0
| 21
| 27
| 3.66
| 212
| 218
| 195
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 479.1
| 479
| 57
| 167
| 45
| 14
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1973
| NY
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 16.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 5.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| P
| 51
| 0
| 93
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .962
|
| 1974
| TOT
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 98.2
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .962
|
| 1975
| CLE
| A
| P
| 50
| 0
| 77
| 9
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 1
| .966
|
| 1976
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 94.1
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| CLE
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 34
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 13.1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| TOR
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 78.2
| 5
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| .960
|
| 1980
| TOR
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 66.2
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 258
| 0
| 479.1
| 34
| 94
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 16
| 4
| .977
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1973
| NY
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CLE
| A
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| TOT
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| CLE
| A
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| CLE
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOR
| A
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 258
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (January 21, 1969).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline and Fred Beene to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw (April 26, 1974).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with John Lowenstein to Texas Rangers in exchange for Willie Horton and David Clyde (February 28, 1978).
- Released by Texas Rangers (April 1, 1978).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (May 13, 1978).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (August 8, 1980).
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