Ed Busch
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb
BornNovember 16, 1917 · Lebanon, IL, USA
MLB debutSeptember 30, 1943
Final gameSeptember 27, 1945
Seasons3 (1943–1945)
Philadelphia Athletics 1943–1945
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified batters
of 111 qualified 1944 batters (min 480 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .368 | .294 | .663 | 98.7 | 93.9 | .330 | 0.1 |
| 1944 | 140 | 523 | 484 | 41 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .271 | .313 | .306 | .619 | 75.0 | 77.6 | .298 | 0.8 |
| 1945 | 126 | 458 | 416 | 37 | 104 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .305 | .288 | .594 | 69.6 | 72.6 | .291 | 0.5 |
Career totals
G
270
PA
1,000
AB
917
R
80
H
240
2B
21
3B
6
HR
0
RBI
75
BB
62
SO
28
SB
7
BA
.2617
OBP
.3106
SLG
.2977
OPS
.6083
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-07-04 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1944-07-04 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1944-05-26 | ATH @ DET Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1944-08-29 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1944-08-26 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-04-20 | ATH @ MIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-22 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-23 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-24 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.