John Buzhardt
Chicago Cubs 1958–1959; Philadelphia Phillies 1960–1961; Chicago White Sox 1962–1966; Baltimore Orioles 1967; Chicago White Sox 1967; Houston Astros 1967–1968
Percentile snapshot
1965 season — qualified pitchers
of 73 qualified 1965 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -52.9 | -33.0 | .114 | 0.8 |
| 1959 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .100 | .103 | .203 | -60.6 | -45.5 | .098 | -0.3 |
| 1960 | 32 | 66 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .172 | .194 | .365 | -12.9 | -0.2 | .166 | 1.7 |
| 1961 | 41 | 68 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .164 | .140 | .304 | -21.9 | -17.6 | .150 | 0.7 |
| 1962 | 28 | 58 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | -28.8 | -20.9 | .142 | 0.8 |
| 1963 | 20 | 49 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .208 | -60.4 | -41.4 | .092 | 2.6 |
| 1964 | 31 | 61 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .228 | .259 | .487 | 31.1 | 38.7 | .222 | 2.7 |
| 1965 | 34 | 70 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .197 | .125 | .322 | -3.3 | -2.7 | .166 | 2.3 |
| 1966 | 34 | 46 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .272 | -24.2 | -17.1 | .134 | 0.1 |
| 1967 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 3.8 | 16.0 | .176 | -0.2 |
| 1968 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 66.5 | 65.8 | .266 | 0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24.3 | 1.85 | .945 | 3.33 | 3.70 | 94.4 | 211.9 | 0.8 |
| 1959 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 56 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 101.3 | 4.97 | 1.342 | 2.93 | 4.40 | 111.3 | 79.5 | -0.3 |
| 1960 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 198 | 86 | 68 | 73 | 14 | 200.3 | 3.86 | 1.328 | 3.28 | 3.88 | 102.2 | 98.2 | 1.7 |
| 1961 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 200 | 101 | 65 | 92 | 28 | 202.3 | 4.49 | 1.310 | 4.09 | 4.61 | 115.2 | 89.1 | 0.7 |
| 1962 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 156 | 71 | 59 | 64 | 16 | 152.3 | 4.19 | 1.411 | 3.78 | 4.28 | 109.7 | 93.0 | 0.8 |
| 1963 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 34 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 126.3 | 2.42 | 1.037 | 4.20 | 3.20 | 91.4 | 144.8 | 2.6 |
| 1964 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 150 | 53 | 35 | 97 | 13 | 160.0 | 2.98 | 1.156 | 5.46 | 3.03 | 87.5 | 116.3 | 2.7 |
| 1965 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 167 | 63 | 56 | 108 | 12 | 188.7 | 3.01 | 1.182 | 5.15 | 3.08 | 95.7 | 107.1 | 2.3 |
| 1966 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 144 | 64 | 30 | 66 | 13 | 150.3 | 3.83 | 1.157 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 105.5 | 83.2 | 0.1 |
| 1967 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 12 | 101.0 | 4.01 | 1.545 | 3.56 | 4.60 | 148.8 | 77.2 | -0.2 |
| 1968 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 83.7 | 3.12 | 1.291 | 3.98 | 3.06 | 103.3 | 95.0 | 0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-06-12 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1964-07-16 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1960-08-27 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1967-04-20 | CWS @ TEX Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1960-04-23 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-05-05 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1964-05-15 | CWS @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1961-09-14 | PHI @ SF Gameday | 10.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1964-04-19 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1964-06-02 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
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.