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Brian Buscher

Birthdate: 4/18/1981 Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6-0/222 Position: 3B
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Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	PA	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	Fld	BsR	WAR
2006	Giants (AA)	130	524	7	43	49	5	7.4 %	14.3 %	.107	.292	.259	.321	.366	.312	95
2007	Twins (AA)	63	284	7	37	37	2	10.9 %	10.6 %	.170	.325	.308	.391	.478	.387	135
2007	Twins (AAA)	40	147	7	21	22	1	8.8 %	7.5 %	.212	.296	.311	.374	.523	.396	145
2007	Twins	33	94	2	8	10	1	10.6 %	17.0 %	.085	.277	.244	.323	.329	.297	77	-4.3	-2.5	-0.6
2008	Twins (AAA)	53	214	8	27	30	1	9.3 %	9.8 %	.195	.323	.319	.402	.514	.404	151
2008	Twins	70	245	4	29	47	0	7.8 %	17.1 %	.096	.335	.294	.340	.390	.322	95	-3.7	-0.1	0.4
2009	Twins (AAA)	23	89	1	6	2	0	12.4 %	22.5 %	.038	.228	.179	.281	.218	.245	44
2009	Twins	61	164	2	14	12	0	14.6 %	21.3 %	.081	.300	.235	.360	.316	.316	89	0.3	0.3	0.3
2010	Indians (AAA)	48	187	4	19	26	0	9.1 %	5.3 %	.154	.255	.265	.330	.420	.327	99
Total	- - -	164	503	8	51	69	1	10.5 %	18.5 %	.089	.314	.266	.343	.356	.315	90	-7.7	-2.4	0.1

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Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	AVG
2006	Giants (AA)	130	467	524	121	88	23	3	7	43	49	39	3	75	6	5	7	12	5	4	.259
2007	Twins (AA)	63	247	284	76	49	19	1	7	37	37	31	4	30	4	2	0	3	2	2	.308
2007	Twins (AAA)	40	132	147	41	27	7	0	7	21	22	13	1	11	1	1	0	2	1	0	.311
2007	Twins	33	82	94	20	17	1	0	2	8	10	10	0	16	0	1	1	2	1	0	.244
2008	Twins (AAA)	53	185	214	59	39	12	0	8	27	30	20	1	21	7	2	0	6	1	2	.319
2008	Twins	70	218	245	64	51	9	0	4	29	47	19	0	42	0	7	0	6	0	2	.294
2009	Twins (AAA)	23	78	89	14	13	0	0	1	6	2	11	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	1	.179
2009	Twins	61	136	164	32	26	3	1	2	14	12	24	0	35	3	1	0	3	0	0	.235
2010	Indians (AAA)	48	162	187	43	28	9	2	4	19	26	17	1	10	1	5	2	7	0	0	.265
Total	- - -	164	436	503	116	94	13	1	8	51	69	53	0	93	3	9	1	11	1	2	.266

Advanced

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	Spd	BABIP	UBR	wSB	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2006	Giants (AA)	7.4 %	14.3 %	0.52	.259	.321	.366	.687	.107	3.3	.292		-0.6	56	-3.2	.312	95
2007	Twins (AA)	10.9 %	10.6 %	1.03	.308	.391	.478	.869	.170	3.1	.325		-0.5	47	12.3	.387	135
2007	Twins (AAA)	8.8 %	7.5 %	1.18	.311	.374	.523	.897	.212	3.0	.296		0.2	25	7.7	.396	145
2007	Twins	10.6 %	17.0 %	0.63	.244	.323	.329	.652	.085	2.9	.277	-2.6	0.1	9	-2.7	.297	77
2007	Average	8.5 %	17.1 %	0.50	.268	.336	.423	.758	.155	5.2	.303					.331
2008	Twins (AAA)	9.3 %	9.8 %	0.95	.319	.402	.514	.915	.195	1.9	.323		-0.8	39	13.0	.404	151
2008	Twins	7.8 %	17.1 %	0.45	.294	.340	.390	.730	.096	2.0	.335	0.9	-1.0	28	-1.3	.322	95
2008	Average	8.7 %	17.5 %	0.50	.264	.333	.416	.749	.152	5.1	.300					.328
2009	Twins (AAA)	12.4 %	22.5 %	0.55	.179	.281	.218	.499	.038	1.4	.228		-0.5	5	-5.7	.245	44
2009	Twins	14.6 %	21.3 %	0.69	.235	.360	.316	.676	.081	2.2	.300	0.4	-0.1	18	-1.7	.316	89
2009	Average	8.9 %	18.0 %	0.49	.262	.333	.418	.751	.155	5.0	.299					.329
2010	Indians (AAA)	9.1 %	5.3 %	1.70	.265	.330	.420	.749	.154	2.9	.255		-0.2	22	-0.2	.327	99
Total	- - -	10.5 %	18.5 %	0.57	.266	.343	.356	.699	.089	2.1	.314	-1.4	-1.1	55	-5.7	.315	90

Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%
2007	Twins	1.07	16.4 %	43.3 %	40.3 %	0.0 %	7.4 %	3.4 %
2008	Twins	0.86	27.9 %	33.3 %	38.8 %	9.9 %	5.6 %	3.3 %
2009	Twins	0.83	26.5 %	33.3 %	40.2 %	12.2 %	4.9 %	8.8 %
Total	- - -	0.89	25.3 %	35.2 %	39.5 %	8.6 %	5.8 %	4.8 %

More Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2007	Twins	29	27	11	0	1	1	141	216	357
2008	Twins	61	71	51	7	2	0	370	593	963
2009	Twins	34	41	27	5	3	0	292	406	698
Total	- - -	124	139	89	12	6	1	803	1215	2018

Win Probability

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	phLI	PH	WPA/LI	Clutch
2007	Twins	-0.31	-1.64	1.34	-1.93	-0.18	0.99	1.42	7	-0.27	-0.04
2008	Twins	0.67	-3.77	4.44	7.18	0.74	0.97	1.64	6	0.23	0.46
2009	Twins	-0.29	-2.93	2.64	-2.87	-0.27	1.04	1.64	22	-0.28	0.00
Total	- - -	0.07	-8.35	8.42	2.38	0.29	1.00	1.60	35	-0.31	0.38

Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	SF%	KN%	XX%
2007	Twins	60.2% (91.7)	10.5% (81.0)	2.0% (87.6)	8.2% (73.8)	13.9% (83.0)	2.0% (81.7)	3.1% (65.0)	1.4%
2008	Twins	62.8% (90.4)	11.1% (82.1)	3.5% (86.8)	9.9% (76.6)	10.0% (82.5)	0.7% (84.4)	2.0% (73.1)	1.0%
2009	Twins	59.9% (92.1)	7.9% (83.3)	5.5% (88.3)	11.5% (76.4)	13.3% (83.8)	1.9% (83.5)		0.7%
Total	- - -	61.3% (91.2)	9.9% (82.2)	3.9% (87.6)	10.2% (76.2)	11.8% (83.1)	1.4% (83.3)	1.5% (70.1)	1.0%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	FS%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%	KN%	UN%
2007	Twins	57.2 %		1.0 %	1.0 %	0.3 %	15.1 %	5.8 %	15.4 %	3.9 %	0.3 %
2008	Twins	62.0 %		1.7 %		0.4 %	10.1 %	11.6 %	12.6 %	1.5 %
2009	Twins	54.9 %	4.8 %	3.0 %	0.3 %	1.7 %	8.8 %	10.9 %	15.5 %
Total	- - -	58.7 %	1.7 %	2.1 %	0.3 %	0.9 %	10.5 %	10.4 %	14.1 %	1.3 %	0.1 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vFS	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH	vKN
2007	Twins	91.7		77.8	76.0	93.5	81.5	76.1	81.4	64.8
2008	Twins	90.5		87.1		87.1	83.1	76.9	82.2	71.4
2009	Twins	92.3	90.0	88.7	83.9	90.1	83.3	76.1	83.5
Total	- - -	91.3	90.0	87.2	79.1	89.6	82.8	76.5	82.6	68.3

Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wKN	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C	wKN/C
2007	Twins	1.8	-2.4	-0.8	-0.9	-1.1	1.4	-0.1	0.86	-6.57	-10.88	-3.06	-2.30	19.85	-0.63
2008	Twins	-1.0	-2.3	-2.7	3.3	0.9	0.6	-0.2	-0.16	-2.14	-8.17	3.51	0.97	8.83	-1.23
2009	Twins	0.8	0.5	0.9	0.8	-4.1	-0.7		0.18	0.91	2.42	1.00	-4.46	-5.51
Total	- - -	1.6	-4.2	-2.5	3.2	-4.3	1.3	-0.3	0.13	-2.12	-3.25	1.58	-1.82	4.78	-1.01

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wFS	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH	wKN
2007	Twins	2.0		-1.0	0.3	0.0	-0.6	-0.5	-0.8	0.0
2008	Twins	-1.2		-1.8		-0.3	-3.7	4.7	2.5	0.2
2009	Twins	0.8	0.1	1.2	0.5	-0.8	-0.2	1.2	-3.7
Total	- - -	1.5	0.1	-1.6	0.8	-1.0	-4.5	5.4	-2.1	0.2

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wFS/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C	wKN/C
2007	Twins	1.12		-33.10	9.62	4.98	-1.34	-2.83	-1.77	-0.09
2008	Twins	-0.21		-11.51		-6.87	-3.85	4.28	2.06	1.50
2009	Twins	0.21	0.24	5.91	25.72	-6.48	-0.26	1.56	-3.48
Total	- - -	0.13	0.24	-3.98	16.06	-5.90	-2.20	2.64	-0.77	0.77

Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2007	Twins	23.9 %	59.4 %	41.0 %	63.6 %	90.1 %	82.1 %	48.0 %	64.9 %	7.3 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Twins	22.6 %	67.5 %	45.4 %	52.3 %	90.2 %	80.9 %	50.7 %	56.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2009	Twins	19.7 %	66.4 %	41.3 %	56.2 %	80.6 %	74.3 %	46.2 %	52.4 %	10.2 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
Total	- - -	21.8 %	65.7 %	43.2 %	55.8 %	87.0 %	78.9 %	48.7 %	56.9 %	8.9 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Twins	20.5 %	58.1 %	39.9 %	61.3 %	88.2 %	81.5 %	51.5 %	20.1
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Twins	22.6 %	64.0 %	44.9 %	52.5 %	90.2 %	81.5 %	53.9 %	19.9
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2009	Twins	18.6 %	61.1 %	40.9 %	54.1 %	80.1 %	74.5 %	52.5 %	20.5
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
Total	- - -	20.8 %	62.1 %	42.7 %	54.5 %	86.4 %	79.1 %	53.0 %	20.2

Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	Scp	FP	TZ
2008	Twins	1B	6	1	14.0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.000	0
2009	Twins	1B	13	6	72.1	69	6	0	0	0	13	1	13	2	1.000	2
Total	- - -	1B	19	7	86.1	82	6	0	0	0	14	1	14	3	1.000	2
2008	Twins	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000
Total	- - -	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000
2007	Twins	3B	27	24	201.1	17	31	4	3	1	6	6	0		.923	-5
2008	Twins	3B	64	60	519.1	37	113	10	5	5	9	9	0		.938	-3
2009	Twins	3B	25	22	195.2	19	31	1	0	1	4	3	1		.980	-1
Total	- - -	3B	116	106	916.1	73	175	15	8	7	19	18	1		.943	-9

Advanced Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rGFP	rPM	DRS	BIZ	Plays	RZR	OOZ	TZL	FSR	DPR	RngR	ErrR	UZR	UZR/150
2008	Twins	1B	14.0	0	0	0	3	2	.667	0	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-9.4
2009	Twins	1B	72.1	0	1	1	8	7	.875	4	1.8	0	0.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	28.9
Total	- - -	1B	86.1	0	1	1	11	9	.818	4	1.8	0	0.1	0.9	0.3	1.2	20.6
2008	Twins	2B	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Total	- - -	2B	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0
2007	Twins	3B	201.1	0	-3	-4	41	21	.512	10	-4.5		0.0	-2.8	-1.5	-4.3	-32.3
2008	Twins	3B	519.1	1	-2	-1	138	95	.688	16	-1.6		-0.9	0.1	-2.8	-3.6	-8.6
2009	Twins	3B	195.2	0	-2	-2	32	24	.750	6	-1.8	-3	-0.3	-2.0	1.2	-1.0	-8.2
Total	- - -	3B	916.1	1	-7	-7	211	140	.664	32	-7.9	-3	-1.2	-4.7	-3.1	-9.0	-13.3

Fans Scouting Report

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Inn	Votes	Instincts	First Step	Speed	Hands	Release	Arm Strength	Arm Accuracy	Overall	FSR
2009	Twins	268.0	26	24	24	28	19	24	43	27	27	-3
Total	- - -	268.0	26	24	24	28	19	24	43	27	27	-3

Aggregate Defensive Ratings

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	FSR	DRS	TZL	UZR	STDEV	ERR	ADR
2008	Twins	1B	14.0		0	0.0	-0.1	0	+/- 0	0
2009	Twins	1B	72.1	0	1	1.8	1.4	1	+/- 0	1
2008	Twins	2B	1.0		0
2007	Twins	3B	201.1		-4	-4.5	-4.0	0	+/- 0	-4
2008	Twins	3B	519.1		-2	-1.6	-3.3	1	+/- 1	-2
2009	Twins	3B	195.2	-3	-2	-1.8	-1.1	1	+/- 0	-2

Value

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Batting	Base Running	Fielding	Replacement	Positional	Fld + Pos	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2007	Twins	-2.7	-2.5	-4.3	2.9	0.3	-4.0	-5.9	-0.6	($2.4)
2008	Twins	-1.5	-0.1	-3.7	7.5	0.7	-3.0	3.6	0.4	$1.6
2009	Twins	-2.2	0.3	0.3	5.0	-0.8	-0.5	3.2	0.3	$1.4
Total	- - -	-6.4	-2.4	-7.7	15.4	0.2	-7.5	0.8	0.1	$0.7

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