Michael Busch

Michael Busch

Chicago Cubs

1B

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'0" / 210

DOB: 11/9/1997

(27 years, 6 months)

1B

Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		5	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.400		73.4	86.6	79.1
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		32	34	10	7	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	.313		69.8	88.0	79.2
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		10	11	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300		73.7	84.6	79.2
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		47	51	15	9	3	0	3	2	0	15	1	1	0	1	.319		69.8	88.0	79.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		5	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.400		73.4	86.6	79.1
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		32	34	10	7	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	.313		69.8	88.0	79.2
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		10	11	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300		73.7	84.6	79.2
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		47	51	15	9	3	0	3	2	0	15	1	1	0	1	.319		69.8	88.0	79.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	.600	1.000	2.1	1.4	.597	294
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		0.0%	32.4%	0.00	.313	.324	.469	.792	.156	.429	4.7	0.7	.337	124
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		9.1%	9.1%	1.00	.300	.364	.700	1.064	.400	.250	2.5	1.2	.450	198
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		3.9%	29.4%	0.13	.319	.353	.574	.927	.255	.400	9.3	3.3	.392	160

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	.600	1.000	2.1	1.4	.597	294
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		0.0%	32.4%	0.00	.313	.324	.469	.792	.156	.429	4.7	0.7	.337	124
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		9.1%	9.1%	1.00	.300	.364	.700	1.064	.400	.250	2.5	1.2	.450	198
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		3.9%	29.4%	0.13	.319	.353	.574	.927	.255	.400	9.3	3.3	.392	160

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	14	11	25		3.8	-4.6	7.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		27.3%	45.5%	27.3%	16.7%	16.7%	123	78	201		3.6	-5.4	8.1
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		22.2%	22.2%	55.6%	20.0%	20.0%	32	33	65		5.1	-6.5	8.9
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		24.2%	39.4%	36.4%	16.7%	25.0%	169	122	291		4.0	-5.6	8.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	14	11	25		3.8	-4.6	7.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		27.3%	45.5%	27.3%	16.7%	16.7%	123	78	201		3.6	-5.4	8.1
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		22.2%	22.2%	55.6%	20.0%	20.0%	32	33	65		5.1	-6.5	8.9
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		24.2%	39.4%	36.4%	16.7%	25.0%	169	122	291		4.0	-5.6	8.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		20.0%	70.0%	40.0%	33.3%	85.7%	70.0%	40.0%	12.0%		-1.6	-6.6
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		24.5%	48.4%	35.8%	53.8%	80.4%	70.8%	47.3%	10.4%		-1.2	-0.6
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		16.2%	64.3%	36.9%	66.7%	94.4%	87.5%	43.1%	4.6%		-1.5	-2.4
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		22.2%	53.4%	36.4%	54.3%	84.5%	74.5%	45.7%	9.3%		-4.4	-1.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2023	Curveball (CU)	25		20.0%	70.0%	40.0%	33.3%	85.7%	70.0%	40.0%	12.0%		-1.6	-6.6
2024	Curveball (CU)	201		24.5%	48.4%	35.8%	53.8%	80.4%	70.8%	47.3%	10.4%		-1.2	-0.6
2025	Curveball (CU)	65		16.2%	64.3%	36.9%	66.7%	94.4%	87.5%	43.1%	4.6%		-1.5	-2.4
Total	Curveball (CU)	291		22.2%	53.4%	36.4%	54.3%	84.5%	74.5%	45.7%	9.3%		-4.4	-1.5