Michael Busch

Michael Busch

Chicago Cubs

1B

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'0" / 210

DOB: 11/9/1997

(27 years, 5 months, 29 days)

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		22	26	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	12	0	1	0	0	.091		86.9	100.3	94.5
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		171	205	38	19	10	0	9	32	0	53	0	2	0	4	.222		57.4	101.2	94.3
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		45	49	8	5	1	0	2	3	0	14	1	0	0	1	.178		85.7	102.2	94.5
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		238	280	48	25	12	0	11	38	0	79	1	3	0	5	.202		57.4	102.2	94.3

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		22	26	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	12	0	1	0	0	.091		86.9	100.3	94.5
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		171	205	38	19	10	0	9	32	0	53	0	2	0	4	.222		57.4	101.2	94.3
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		45	49	8	5	1	0	2	3	0	14	1	0	0	1	.178		85.7	102.2	94.5
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		238	280	48	25	12	0	11	38	0	79	1	3	0	5	.202		57.4	102.2	94.3

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		11.5%	46.2%	0.25	.091	.192	.136	.329	.045	.182	-0.2	-3.4	.162	6
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		15.6%	25.9%	0.60	.222	.341	.439	.780	.216	.261	29.0	5.0	.340	126
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		6.1%	28.6%	0.21	.178	.245	.333	.578	.156	.207	3.6	-2.1	.260	71
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		13.6%	28.2%	0.48	.202	.311	.391	.701	.189	.245	32.4	-0.4	.310	106

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		11.5%	46.2%	0.25	.091	.192	.136	.329	.045	.182	-0.2	-3.4	.162	6
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		15.6%	25.9%	0.60	.222	.341	.439	.780	.216	.261	29.0	5.0	.340	126
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		6.1%	28.6%	0.21	.178	.245	.333	.578	.156	.207	3.6	-2.1	.260	71
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		13.6%	28.2%	0.48	.202	.311	.391	.701	.189	.245	32.4	-0.4	.310	106

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		9.1%	36.4%	54.5%	0.0%	0.0%	76	47	123		-2.6	9.2	10.8
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		19.5%	28.8%	51.7%	11.5%	14.8%	527	338	865		-3.1	9.0	10.6
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		12.9%	45.2%	41.9%	7.7%	15.4%	127	57	184		-4.1	9.6	11.2
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		17.5%	32.5%	50.0%	10.0%	13.8%	730	442	1172		-3.2	9.1	10.7

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		9.1%	36.4%	54.5%	0.0%	0.0%	76	47	123		-2.6	9.2	10.8
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		19.5%	28.8%	51.7%	11.5%	14.8%	527	338	865		-3.1	9.0	10.6
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		12.9%	45.2%	41.9%	7.7%	15.4%	127	57	184		-4.1	9.6	11.2
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		17.5%	32.5%	50.0%	10.0%	13.8%	730	442	1172		-3.2	9.1	10.7

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		28.8%	62.5%	46.3%	76.5%	77.5%	77.2%	52.0%	10.6%		3.4	2.8
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		25.6%	68.6%	46.7%	64.6%	86.9%	80.7%	49.0%	9.0%		-1.3	-0.2
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		28.4%	61.8%	48.4%	76.2%	86.8%	84.3%	59.8%	7.6%		3.8	2.0
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		26.3%	66.7%	46.9%	67.5%	86.0%	80.9%	51.0%	9.0%		5.8	0.5

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	Fourseam (FA)	123		28.8%	62.5%	46.3%	76.5%	77.5%	77.2%	52.0%	10.6%		3.4	2.8
2024	Fourseam (FA)	865		25.6%	68.6%	46.7%	64.6%	86.9%	80.7%	49.0%	9.0%		-1.3	-0.2
2025	Fourseam (FA)	184		28.4%	61.8%	48.4%	76.2%	86.8%	84.3%	59.8%	7.6%		3.8	2.0
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1172		26.3%	66.7%	46.9%	67.5%	86.0%	80.9%	51.0%	9.0%		5.8	0.5