Michael Busch

Michael Busch

Chicago Cubs

1B

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'0" / 210

DOB: 11/9/1997

(27 years, 5 months, 22 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	Sinker (SI)	37		9	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111		82.4	97.8	93.3
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		63	73	18	12	4	0	2	9	0	16	1	0	0	2	.286		82.0	100.9	92.9
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		6	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		89.0	100.6	93.6
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		78	90	21	15	4	0	2	11	0	18	1	0	0	3	.269		82.0	100.9	93.0

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	Sinker (SI)	37		9	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111		82.4	97.8	93.3
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		63	73	18	12	4	0	2	9	0	16	1	0	0	2	.286		82.0	100.9	92.9
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		6	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		89.0	100.6	93.6
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		78	90	21	15	4	0	2	11	0	18	1	0	0	3	.269		82.0	100.9	93.0

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	Sinker (SI)	37		18.2%	9.1%	2.00	.111	.273	.111	.384	.000	.125	0.3	-1.0	.207	35
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		12.3%	21.9%	0.56	.286	.384	.444	.828	.159	.356	11.7	3.2	.365	142
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		0.0%	16.7%	0.00	.333	.333	.333	.667	.000	.400	0.6	-0.1	.298	94
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		12.2%	20.0%	0.61	.269	.367	.397	.764	.128	.328	12.7	2.1	.341	126

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	Sinker (SI)	37		18.2%	9.1%	2.00	.111	.273	.111	.384	.000	.125	0.3	-1.0	.207	35
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		12.3%	21.9%	0.56	.286	.384	.444	.828	.159	.356	11.7	3.2	.365	142
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		0.0%	16.7%	0.00	.333	.333	.333	.667	.000	.400	0.6	-0.1	.298	94
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		12.2%	20.0%	0.61	.269	.367	.397	.764	.128	.328	12.7	2.1	.341	126

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	Sinker (SI)	37		12.5%	75.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	23	14	37		-5.5	3.4	11.0
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		25.5%	57.4%	17.0%	0.0%	25.0%	172	89	261		-3.0	3.7	10.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		20.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15	12	27		-3.1	4.0	11.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		23.3%	60.0%	16.7%	0.0%	20.0%	210	115	325		-3.3	3.7	10.5

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	Sinker (SI)	37		12.5%	75.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	23	14	37		-5.5	3.4	11.0
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		25.5%	57.4%	17.0%	0.0%	25.0%	172	89	261		-3.0	3.7	10.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		20.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15	12	27		-3.1	4.0	11.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		23.3%	60.0%	16.7%	0.0%	20.0%	210	115	325		-3.3	3.7	10.5

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	Sinker (SI)	37		16.7%	68.4%	43.2%	33.3%	100.0%	87.5%	51.4%	5.4%		0.9	2.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		17.8%	57.5%	42.1%	61.1%	92.4%	87.3%	61.3%	5.4%		-0.9	-0.4
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		0.0%	68.8%	40.7%		100.0%	100.0%	59.3%	0.0%		-0.2	-0.9
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		16.2%	59.5%	42.2%	57.1%	94.0%	88.3%	60.0%	4.9%		-0.2	-0.1

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	Sinker (SI)	37		16.7%	68.4%	43.2%	33.3%	100.0%	87.5%	51.4%	5.4%		0.9	2.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	261		17.8%	57.5%	42.1%	61.1%	92.4%	87.3%	61.3%	5.4%		-0.9	-0.4
2025	Sinker (SI)	27		0.0%	68.8%	40.7%		100.0%	100.0%	59.3%	0.0%		-0.2	-0.9
Total	Sinker (SI)	325		16.2%	59.5%	42.2%	57.1%	94.0%	88.3%	60.0%	4.9%		-0.2	-0.1