Michael Busch

Michael Busch

Chicago Cubs

1B

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'0" / 210

DOB: 11/9/1997

(27 years, 5 months, 26 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	Slider (SL)	74		15	15	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.200		72.3	90.6	84.4
2024	Slider (SL)	453		106	116	24	14	4	2	4	9	0	47	1	0	0	0	.226		71.1	92.9	84.4
2025	Slider (SL)	76		17	22	4	1	0	0	3	5	0	6	0	0	0	1	.235		71.6	90.2	84.8
Total	Slider (SL)	603		138	153	31	16	5	2	8	14	0	57	1	0	0	1	.225		71.1	92.9	84.5

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	Slider (SL)	74		15	15	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.200		72.3	90.6	84.4
2024	Slider (SL)	453		106	116	24	14	4	2	4	9	0	47	1	0	0	0	.226		71.1	92.9	84.4
2025	Slider (SL)	76		17	22	4	1	0	0	3	5	0	6	0	0	0	1	.235		71.6	90.2	84.8
Total	Slider (SL)	603		138	153	31	16	5	2	8	14	0	57	1	0	0	1	.225		71.1	92.9	84.5

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	Slider (SL)	74		0.0%	26.7%	0.00	.200	.200	.467	.667	.267	.200	1.3	-0.5	.275	82
2024	Slider (SL)	453		7.8%	40.5%	0.19	.226	.293	.415	.708	.189	.364	13.3	-0.3	.307	105
2025	Slider (SL)	76		22.7%	27.3%	0.83	.235	.409	.765	1.174	.529	.125	5.5	3.0	.483	218
Total	Slider (SL)	603		9.2%	37.3%	0.25	.225	.301	.464	.764	.239	.315	20.2	2.2	.330	119

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	Slider (SL)	74		0.0%	26.7%	0.00	.200	.200	.467	.667	.267	.200	1.3	-0.5	.275	82
2024	Slider (SL)	453		7.8%	40.5%	0.19	.226	.293	.415	.708	.189	.364	13.3	-0.3	.307	105
2025	Slider (SL)	76		22.7%	27.3%	0.83	.235	.409	.765	1.174	.529	.125	5.5	3.0	.483	218
Total	Slider (SL)	603		9.2%	37.3%	0.25	.225	.301	.464	.764	.239	.315	20.2	2.2	.330	119

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	Slider (SL)	74		9.1%	36.4%	54.5%	0.0%	16.7%	46	28	74		0.4	1.6	4.9
2024	Slider (SL)	453		25.4%	32.2%	42.4%	24.0%	16.0%	280	173	453		1.6	1.2	4.8
2025	Slider (SL)	76		10.0%	40.0%	50.0%	0.0%	60.0%	42	34	76		3.0	1.4	5.5
Total	Slider (SL)	603		21.3%	33.8%	45.0%	16.7%	22.2%	368	235	603		1.6	1.3	4.9

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	Slider (SL)	74		9.1%	36.4%	54.5%	0.0%	16.7%	46	28	74		0.4	1.6	4.9
2024	Slider (SL)	453		25.4%	32.2%	42.4%	24.0%	16.0%	280	173	453		1.6	1.2	4.8
2025	Slider (SL)	76		10.0%	40.0%	50.0%	0.0%	60.0%	42	34	76		3.0	1.4	5.5
Total	Slider (SL)	603		21.3%	33.8%	45.0%	16.7%	22.2%	368	235	603		1.6	1.3	4.9

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	Slider (SL)	74		34.1%	75.8%	52.7%	28.6%	80.0%	61.5%	44.6%	20.3%		0.2	0.2
2024	Slider (SL)	453		29.6%	63.0%	46.4%	25.4%	78.3%	61.4%	50.1%	17.9%		-3.1	-0.7
2025	Slider (SL)	76		18.4%	68.4%	43.4%	28.6%	73.1%	63.6%	50.0%	15.8%		-3.7	-4.8
Total	Slider (SL)	603		28.9%	65.1%	46.8%	26.1%	77.8%	61.7%	49.4%	17.9%		-6.6	-1.1

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	Slider (SL)	74		34.1%	75.8%	52.7%	28.6%	80.0%	61.5%	44.6%	20.3%		0.2	0.2
2024	Slider (SL)	453		29.6%	63.0%	46.4%	25.4%	78.3%	61.4%	50.1%	17.9%		-3.1	-0.7
2025	Slider (SL)	76		18.4%	68.4%	43.4%	28.6%	73.1%	63.6%	50.0%	15.8%		-3.7	-4.8
Total	Slider (SL)	603		28.9%	65.1%	46.8%	26.1%	77.8%	61.7%	49.4%	17.9%		-6.6	-1.1