Michael Busch

Michael Busch

Chicago Cubs

1B

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'0" / 210

DOB: 11/9/1997

(27 years, 5 months, 19 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	Cutter (FC)	22		3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		85.2	92.6	89.4
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		46	52	15	9	4	0	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	1	.326		80.5	99.8	89.5
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		10	12	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500		83.1	94.7	89.9
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		59	67	21	13	5	1	2	6	0	11	2	0	0	1	.356		80.5	99.8	89.5

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	Cutter (FC)	22		3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		85.2	92.6	89.4
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		46	52	15	9	4	0	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	1	.326		80.5	99.8	89.5
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		10	12	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500		83.1	94.7	89.9
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		59	67	21	13	5	1	2	6	0	11	2	0	0	1	.356		80.5	99.8	89.5

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	Cutter (FC)	22		0.0%	33.3%	0.00	.333	.333	.333	.667	.000	.500	0.3	-0.1	.294	93
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		9.6%	17.3%	0.56	.326	.404	.543	.947	.217	.371	10.2	4.1	.408	171
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		8.3%	8.3%	1.00	.500	.583	.800	1.383	.300	.556	3.9	2.6	.583	282
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		9.0%	16.4%	0.55	.356	.433	.576	1.009	.220	.413	14.5	6.6	.434	188

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	Cutter (FC)	22		0.0%	33.3%	0.00	.333	.333	.333	.667	.000	.500	0.3	-0.1	.294	93
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		9.6%	17.3%	0.56	.326	.404	.543	.947	.217	.371	10.2	4.1	.408	171
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		8.3%	8.3%	1.00	.500	.583	.800	1.383	.300	.556	3.9	2.6	.583	282
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		9.0%	16.4%	0.55	.356	.433	.576	1.009	.220	.413	14.5	6.6	.434	188

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	Cutter (FC)	22		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	0.0%	15	7	22		1.0	4.4	5.1
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		29.7%	27.0%	43.2%	18.8%	12.5%	129	73	202		0.6	4.8	5.2
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		44.4%	11.1%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	30	15	45		0.9	5.3	5.7
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		31.3%	25.0%	43.8%	19.0%	9.5%	174	95	269		0.7	4.8	5.3

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	Cutter (FC)	22		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	0.0%	15	7	22		1.0	4.4	5.1
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		29.7%	27.0%	43.2%	18.8%	12.5%	129	73	202		0.6	4.8	5.2
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		44.4%	11.1%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	30	15	45		0.9	5.3	5.7
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		31.3%	25.0%	43.8%	19.0%	9.5%	174	95	269		0.7	4.8	5.3

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	Cutter (FC)	22		36.4%	45.5%	40.9%	25.0%	80.0%	55.6%	50.0%	18.2%		0.6	2.6
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		13.5%	77.4%	47.0%	69.2%	86.6%	84.2%	52.5%	7.4%		-2.9	-1.4
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		25.0%	68.0%	48.9%	40.0%	94.1%	81.8%	55.6%	8.9%		-2.3	-5.1
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		17.3%	73.2%	46.8%	54.5%	87.5%	81.7%	52.8%	8.6%		-4.6	-1.7

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	Cutter (FC)	22		36.4%	45.5%	40.9%	25.0%	80.0%	55.6%	50.0%	18.2%		0.6	2.6
2024	Cutter (FC)	202		13.5%	77.4%	47.0%	69.2%	86.6%	84.2%	52.5%	7.4%		-2.9	-1.4
2025	Cutter (FC)	45		25.0%	68.0%	48.9%	40.0%	94.1%	81.8%	55.6%	8.9%		-2.3	-5.1
Total	Cutter (FC)	269		17.3%	73.2%	46.8%	54.5%	87.5%	81.7%	52.8%	8.6%		-4.6	-1.7