Michael Busch
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #31, Los Angeles Dodgers | North Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 81 72 9 12 2 1 .167 .247 .292 .539
2024 507 445 67 112 17 2 .252 .337 .434 .771
2 Seasons 588 517 76 124 19 3 .240 .325 .414 .739
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .252 17 2 .771
2 Seasons .240 19 3 .739
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 25 353 46 3 6.5 3.7 89.1 108.3 4.7 15.2 .182 .341 .241 .264 .343 50.0 33.3 9.9
2024 26 2117 301 33 11.0 6.5 89.6 109.0 16.0 37.2 .223 .419 .335 .318 .402 38.9 29.0 11.2
Player 2470 347 36 10.4 6.1 89.5 109.0 14.5 34.3 .217 .408 .322 .311 .394 40.3 29.6 11.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 58.7 30.4 8.7 2.2 34.8 39.1 26.1 4.3 47.8 21.7 13.0 6.5 6.5 3.7
2024 40.5 29.9 23.6 6.0 38.9 36.5 24.6 4.7 28.9 26.9 21.9 6.3 11.0 6.5
Player 42.9 30.0 21.6 5.5 38.3 36.9 24.8 4.6 31.4 26.2 20.7 6.3 10.4 6.1
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 757 35.8 180 .220 .440 .354 25.2 27.2 20.8 .232 .504 .370 45.1
2024 Slider 0.0 0 262 12.4 65 .200 .300 .253 41.9 41.5 28.7 .142 .287 .220 21.2
2024 Changeup 0.8 2 248 11.7 58 .269 .500 .365 35.0 24.1 20.6 .233 .431 .323 39.5
2024 Sinker 0.2 1 243 11.5 67 .276 .397 .346 15.4 20.9 18.9 .279 .430 .356 47.7
2024 Curveball 0.0 0 198 9.4 32 .323 .452 .337 31.9 34.4 18.6 .209 .352 .233 23.8
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 182 8.6 45 .350 .525 .413 16.9 17.8 21.6 .291 .448 .358 31.3
2024 Sweeper 1.9 3 136 6.4 35 .258 .613 .399 37.5 42.9 27.3 .203 .435 .316 62.5
2024 Split-Finger -2.4 -2 83 3.9 21 .150 .200 .145 51.3 42.9 25.0 .077 .104 .087 25.0
2024 Slurve -7.5 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -2 123 34.8 26 .091 .136 .163 27.6 46.2 28.6 .112 .203 .193 54.5
2023 Slider -1.1 -1 58 16.4 11 .182 .455 .264 42.4 36.4 17.4 .289 .579 .364 57.1
2023 Changeup 0.3 0 47 13.3 12 .200 .300 .296 23.1 16.7 13.3 .199 .349 .310 25.0
2023 Sinker -2.6 -1 37 10.5 11 .111 .111 .209 12.5 9.1 10.0 .227 .293 .312 37.5
2023 Curveball 2.5 1 34 9.6 8 .286 .714 .450 42.9 50.0 30.8 .141 .279 .241 66.7
2023 Cutter -4.2 -1 22 6.2 3 .333 .333 .300 44.4 33.3 33.3 .092 .116 .086 100.0
2023 Sweeper -3.5 -1 16 4.5 4 .250 .500 .313 16.7 0.0 0.0 .328 1.083 .567 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.9 0 9 2.5 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 66.7 28.6 .117 .124 .107 100.0
2023 Screwball 6.4 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 81 352 -1 -8 2 1 -5
2024 506 2,117 -1 -21 18 8 4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 353 45.0 70.4 77.7 29.4 52.6 46.5 33.3 47.9 30.2 6.8 62.5
2024 2,117 48.1 68.3 79.0 23.5 48.1 44.9 31.2 45.1 29.0 7.3 85.8
Player 2,470 47.7 68.6 78.8 24.4 48.9 45.1 31.5 45.5 29.2 7.2 82.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 37 38
2024 49 12 57 73 39 70 76 59 47 44 11 87 23 82 49 84 1 22 53 51
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 20.3 2 1.2 1 1 2 0 0.0
2024 21.6 17 17.1 0 3 13 8 47.1
Player 21.5 19 18.3 1 4 15 8 42.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2
2024 17 18 15 18 17 19 19 16 13 13 16 18 20 16 17 14 17 16 14 19 19 15 21 18 20 15 16 20 21 18 15
Player 19 20 15 19 18 20 20 18 14 14 17 20 21 17 19 15 19 18 15 21 21 15 23 20 21 15 16 20 23 19 17
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 89.6 0.5
Launch Angle 4.7 16.0 11.3
Barrel % 6.5 11.0 4.5
Hard Hit % 50.0 38.9 -11.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 37.2 22.0
xBA .182 .223 0.041
BA .167 .252 0.085
xwOBA .264 .318 0.054
wOBA .241 .335 0.094
xSLG .341 .419 0.078
SLG .292 .434 0.142
K% 33.3 29.0 -4.3
BB% 9.9 11.2 1.3
Swing % 47.9 45.1 -2.8
Whiff% 30.2 29.0 -1.2
In Zone % 45.0 48.1 3.1
Out of Zone % 55.0 51.9 -3.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 23.5 -5.9
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 31.2 -2.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 60.1 3.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 81 44 54.3 .292 .197
2024 Shades L 506 259 51.2 .315 .355
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 106 14.8 50.9% 0.0% 47 19.2 4.3% 0.0%
2024 562 15.5 43.2% 0.5% 342 18.3 6.1% 0.6%
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