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 360 313 47 83 12 2 .265 .353 .454 .807
2 Seasons 441 385 56 95 14 3 .247 .333 .423 .756
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .265 12 2 .807
2 Seasons .247 14 3 .756
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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 1498 203 23 11.3 6.4 89.5 109.0 17.6 42.9 .222 .426 .350 .323 .425 38.4 31.4 11.7
Player 1851 249 26 10.4 5.9 89.4 109.0 15.2 37.8 .215 .410 .330 .312 .410 40.6 31.7 11.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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 36.0 32.0 26.1 5.9 36.5 38.9 24.6 4.9 25.1 27.6 23.2 7.4 11.3 6.4
Player 40.2 31.7 22.9 5.2 36.1 39.0 24.9 4.8 29.3 26.5 21.3 7.2 10.4 5.9
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
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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 0.2 1 532 35.5 130 .220 .477 .366 25.9 30.0 22.9 .222 .517 .367 43.7
2024 Slider -0.4 -1 193 12.9 53 .188 .271 .246 48.9 47.2 34.2 .133 .253 .213 26.1
2024 Sinker 0.2 0 178 11.9 42 .333 .417 .382 14.9 16.7 14.3 .293 .435 .367 48.3
2024 Changeup 0.7 1 173 11.5 41 .278 .444 .357 38.6 26.8 24.4 .231 .431 .330 36.0
2024 Curveball 0.5 1 144 9.6 26 .360 .520 .382 28.6 34.6 20.5 .237 .407 .267 23.5
2024 Cutter 1.9 3 135 9.0 35 .419 .613 .476 21.2 17.1 25.0 .313 .463 .374 28.0
2024 Sweeper 1.6 1 87 5.8 21 .222 .611 .390 50.0 52.4 31.4 .192 .425 .320 71.4
2024 Split-Finger -1.5 -1 53 3.5 10 .111 .222 .125 52.4 50.0 22.7 .050 .084 .078 40.0
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 359 1,498 1 -13 12 6 6
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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 1,498 48.2 69.0 75.7 23.8 49.2 45.3 30.6 45.6 31.2 7.5 84.8
Player 1,851 47.6 69.2 76.1 24.9 50.0 45.5 31.1 46.0 31.0 7.3 80.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 37 38
2024 55 12 60 77 45 66 78 57 48 40 5 89 12 76 49 88 1 25 47
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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 21.7 12 12.0 0 2 10 5 41.7
Player 21.5 14 13.2 1 3 12 5 35.7
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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 12 12 9 11 11 13 13 11 9 9 12 13 14 10 11 10 12 11 10 13 15 11 15 13 13 11 11 15 14 14 13
Player 14 14 9 12 12 14 14 13 10 10 13 15 15 11 13 11 14 13 11 15 17 11 17 15 14 11 11 15 16 15 15
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 89.5 0.4
Launch Angle 4.7 17.6 12.9
Barrel % 6.5 11.3 4.8
Hard Hit % 50.0 38.4 -11.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 42.9 27.7
xBA .182 .222 0.040
BA .167 .265 0.098
xwOBA .264 .323 0.059
wOBA .241 .350 0.109
xSLG .341 .426 0.085
SLG .292 .454 0.162
K% 33.3 31.4 -1.9
BB% 9.9 11.7 1.8
Swing % 47.9 45.6 -2.3
Whiff% 30.2 31.2 1.0
In Zone % 45.0 48.2 3.2
Out of Zone % 55.0 51.8 -3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 23.8 -5.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 30.6 -2.7
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 58.2 1.4
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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 359 186 51.8 .336 .363
! 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 370 15.5 43.0% 0.5% 235 18.5 6.4% 0.4%
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