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 567 496 73 123 21 2 .248 .335 .440 .775
2 Seasons 648 568 82 135 23 3 .238 .324 .421 .745
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .248 21 2 .775
2 Seasons .238 23 3 .745
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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 2365 338 38 11.2 6.7 90.0 109.3 17.1 36.4 .221 .428 .336 .321 .404 39.9 28.6 11.1
Player 2718 384 41 10.7 6.3 89.9 109.3 15.6 33.9 .216 .417 .324 .314 .397 41.1 29.2 11.0
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 38.8 32.0 22.8 6.5 40.5 35.2 24.3 4.1 28.1 28.7 20.7 6.5 11.2 6.7
Player 41.1 31.8 21.1 6.0 39.8 35.7 24.5 4.2 30.5 27.9 19.8 6.5 10.7 6.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 -0.2 -2 860 36.4 203 .213 .432 .349 23.5 26.1 19.8 .227 .491 .363 45.8
2024 Slider 0.2 1 315 13.3 81 .213 .333 .262 40.9 39.5 27.1 .147 .320 .233 23.3
2024 Changeup 0.9 2 269 11.4 61 .259 .481 .358 34.1 24.6 20.0 .226 .423 .322 41.0
2024 Sinker 0.6 2 261 11.0 73 .286 .444 .367 16.4 21.9 20.3 .293 .485 .381 48.9
2024 Curveball 0.7 2 221 9.3 36 .324 .471 .354 32.1 33.3 17.6 .211 .350 .247 26.1
2024 Cutter 0.0 0 201 8.5 51 .311 .533 .400 18.1 17.6 22.0 .272 .487 .365 36.1
2024 Sweeper 2.2 3 139 5.9 36 .281 .625 .413 36.8 41.7 26.8 .215 .442 .323 58.8
2024 Split-Finger -2.0 -2 90 3.8 22 .143 .190 .139 51.2 45.5 25.6 .074 .099 .083 25.0
2024 Slurve -7.7 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 566 2,364 -3 -22 20 10 5
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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 2,365 48.3 68.6 79.6 23.2 48.2 45.2 32.2 45.2 28.4 7.2 86.5
Player 2,718 47.9 68.8 79.4 24.1 49.0 45.3 32.3 45.5 28.6 7.1 83.5
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 52 9 61 80 39 72 76 66 52 46 12 85 28 84 48 72 1 25 52 49
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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 21.9 21 21.2 0 4 14 11 52.4
Player 21.7 23 22.5 1 5 16 11 47.8
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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 21 22 18 22 21 22 23 20 17 17 20 23 24 20 21 18 22 20 18 23 23 19 25 23 24 21 20 24 25 22 20
Player 23 24 18 23 22 23 24 22 18 18 21 25 25 21 23 19 24 22 19 25 25 19 27 25 25 21 20 24 27 23 22
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 90.0 0.9
Launch Angle 4.7 17.1 12.4
Barrel % 6.5 11.2 4.7
Hard Hit % 50.0 39.9 -10.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 36.4 21.2
xBA .182 .221 0.039
BA .167 .248 0.081
xwOBA .264 .321 0.057
wOBA .241 .336 0.095
xSLG .341 .428 0.087
SLG .292 .440 0.148
K% 33.3 28.6 -4.7
BB% 9.9 11.1 1.2
Swing % 47.9 45.2 -2.7
Whiff% 30.2 28.4 -1.8
In Zone % 45.0 48.3 3.3
Out of Zone % 55.0 51.7 -3.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 23.2 -6.2
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 32.2 -1.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 61.0 4.2
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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 566 288 50.9 .315 .357
! 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 613 15.6 42.4% 0.5% 400 18.4 6.0% 0.5%
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