MichaelBusch

Chicago Cubs
#29
First Baseman

HT/WT
5' 11", 210 lbs
Birthdate
11/9/1997 (28)
BAT/THR
Left/Right
Birthplace
Inver Grove Heights, MN
Status
Active

Career Batting

season	Team
2023	LAD
2024	CHC
2025	CHC
2026	CHC
Career
Season Averages

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
27	72	9	12	3	0	2	7	8	0	27	1	0	.167	.247	.292	.539	-0.5
152	496	73	123	28	2	21	65	63	4	162	2	1	.248	.335	.440	.775	2.8
155	524	78	137	25	5	34	90	56	10	139	4	0	.261	.343	.523	.866	4.5
54	195	22	45	11	1	6	30	36	4	52	1	0	.231	.359	.390	.748	1.2
387	1283	182	316	67	8	63	192	162	18	379	8	1	.246	.337	.458	.795	--
97	321	46	79	17	2	16	48	40	4	95	2	0	.246	.337	.458	.795	-

Postseason Batting

season	Team
2025	CHC
Career

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
8	27	4	8	0	0	4	4	3	1	4	0	0	.296	.387	.741	1.128
8	27	4	8	0	0	4	4	3	1	4	0	0	.296	.387	.741	1.128

Expanded Batting

season	Team
2023	LAD
2024	CHC
2025	CHC
2026	CHC
Career

PA	P	P/PA	XBH	TB	IBB	HBP	GIDP	SF	SB	CS	SB%
81	353	4.36	5	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.00
567	2365	4.17	51	218	1	4	9	4	2	1	0.67
592	2324	3.93	64	274	2	10	2	2	4	0	1.00
237	949	4.00	18	76	1	4	2	2	1	0	1.00
1472	5968	4.05	138	588	4	18	13	9	8	1	0.89

Advanced Batting

season	Team
2023	LAD
2024	CHC
2025	CHC
2026	CHC
Career

WAR	OWAR	RC	RC/27	ISOP	SECA	AB/HR	BB/PA	BB/K	GO	FO	GO/FO
-0.5	-0.4	5.5	2.4	.125	.250	36.0	.099	0.30	27	19	1.4
2.8	2.3	73.9	5.2	.192	.321	23.6	.111	0.39	131	207	0.6
4.5	4.4	96.3	6.6	.261	.376	15.4	.095	0.40	140	247	0.6
1.2	1.2	30.4	5.3	.159	.349	32.5	.152	0.69	58	84	0.7
--	--	205.4	5.6	.212	.344	20.4	.110	0.43	356	557	0.6

WAR data provided by Baseball-Reference

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