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
90	327	37	76	14	2	11	48	62	10	91	2	0	.232	.367	.388	.756	1.7
423	1417	197	348	70	9	68	209	187	24	419	9	1	.246	.341	.452	.793	--
106	354	49	87	18	2	17	52	47	6	105	2	0	.246	.341	.452	.793	-

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
403	1602	3.98	27	127	1	10	4	4	2	0	1.00
1638	6620	4.04	147	640	4	24	15	10	9	1	0.90

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
1.7	1.8	52.5	5.5	.156	.352	29.7	.154	0.68	96	141	0.7
--	--	227.6	5.6	.206	.344	20.8	.114	0.45	394	614	0.6

WAR data provided by Baseball-Reference

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