1B Michael Busch #8
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/28/2026
1B MICHAEL BUSCH #8 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
131 484 132 33 2 19 67 60 138 .273 .362 .467 0 2.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 50 45 55
BABIP 55 55 55
Avoid K's 50 40 50
Gap 60 60 60
Power 65 60 65
Eye 60 55 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 50
Errors: - 50 50
Arm: 20 40 50
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 25 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 20
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 25
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/2026 Phx Loss, 3-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/01/2026 Phx Win, 9-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
09/30/2026 Phx Win, 12-5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/2026 NY Win, 4-3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/28/2026 NY Win, 5-3 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
09/26/2026 NY Win, 6-5 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/2026 Den Win, 3-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/23/2026 Den Loss, 6-7 6 1 2 1 0 2 3 0
09/22/2026 @ Sea Loss, 2-7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/21/2026 @ Sea Loss, 0-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Birthday:11/09/1997
Born in:Inver Grove Heights, MN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:
Service This Yr:
40-Man Service:
Pro Service:
Arbitration Eligibility:
Option Years:
Contract Extension:
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CONTINENTAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 131 484 132 33 2 19 67 82 60 138 .273 .362 .467 .829 .343 .194 126
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 129 555 9 8 0 6 0 2 226 54 0 1 0.0 84.9 6.35 2.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   157 47 13 1 6 29 28 19 54 1 0 2 .299 .380 .510 .889
Versus Right   327 85 20 1 13 38 54 41 84 1 0 7 .260 .354 .446 .800
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   77 19 4 0 6 12 13 18 29 0 0 0 .247 .389 .532 .922
May   104 31 5 2 3 14 23 15 20 0 0 3 .298 .402 .471 .873
June   78 20 7 0 2 10 10 6 24 0 0 2 .256 .326 .423 .749
July   98 25 9 0 3 14 14 5 29 1 0 1 .255 .295 .439 .734
August   39 12 2 0 3 7 8 5 9 0 0 3 .308 .426 .590 1.015
September   81 24 6 0 2 10 14 10 24 1 0 0 .296 .370 .444 .814
October   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Spring Training   57 18 4 1 3 9 6 4 14 0 0 1 .316 .371 .579 .950
Last Year   334 80 15 0 16 55 47 51 95 3 0 7 .240 .349 .428 .778
2 Years Ago   315 71 21 3 17 50 48 39 90 0 0 5 .225 .320 .473 .793
Career   1498 369 89 8 68 218 230 192 420 7 0 21 .246 .339 .453 .791
Home   255 76 21 2 10 34 50 27 60 1 0 4 .298 .373 .514 .887
Road   229 56 12 0 9 33 32 33 78 1 0 5 .245 .351 .415 .766
Grass   456 124 32 2 16 58 76 55 132 2 0 8 .272 .359 .456 .815
Turf   28 8 1 0 3 9 6 5 6 0 0 1 .286 .412 .643 1.055
Day   81 25 4 0 5 20 19 10 17 1 0 2 .309 .394 .543 .937
Night   403 107 29 2 14 47 63 50 121 1 0 7 .266 .356 .452 .807
As Starter   483 132 33 2 19 67 81 59 138 2 0 9 .273 .362 .468 .830
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Close/Late   116 32 2 1 7 20 26 21 36 0 0 1 .276 .391 .491 .883
Inning 1-3   174 49 15 1 4 19 25 15 49 1 0 5 .282 .354 .448 .802
Inning 4-6   159 41 12 0 5 21 22 15 44 1 0 0 .258 .320 .428 .748
Inning 7-9   139 38 6 1 9 26 31 27 42 0 0 4 .273 .406 .525 .931
Extra Innings   12 4 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 .333 .467 .583 1.050
0 Outs   173 49 16 0 7 15 39 20 40 1 0 3 .283 .365 .497 .863
1 Outs   159 43 12 0 8 30 25 17 50 1 0 3 .270 .350 .497 .847
2 Outs   152 40 5 2 4 22 18 23 48 0 0 3 .263 .371 .401 .772
Scoring Position   122 33 8 1 5 49 19 23 28 2 0 2 .270 .389 .475 .865
Bases Empty   274 73 18 1 11 11 48 28 83 0 0 7 .266 .350 .460 .809
Runner on 1st   88 26 7 0 3 7 15 9 27 0 0 0 .295 .361 .477 .838
Runner on 2nd   54 15 3 1 3 16 5 10 15 0 0 0 .278 .391 .537 .928
Runner on 3rd   10 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 .100 .400 .100 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 9 4 0 1 10 4 1 6 0 0 1 .300 .344 .533 .877
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 5 1 3 3 2 0 0 .182 .312 .182 .494
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 .333 .556 .333 .889
Bases Loaded   11 4 1 0 1 13 5 2 2 0 0 0 .364 .462 .727 1.189
Two Strikes   274 50 11 1 9 35 33 33 138 2 0 6 .182 .283 .328 .611
First Pitch   55 18 4 0 4 10 11 6 0 0 0 0 .327 .393 .618 1.012
Count 0-1   38 12 1 1 3 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .316 .632 .947
Count 0-2   49 9 3 0 0 6 6 0 28 1 0 0 .184 .180 .245 .425
Count 1-0   39 16 6 0 1 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 .410 .410 .641 1.051
Count 1-1   31 16 6 0 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 2 .516 .559 .903 1.462
Count 1-2   72 16 3 0 3 7 7 0 33 1 0 3 .222 .250 .389 .639
Count 2-0   10 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Count 2-1   22 9 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .409 .409 .455 .864
Count 2-2   79 11 0 0 3 9 8 0 41 0 0 2 .139 .160 .253 .414
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .909 .000 .909
Count 3-1   14 7 2 0 0 1 7 10 0 0 0 1 .500 .720 .643 1.363
Full Count   74 14 5 1 3 13 12 33 36 0 0 1 .189 .444 .405 .850
Behind in Count   159 37 7 1 6 19 20 0 61 2 0 3 .233 .244 .403 .646
Ahead in Count   86 36 11 0 1 9 22 20 0 0 0 1 .419 .533 .581 1.114
Batting Leadoff   73 20 10 0 3 13 15 6 18 0 0 1 .274 .338 .534 .872
Batting 2nd   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 3rd   131 42 10 1 2 16 22 18 33 0 0 2 .321 .411 .458 .869
Batting 4th   52 15 4 0 1 4 8 6 13 1 0 1 .288 .367 .423 .790
Batting 5th   71 14 2 0 5 13 15 14 22 0 0 0 .197 .329 .437 .766
Batting 6th   148 40 7 1 8 21 21 16 47 1 0 4 .270 .355 .493 .848
Batting 7th   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   197 54 12 1 10 18 29 29 64 0 0 5 .274 .381 .497 .878
Medium Leverage   181 47 12 0 5 20 25 14 48 0 0 3 .260 .323 .409 .732
High Leverage   105 31 9 1 4 29 28 16 26 2 0 0 .295 .382 .514 .896
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 Minnesota - CBA 25 112 365 86 20 3 16 46 53 42 0 2 97 1 1 .236 .313 .438 .751 101 101 0.1
2024 Minnesota - CBA 26 91 315 71 21 3 17 50 48 39 5 0 90 6 6 .225 .320 .473 .793 111 110 0.5
2025 Minnesota - CBA 27 98 334 80 15 0 16 55 47 51 7 3 95 0 0 .240 .349 .428 .778 109 112 1.2
2026 Minnesota - CBA 28 131 484 132 33 2 19 67 82 60 9 2 138 0 1 .273 .362 .467 .829 128 126 2.2
Total CBA 432 1498 369 89 8 68 218 230 192 21 7 420 7 8 .246 .339 .453 .791 113 113 4.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Beaver Valley - S A 22 47 176 60 10 3 9 49 61 45 0 3 37 0 1 .341 .469 .585 1.054 161 157 2.2
2021 Tulsa - AA 23 134 505 126 19 6 18 56 65 70 3 4 102 1 4 .250 .342 .418 .760 92 89 -0.7
2022 Tulsa - AA 24 68 276 85 12 2 21 62 43 34 2 4 60 4 2 .308 .383 .594 .977 143 135 1.9
2022 Nashville - AAA 24 72 265 68 16 6 8 36 39 40 1 1 65 0 1 .257 .355 .453 .808 110 112 0.4
2023 Tulsa - AA 25 13 53 16 4 0 7 17 15 10 0 0 9 0 0 .302 .413 .774 1.186 193 191 0.8
2023 Nashville - AAA 25 13 48 16 5 0 4 11 7 6 0 0 11 0 0 .333 .407 .688 1.095 180 189 0.5
2024 Nashville - AAA 26 3 11 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .364 .417 .545 .962 147 157 0.1
2025 Nashville - AAA 27 9 35 9 1 0 1 3 5 2 0 0 9 0 0 .257 .297 .371 .669 65 66 -0.0
Total INT 97 359 97 24 6 13 52 52 48 2 1 86 0 1 .270 .359 .479 .838 116 119
Total TL 215 834 227 35 8 46 135 123 114 5 8 171 5 6 .272 .360 .499 .859 115 111
Total NYP 47 176 60 10 3 9 49 61 45 0 3 37 0 1 .341 .469 .585 1.054 161 157
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Beaver Valley - NYP 22 7 24 11 0 0 0 7 6 9 0 0 4 1 0 .458 .606 .458 1.064 166 187 0.5
2023 Minnesota - CBA 25 5 13 5 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 .385 .429 .538 .967 160 165 -0.7
2025 Minnesota - CBA 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -119 -0.7
Total CBA 6 18 5 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 .278 .316 .389 .705 92 90
Total NYP 7 24 11 0 0 0 7 6 9 0 0 4 1 0 .458 .606 .458 1.064 166 187
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Beaver Valley - S A 1B 47 47 307 29 37 337 1 .997 407.1 7.42 +2.9 1.068
2021 Tulsa - AA 1B 28 24 197 10 19 208 1 .995 223.1 8.34 +0.1 1.028
2021 Tulsa - AA 2B 82 82 157 159 39 324 8 .975 652.2 4.36 -11.1 .907
2022 Nashville - AAA 1B 14 12 105 4 8 109 0 1.000 115.2 8.48 +0.6 1.035
2022 Tulsa - AA 1B 2 0 5 0 1 5 0 1.000 3.0 15.00 +0.0 1.025
2022 Nashville - AAA 2B 9 8 18 16 3 34 0 1.000 72.0 4.25 -0.4 .947
2022 Tulsa - AA 2B 9 9 13 23 6 38 2 .947 77.0 4.21 -2.0 .883
2022 Nashville - AAA 3B 34 34 8 57 6 71 6 .915 289.1 2.02 -4.4 .914
2022 Tulsa - AA 3B 10 10 3 19 2 26 4 .846 87.0 2.28 -0.8 .934
2022 Nashville - AAA LF 2 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 10.0 5.40 +0.3 .972
2022 Tulsa - AA LF 47 47 86 9 2 98 3 .969 422.0 2.03 -2.3 .988
2022 Nashville - AAA RF 15 15 31 2 0 33 0 1.000 127.0 2.34 -3.3 .899
2023 Minnesota - MLB 1B 31 29 200 14 18 217 3 .986 229.1 8.40 -2.4 .890
2023 Tulsa - AA 1B 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 0.0 .000
2023 Minnesota - MLB 2B 35 31 46 78 24 125 1 .992 261.2 4.26 -1.9 .997
2023 Minnesota - MLB RF 14 7 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 60.0 1.05 +0.2 .977
2023 Nashville - AAA RF 13 13 24 1 1 27 2 .926 112.0 2.01 -1.3 .953
2023 Tulsa - AA RF 13 13 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 112.0 1.93 -1.1 .955
2024 Minnesota - MLB 1B 73 72 580 27 47 612 5 .992 645.2 8.46 -0.5 .981
2024 Nashville - AAA 1B 2 2 16 0 2 16 0 1.000 18.0 8.00 +0.3 1.520
2024 Minnesota - MLB 2B 4 3 9 10 2 20 1 .950 29.2 5.76 -0.7 .872
2024 Nashville - AAA 2B 1 1 4 3 1 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.7 .639
2024 Minnesota - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Minnesota - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Minnesota - MLB RF 3 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 29.0 1.86 -1.0 .828
2025 Minnesota - MLB 1B 24 20 182 13 10 196 1 .995 196.0 8.95 +1.6 1.041
2025 Nashville - AAA 1B 5 0 11 2 1 13 0 1.000 12.2 9.24 +0.1 1.032
2025 Minnesota - MLB 2B 10 9 15 23 0 39 1 .974 72.2 4.71 -0.8 .955
2025 Minnesota - MLB 3B 21 21 10 29 0 39 0 1.000 164.0 2.14 -0.8 .951
2025 Nashville - AAA 3B 8 8 4 11 0 15 0 1.000 52.0 2.60 +0.4 1.053
2026 Minnesota - MLB 1B 62 62 415 42 20 459 2 .996 547.2 7.51 +1.2 1.008
2026 Minnesota - MLB 2B 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.3 1.057
TOTAL 1B 289 268 2021 141 163 2175 13 .994 2400.2 8.11 +4.0 1.012
TOTAL 2B 151 144 262 313 75 588 13 .978 1183.2 4.37 -17.9 .927
TOTAL 3B 73 73 25 116 8 151 10 .934 592.1 2.14 -5.6 .940
TOTAL LF 50 48 92 9 2 104 3 .971 437.0 2.08 -2.0 .987
TOTAL RF 58 51 92 3 1 97 2 .979 440.0 1.94 -6.5 .927
PLAYER HISTORY
04/12/2024 Injured (high ankle sprain),out for 3-4 weeks.
07/02/2024 Injured (fractured foot),out for 3 weeks.
09/09/2024 Injured (high ankle sprain),out for 6-7 weeks.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 50; Power: 60; Eye: 50.
03/24/2025 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for 1 day.
03/30/2025 Injured (mild groin strain),day-to-day for one week.
04/04/2025 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for one week.
05/21/2025 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/30/2025 Injured (strained Achilles tendon),day-to-day for one week.
06/24/2025 Injured (intercostal strain),out for 2 days.
07/14/2025 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for one week.
07/24/2025 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
09/05/2025 Injured (bruised wrist),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 50; Power: 55; Eye: 60.
05/30/2026 Injured (bruised shoulder),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/31/2026 Goes 5-5 against the Boston Minutemen, with 0 RBI and 2 R.
06/12/2026 Injured (precautionary reasons (head injury)),out for 1 day.
06/20/2026 Injured (quadriceps strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
08/14/2026 Injured (fractured foot),out for 3 weeks.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
2024 4 7
2026 8 6
Year OBP Rank
2026 .362 7
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