Maurice Busby vs. Sam Moran — Career Comparison

Maurice Busby
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Sam Moran
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Maurice Busby built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Moran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Moran posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 7.47 and WHIP 2.059 compared to 10.13 and 2.063 for Maurice Busby. By the career numbers, Sam Moran had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Maurice Busby and Sam Moran

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
7.47
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
11.2
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.2
11.2
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.91
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
49.78
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
45.1
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
9.05
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.059
2.059
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
43.03
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
37.34
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.3
6.3
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.78
49.78
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1

Fielding Stats for Maurice Busby and Sam Moran

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.14
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.43
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.29
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Maurice Busby and Sam Moran

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
244.44
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
279.46
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
45.99
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
720
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
200
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
309.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1.7
37.68
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA