Mike Busby vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Mike Busby
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Busby as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 6.48 and 1.659 for Mike Busby. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Busby and Cliff Carter

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
6.48
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.87
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.21
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.06
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.49
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.73
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.88
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
42.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
40.55
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
6.15
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.22
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Mike Busby and Cliff Carter

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.99
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.54
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Busby and Cliff Carter

Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
2700
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.668
0.668
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
152.83
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
133.02
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
75.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.24
57.28
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
172.64
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
189.62
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.645
0.645
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
92.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.56
69.51
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
36.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA