Mike Busby vs. Jeff Wallace — Career Comparison

Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mike Busby and Jeff Wallace are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jeff Wallace posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.2 vs 6.48) and home runs allowed (0.72 per nine innings vs 1.21). Mike Busby had the advantage in WHIP (1.659 vs 1.745). By the career numbers, Jeff Wallace had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mike Busby and Jeff Wallace

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.94
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.82
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
6.48
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.87
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.82
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.21
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.72
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
7.69
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.49
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
7.88
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.92
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.88
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
42.04
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
41.78
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.1
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.51
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.13
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
5.06
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.99
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.659
1.659
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.723
1.723
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.22
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
33.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.78
41.78

Fielding Stats for Mike Busby and Jeff Wallace

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.94
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.82
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.99
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.05
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.54
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.43
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.18
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.151
0.151
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Busby and Jeff Wallace

Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
45
2700
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
35700
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
75.43
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
240
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
92.43
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
68.03
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA