Mike Busby vs. Jake Weimer — Career Comparison

Mike Busby
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Weimer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Weimer 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. Jake Weimer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 6.48 and 1.659 for Mike Busby. By the career numbers, Jake Weimer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Busby and Jake Weimer

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.1
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.42
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.43
58.43
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.87
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
6.48
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.23
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4418
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472.2
9
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.87
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
7.5
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.21
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.06
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.01
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.49
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
4.02
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.88
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.45
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
42.04
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5971
36.49
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.13
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.12
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.22
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5405
33.03
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49

Fielding Stats for Mike Busby and Jake Weimer

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.9
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4419
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.99
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.46
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.54
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
3.2
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.744
2.744
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.96
76.96
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Busby and Jake Weimer

Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
2700
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
197.26
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
584
600
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
540
554.79
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
118.15
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
104.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.3
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.36
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
75.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.2
36.17
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
134.59
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
151.03
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
47.26
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
36.99
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
83.22
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
92.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.52
40.6
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.08
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
29.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
240
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
101.71
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.33
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100