Steve Busby vs. Sam Moran — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve 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. Steve Busby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.72 and WHIP 1.375 compared to 7.47 and 2.059 for Sam Moran. By the career numbers, Steve Busby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Busby and Sam Moran

Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.42
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.59
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.46
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.45
56.45
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.82
89.82
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.72
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
7.47
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3182
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1060.2
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
8.51
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.2
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.62
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
3.67
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.59
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.24
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4505
38.23
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.1
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.1
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.26
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.64
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3963
33.63
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.34
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.23
38.23
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1

Fielding Stats for Steve Busby and Sam Moran

Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.42
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3182
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1060.2
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.68
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
2.52
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.43
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.32
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.29
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.26
92.26
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.641
1.641
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.82
89.82
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Busby and Sam Moran

Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
6680
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
31
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
45.99
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
27.03
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
37.68
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA