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Mel Ott League
8-15-2069
Ralph Busse Center Field
Retired (1980, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .208 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .478 Status Deceased (2019) Option Years 0  
H 5 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 09-25-1946
HR 0 Drafted Round 3, Pick 41
(1964)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(51 games)
RBI 3
SB 1
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity C+   Mentor vR B+
Speed C+ Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF D- (5.9%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1964 Minors 18 27.00 2 / 2 2 / 2 4 / 4 7 / 8 1 / 1 3 / 3 7 / 7 26 / 27
1965 Minors 19 18.00 4 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 18 / 18
1966 Minors 20 30.00 4 / 5 8 / 8 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 2 6 / 6 4 / 4 26 / 30
1967 Minors 21 20.00 2 / 2 4 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 1 3 / 3 2 / 2 5 / 5 17 / 20
1968 Minors 22 21.00 3 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 4 / 5 2 / 3 18 / 21
1969 Minors 23 20.00 2 / 3 1 / 2 3 / 6 1 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 3 3 / 3 14 / 20
1970 Minors 24 19.00 2 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 2 8 / 19
1971 Minors 25 25.00 3 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 8 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 4 3 / 4 13 / 25
1972 Minors 26 21.00 1 / 7 1 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 5 0 / 0 8 / 21
1973 Minors 27 22.00 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 5 5 / 22
1974 Minors 28 31.00 2 / 6 1 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 2 4 / 9 1 / 2 11 / 31
1975 Minors 29 20.00 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 8 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 2 5 / 20
1976 Minors 30 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 8
1976 Majors 30 4.85 27 5 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4
1977 Minors 31 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3
1977 Majors 31 12.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 12
1978 Majors 32 18.00 1 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 18
1979 Majors 33 1.33 5 2 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1980 Majors 34 19.00 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 19
Total 32 7 0 28 / 55 25 / 53 24 / 40 24 / 49 13 / 37 31 / 53 29 / 52 174 / 339
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Ralph Busse has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1980-04-01The Baltimore Seawolves have waived Ralph Busse.
1979-09-26The Baltimore Seawolves have designated Ralph Busse for assignment.
1979-09-20The Baltimore Seawolves have promoted Ralph Busse to the major league team. The Baltimore Seawolves have designated Jack Howard for assignment.
1979-09-20The Baltimore Seawolves have acquired Ralph Busse from the waiver wire.
1977-07-30The Boston Tridentines have waived Ralph Busse.
1977-07-13The Boston Tridentines have acquired Ralph Busse from the waiver wire.
1977-04-18The Brooklyn River Cats have waived Ralph Busse.
1976-08-14The Brooklyn River Cats have acquired Ralph Busse from the waiver wire.
1976-08-10The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Ralph Busse.
1976-08-06The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have designated Ralph Busse for assignment.
1976-07-05The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Ralph Busse to the major league team.
1976-07-05The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have acquired Ralph Busse from the waiver wire.
1976-06-25The Boston Tridentines have waived Ralph Busse.
1976-06-02The Boston Tridentines have acquired Ralph Busse from the waiver wire.
1976-04-02The Philadelphia Predators have waived Ralph Busse.