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Homer Bush
Homer Giles Bush

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 16, 1997
  vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 8, 2004
Born November 12, 1972 in East St. Louis, IL

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 24 NYY AL  10   11    2    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   0  .364  .364  .364   91    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 25 NYY AL  45   71   17   27   3  0   1    5   6  3   5  19  .380  .421  .465  134   33   2   0   0   0   1
 1999 26 TOR AL 128  485   69  155  26  4   5   55  32  8  21  82  .320  .353  .421   96  204   8   3   0   6   9
 2000 27 TOR AL  76  297   38   64   8  0   1   18   9  4  18  60  .215  .271  .253   33   75   4   1   0   5  10
 2001 28 TOR AL  78  271   32   83  11  1   3   27  13  4   8  50  .306  .336  .387   89  105   2   4   1   6   2
 2002 29 TOT     63  132   16   30   2  0   1    7   4  1   5  25  .227  .266  .265   41   35   2   0   0   2   2
         TOR AL  23   78    9   18   2  0   1    2   2  0   2  12  .231  .268  .295   48   23   1   0   0   2   2
         FLA NL  40   54    7   12   0  0   0    5   2  1   3  13  .222  .263  .222   32   12   1   0   0   0   0
 2004 31 NYY AL   9    7    2    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   2  .000  .125  .000  -63    0   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      409 1274  176  363  50  5  11  115  65 20  57 238  .285  .324  .358   75  456  18   8   1  20  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        505   70  144  20  2   4   46  26  8  23  94  .285  .324  .358   75  181   7   3   0   8  10
 Career High    128  485   69  155  26  4   5   55  32  8  21  82  .320  .353  .421   96  204   8   4   1   6  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 24 NYY AL   11    7    1   3.8   109| .364  .271| .364  .341| .364  .429| .728  .770|  91  .366  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1998 25 NYY AL   78   50   14   7.5   107| .380  .268| .421  .336| .465  .427| .886  .763| 134  .660   3.6   0.3  66%
 1999 26 TOR AL  523  358   74   5.5   115| .320  .276| .353  .349| .421  .442| .774  .791|  96  .508  -3.4  -0.3  80%
 2000 27 TOR AL  325  252   20   2.1   118| .215  .280| .271  .353| .253  .450| .524  .803|  33  .148 -31.8  -2.9  69%
 2001 28 TOR AL  291  200   37   5.0   109| .306  .270| .336  .337| .387  .433| .723  .770|  89  .490  -4.4  -0.4  76%
 2002 29 TOT     141  107    9   2.2   107| .227  .266| .266  .336| .265  .426| .531  .763|  41  .195 -11.7  -1.1  80%
         TOR AL   83   63    6   2.5   109| .231  .269| .268  .337| .295  .432| .563  .769|  48  .228  -6.2  -0.6 100%
         FLA NL   58   44    3   1.8   105| .222  .262| .263  .336| .222  .417| .485  .753|  32  .146  -5.4  -0.5  66%
 2004 31 NYY AL    8    8    0   0.0   108| .000  .268| .125  .336| .000  .431| .125  .766| -63  .000  -1.7  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1377  982  155   4.2   113| .285  .274| .324  .345| .358  .439| .682  .785|  75  .397 -49.6  -4.6  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 24 NYY AL 2B 8 8 13 2 2 .913 .981 2.62 4.33 6.16 4.93 1 30.7 DH 1 1998 25 NYY AL 2B 24 37 29 2 4 .971 .978 2.75 4.14 4.71 4.85 10 126.0 DH 12 3B 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 2.23 3.32 2.56 2 19.0 SS 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.25 2.45 4.75 0 11.0 1999 26 TOR AL 2B 109 220 350 9 81 .984 .981 5.23 4.44 5.39 5.13 107 951.7 SS 18 26 54 7 5 .920 .970 4.44 4.19 4.53 4.73 18 159.0 2000 27 TOR AL 2B 75 165 245 6 68 .986 .980 5.47 4.32 5.65 5.03 73 653.0 2001 28 TOR AL 2B 78 153 254 4 68 .990 .981 5.22 4.44 5.54 4.87 76 660.7 2002 29 TOT 2B 34 49 72 2 14 .984 .979 3.56 4.33 4.36 4.92 27 249.7 TOR AL 2B 22 38 58 1 12 .990 .979 4.36 4.36 4.75 4.90 21 182.0 FLA NL 2B 12 11 14 1 2 .962 .980 2.08 4.28 3.32 4.96 6 67.7 SS 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 1 14.0 2004 31 NYY AL 2B 4 7 4 0 3 1.000 .982 2.75 4.35 4.30 4.93 2 23.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 24 NYY AL 2B 8 8 13 2 2 .913 .981 2.62 4.33 6.16 4.93 1 30.7 1998 25 NYY AL 2B 24 37 29 2 4 .971 .978 2.75 4.14 4.71 4.85 10 126.0 1999 26 TOR AL 2B 109 220 350 9 81 .984 .981 5.23 4.44 5.39 5.13 107 951.7 2000 27 TOR AL 2B 75 165 245 6 68 .986 .980 5.47 4.32 5.65 5.03 73 653.0 2001 28 TOR AL 2B 78 153 254 4 68 .990 .981 5.22 4.44 5.54 4.87 76 660.7 2002 29 TOT 2B 34 49 72 2 14 .984 .979 3.56 4.33 4.36 4.92 27 249.7 TOR AL 2B 22 38 58 1 12 .990 .979 4.36 4.36 4.75 4.90 21 182.0 FLA NL 2B 12 11 14 1 2 .962 .980 2.08 4.28 3.32 4.96 6 67.7 2004 31 NYY AL 2B 4 7 4 0 3 1.000 .982 2.75 4.35 4.30 4.93 2 23.0 1998 25 NYY AL 3B 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 2.23 3.32 2.56 2 19.0 1997 24 NYY AL DH 1 1998 25 NYY AL DH 12 2004 31 NYY AL DH 1 1998 25 NYY AL SS 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.25 2.45 4.75 0 11.0 1999 26 TOR AL SS 18 26 54 7 5 .920 .970 4.44 4.19 4.53 4.73 18 159.0 2002 29 FLA NL SS 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 1 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 332 639 967 25 240 .985 .980 4.84 4.38 5.36 5.01 296 2694.7 SS* 24 26 57 7 5 .922 .970 3.46 4.16 4.06 4.72 19 184.0 DH 14 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 2.23 3.32 2.56 2 19.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 359 666 1030 32 245 .981 .980 4.72 4.34 5.27 4.97 317 2898
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  NYY TEX     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     1  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY CLE     W   2   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY SDP     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0   5   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     2  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1999 AL-32-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1991.

April 22, 1997: Traded by the San Diego Padres with players to be named later and Gordon Amerson (minors) to the New York Yankees for Rafael Medina, Ruben Rivera, and $3. The San Diego Padres sent Hideki Irabu (May 29, 1997) and Vernon Maxwell (minors) (June 9, 1997) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

February 18, 1999: Traded by the New York Yankees with Graeme Lloyd and David Wells to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roger Clemens.

May 10, 2002: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

May 20, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

September 1, 2002: Released by the Florida Marlins.

December 13, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

February 24, 2003: Released by the San Diego Padres.

December 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

October 26, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998New York Yankees$178,900
1999Toronto Blue Jays$227,000
2000Toronto Blue Jays$1,450,000
2001Toronto Blue Jays$2,550,000
2002Toronto Blue Jays$3,375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,780,900

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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