Tom Buskey
Tom Buskey | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
February 20, 1947|||
Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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MLB debut | |||
August 5, 1973, for the New York Yankees | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
August 4, 1980, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 21–27 | ||
Earned run average | 3.66 | ||
Strikeouts | 212 | ||
Teams | |||
Thomas William Buskey [Husky] (February 20, 1947 – June 7, 1998) was a Major League Baseball middle relief pitcher. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., he batted and threw right handed.[1]
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Buskey attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He entered the majors with the New York Yankees in 1973, playing for them one and a half seasons before joining the Cleveland Indians (1974–1977) and the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1980).[1]
In an eight-season career, Huskey posted a 21-27 record with a 3.66 earned run average and 34 saves in 258 relief appearances, striking out 212 batters while walking 167 in 479⅓ innings of work.[1]
He also pitched in the Minor Leagues over parts of eight seasons spanning 1969–1979, going 49–42 with a 2.77 ERA and 23 saves in 183 games, including 74 starts, 37 complete games, seven shutouts, 474 strikeouts and 186 walks in 768 innings.[2]
Additionally, Buskey played winter baseball with the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan League in the 1974–1975 season, as he went 6-4 with a 2.19 ERA and eight saves in 28 relief games.[3]
After baseball, Buskey was involved with the Susquehanna Employment and Training Corporation, where he was cited as a contributor to technical and career special needs education in 1997. He died in 1998 at the age of 51, following complications from a heart attack in his natal home.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Baseball Reference Minors – Tom Buskey career
- ↑ Pura Pelota : VPBL pitching statistics
- ↑ BlogSpot.com – Project Baseball 1976
- ↑ The Deadball Era – Grave of Tom Buskey at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
External links
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- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
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- Kinston Eagles players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Manchester Yankees players
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- Sportspeople from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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- Syracuse Chiefs players
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