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Michael
Buzzell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 25, 1951 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1977   
Slick Fielder Award 1979    1980    1981   
All-Star Selections 1984    1985   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 JAX JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 0
1975 23 JAX JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2
1976 24 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
1977 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
1978 26 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1979 27 BIR FL $ 1,607,143 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1980 28 BIR FL $ 2,142,857 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,142,857 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 29 BIR FL $ 2,142,857   10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 14 20 20 20 14 14 14
1982 30 LOU JL $ 2,760,001   11 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 20 20 20 15 15 15
1983 31 LOU JL $ 2,760,001   11 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 20 20 20 15 15 15
1984 32 LOU JL $ 2,760,001   13 13 13 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 15 15 15
1985 33 LOU JL $ 5,130,005   12 12 12 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 15 15 15
1986 34 LOU JL $ 5,130,005   11 11 11 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 14 14 14
1987 35 LOU JL     11 11 11 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 13 13 13
1988 36 WAS JL $ 4,800,000   11 11 11 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 12 12 12
1989 37 SEA FL $ 2,000,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 13 12 13 20 20 20 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 10 10 10 13 12 13 20 20 20 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,130,005   13 13 13 13 13 13 15 14 14 20 20 20 15 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 22 AA   20 84 13 21 2 1 1 7 4 0 6 16 .250 .300 .333 .633 9.1  
    A   69 166 24 53 7 0 4 15 11 4 10 42 .319 .358 .434 .792 25.1  
1975 23 AAA   29 109 16 34 6 0 1 7 2 1 7 21 .312 .353 .394 .748 14.5  
    AA   91 392 51 107 26 2 10 50 17 5 26 113 .273 .318 .426 .744 52.6  
    A   14 54 10 15 2 0 1 7 3 0 7 13 .278 .361 .370 .731 8.1  
1976 24 BIR FL 69 204 15 41 2 1 3 17 6 6 12 56 .201 .245 .265 .510 11.7 0.0
    AAA   80 309 35 90 14 6 5 33 10 6 32 83 .291 .358 .424 .782 45.8  
1977 25 BIR FL 144 504 73 119 18 3 8 49 47 18 71 131 .236 .332 .331 .663 63.5 9.5
1978 26 BIR FL 152 529 61 113 15 9 9 46 56 26 64 123 .214 .299 .327 .626 58.4 4.8
1979 27 BIR FL 152 484 64 112 18 10 11 43 44 16 63 92 .231 .321 .378 .699 64.2 10.0
1980 28 BIR FL 151 530 78 137 23 8 11 52 47 20 64 99 .258 .341 .394 .735 75.5 12.1
1981 29 BIR FL 156 545 83 125 27 9 9 42 53 33 97 90 .229 .349 .361 .710 75.5 9.5
1982 30 BIR FL 77 250 39 58 15 2 7 25 17 10 34 50 .232 .330 .392 .722 34.0 5.0
  LOU JL 62 198 37 62 13 3 11 33 13 8 45 27 .313 .443 .576 1.019 48.8 11.7
  TOT   139 448 76 120 28 5 18 58 30 18 79 77 .268 .382 .473 .855 82.8 16.7
1983 31 LOU JL 152 502 72 114 20 5 15 58 21 21 78 67 .227 .330 .376 .706 63.3 8.1
1984 32 LOU JL 145 513 96 156 40 6 16 61 33 24 93 78 .304 .413 .499 .912 99.4 19.6
1985 33 LOU JL 133 451 73 106 13 12 7 46 21 8 58 86 .235 .322 .364 .686 58.0 7.9
1986 34 LOU JL 93 283 64 81 15 8 15 59 21 9 48 38 .286 .391 .555 .945 63.1 10.1
1987 35 LOU JL 94 205 44 64 12 1 11 33 7 7 38 32 .312 .420 .541 .962 43.0 6.8
1988 36 WAS JL 149 525 72 124 28 10 14 52 27 14 75 101 .236 .336 .408 .744 74.0 8.4
1989 37 SEA FL 155 529 75 111 13 9 24 72 30 8 92 134 .210 .330 .405 .734 81.5 11.7
14 Years Sim 1884 6252 946 1523 272 96 171 688 443 228 932 1204 .244 .344 .400 .743 914.0 135.0
2 Years AAA 109 418 51 124 20 6 6 40 12 7 39 104 .297 .359 .416 .776 60.2  
2 Years AA 111 476 64 128 28 3 11 57 21 5 32 129 .269 .314 .410 .723 61.8  
2 Years A 83 220 34 68 9 0 5 22 14 4 17 55 .309 .357 .418 .775 33.1  
6 Years Minors 303 1114 149 320 57 9 22 119 47 16 88 288 .287 .340 .414 .754 155.1  
162 Game Average 537 81 130 23 8 14 59 38 19 80 103 .244 .344 .400 .743 78.6  
Career Highs 156 545 96 156 40 12 24 72 56 33 97 134 .312 .420 .555 .962 99.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4096 603 977 180 67 98 436 288 146 576 818 .239 .334 .387 .721 557.9
vs LH   2156 343 546 92 29 73 252 155 82 356 386 .253 .361 .424 .785 345.7
Home 945 3066 446 711 135 39 71 310 212 104 450 622 .232 .331 .371 .702 404.8
Away 939 3186 500 812 137 57 100 378 231 124 482 582 .255 .355 .428 .783 498.8
RISP   1348 0 339 57 18 27 466 0 0 238 253 .251 .360 .381 .740 201.2
Pinch Hitting   124 15 30 3 3 4 20 5 3 17 31 .242 .338 .411 .749 17.7
Close/Late   786 123 197 33 14 22 102 0 0 125 152 .251 .356 .412 .768 120.0
Mar/Apr 315 1075 164 259 44 18 27 123 67 41 153 206 .241 .340 .391 .730 146.9
May 323 1103 165 272 47 16 32 128 76 47 159 179 .247 .342 .405 .748 158.0
June 297 1040 161 258 39 16 27 110 75 35 143 204 .248 .340 .394 .734 147.4
July 319 1046 161 250 49 20 21 96 78 23 166 220 .239 .346 .384 .731 153.0
August 323 1009 156 234 49 13 32 117 74 44 168 210 .232 .345 .401 .746 146.8
Sep/Oct 307 979 139 250 44 13 32 114 73 38 143 185 .255 .349 .425 .774 151.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 24 BIR FL 2B 56 53 459.0 91 154 5 33 .980 4.80   2.4
1977 25 BIR FL 2B 143 138 1178.0 179 347 6 47 .989 4.02   5.5
1978 26 BIR FL 2B 150 141 1259.0 220 414 8 84 .988 4.53   6.4
1979 27 BIR FL 2B 150 147 1319.0 254 459 12 85 .983 4.87   7.4
1980 28 BIR FL 2B 148 138 1232.0 264 521 11 119 .986 5.73   6.9
1981 29 BIR FL 2B 151 140 1241.7 282 492 11 114 .986 5.61   5.4
1982 30 BIR FL 2B 76 74 617.5 139 226 6 46 .984 5.32   2.7
  LOU JL 2B 61 60 527.8 118 194 6 39 .981 5.32   2.9
  TOT   2B 137 134 1145.3 257 420 12 85 .983 5.32   5.6
1983 31 LOU JL 2B 149 140 1224.7 254 418 12 72 .982 4.94   5.2
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 32 LOU JL 2B 142 136 1195.7 227 418 7 72 .989 4.86   5.8
    3B 1 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
1985 33 LOU JL 2B 120 116 1031.0 201 353 9 74 .984 4.84   4.9
    3B 1 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    SS 5 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 34 LOU JL 2B 72 71 601.7 107 173 8 31 .972 4.19   2.1
1987 35 LOU JL 2B 52 43 398.0 77 127 1 23 .995 4.61   2.3
    SS 4 0 11.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.97   0.0
1988 36 WAS JL 2B 146 142 1253.3 274 497 12 111 .985 5.54   4.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1989 37 SEA FL 2B 155 152 1348.7 306 494 9 97 .989 5.34   4.7
  2B 1771 1691 14886.9 2993 5287 123 1047 .985 5.01   69.2
  SS 10 0 16.3 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.96   0.1
  3B 2 0 15.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1787 1691 14924.9 3000 5294 123 1049 .985 5.00   69.3
Career Highs   155 152 1348.7 306 521 12 119 .995 5.73    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 25 BIR FL 16 57 4 17 3 3 0 10 5 0 7 19 .298 .375 .456 .831
1985 33 LOU JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 35 LOU JL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 20 61 5 18 4 3 0 11 5 0 7 19 .295 .368 .459 .827
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1984-2-.413
 OPS
1984-5-.912
 Games
CAR-40-1884
 Runs
1984-10-96
 Doubles
1984-7-40
 Triples
1979-6-10
1985-4-12
1986-10-8
CAR-32-96
Stolen Bases
1977-5-47
1978-4-56
1979-9-44
1980-9-47
CAR-31-443
 Caught Stealing
1977-2-18
1978-1-26
1979-10-16
1980-6-20
1981-3-33
1983-8-21
1984-4-24
CAR-19-228
 Walks
1977-5-71
1978-6-64
1979-10-63
1980-10-64
1981-1-97
1983-4-78
1984-2-93
1988-7-75
1989-2-92
CAR-14-932
 Strikeouts
1977-9-131
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  4. Todd Elison (827)
  5. Henry Hill (824)
  6. Rankin Johnson (823)
  7. Norman Grindstaff (821)
  8. Tremaine Clemente (809)
  9. John Washington (808)
  10. Christopher Williams (807)
History
Drafted in 24th round, 567th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1974
Injured on 9/1/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Jacksonville to Birmingham on 7/1/1976 (Going to BIR: P J. Riles, P J. Guillerma, P R. Wockenfuss, 2B M. Buzzell, P D. Slayback. Going to JAX: 1B J. Kelly, LF B. Davis)
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/3/1976, off Scott Blundon (DM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/1976, off Edward Holding (SEA)
Injured on 7/20/1977 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Landis Memorial Series with Birmingham in 1977
Won Slick Fielder Award at Second Base in 1979
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1980, hitting .556 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Second Base in 1980
Won Slick Fielder Award at Second Base in 1981
 
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