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Homer Bush 2BBlue Jays

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 1377 .285 .324 .358 70 1.7
Birth Date11-12-1972
Height5' 10"
Weight185 lbs
Age51 years, 5 months, 14 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1997 NYA 24 10 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 82 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 0.0
1998 NYA 25 45 78 27 3 0 1 5 19 0 6 3 .380 .421 .465 79 -1.9 1.1 -2.2 -0.1
1999 TOR 26 128 523 155 26 4 5 21 82 6 32 8 .320 .353 .421 82 -10.4 1.3 19.3 2.4
2000 TOR 27 76 325 64 8 0 1 18 60 5 9 4 .215 .271 .253 48 -21.4 -0.4 3.6 -0.8
2001 TOR 28 78 291 83 11 1 3 8 50 6 13 4 .306 .336 .387 77 -7.2 0.3 8.0 0.9
2002 FLO 29 40 58 12 0 0 0 3 13 0 2 1 .222 .263 .222 57 -2.9 1.7 -0.9 0.0
2002 TOR 29 23 83 18 2 0 1 2 12 2 2 0 .231 .268 .295 56 -4.2 -1.2 -2.8 -0.6
2004 NYA 31 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 .000 .125 .000 67 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0.0
Career40913773635051157238206520.285.324.35870-48.62.524.51.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1992 CSC A SAL 108 385 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 WLO A MDW 130 494 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 RCU A+ CLF 39 176 .000 .000 .000 .406 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 WIC AA TXS 59 259 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 MEM AA SOU 108 453 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 LVG AAA PCL 32 126 .000 .000 .000 .465 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYA MLB AL 10 11 .278 .348 .431 .364 97 0.1 0.3 0 82 7 0.1 -0.5 -0.2 0.0
1997 COH AAA INT 0 301 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LVG AAA PCL 0 164 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYA MLB AL 45 78 .269 .340 .426 .510 94 3.9 2.1 -0.1 79 16 -2.2 1.1 -1.9 -0.1
1999 TOR MLB AL 128 523 .270 .340 .431 .374 101 -2.2 14.6 0.5 82 8 19.3 1.3 -10.4 2.4
1999 DUN A+ FSL 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .385 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TOR MLB AL 76 325 .271 .341 .443 .266 87 -27.9 10.2 -0.5 48 9 3.6 -0.4 -21.4 -0.8
2001 TOR MLB AL 78 291 .267 .333 .432 .360 99 -3.5 8.7 -0.4 77 8 8.0 0.3 -7.2 0.9
2001 DUN A+ FSL 4 19 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SYR AAA INT 9 38 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 FLO MLB NL 40 58 .256 .329 .395 .293 96 -4 1.7 0.1 57 10 -0.9 1.7 -2.9 0.0
2002 TOR MLB AL 23 83 .261 .325 .421 .262 104 -4.4 2.4 -0.1 56 10 -2.8 -1.2 -4.2 -0.6
2004 NYA MLB AL 9 8 .287 .345 .445 .000 103 -2 0.2 0 67 10 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.0
2004 COH AAA INT 63 256 .000 .000 .000 .312 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1992 CSC A SAL 385 367 37 86 10 5 0 106 18 13 85 14 11 .234 .266 .289 .054 0 0
1993 WLO A MDW 494 472 63 152 19 3 5 192 51 19 87 39 14 .322 .349 .407 .085 1 1
1994 RCU A+ CLF 176 161 37 54 10 3 0 70 16 9 29 9 2 .335 .383 .435 .099 1 1
1994 WIC AA TXS 259 245 35 73 11 4 3 101 14 10 39 20 7 .298 .332 .412 .114 1 1
1995 MEM AA SOU 453 432 53 121 12 5 5 158 37 15 83 34 12 .280 .305 .366 .086 4 4
1996 LVG AAA PCL 126 116 24 42 11 1 2 61 3 3 33 3 5 .362 .373 .526 .164 5 5
1997 COH AAA INT 301 275 36 68 10 3 2 90 26 25 56 12 7 .247 .312 .327 .080 0 0
1997 NYA MLB AL 11 11 2 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .000 0 0
1997 LVG AAA PCL 164 155 25 43 10 1 3 64 14 7 40 5 1 .277 .317 .413 .135 0 0
1998 NYA MLB AL 78 71 17 27 3 0 1 33 5 5 19 6 3 .380 .421 .465 .085 0 2
1999 DUN A+ FSL 16 14 3 5 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 .357 .438 .500 .143 0 0
1999 TOR MLB AL 523 485 69 155 26 4 5 204 55 21 82 32 8 .320 .353 .421 .101 3 8
2000 TOR MLB AL 325 297 38 64 8 0 1 75 18 18 60 9 4 .215 .271 .253 .037 1 4
2001 SYR AAA INT 38 32 11 8 2 0 0 10 3 3 6 0 0 .250 .351 .313 .063 0 0
2001 TOR MLB AL 291 271 32 83 11 1 3 105 27 8 50 13 4 .306 .336 .387 .081 4 2
2001 DUN A+ FSL 19 17 4 6 0 0 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 .353 .421 .353 .000 0 0
2002 TOR MLB AL 83 78 9 18 2 0 1 23 2 2 12 2 0 .231 .268 .295 .064 0 1
2002 FLO MLB NL 58 54 7 12 0 0 0 12 5 3 13 2 1 .222 .263 .222 .000 0 1
2004 NYA MLB AL 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .000 0 0
2004 COH AAA INT 256 233 35 64 15 0 2 85 18 11 41 2 3 .275 .302 .365 .090 9 9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2003-02-24 2003-02-24 FA 0 0 Bilateral Hip Soreness - -
2001-06-26 2001-08-01 15-DL 36 32 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2001-04-05 2001-05-18 15-DL 43 37 Left Thumb Sprain - -
2000-09-07 2000-09-07 On-Alr 0 0 Right Hip Surgery Frayed Labrum 2000-09-07 -
2000-07-31 2000-10-01 60-DL 62 55 Left Hand Fracture - -
2000-05-22 2000-06-09 15-DL 18 16 Right Hip Strain Bothering Since Spring Training - -
2000-04-15 2000-04-20 DTD 5 5 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1999-04-11 1999-05-15 15-DL 34 32 Right Fingers Sprain Torn Ligament Index Finger - -
1996-05-21 1996-09-29 60-DL 131 117 Right Ankle Surgery Sliding 1996-05-18 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2002 TOR $3,375,000
2001 TOR $2,550,000
2000 TOR $1,450,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$7,375,000
3 yrTotal$7,375,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status

Details
  • re-signed 1/05 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 6/04 contract purchased 5/04 signed as a free agent from SD 2/04 (minor-league contract) signed 12/02 (minor-league contract) released 9/02 claimed off waivers from TOR 5/02 designated for assignment 5/02
  • 3 year/$7.75M (00-02) $0.15M signing bonus
  • 01:$1.4M, 02:$2.5M, 03:$3.325M ($0.4M in 00, $1M in 01 & $1.6M in 02 deferred @ 1% below prime rate)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-06-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)Last night in Scranton, Gardner scored from 2nd on a ground out. Just got a great jump and kept running. When's the last time the Yankees had someone with speed like that? Rickey? (not that i'm expecting Rickey here, more like Brett Butler-lite)
(cult of basebaal from LAA of Pasadena)		The fastest player I ever saw in a Yankees uniform was Deion Sanders. I saw Gardner at Trenton several times and he didn't strike me as being that fast, though I did see him run down several balls crossing from right center to left center when the Thunder had a shift on a lefty hitter and the guy went the other way. Your overall point, though, that having that speed around would have some utility to the Yankees, either off the bench or in the lineup (Homer Bush style in the former case). I invoked the different vibe Ellsbury gives the Red Sox in the Sun article. I don't think Gardner is a potential Ellsbury, but some of the same idea applies. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)So, are you happy with the bench and bullpen Girardi cobbled together? No Cairo, no Mientkiewicz, no Villone, no Small... ah, sweet sanity. Any choices you would have made differently?
(Rich from Hoboken)		Maybe gambled on one fewer reliever and added Brett Gardner as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement. With Jason Giambi on the roster, you could find a use for Gardner pretty much every night. And despite his nice spring, I don't think he's ever going to be a regular, so I don't think turning him into Homer Bush '98 will cost him/the Yankees anything.

I do like the idea of taking both Ensberg and Duncan for platooning at both first and right, assuming that's what Girardi is going to do. (Steven Goldman)


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