Michael Busch CHC 1B L 

Born: 11/09/1997 Age: 27

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

Bud’s Pizza for $5

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (LAD) Jan'24

Sat 7/05 Sun 7/06 Mon 7/07
7Batting 7 STL 6-8 9•• STL 6:10 PM EDT ---

Positions
1B
2026 Earned Positions
1B

All Leagues
Average $5.80 Median $6.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $5.86 Median $6.00

All Leagues
Average $4.40 Median $4.50
Old School (5x5)
Average $3.00 Median $2.00

Roster%
100%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0.61%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 3
OPL Roster%
3.00%
OPL Average Salary
$7.67


July 4, 2025 5:08 PM : Busch went 4-for-4 with three home runs and five RBI in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cardinals.
Analysis: Busch went deep in the second, third and seventh innings, marking his first career three-homer game and the second multi-homer effort of his young career. The first baseman finished June with a stellar .309/.385/.617 slash line and has opened July with eight hits over four games. For the season, he's slashing .288/.373/.546 with 17 home runs, 55 RBI, 41 runs scored and four steals across 308 plate appearances.

MLB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB R HR RBI SB AVG
2023LAD2781 72 92710.16667
2024CHC152567 496 73216520.24798
2025CHC82308 271 41175540.28782

MILB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB R HR RBI SB AVG
2019LAD (R)516 13 10000.07692
2019LAD (A)519 11 40200.18182
2021LAD (AA)107495 409 84206720.26650
2022LAD (AA)31137 108 31112910.30556
2022LAD (AAA)111504 444 87217930.26577
2023LAD (AAA)98469 390 85279040.32308

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS
Jul 4, 2025 CHC STL 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0
Jul 3, 2025 CHC CLE 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jul 2, 2025 CHC CLE 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jul 1, 2025 CHC CLE 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jun 29, 2025 CHC @HOU 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 28, 2025 CHC @HOU 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
Jun 27, 2025 CHC @HOU 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 26, 2025 CHC @STL 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jun 25, 2025 CHC @STL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Jun 24, 2025 CHC @STL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 35 14 2 0 0 5 9 11 0 0 1 0

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS
Sep 24, 2023 AAA OKC @ABQ 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 23, 2023 AAA OKC @ABQ 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 20, 2023 AAA OKC @ABQ 6 6 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Sep 19, 2023 AAA OKC @ABQ 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
Sep 17, 2023 AAA OKC TAC 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 16, 2023 AAA OKC TAC 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
Sep 15, 2023 AAA OKC TAC 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 12, 2023 AAA OKC TAC 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 10, 2023 AAA OKC @SUG 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 9, 2023 AAA OKC @SUG 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 37 12 4 3 0 3 9 8 3 1 1 0

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
April 20, 2023 9:34 PM add The Bronzeville Hobos $3
May 29, 2023 12:23 PM cut The Bronzeville Hobos $2
June 13, 2023 5:28 PM add Bud’s Pizza $2
June 27, 2023 8:27 PM cut Bud’s Pizza $1
August 1, 2023 1:02 PM add Bud’s Pizza $1
October 12, 2023 12:03 PM increase Bud’s Pizza $3
October 10, 2024 12:24 AM increase Bud’s Pizza $5

Recent Trades for Michael Busch in Old School (5x5)

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
June 14, 2025 8:38 AM Big Papi memories Freddy Peralta MIL SP R $17 
Logan O'Hoppe LAA C R $7 
$11 loan 		The Lux Capacitors Justin Martinez ARI RP R $4 60IL
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $3 
Matt Shaw CHC 2B/SS/3B R $6 
June 12, 2025 8:00 AM All Betts are off Michael Busch CHC 1B L $5 
Robert Hassell III WSN AAA OF L $2
Justin Crawford PHI AAA OF L $3
Bryce Eldridge SFG AAA 1B L $3
 Fits and Sturtze Freddie Freeman LAD 1B L $30 
Kevin Gausman TOR SP R $11 
Jake Mangum TBR OF S $1 
$29 loan
June 3, 2025 4:29 PM Player To Be Named Later Andres Gimenez TOR 2B L $12 
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $6 
$2 loan 		Prognosis Negative Isaac Paredes HOU 1B/3B R $10 
Will Warren NYY SP R $6 
May 17, 2025 11:44 AM Acapulco Golden Ponies 🐎 Chris Sale ATL SP L $15 60IL 
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $9 
$3 loan 		Chocobos & Moogles Miguel Andujar ATH 3B/OF R $1 10IL 
Riley Greene DET OF L $17 
Zach Dezenzo HOU 1B/3B/OF R $3 10IL
May 16, 2025 11:53 AM FlagsFlyForever Michael Busch CHC 1B L $7 
Gunnar Hoglund ATH SP R $6 60IL
Jac Caglianone KCR 1B/OF L $2 
 The Neanderthal Juan Soto NYM OF L $61 
$48 loan
April 1, 2025 5:54 PM Hunt4RedsOct Michael Busch CHC 1B L $6 
$2 loan 		Cole Cash and Coler Hearts Josh H. Smith TEX 1B/SS/3B/OF L $3 
January 25, 2025 9:58 AM Loco Canuck Max Fried NYY SP L $17 
Royce Lewis MIN 3B R $10 
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $11 
 Moontown Space Jockeys Austin Riley ATL 3B R $36 
Jared Jones PIT SP R $14 60IL
Alec Burleson STL 1B/OF L $5 
January 21, 2025 3:34 PM Ellis Islanders III Dylan Moore SEA 1B/2B/SS/3B/OF R $3 
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $11 
Craig Yoho MIL AAA RP R $2 
 Allegheny Electric Company ⚠️ Tyler Stephenson CIN C R $3 
January 16, 2025 7:20 PM Ninnyhammers Nico Hoerner CHC 2B/SS R $7 
 Deyvision Problems🐪 Bryan Abreu HOU RP R $5
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $8 
January 15, 2025 12:41 PM Mississippi RiverKnights Adolis García TEX OF R $11 
Michael Busch CHC 1B L $6 
 Reverse Cowgill 🏇🏻 Hunter Brown HOU SP R $8 
Alec Burleson STL 1B/OF L $7