Box Score of No-Hitter by Steve Busby

Spring training set the tone for this Kansas City Royals rookie as he hurled six no hit innings versus the Tigers and seven against the Cardinals. When the season finally started, the six-foot two-inch two-hundred five pounder opened up on fire winning sixteen and pitching the following no hitter.

"You may go a long time without winning, but you never forget that scent." - Steve Busby
Steve Busby

Steve Busby 1973 Topps Rookie Card

No Hitter Box Score
April 27, 1973
Tiger Stadium

Kansas City Royals
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Freddie Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Steve Hovley dh 4 0 1 0
Hal McRae dh 1 0 0 0
Amos Otis cf 4 1 1 1
John Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Lou Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Ed Kirkpatrick rf 4 2 3 1
Cookie Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0
Paul Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Fran Healy c 4 0 0 0

Totals
35 3 8 2

Detroit Lions
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Jim Northrup lf 4 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
a-Duke Sims ph 0 0 0 0
Rich Reese lf 3 0 0 0
Bill Freehan c 2 0 0 0
Gates Brown dh 3 0 0 0
Norm Cash 1b 1 0 0 0
Dick McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Mickey Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Ed Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0

Totals
25 0 0 0

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Pinch hit walk for Rodriguez in 9th inning.

Errors: Rodriguez, Cash.
Home Runs
: Kirkpatrick, Otis.
Sacrifice: Rojas.
Double Play(s): Kansas City 2, Detroit 1.
Left On Base: Kansas City 8, Detroit 4.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Kansas City Royals
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Steve Busby 9 0 0 0 6 4

Detroit Lions
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Jim Perry 8.2 8 3 2 2 2
Fred Scherman .1 0 0 0 0 0

Game Notes

Attendance: 16,345.
Umpires: Rice, Goetz, Maloney, Evans.
Length of game: 2:18.



This was only the tenth game of Steve Busby's career and he was returning from a 16-2 pounding handed down by the White Sox!

This was the first no-hitter for the Kansas City Royals franchise! Do you remember who threw the second?

On June 19, 1974, Steve Busby would pitch his second and final career no-hitter making him the first pitcher to ever throw two no hit games in the first two seasons of a career!