Buster
Longbottom
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 18, 1998 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2024   
Zachary Matthews Award 2023    2027   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
2016 18 TN FF     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
2017 19 MS FF     6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 9 8
2018 20 MS FF     7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
2019 21 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2020 22 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2021 23 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
2022 24 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
2023 25 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
2024 26 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
2025 27 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
2026 28 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
2027 29 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
2028 30 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
2029 31 MS FF $ 2,190,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,190,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 18 AAA   135 528 64 147 13 3 6 44 2 3 31 43 .278 .318 .348 .667 57.0  
2017 19 AAA   138 556 46 168 16 2 13 54 0 1 31 24 .302 .339 .408 .747 73.8  
2018 20 AAA   135 515 56 164 29 0 8 68 3 1 46 21 .318 .374 .421 .796 78.1  
2019 21 MS FF 124 225 15 56 5 1 3 17 0 0 6 16 .249 .269 .320 .589 16.9 0.8
2020 22 MS FF 122 214 25 64 9 3 3 35 0 1 17 8 .299 .352 .411 .763 29.9 6.0
2021 23 MS FF 122 262 26 71 12 1 2 28 0 1 23 9 .271 .333 .347 .681 29.2 5.1
2022 24 MS FF 114 246 12 67 9 0 2 21 0 0 10 20 .272 .300 .333 .633 21.7 2.3
2023 25 MS FF 134 521 62 155 13 2 11 60 1 0 20 36 .298 .324 .393 .718 61.5 9.7
2024 26 MS FF 100 335 36 87 10 1 5 36 0 0 24 19 .260 .310 .340 .651 34.5 5.3
2025 27 MS FF 66 174 23 42 7 0 2 20 0 0 14 12 .241 .300 .316 .616 15.6 1.1
2026 28 MS FF 119 404 56 132 18 0 8 68 0 0 21 24 .327 .366 .431 .796 57.1 10.4
2027 29 MS FF 129 412 57 140 22 1 7 72 0 2 30 26 .340 .381 .449 .830 65.8 14.7
2028 30 MS FF 135 467 66 141 25 0 11 72 0 0 32 32 .302 .352 .426 .778 65.1 10.6
2029 31 MS FF 133 472 62 126 18 0 8 60 0 0 35 43 .267 .324 .356 .680 53.4 6.6
11 Years Sim 1298 3732 440 1081 148 9 62 489 1 4 232 245 .290 .334 .384 .718 450.7 72.6
3 Years AAA 408 1599 166 479 58 5 27 166 5 5 108 88 .300 .346 .393 .739 208.8  
162 Game Average 465 54 134 18 1 7 61 0 0 28 30 .290 .334 .384 .718 56.2  
Career Highs 135 521 66 155 25 3 11 72 1 2 35 43 .340 .381 .449 .830 65.8  
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   3159 387 935 123 8 55 426 1 4 194 205 .296 .339 .392 .731 401.9
vs LH   573 53 146 25 1 7 63 0 0 38 40 .255 .303 .339 .642 57.5
Home 645 1821 212 521 61 4 28 222 0 2 117 135 .286 .332 .370 .702 216.7
Away 653 1911 228 560 87 5 34 267 1 2 115 110 .293 .335 .397 .732 242.7
RISP   1017 0 302 43 0 17 406 0 0 67 66 .297 .337 .389 .727 130.6
Pinch Hitting   350 28 97 14 1 3 46 0 2 21 20 .277 .314 .349 .662 37.2
Close/Late   530 40 141 21 2 6 64 0 0 36 27 .266 .314 .347 .661 56.7
Mar/Apr 188 515 62 151 20 1 8 68 0 1 37 27 .293 .340 .383 .723 65.3
May 221 652 63 164 26 1 9 66 0 0 43 41 .252 .303 .336 .639 64.5
June 220 634 84 200 29 0 16 104 0 1 35 53 .315 .352 .437 .789 91.3
July 209 597 78 170 22 2 10 82 1 0 31 43 .285 .321 .379 .699 70.0
August 224 638 74 177 23 2 9 79 0 1 34 32 .277 .316 .362 .678 70.1
Sep/Oct 236 696 79 219 28 3 10 90 0 1 52 49 .315 .366 .407 .772 98.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2019 21 MS FF C 36 35 306.3 135 9 1 0 .993 4.23 20 4 .200 1 1.3
2020 22 MS FF C 48 32 301.7 148 13 4 0 .976 4.80 38 11 .289 1 1.7
    RF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 23 MS FF C 91 46 520.3 291 31 3 0 .991 5.57 57 19 .333 2 4.3
    SS 1 0 5.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 24 MS FF C 78 48 491.0 257 25 3 2 .989 5.17 52 18 .346 0 3.9
2023 25 MS FF C 131 117 1065.3 574 56 17 0 .974 5.32 106 44 .415 2 6.6
2024 26 MS FF C 98 96 848.7 484 40 12 0 .978 5.56 78 26 .333 7 5.7
2025 27 MS FF C 60 45 432.3 251 26 4 2 .986 5.77 48 15 .313 1 2.9
2026 28 MS FF C 115 109 970.3 617 51 12 0 .982 6.20 117 34 .291 1 5.0
2027 29 MS FF C 123 109 1002.0 622 52 8 2 .988 6.05 103 37 .359 1 7.5
2028 30 MS FF C 130 123 1120.3 748 50 14 0 .983 6.41 107 28 .262 4 4.5
2029 31 MS FF C 131 128 1148.0 792 48 12 3 .986 6.59 97 24 .247 2 7.0
  C 1041 888 8206.3 4919 401 90 9 .983 5.83 823 260 .316 22 50.4
  SS 1 0 5.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1044 888 8216.3 4921 403 90 9 .983 5.83 823 260 .316 22 50.4
Career Highs   131 128 1148.0 792 56 17 3 .993 6.59 117 44 .415 7  
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
2021 23 MS FF 10 11 2 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .273 .308 .364 .671
2022 24 MS FF 6 28 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .321 .321 .321 .643
2023 25 MS FF 14 56 8 14 3 1 0 7 0 0 5 6 .250 .311 .339 .651
2024 26 MS FF 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
2025 27 MS FF 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2026 28 MS FF 16 55 5 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 3 .273 .305 .327 .632
2027 29 MS FF 9 28 4 11 4 0 2 7 0 0 2 2 .393 .452 .750 1.202
2029 31 MS FF 5 18 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .250 .222 .472
Career Post-Season Batting 68 205 24 57 12 1 2 30 0 0 13 17 .278 .324 .376 .700
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2016
Traded from Tennessee to Mississippi on 7/31/2017 (Going to MS: P Jonathan Alexander, 1B Cole Watterson, CF Paul McCracken, C Buster Longbottom, TN's 2nd round pick in 2018 draft. Going to TN: 3B Christopher Stormes, RF Noe Brixner, P Hugh Hoots)
Had first career hit on 4/6/2019, off Melvin Bohrer (DC)
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/2019, off Scott Bartell (LA)
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2023
Injured on 4/15/2024 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won National Cup Series with Mississippi in 2024
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2027