Nick Buss
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Buss with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 72 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
| Born: December 15, 1986 Southfield, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 14, 2013, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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| Batting average | .105 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
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Nicholas Gregory "Chili" Buss (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is currently in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Career
Los Angeles Dodgers
Buss was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 35th round of the 2006 MLB Draft out of San Diego Mesa College but did not sign and was later drafted by the Dodgers in the 8th round of the 2008 MLB Draft out of the University of Southern California. He went to high school at De La Salle Collegiate High School.
He began his professional career with the Ogden Raptors in 2008 and was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons in 2009 and to the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino midway through 2010. In 2011, he hit .328 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League. Buss played with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts in 2012 and in 2013 he was promoted to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes, where he was selected as a starter for the mid-season Pacific Coast League All-Star team.[1] He also made the post-season All-Star team and hit .303 with 17 homers and 100 RBI in 131 games.
The Dodgers called him up to the Majors for the first time on September 14, 2013. He entered the game that night in the third inning as a pinch hitter and remained in the game in the outfield. He had one hit in three at-bats in his debut, with his first hit being a single to right field off of Tim Lincecum.[2] In 8 games with the Dodgers, he hit .105 (2 hits in 19 at-bats).
He was designated for assignment on May 1, 2014.[3]
Oakland Athletics
Buss was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics on May 4, 2014 and optioned to the AAA Sacramento River Cats.
Arizona Diamondbacks
In 2015, Buss played the whole season in the D'Backs AAA affiliate. He hit .296 with four home runs in 92 games for the Aces.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
On December 10, 2015, Buss signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. After competing in spring training, Buss opened the season with the Salt Lake Bees of the PCL.[4]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages with broken file links
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- Ogden Raptors players
- Great Lakes Loons players
- Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Cardenales de Lara players
- San Diego Mesa College alumni
- USC Trojans baseball players
- People from Southfield, Michigan
- Baseball players from Michigan
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Salt Lake Bees players
- Reno Aces players
