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John Butcher
John Daniel Butcher

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 8, 1980
  vs. OAK 9.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game September 9, 1986
Born March 8, 1957 in Glendale, CA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 23 TEX AL   3   3   6   6   1   0   0  0   35.3   34   19   16   2   13   27   0   1   152   0   0  4.08  3.88   95 1.330
 1981 24 TEX AL   1   2   5   3   1   1   1  0   27.7   18    6    5   0    8   19   0   0   106   1   0  1.63  3.44  212 0.940
 1982 25 TEX AL   1   5  18  13   2   0   3  1   94.3  102   53   51  10   34   39   2   0   406   4   0  4.87  3.88   80 1.442
 1983 26 TEX AL   6   6  38   6   1   1  14  5  123.0  128   50   48   8   41   58   1   4   522   4   0  3.51  3.99  114 1.374
 1984 27 MIN AL  13  11  34  34   8   1   0  0  225.0  242   98   86  18   53   83   4   3   944   5   0  3.44  4.20  122 1.311
 1985 28 MIN AL  11  14  34  33   8   2   0  0  207.7  239  125  115  24   43   92   6   5   893   4   1  4.98  4.36   87 1.358
 1986 29 TOT AL   1   8  29  18   2   1   5  0  120.7  168   93   88  17   37   45   4   6   554   1   0  6.56  4.22   64 1.699
         MIN AL   0   3  16  10   1   0   1  0   70.0   82   50   49  11   24   29   1   4   308   1   0  6.30  4.27   68 1.514
         CLE AL   1   5  13   8   1   1   4  0   50.7   86   43   39   6   13   16   3   2   246   0   0  6.93  4.14   60 1.954
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .424  36  49 164 113  23   6  23  6  833.7  931  444  409  79  229  363  17  19  3577  19   1  4.42  4.14   94 1.391
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  12  40  27   5   1   5  1  204.3  228  108  100  19   56   89   4   4   878   4   0  4.42  4.14   94 1.391
 Career High     13  14  38  34   8   2  14  5  225.0  242  125  115  24   53   92   6   6   944   5   1  3.44  4.36  122 1.311

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 23 TEX AL P 6 1 6 1 0 .875 .959 1.17 0.77 1.78 1.86 6 35.3 1981 24 TEX AL P 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 1.60 0.82 2.60 1.98 3 27.7 1982 25 TEX AL P 18 7 19 0 3 1.000 .959 1.44 0.73 2.48 1.80 13 94.3 1983 26 TEX AL P 38 11 17 0 0 1.000 .959 0.74 0.73 2.05 1.80 6 123.0 1984 27 MIN AL P 34 25 20 3 5 .938 .957 1.32 0.70 1.80 1.79 34 225.0 1985 28 MIN AL P 34 24 27 2 2 .962 .953 1.50 0.70 2.21 1.86 33 207.7 1986 29 TOT AL P 29 9 15 3 2 .889 .960 0.83 0.68 1.79 1.83 18 120.7 MIN AL P 16 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.88 0.68 1.80 1.83 10 70.0 CLE AL P 13 5 5 3 1 .769 .962 0.77 0.68 1.78 1.83 8 50.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 23 TEX AL P 6 1 6 1 0 .875 .959 1.17 0.77 1.78 1.86 6 35.3 1981 24 TEX AL P 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 1.60 0.82 2.60 1.98 3 27.7 1982 25 TEX AL P 18 7 19 0 3 1.000 .959 1.44 0.73 2.48 1.80 13 94.3 1983 26 TEX AL P 38 11 17 0 0 1.000 .959 0.74 0.73 2.05 1.80 6 123.0 1984 27 MIN AL P 34 25 20 3 5 .938 .957 1.32 0.70 1.80 1.79 34 225.0 1985 28 MIN AL P 34 24 27 2 2 .962 .953 1.50 0.70 2.21 1.86 33 207.7 1986 29 TOT AL P 29 9 15 3 2 .889 .960 0.83 0.68 1.79 1.83 18 120.7 MIN AL P 16 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.88 0.68 1.80 1.83 10 70.0 CLE AL P 13 5 5 3 1 .769 .962 0.77 0.68 1.78 1.83 8 50.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 164 80 109 9 12 .955 .957 1.15 0.71 2.04 1.83 113 833.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 164 80 109 9 12 .955 .957 1.15 0.71 2.04 1.82 113 834
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1984 AL-2.12-6
1985 AL-1.86-3

Shutouts
1985 AL-2-9

Hits Allowed
1984 AL-242-6
1985 AL-239-10

SO to Walk
1985 AL-2.14-9

Losses
1985 AL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1985 AL-115-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1834) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1322) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 7, 1983: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Smithson to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).

June 20, 1986: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Neal Heaton.

December 23, 1986: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

Before 1987 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

March 27, 1987: Released by the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Minnesota Twins$320,000
1986Minnesota Twins$385,000
Career (may be incomplete)$705,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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