Tom Butters
From BR Bullpen
Thomas Arden Butters
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
- School Ohio Wesleyan University
- Debut September 8, 1962
- Final Game May 20, 1965
- Born April 8, 1938 in Delaware, OH USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Tom Butters pitched four years for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the year when he had his most innings, 1946, he had a 2.38 ERA.
His career ended as a result of an auto accident which impeded his pitching.
Butters was the head coach at Duke University from 1968 to 1970 and served for many years there as athletic director. In that role he hired coaches for various sports, and thus had a role in the great success of Duke's basketball team.
SABR has a biography of him.
