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John Butcher

John Daniel Butcher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1957 in Glendale, CA
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1980
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Indians 1980-1986

Final Game: September 9, 1986
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 23 TEX AL 3 3 .500 4.08 6 6 0 1 0 0 35.1 34 19 16 2 13 0 27 0 0 1 152 96 1.330 8.7 0.5 3.3 6.9 2.08
1981 24 TEX AL 1 2 .333 1.63 5 3 1 1 1 0 27.2 18 6 5 0 8 1 19 0 0 0 106 215 0.940 5.9 0.0 2.6 6.2 2.38
1982 25 TEX AL 1 5 .167 4.87 18 13 3 2 0 1 94.1 102 53 51 10 34 4 39 2 0 0 406 80 1.442 9.7 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.15
1983 26 TEX AL 6 6 .500 3.51 38 6 14 1 1 5 123.0 128 50 48 8 41 4 58 1 0 4 522 114 1.374 9.4 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.41
1984 27 MIN AL 13 11 .542 3.44 34 34 0 8 1 0 225.0 242 98 86 18 53 5 83 4 0 3 944 122 1.311 9.7 0.7 2.1 3.3 1.57
1985 28 MIN AL 11 14 .440 4.98 34 33 0 8 2 0 207.2 239 125 115 24 43 4 92 6 1 5 893 88 1.358 10.4 1.0 1.9 4.0 2.14
1986 29 TOT AL 1 8 .111 6.56 29 18 5 2 1 0 120.2 168 93 88 17 37 1 45 4 0 6 554 65 1.699 12.5 1.3 2.8 3.4 1.22
1986 29 MIN AL 0 3 .000 6.30 16 10 1 1 0 0 70.0 82 50 49 11 24 1 29 1 0 4 308 68 1.514 10.5 1.4 3.1 3.7 1.21
1986 29 CLE AL 1 5 .167 6.93 13 8 4 1 1 0 50.2 86 43 39 6 13 0 16 3 0 2 246 60 1.954 15.3 1.1 2.3 2.8 1.23
7 Yrs 36 49 .424 4.42 164 113 23 23 6 6 833.2 931 444 409 79 229 19 363 17 1 19 3577 94 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.59
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .424 4.42 40 28 6 6 1 1 205 229 109 100 19 56 5 89 4 0 5 878 94 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.59
TEX (4 yrs) 11 16 .407 3.85 67 28 18 5 2 6 280.1 282 128 120 20 96 9 143 3 0 5 1186 101 1.348 9.1 0.6 3.1 4.6 1.49
MIN (3 yrs) 24 28 .462 4.48 84 77 1 17 3 0 502.2 563 273 250 53 120 10 204 11 1 12 2145 96 1.359 10.1 0.9 2.1 3.7 1.70
CLE (1 yr) 1 5 .167 6.93 13 8 4 1 1 0 50.2 86 43 39 6 13 0 16 3 0 2 246 60 1.954 15.3 1.1 2.3 2.8 1.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1980 23 TEX AL 35.1 6 6 19 4.84 4.10 -0.52 0.13 97.1 4.61 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .482 .499 $
1981 24 TEX AL 27.2 5 3 6 1.95 3.88 0.31 0.03 96.0 3.46 5 0.6 .2 -0.1 0.7 6 .612 .503 $
1982 25 TEX AL 94.1 18 13 53 5.06 4.50 -0.20 0.05 95.7 4.54 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.1 0.2 5 .472 .497 $
1983 26 TEX AL 123.0 38 6 50 3.66 4.68 0.29 -0.21 97.7 4.08 6 0.6 1.1 -0.1 1.5 19 .516 .504 $
1984 27 MIN AL 225.0 34 34 98 3.92 4.44 0.70 0.15 106.5 4.13 6 0.7 -0.1 2.4 29 .520 .504 $95,000
1985 28 MIN AL 207.2 34 33 125 5.42 4.65 0.26 0.16 104.6 4.75 -15 -1.5 1.7 -0.1 0.1 7 .456 .491 $320,000
1986 29 MIN AL 70.0 16 10 50 6.43 4.84 -0.16 0.08 98.9 5.03 -11 -1.1 .5 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .434 .493 $385,000
1986 29 CLE AL 50.2 13 8 43 7.64 4.59 -0.33 0.04 98.6 4.89 -16 -1.4 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .390 .491 $
7 Seasons 833.2 164 113 444 4.79 4.54 0.23 0.07 101.6 4.45 -31 -2.8 1.0 -0.5 3.6 55 .483 .498 $800,000
TEX (4 yrs) 280.1 67 28 128 4.11 4.47 0.03 -0.05 96.8 4.24 4 0.5 1.0 -0.3 2.6 33 .508 .501 $
MIN (3 yrs) 502.2 84 77 273 4.89 4.58 0.40 0.14 104.7 4.51 -20 -1.9 .7 -0.2 2.0 32 .477 .496 $800,000
CLE (1 yr) 50.2 13 8 43 7.64 4.59 -0.33 0.04 98.6 4.89 -16 -1.4 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .390 .491 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1980 23 TEX AL 6 152 137 19 34 5 0 2 3 2 13 27 .248 .313 .328 .642 .296 45 1 0 2 0 0 2
1981 24 TEX AL 5 106 97 6 18 4 0 0 0 0 8 19 .186 .248 .227 .474 .231 22 2 0 1 0 1 1
1982 25 TEX AL 18 406 364 53 102 18 5 10 3 3 34 39 .280 .342 .440 .781 .288 160 13 2 2 4 4 3
1983 26 TEX AL 38 522 474 50 128 22 1 8 2 3 41 58 .270 .328 .371 .699 .293 176 11 1 4 2 4 3
1984 27 MIN AL 34 944 877 98 242 50 2 18 9 11 53 83 .276 .317 .399 .716 .285 350 22 4 1 9 5 11
1985 28 MIN AL 34 893 828 125 239 44 11 24 15 6 43 92 .289 .325 .455 .780 .298 377 15 6 6 10 4 8
1986 29 TOT AL 29 554 503 93 168 30 2 17 7 3 37 45 .334 .380 .503 .883 .338 253 19 4 2 6 1 9
1986 29 CLE AL 13 246 226 43 86 12 0 6 4 2 13 16 .381 .416 .513 .930 .386 116 7 3 1 3 0 4
1986 29 MIN AL 16 308 277 50 82 18 2 11 3 1 24 29 .296 .351 .495 .845 .296 137 12 1 1 3 1 5
7 Yrs 164 3577 3280 444 931 173 21 79 39 28 229 363 .284 .331 .422 .753 .297 1383 83 17 18 31 19 37
162 Game Avg. 40 878 805 109 229 42 5 19 10 7 56 89 .284 .331 .422 .753 .297 340 20 4 4 8 5 9
MLB Averages .260 .324 .387 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 23 TEX AL -1.2 -0.1 158 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 .98 0.2 -0.3 -1.5 -0.1 0.98 2.8 0 0 0
1981 24 TEX AL 5.9 0.7 107 0.7 2.1 -1.4 1.10 0.9 -0.3 6.4 0.8 1.10 9.4 0 0 2
1982 25 TEX AL -9.2 -0.9 411 -0.4 6.9 -7.3 1.01 -0.5 0.2 -4.5 -0.5 1.01 -6.4 0 3 2
1983 26 TEX AL 8.4 0.8 532 0.1 9.9 -9.8 1.06 0.9 -0.8 15.6 1.6 1.06 11.7 8 13 9
1984 27 MIN AL 17.2 1.8 966 2.3 17.2 -14.8 .99 1.4 1.0 18.8 1.9 0.99 12.0 0 0 0
1985 28 MIN AL -12.6 -1.2 919 -1.6 15.1 -16.7 .98 -0.5 -1.2 -13.0 -1.2 0.98 -5.9 1 0 0
1986 29 TOT AL -28.8 -2.7 573 -2.2 8.1 -10.3 .88 -2.4 -0.1 -26.9 -2.5 0.88 -28.3 2 0 9
1986 29 MIN AL -13.3 -1.3 317 -1.4 5.3 -6.7 1.04 -0.9 -0.4 -14.7 -1.4 1.04 -11.9 1 0 5
1986 29 CLE AL -15.5 -1.4 256 -0.8 2.8 -3.6 .69 -1.5 0.3 -12.2 -1.1 0.69 -16.4 1 0 4
7 Yrs -20.2 -1.6 3666 -1.2 61.7 -62.9 .99 0.0 -1.2 -5.0 -0.1 0.99 -4.7 11 16 22

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 23 TEX AL 6 6 3 3 0 1 1 3 3 .500 0 0 1 0 3 50% 51.0 69 27 4 1 1 3 4.4 3.3 5.9
1981 24 TEX AL 5 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 1 1 3 100% 64.0 84 51 5 2 0 2 1.7 0.4 7.2
1982 25 TEX AL 18 13 1 5 7 0 0 5 8 .385 4 1 2 0 4 31% 44.7 78 14 13 6 1 8 3.9 3.7 5.8
1983 26 TEX AL 38 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 .500 0 0 1 1 4 67% 50.3 86 20 17 7 1 1 4.0 4.4 6.4
1984 27 MIN AL 34 34 13 11 10 1 1 18 16 .529 6 3 8 1 19 56% 51.0 83 22 29 12 6 10 4.4 4.6 6.6
1985 28 MIN AL 34 33 11 14 8 2 4 14 19 .424 3 2 8 2 16 48% 46.3 83 14 28 12 9 10 4.8 4.9 6.2
1986 29 TOT AL 29 18 1 7 10 0 1 2 16 .111 6 2 2 1 6 33% 41.4 74 16 21 11 5 8 4.8 4.6 5.4
1986 29 MIN AL 16 10 0 3 7 0 1 1 9 .100 6 0 1 0 3 30% 43.1 72 25 11 4 4 4 4.9 5.8 5.9
1986 29 CLE AL 13 8 1 4 3 0 0 1 7 .125 0 2 1 1 3 38% 39.2 74 16 10 7 1 4 4.8 2.9 4.9
7 Yrs 164 113 33 44 36 4 10 46 67 .407 19 8 23 6 55 49% 48 86 14 117 51 23 42 4.4 4.4 6.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 24 TEX AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.096 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1982 25 TEX AL 18 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 0 0% 4 1.013 0 3 2 1 0 4 3 2 5 0 5 0 11.6
1983 26 TEX AL 38 32 14 3 4 8 5 3 63% 9 1 26 4 15% 7 1.056 8 13 9 11 2 19 16 16 26 1 28 0 7.9
1985 28 MIN AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 7 .978 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1986 29 TOT AL 29 11 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% .883 2 0 9 2 1 8 4 7 7 3 8 1 6.2
1986 29 MIN AL 16 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 6 1.039 1 0 5 2 0 4 3 3 4 2 4 1 5.5
1986 29 CLE AL 13 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .687 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 0 7.0
5 Yrs 124 51 23 3 5 10 6 4 60% 12 2 40 8 20% .984 11 16 22 15 3 33 24 27 41 4 44 1 7.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 23 TEX AL 152 36% 1.3% 17.8% 8.6% 4.6% 21% 1.66 71% 21 1 5%
1981 24 TEX AL 106 58% 0.0% 17.9% 7.6% 3.8% 22% 2.26 74% 10 2 20%
1982 25 TEX AL 406 46% 2.5% 9.6% 8.4% 8.1% 32% 2.12 79% 79 13 16%
1983 26 TEX AL 522 59% 1.5% 11.1% 7.9% 5.9% 24% 1.34 79% 105 11 10%
1984 27 MIN AL 944 43% 1.9% 8.8% 5.6% 7.4% 29% 1.19 83% 173 22 13%
1985 28 MIN AL 893 45% 2.7% 10.3% 4.8% 8.9% 33% 1.18 81% 140 15 11%
1986 29 TOT AL 554 41% 3.1% 8.1% 6.7% 8.8% 29% 1.26 81% 116 19 16%
1986 29 MIN AL 308 45% 3.6% 9.4% 7.8% 10.1% 38% 1.47 78% 62 12 19%
1986 29 CLE AL 246 37% 2.4% 6.5% 5.3% 7.3% 21% 1.03 84% 54 7 13%
7 Yrs 3577 46% 2.2% 10.2% 6.4% 7.6% 29% 1.34 80% 644 83 13%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.6% 8.4% 6.6% 29% 1.08 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 23 TEX AL 152 34 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 55 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 24 TEX AL 106 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1982 25 TEX AL 406 102 10 0 10 3 7 5 5 23 13 2 57% 3 0 0 141 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 26 TEX AL 522 128 8 0 8 7 1 5 3 22 7 3 32% 3 4 1 211 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1984 27 MIN AL 944 242 18 0 12 5 13 10 8 51 25 3 49% 11 3 0 332 9 11 45% 9 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1985 28 MIN AL 893 239 24 0 13 10 14 17 7 49 34 2 69% 8 5 0 297 15 6 71% 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1986 29 TOT AL 554 168 17 1 9 6 11 1 16 40 28 1 70% 9 6 1 225 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1986 29 MIN AL 308 82 11 1 3 3 8 0 11 19 14 1 74% 5 4 1 117 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1986 29 CLE AL 246 86 6 0 6 3 3 1 5 21 14 0 67% 4 2 0 108 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 Yrs 3577 931 79 1 57 31 48 38 41 189 110 11 58% 37 19 2 1286 39 28 58% 38 27 1 1 0 0 1 0 66 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 23 3 3 .500 4.08 6 6 0 1 0 0 35.1 34 19 16 2 13 0 27 0 0 1 152 96 1.330 8.7 0.5 3.3 6.9 2.08 96
1981 24 4 5 .444 3.00 11 9 1 2 1 0 63.0 52 25 21 2 21 1 46 0 0 1 258 125 1.159 7.4 0.3 3.0 6.6 2.19 125
1982 25 5 10 .333 4.12 29 22 4 4 1 1 157.1 154 78 72 12 55 5 85 2 0 1 664 93 1.328 8.8 0.7 3.1 4.9 1.55 93
1983 26 11 16 .407 3.85 67 28 18 5 2 6 280.1 282 128 120 20 96 9 143 3 0 5 1186 101 1.348 9.1 0.6 3.1 4.6 1.49 101
1984 27 24 27 .471 3.67 101 62 18 13 3 6 505.1 524 226 206 38 149 14 226 7 0 8 2130 110 1.332 9.3 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.52 110
1985 28 35 41 .461 4.05 135 95 18 21 5 6 713.0 763 351 321 62 192 18 318 13 1 13 3023 102 1.339 9.6 0.8 2.4 4.0 1.66 102
1986 29 36 49 .424 4.42 164 113 23 23 6 6 833.2 931 444 409 79 229 19 363 17 1 19 3577 94 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.59 94

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 23 1 2 .333 4.37 35.0 35 19 17 2 13 26 0 1.371 9.0 3.3 6.7 2.00 0.5 6
1981 24 3 1 .750 2.37 38.0 31 11 10 0 14 26 0 1.184 7.3 3.3 6.2 1.86 0.0 5
1982 25 3 6 .333 5.79 87.0 107 62 56 10 36 36 2 1.644 11.1 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.0 18
1983 26 6 6 .500 4.07 115.0 133 58 52 8 43 54 1 1.530 10.4 3.4 4.2 1.26 0.6 38
1984 27 12 11 .522 3.64 215.0 243 97 87 18 53 79 4 1.377 10.2 2.2 3.3 1.49 0.8 34
1985 28 8 14 .364 5.03 202.0 237 126 113 24 43 90 6 1.386 10.6 1.9 4.0 2.09 1.1 34
1986 29 3 9 .250 7.11 114.0 170 100 90 17 37 43 4 1.816 13.4 2.9 3.4 1.16 1.3 29
7 Yrs 36 49 .424 4.75 806.0 956 473 425 79 239 354 17 1.483 10.7 4.0 1.48 0.9 164

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  2.120 (6th)
1985 AL  1.864 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL  2 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  242 (6th)
1985 AL  239 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  2.140 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 AL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  115 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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