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John Butcher
John Daniel Butcher
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 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
Final Game: September 9, 1986
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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 95 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 0 106 212 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 87 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 64 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 Seasons 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 95 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 TEX AL 23 P 6 6 35.1 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.78 1.17 .962 1.86 0.77
1981 TEX AL 24 P 5 3 27.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.60 1.60 .962 1.98 0.82
1982 TEX AL 25 P 18 13 94.1 26 7 19 0 3 1.000 2.48 1.44 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 TEX AL 26 P 38 6 123.0 28 11 17 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.74 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 225.0 48 25 20 3 5 .938 1.80 1.32 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 MIN AL 28 P 34 33 207.2 53 24 27 2 2 .962 2.21 1.50 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 29 P 29 18 120.2 27 9 15 3 2 .889 1.79 0.83 .963 1.83 0.68
1986 MIN AL 29 P 16 10 70.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.88 .957 1.83 0.68
1986 CLE AL 29 P 13 8 50.2 13 5 5 3 1 .769 1.78 0.77 .969 1.83 0.68
7 Seasons P 164 113 833.2 198 80 109 9 12 .955 2.04 1.15 .958 1.83 0.71
7 Seasons TOT 164 113 833.2 198 80 109 9 12 .955 2.04 1.15 .912 1.83 0.71

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

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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