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Max Butcher

Albert Maxwell Butcher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 21, 1910 in Holden, WV(All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1936
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Phillies 1936-1945

Final Game: September 11, 1945
Died: September 15, 1957 in Man, WV
Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill, WV
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1936 25 BRO NL 42 50 48 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 .125 .160 .146 .306 -18 7 1 0 0 1
1937 26 BRO NL 40 65 62 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 2 17 .161 .188 .210 .397 7 13 1 0 1 1
1938 27 TOT NL 37 63 60 5 13 1 0 1 4 0 1 13 .217 .230 .283 .513 40 17 4 0 2 1
1938 27 BRO NL 25 27 25 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 .160 .160 .320 .480 28 8 2 0 2 1
1938 27 PHI NL 12 36 35 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .257 .278 .257 .535 48 9 2 0 0 1
1939 28 TOT NL 33 76 69 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 10 .145 .157 .159 .317 -13 11 4 0 6 1
1939 28 PHI NL 19 41 38 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .184 .184 .184 .368 2 7 1 0 3 1
1939 28 PIT NL 14 35 31 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .097 .125 .129 .254 -31 4 3 0 3 1
1940 29 PIT NL 36 53 50 6 15 3 0 0 10 0 2 7 .300 .327 .360 .687 90 18 2 0 1 1
1941 30 PIT NL 33 90 82 4 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 .183 .212 .183 .395 12 15 4 0 5 1
1942 31 PIT NL 24 51 49 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 7 2 0 2 1
1943 32 PIT NL 33 70 61 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 .164 .190 .197 .387 10 12 0 0 7 1
1944 33 PIT NL 36 70 63 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 8 .190 .215 .222 .438 21 14 3 0 5 1
1945 34 PIT NL 28 61 54 6 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .222 .236 .241 .477 31 13 0 0 6 1
10 Yrs 342 649 598 43 110 14 0 1 37 0 16 92 .184 .205 .212 .418 16 127 21 0 35
162 Game Avg. 162 307 283 20 52 7 0 0 18 0 8 44 .184 .205 .212 .418 16 60 10 0 17
PIT (7 yrs) 204 430 390 28 74 9 0 0 26 0 11 40 .190 .212 .213 .425 19 83 14 0 29
BRO (3 yrs) 107 142 135 12 20 5 0 1 7 0 4 38 .148 .173 .207 .380 2 28 4 0 3
PHI (2 yrs) 31 77 73 3 16 0 0 0 4 0 1 14 .219 .230 .219 .449 24 16 3 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 25 BRO NL 42 50 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1937 26 BRO NL 40 65 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1938 27 BRO NL 25 27 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1938 27 PHI NL 12 36 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .514 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1939 28 PHI NL 19 41 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1939 28 PIT NL 14 35 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1940 29 PIT NL 36 53 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1941 30 PIT NL 33 90 -10 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 3 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $ 1
1942 31 PIT NL 24 51 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1943 32 PIT NL 33 70 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1944 33 PIT NL 36 70 -7 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1945 34 PIT NL 28 61 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
10 Seasons 342 649 -70 1 0 0 67 -3 -0.4 20 17 -0.4 .499 .500 -0.3 -0.1 17 $
PIT (7 yrs) 204 430 -43 0 0 0 42 -0 -0.1 14 13 -0.2 .500 .500 -0.1 -0.0 13 $
BRO (3 yrs) 107 142 -19 0 0 0 16 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.3 .497 .499 -0.3 -0.0 1 $
PHI (2 yrs) 31 77 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1936 25 BRO NL 50 43 1 0.6 104 .188 .125 .287 .160 .346 .146 .402 .306 .748 -18 .025 -8.1 -0.8 .209 .063 .021
1937 26 BRO NL 65 54 2 1.0 102 .222 .161 .281 .188 .343 .210 .399 .397 .742 7 .059 -8.1 -0.8 .283 .081 .048
1938 27 TOT NL 63 53 4 2.0 100 .261 .217 .276 .230 .340 .283 .393 .513 .733 40 .195 -5.3 -0.5 .353 .083 .067 .0
1938 27 BRO NL 27 25 1 1.1 101 .158 .160 .278 .160 .343 .320 .396 .480 .739 28 .070 -2.7 -0.3 .348 .160 .160 .0
1938 27 PHI NL 36 28 3 2.9 99 .333 .257 .275 .278 .339 .257 .391 .535 .730 48 .315 -2.6 -0.3 .357 .029 .000
1939 28 TOT NL 76 69 2 0.8 100 .169 .145 .275 .157 .340 .159 .393 .317 .733 -13 .037 -11.0 -1.1 .190 .029 .014
1939 28 PHI NL 41 35 1 0.8 98 .219 .184 .273 .184 .338 .184 .390 .368 .728 2 .036 -5.2 -0.5 .219 .000 .000
1939 28 PIT NL 35 34 1 0.8 102 .111 .097 .278 .125 .343 .129 .397 .254 .740 -31 .038 -5.8 -0.6 .161 .065 .032
1940 29 PIT NL 53 38 6 4.3 97 .349 .300 .271 .327 .335 .360 .389 .687 .724 90 .488 -0.7 -0.1 .541 .100 .060
1941 30 PIT NL 90 76 3 1.1 94 .205 .183 .266 .212 .336 .183 .375 .395 .711 12 .076 -9.9 -1.0 .254 .037 .000
1942 31 PIT NL 51 46 1 0.6 89 .159 .143 .259 .143 .332 .143 .360 .286 .692 -17 .032 -7.5 -0.8 .159 .000 .000
1943 32 PIT NL 70 58 2 0.9 92 .179 .164 .269 .190 .339 .197 .366 .387 .704 10 .066 -7.3 -0.8 .275 .066 .033
1944 33 PIT NL 70 59 3 1.4 97 .218 .190 .273 .215 .340 .222 .383 .438 .723 21 .114 -6.9 -0.7 .296 .063 .032
1945 34 PIT NL 61 48 3 1.7 100 .231 .222 .278 .236 .348 .241 .384 .477 .732 31 .152 -5.4 -0.6 .333 .037 .019
10 Yrs 649 544 27 1.3 98 .216 .184 .273 .205 .340 .212 .384 .418 .724 16 .105 -70.1 -7.2 .281 .055 .028 .0
162 Game Avg. 307 258 13 1.3 98 .216 .184 .273 .205 .340 .212 .384 .418 .724 16 .105 -70.1 -7.2 .281 .055 .028
PIT (7 yrs) 430 359 19 1.4 96 .211 .190 .270 .212 .339 .213 .378 .425 .716 19 .123 -43.4 -4.6 .285 .051 .023
BRO (3 yrs) 142 122 4 0.9 103 .198 .148 .283 .173 .344 .207 .399 .380 .744 2 .047 -18.9 -1.9 .269 .089 .059 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 77 63 4 1.7 99 .271 .219 .274 .230 .338 .219 .390 .449 .729 24 .145 -7.8 -0.8 .283 .014 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1936 25 BRO NL 50 0.0% 32.0% 4.0% 2.0% 17% 8.00 3.0 48.0 64%
1937 26 BRO NL 65 0.0% 26.2% 3.1% 4.6% 30% 8.50 3.6 20.7 69%
1938 27 TOT NL 63 1.6% 20.6% 1.6% 3.2% 15% 13.00 4.6 60.0 15.0 73%
1938 27 BRO NL 27 3.7% 18.5% 0.0% 7.4% 50% 5.0 25.0 8.3 70%
1938 27 PHI NL 36 0.0% 22.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 8.00 4.4 35.0 75%
1939 28 TOT NL 76 0.0% 13.2% 1.3% 1.3% 10% 10.00 6.9 23.0 78%
1939 28 PHI NL 41 0.0% 14.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.3 12.7 78%
1939 28 PIT NL 35 0.0% 11.4% 2.9% 2.9% 33% 4.00 7.8 77%
1940 29 PIT NL 53 0.0% 13.2% 3.8% 5.7% 20% 3.50 7.1 5.0 81%
1941 30 PIT NL 90 0.0% 10.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 9.1 27.3 81%
1942 31 PIT NL 51 0.0% 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.8 24.5 86%
1943 32 PIT NL 70 0.0% 7.1% 2.9% 2.9% 20% 2.50 12.2 15.3 80%
1944 33 PIT NL 70 0.0% 11.4% 2.9% 2.9% 17% 4.00 7.9 12.6 79%
1945 34 PIT NL 61 0.0% 3.3% 1.6% 1.6% 8% 2.00 27.0 27.0 85%
10 Yrs 649 0.2% 14.2% 2.5% 2.3% 14% 5.75 6.5 598.0 16.2 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.01 10.0 67.6 8.2 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 25 42 50 48 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 .125 .160 .146 .306 -18 7 1 0 0
1937 26 82 115 110 9 16 4 0 0 4 0 4 33 .145 .175 .182 .357 -4 20 2 0 1
1938 27 119 178 170 14 29 5 0 1 8 0 5 46 .171 .194 .218 .412 11 37 6 0 3
1939 28 152 254 239 19 39 6 0 1 11 0 6 56 .163 .184 .201 .385 4 48 10 0 9
1940 29 188 307 289 25 54 9 0 1 21 0 8 63 .187 .209 .228 .437 19 66 12 0 10
1941 30 221 397 371 29 69 9 0 1 24 0 11 72 .186 .209 .218 .428 18 81 16 0 15
1942 31 245 448 420 32 76 9 0 1 26 0 11 77 .181 .202 .210 .411 14 88 18 0 17
1943 32 278 518 481 33 86 11 0 1 30 0 13 82 .179 .200 .208 .408 13 100 18 0 24
1944 33 314 588 544 37 98 13 0 1 35 0 15 90 .180 .202 .210 .412 14 114 21 0 29
1945 34 342 649 598 43 110 14 0 1 37 0 16 92 .184 .205 .212 .418 16 127 21 0 35

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1936 25 44 52 50 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 17 .120 .154 .140 .294 1 42
1937 26 42 67 64 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 2 18 .141 .167 .188 .354 2 40
1938 27 39 67 64 6 14 1 0 1 4 0 1 14 .219 .231 .281 .512 4 37
1939 28 35 80 73 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 1 11 .151 .162 .164 .327 2 33
1940 29 38 56 53 6 16 3 0 0 11 0 2 7 .302 .327 .358 .686 6 36
1941 30 34 93 85 4 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 .176 .205 .176 .381 3 33
1942 31 25 53 51 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .137 .137 .137 .275 1 24
1943 32 34 72 63 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 .159 .185 .190 .375 2 33
1944 33 37 72 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 8 .185 .209 .215 .424 3 36
1945 34 29 63 56 6 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .214 .228 .232 .460 3 28
10 Yrs 357 675 624 45 112 14 0 1 39 0 16 96 .179 .200 .207 .407 27 342
162 Game Avg. 162 306 283 20 51 6 0 0 18 0 7 44 .179 .200 .207 .407 12 342

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