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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 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
1936 25 BRO NL 6 6 .500 3.96 38 15 10 5 0 2 147.2 154 85 65 11 59 55 1 1 2 643 105 1.442 9.4 0.7 3.6 3.4 0.93
1937 26 BRO NL 11 15 .423 4.27 39 24 11 8 1 0 191.2 203 106 91 12 75 57 7 1 3 823 94 1.450 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.7 0.76
1938 27 TOT NL 9 12 .429 4.47 36 20 8 14 0 2 171.0 198 106 85 15 70 50 3 0 5 769 89 1.567 10.4 0.8 3.7 2.6 0.71
1938 27 BRO NL 5 4 .556 6.56 24 8 8 3 0 2 72.2 104 66 53 9 39 21 1 0 5 355 60 1.968 12.9 1.1 4.8 2.6 0.54
1938 27 PHI NL 4 8 .333 2.93 12 12 0 11 0 0 98.1 94 40 32 6 31 29 2 0 0 414 136 1.271 8.6 0.5 2.8 2.7 0.94
1939 28 TOT NL 6 17 .261 4.62 33 28 3 8 2 0 191.0 235 109 98 12 74 48 1 1 2 873 84 1.618 11.1 0.6 3.5 2.3 0.65
1939 28 PHI NL 2 13 .133 5.61 19 16 3 3 0 0 104.1 131 72 65 10 51 27 1 1 2 491 70 1.744 11.3 0.9 4.4 2.3 0.53
1939 28 PIT NL 4 4 .500 3.43 14 12 0 5 2 0 86.2 104 37 33 2 23 21 0 0 0 382 112 1.465 10.8 0.2 2.4 2.2 0.91
1940 29 PIT NL 8 9 .471 6.01 35 24 5 6 2 2 136.1 161 99 91 13 46 40 1 1 1 608 64 1.518 10.6 0.9 3.0 2.6 0.87
1941 30 PIT NL 17 12 .586 3.05 33 32 1 19 0 0 236.0 249 98 80 11 66 61 1 0 3 1017 119 1.335 9.5 0.4 2.5 2.3 0.92
1942 31 PIT NL 5 8 .385 2.93 24 18 4 9 0 1 150.2 144 59 49 7 44 49 2 0 2 642 116 1.248 8.6 0.4 2.6 2.9 1.11
1943 32 PIT NL 10 8 .556 2.60 33 21 9 10 2 1 193.2 191 65 56 4 57 45 2 0 3 804 134 1.281 8.9 0.2 2.6 2.1 0.79
1944 33 PIT NL 13 11 .542 3.12 35 27 6 13 5 1 199.0 216 83 69 8 46 43 1 0 2 854 119 1.317 9.8 0.4 2.1 1.9 0.93
1945 34 PIT NL 10 8 .556 3.03 28 20 3 12 2 0 169.1 184 76 57 7 46 37 4 0 0 728 131 1.358 9.8 0.4 2.4 2.0 0.80
10 Yrs 95 106 .473 3.73 334 229 60 104 14 9 1786.1 1935 886 741 100 583 485 23 4 23 7761 102 1.410 9.7 0.5 2.9 2.4 0.83
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .473 3.73 40 28 7 13 2 1 216 234 107 89 12 70 59 3 0 3 937 102 1.410 9.7 0.5 2.9 2.4 0.83
PIT (7 yrs) 67 60 .528 3.34 202 154 28 74 13 5 1171.2 1249 517 435 52 328 296 11 1 11 5035 110 1.346 9.6 0.4 2.5 2.3 0.90
BRO (3 yrs) 22 25 .468 4.57 101 47 29 16 1 4 412.0 461 257 209 32 173 133 9 2 10 1821 89 1.539 10.1 0.7 3.8 2.9 0.77
PHI (2 yrs) 6 21 .222 4.31 31 28 3 14 0 0 202.2 225 112 97 16 82 56 3 1 2 905 92 1.515 10.0 0.7 3.6 2.5 0.68

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
1936 25 BRO NL 147.2 38 15 85 5.18 4.86 -0.14 0.00 102.0 5.10 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9 14 .496 .499 $
1937 26 BRO NL 191.2 39 24 106 4.98 4.62 -0.28 0.00 101.8 5.00 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.5 19 .502 .501 $
1938 27 BRO NL 72.2 24 8 66 8.17 4.62 -0.13 0.00 101.6 4.82 -27 -2.6 1.0 -0.0 -2.0 -20 .394 .484 $
1938 27 PHI NL 98.1 12 12 40 3.66 4.50 -0.35 0.00 105.0 5.10 16 1.9 -0.0 2.6 25 .655 .512 $
1939 28 PHI NL 106.0 19 16 72 6.11 4.61 -0.22 0.00 99.8 4.83 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .425 .491 $
1939 28 PIT NL 86.2 14 12 37 3.84 4.55 -0.17 0.00 97.6 4.60 8 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.5 16 .561 .505 $
1940 29 PIT NL 136.1 35 24 99 6.54 4.43 -0.28 0.00 98.3 4.63 -29 -2.8 1.0 -0.1 -1.6 -14 .419 .483 $
1941 30 PIT NL 235.0 33 32 98 3.75 4.19 0.07 0.00 100.5 4.14 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.3 36 .537 .508 $
1942 31 PIT NL 150.2 24 18 59 3.52 3.68 -0.15 0.00 101.4 3.88 7 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.0 19 .536 .505 $
1943 32 PIT NL 191.2 33 21 65 3.05 3.97 0.06 0.00 102.8 4.02 21 2.5 1.0 -0.1 4.0 37 .576 .516 $
1944 33 PIT NL 199.0 35 27 83 3.75 4.20 -0.20 0.00 103.5 4.56 18 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.5 37 .558 .513 $
1945 34 PIT NL 169.0 28 20 76 4.05 4.31 -0.10 0.00 103.2 4.55 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 26 .532 .505 $
10 Seasons 1784.2 334 229 886 4.47 4.33 -0.14 0.00 101.6 4.54 18 3.3 1.0 -1.0 17.3 189 .510 .502 $
PIT (7 yrs) 1168.1 202 154 517 3.98 4.16 -0.09 0.00 101.4 4.31 44 5.5 1.0 -0.7 14.9 157 .527 .505 $
BRO (3 yrs) 412.0 101 47 257 5.61 4.71 -0.21 0.00 101.9 5.00 -28 -2.6 1.0 -0.2 0.4 12 .474 .495 $
PHI (2 yrs) 204.1 31 28 112 4.93 4.56 -0.29 0.00 102.3 4.96 2 0.4 1.0 -0.1 2.0 20 .514 .501 $

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%
1936 25 BRO NL 643 1.7% 8.6% 9.2% 2.3% 10% 79%
1937 26 BRO NL 823 1.5% 6.9% 9.1% 3.3% 13% 80%
1938 27 TOT NL 769 2.0% 6.5% 9.1% 5.1% 20% 80%
1938 27 BRO NL 355 2.5% 5.9% 11.0% 4.8% 16% 79%
1938 27 PHI NL 414 1.5% 7.0% 7.5% 5.3% 23% 81%
1939 28 TOT NL 880 1.4% 5.5% 8.4% 2.2% 8% 82%
1939 28 PHI NL 498 2.0% 5.4% 10.2% 2.2% 8% 80%
1939 28 PIT NL 382 0.5% 5.5% 6.0% 2.1% 8% 86%
1940 29 PIT NL 608 2.1% 6.6% 7.6% 3.0% 11% 83%
1941 30 PIT NL 1017 1.1% 6.0% 6.5% 3.2% 13% 85%
1942 31 PIT NL 638 1.1% 7.7% 6.9% 3.5% 15% 82%
1943 32 PIT NL 795 0.5% 5.7% 7.2% 1.6% 7% 85%
1944 33 PIT NL 854 0.9% 5.0% 5.4% 2.7% 11% 87%
1945 34 PIT NL 728 1.0% 5.1% 6.3% 3.0% 12% 85%
10 Yrs 7755 1.3% 6.3% 7.5% 3.0% 12% 83%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.8% 3.0% 12% 79%

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+
1936 25 6 6 .500 3.96 38 15 10 5 0 2 147.2 154 85 65 11 59 55 1 1 2 643 105 1.442 9.4 0.7 3.6 3.4 0.93 105
1937 26 17 21 .447 4.14 77 39 21 13 1 2 339.1 357 191 156 23 134 112 8 2 5 1466 99 1.447 9.5 0.6 3.6 3.0 0.84 99
1938 27 26 33 .441 4.25 113 59 29 27 1 4 510.1 555 297 241 38 204 162 11 2 10 2235 95 1.487 9.8 0.7 3.6 2.9 0.79 95
1939 28 32 50 .390 4.35 146 87 32 35 3 4 701.1 790 406 339 50 278 210 12 3 12 3108 92 1.523 10.1 0.6 3.6 2.7 0.76 92
1940 29 40 59 .404 4.62 181 111 37 41 5 6 837.2 951 505 430 63 324 250 13 4 13 3716 86 1.522 10.2 0.7 3.5 2.7 0.77 86
1941 30 57 71 .445 4.28 214 143 38 60 5 6 1073.2 1200 603 510 74 390 311 14 4 16 4733 91 1.481 10.1 0.6 3.3 2.6 0.80 91
1942 31 62 79 .440 4.11 238 161 42 69 5 7 1224.1 1344 662 559 81 434 360 16 4 18 5375 93 1.452 9.9 0.6 3.2 2.6 0.83 93
1943 32 72 87 .453 3.90 271 182 51 79 7 8 1418.0 1535 727 615 85 491 405 18 4 21 6179 97 1.429 9.7 0.5 3.1 2.6 0.82 97
1944 33 85 98 .464 3.81 306 209 57 92 12 9 1617.0 1751 810 684 93 537 448 19 4 23 7033 99 1.415 9.7 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.83 99
1945 34 95 106 .473 3.73 334 229 60 104 14 9 1786.1 1935 886 741 100 583 485 23 4 23 7761 102 1.410 9.7 0.5 2.9 2.4 0.83 102

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
1936 25 9 7 .563 3.65 153.0 154 69 62 11 59 57 1 1.392 9.1 3.5 3.4 0.97 0.6 38
1937 26 10 11 .476 4.29 191.0 209 101 91 12 77 57 7 1.497 9.8 3.6 2.7 0.74 0.6 39
1938 27 8 11 .421 4.42 177.0 206 97 87 16 73 52 3 1.576 10.5 3.7 2.6 0.71 0.8 36
1939 28 9 12 .429 4.75 197.0 248 116 104 13 78 50 1 1.655 11.3 3.6 2.3 0.64 0.6 33
1940 29 4 11 .267 6.30 140.0 171 109 98 14 49 41 1 1.571 11.0 3.2 2.6 0.84 0.9 35
1941 30 16 10 .615 3.26 240.0 264 97 87 12 70 62 1 1.392 9.9 2.6 2.3 0.89 0.5 33
1942 31 10 7 .588 3.35 156.0 161 64 58 8 49 51 2 1.346 9.3 2.8 2.9 1.04 0.5 24
1943 32 13 8 .619 3.05 189.0 209 71 64 4 62 44 2 1.434 10.0 3.0 2.1 0.71 0.2 33
1944 33 13 9 .591 3.18 204.0 225 80 72 8 48 44 1 1.338 9.9 2.1 1.9 0.92 0.4 35
1945 34 12 7 .632 2.90 174.0 187 62 56 7 47 38 4 1.345 9.7 2.4 2.0 0.81 0.4 28
10 Yrs 104 93 .528 3.85 1821.0 2034 866 779 105 612 496 23 1.453 10.1 2.5 0.81 0.5 334

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1943 NL  4.0 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL  3.05 (8th)
1943 NL  2.60 (7th)
1945 NL  3.03 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 NL  .586 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  2.517 (10th)
1944 NL  2.080 (9th)
1945 NL  2.445 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1941 NL  236.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1941 NL  32 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 NL  19 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1944 NL  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  15 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  235 (10th)
1941 NL  249 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 NL  0.186 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1937 NL  15 (5th)
1939 NL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  98 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1938 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 NL  7 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1941 NL  1,017 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL  119 (10th)
1943 NL  134 (5th)
1945 NL  131 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  18 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  2.1 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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