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Max Butcher
Albert Maxwell Butcher
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 21, 1910 in Holden, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1936
Final Game: September 11, 1945
Died: September 15, 1957 in Man, WV
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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
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 2 643 104 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 5 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 59 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 0 414 137 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 71 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 63 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 2 642 115 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 3 804 133 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 0 728 130 1.358 9.8 0.4 2.4 2.0 0.80
10 Seasons 95 106 .473 3.73 334 229 60 104 14 9 1786.1 1935 886 741 100 583 485 21 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 7 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

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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 -14 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 1 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 11 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 Seasons 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

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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
1936 BRO NL 25 P 38 32 5 25 2 1 .938 0.79 .950 1.16
1937 BRO NL 26 P 39 71 17 53 1 4 .986 1.79 .956 1.20
1938 TOT NL 27 P 36 51 9 40 2 5 .961 1.36 .965 1.13
1938 BRO NL 27 P 24 26 4 21 1 2 .962 1.04 .965 1.13
1938 PHI NL 27 P 12 25 5 19 1 3 .960 2.00 .964 1.13
1939 TOT NL 28 P 33 44 3 41 0 2 1.000 1.33 .959 1.09
1939 PHI NL 28 P 19 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.79 .960 1.09
1939 PIT NL 28 P 14 29 1 28 0 2 1.000 2.07 .959 1.09
1940 PIT NL 29 P 35 41 5 34 2 2 .951 1.11 .963 1.10
1941 PIT NL 30 P 33 65 17 48 0 2 1.000 1.97 .963 1.09
1942 PIT NL 31 P 24 45 11 33 1 0 .978 1.83 .967 1.17
1943 PIT NL 32 P 33 53 11 40 2 4 .962 1.55 .960 1.16
1944 PIT NL 33 P 35 65 12 51 2 3 .969 1.80 .960 1.09
1945 PIT NL 34 P 28 46 8 37 1 2 .978 1.61 .963 1.06
10 Seasons P 334 513 98 402 13 25 .975 1.50 .961 1.13
10 Seasons TOT 334 513 98 402 13 25 .975 1.50 .935 1.13

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL--3.051--8th
1943 NL--2.602--7th
1945 NL--3.030--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--.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--5--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1941 NL--1017--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL--119--10th
1943 NL--133--5th
1945 NL--130--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 30 (804), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1336), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 8, 1938: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne LaMaster.

July 28, 1939: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Suhr.

March 20, 1946: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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