Sal Butera
Salvatore Philip Butera
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 25, 1952 in Richmond Hill, NY
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1980
Final Game: September 26, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1980 MIN AL 27 C 32 28 234.0 121 106 9 6 0 .950 -1.0 -5.1 -1 4.42 3.59 .987 5.48 4.60 3 7 15 10 40%
1980 MIN AL 27 DH 2
1981 MIN AL 28 C 59 51 466.0 304 254 41 9 0 .970 5.0 12.9 5 5.70 5.00 .987 5.51 4.76 1 10 25 29 54%
1981 MIN AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1981 MIN AL 28 DH 1
1982 MIN AL 29 C 53 41 367.0 259 230 26 3 5 .988 -3.0 -9.8 -3 6.28 4.83 .988 5.69 4.90 3 14 29 15 34%
1983 DET AL 30 C 4 1 14.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -1.0 -85.7 -1 8.36 3.25 .986 5.72 4.75 0 1 1 0 0%
1984 MON NL 31 C 2 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 4.50 .989 6.50 5.70 0 0 1 0 0%
1985 MON NL 32 C 66 40 363.1 251 227 20 4 5 .984 -7.0 -23.1 -7 6.12 3.74 .987 6.42 5.45 3 17 52 11 17%
1985 MON NL 32 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1986 CIN NL 33 C 53 31 322.2 237 215 17 5 2 .979 -1.0 -3.7 -1 6.47 4.38 .985 6.93 5.88 1 14 32 14 30%
1986 CIN NL 33 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1987 TOT MLB 34 C 56 43 353.1 263 232 25 6 3 .977 -6.0 -20.4 -6 6.55 4.59 .988 6.76 5.53 10 23 49 18 27%
1987 CIN NL 34 C 5 3 28.0 25 19 4 2 0 .920 -1.0 -42.9 -1 7.39 4.60 .988 6.94 5.92 1 1 6 3 33%
1987 MIN AL 34 C 51 40 325.1 238 213 21 4 3 .983 -5.0 -18.4 -5 6.47 4.59 .988 6.74 5.49 9 22 43 15 26%
1988 TOR AL 35 C 23 19 161.2 108 97 10 1 1 .991 0.0 0.0 0 5.96 4.65 .989 6.22 5.28 1 5 11 4 27%
9 Seasons C 348 255 2291.0 1566 1382 149 35 16 .978 -14.0 -7.3 -14 6.01 4.40 .987 6.13 5.23 22 91 215 101 32%
2 Seasons DH 3
2 Seasons P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
9 Seasons TOT 351 255 2294.0 1568 1384 149 35 16 .978 -13.7 -7.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 -14 6.01 4.37 .965 6.13 5.21 22 91 215 101 32%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 MIN AL 27 34 28 34 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 MIN AL 28 62 52 62 60 0 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1982 MIN AL 29 54 41 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 DET AL 30 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MON NL 31 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 MON NL 32 67 40 67 67 1 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 33 56 31 56 54 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 MIN AL 34 51 40 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 34 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 35 23 19 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 359 256 359 351 2 348 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1980 MIN AL 27 1043 4.04 4.96 5 80% 0 1 109 1 0 2 106 11 2 0 1 1 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1981 MIN AL 28 2092 3.77 4.17 20 85% 0 0 253 10 4 5 234 41 6 0 0 5 9 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 100%
1982 MIN AL 29 1665 4.83 5.22 15 87% 0 0 231 8 2 5 216 25 4 0 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 100%
1983 DET AL 30 63 5.14 5.14 2 100% 0 0 14 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MON NL 31 42 5.00 5.00 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 32 1649 4.14 4.73 19 100% 0 0 229 14 4 10 201 18 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 4 3 100%
1986 CIN NL 33 1414 3.21 3.99 7 100% 0 0 218 6 2 5 205 17 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 MIN AL 34 1554 5.78 6.17 8 100% 0 0 212 8 1 4 199 21 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 34 136 5.79 5.79 2 50% 0 0 19 1 0 1 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 35 701 3.40 3.67 5 100% 0 0 97 2 0 1 94 10 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
9 Seasons 10359 4.24 4.76 84 92% 0 1 1391 53 13 35 1290 146 18 0 2 26 35 1 11 23 0 18 0 1 6 16 94%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.34 96% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1980 MIN AL 27 3 7 357 15 10 7 40% 15 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 37 11 0.69 1.34
1981 MIN AL 28 2 10 784 25 29 27 54% 23 25 2 3 0 1 0 0 61 30 1.49 1.25
1982 MIN AL 29 3 14 565 29 15 13 34% 25 12 4 2 0 1 0 0 61 16 1.15 1.22
1983 DET AL 30 0 1 20 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.21
1984 MON NL 31 0 0 19 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.37
1985 MON NL 32 3 17 574 52 11 9 17% 43 7 9 2 0 2 1 0 91 15 1.67 1.61
1986 CIN NL 33 1 14 498 32 14 12 30% 29 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 61 17 1.40 1.45
1987 MIN AL 34 9 22 560 43 15 14 26% 39 13 4 2 0 0 1 1 94 17 1.16 0.96
1987 CIN NL 34 1 1 41 6 3 3 33% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.98 0.81
1988 TOR AL 35 1 5 249 11 4 3 27% 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 6 1.63 1.12
9 Seasons 23 91 3667 215 101 88 32% 191 82 24 11 0 8 2 1 441 115 1.34 1.26
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1985 MON NL 32 3 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 33 4 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 7 71% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 27% 92% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 MIN AL 28 10 30% 70% 20% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 10 30% 70% 20% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 27% 95% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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