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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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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
1980 27 MIN AL 34 91 85 4 23 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .271 .300 .282 .582 56 24 4 1 1 1 0 2/D
1981 28 MIN AL 62 194 167 13 40 7 1 0 18 0 0 22 14 .240 .325 .293 .618 75 49 8 0 3 2 0 2/3D
1982 29 MIN AL 54 146 126 9 32 2 0 0 8 0 0 17 12 .254 .347 .270 .617 71 34 6 1 2 0 0 2
1983 30 DET AL 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1984 31 MON NL 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1985 32 MON NL 67 138 120 11 24 1 0 3 12 0 0 13 12 .200 .281 .283 .565 62 34 1 1 3 1 1 2/1
1986 33 CIN NL 56 137 113 14 27 6 1 2 16 0 0 21 10 .239 .356 .363 .718 96 41 5 0 2 1 3 2/1
1987 34 TOT MLB 56 134 122 8 21 5 0 2 14 0 0 8 22 .172 .220 .262 .482 26 32 7 0 2 2 0 2
1987 34 CIN NL 5 12 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .182 .250 .455 .705 79 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1987 34 MIN AL 51 122 111 7 19 5 0 1 12 0 0 7 16 .171 .217 .243 .460 21 27 7 0 2 2 0 2
1988 35 TOR AL 23 62 60 3 14 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 9 .233 .246 .350 .596 65 21 1 0 1 0 0 2
9 Seasons 359 911 801 63 182 24 3 8 76 0 0 86 85 .227 .302 .295 .597 65 236 32 3 14 7 4
162 Game Avg. 162 411 361 28 82 11 1 4 34 0 0 39 38 .227 .302 .295 .597 65 106 14 1 6 3 2
MIN (4 yrs) 201 553 489 33 114 15 1 1 40 0 0 49 48 .233 .303 .274 .577 58 134 25 2 8 5 0
CIN (2 yrs) 61 149 124 15 29 6 1 3 18 0 0 22 16 .234 .347 .371 .718 95 46 5 0 2 1 3
MON (2 yrs) 70 142 123 11 24 1 0 3 12 0 0 14 12 .195 .281 .276 .557 60 34 1 1 3 1 1
DET (1 yr) 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 23 62 60 3 14 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 9 .233 .246 .350 .596 65 21 1 0 1 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 228 620 554 37 129 17 2 2 46 0 0 50 57 .233 .296 .282 .578 59 156 26 2 9 5 0
NL (4 yrs) 131 291 247 26 53 7 1 6 30 0 0 36 28 .215 .315 .324 .639 78 80 6 1 5 2 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 34 MIN AL ALCS DET W 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 34 MIN AL WS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1985 32 MON NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 33 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 Seasons 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 0 0 238 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
MON (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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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%

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Transactions

May 12, 1972: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

March 25, 1983: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Stine Poole (minors) and cash.

October 21, 1983: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

December 23, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

December 19, 1985: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Bill Gullickson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dann Bilardello, Andy McGaffigan, John Stuper and Jay Tibbs.

May 19, 1987: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

May 22, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

March 18, 1988: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

March 24, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Cincinnati Reds$102,500
1987Cincinnati Reds$62,500
Career (may be incomplete)$165,000
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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Name and misspellings: Salvatore Philip Sal Butera

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