Tom Butters
Thomas Arden Butters
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 8, 1938 in Delaware, OH
High School: Scioto Valley (Scioto Valley, OH)
School: Ohio Wesleyan University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Final Game: May 20, 1965
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Standard Batting

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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
1962 24 PIT NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 25 PIT NL 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 26 PIT NL 28 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1965 27 PIT NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 43 17 15 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 3 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 57 0 11 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 26 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 11 0 0 8 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1963 25 PIT NL 3 2 0 0.0 90 1.000 .333 .255 .333 .317 .333 .382 .667 .699 92 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1964 26 PIT NL 13 11 0 0.0 94 .286 .182 .263 .182 .321 .182 .391 .364 .712 3 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1965 27 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .392 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 17 14 0 0.0 93 .375 .200 .261 .200 .320 .200 .389 .400 .710 14 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .250 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 64 53 0 0.0 93 .375 .200 .261 .200 .320 .200 .389 .400 .710 14 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .250 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1963 25 PIT NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 3.0 33%
1964 26 PIT NL 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 3.7 2.50 54%
1965 27 PIT NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
4 Seasons 17 0.0% 41.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 3.8 2.50 47%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 25 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 26 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 25 PIT NL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1964 26 PIT NL 13 38% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 4 3 75% 11 3 27% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 17 29% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 5 3 60% 17 4 24% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1963 25 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 26 38 16 14 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .214 .214 .214 .429 22 3 0 0 2 0 0
1965 27 43 17 15 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 3 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1963 25 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1964 26 28 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 28
1965 27 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
3 Seasons 39 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 39
162 Game Avg. 162 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 29 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 39

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