Tom Butters

Thomas Arden Butters

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

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

Final Game: May 20, 1965
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Standard Batting

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
1957	19	PIT-min	D	12	21	21		1	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.095		1							JAM · NYPL
1958	20	PIT-min	D,C	35	63	63		11	2	1	1						.175	.175	.286	.460		18							CLI,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1959	21	PIT-min	B	20	33	33		4	1	0	0						.121	.121	.152	.273		5							WLS · CARL
1960	22	PIT-min	B,A,AAA	35	59	57	2	5	1	0	1	2	1		2	21	.088	.119	.158	.277		9							BUR,SAV,SLC · IIIL,SALL,PCL
1961	23	MIN-min	A	50	24	21	3	4	1	1	0	2	0		3	9	.190	.292	.333	.625		7							CHR · SALL
1962	24	PIT-min	A,AAA	32	34	31	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.194	.219	.258	.477		8		0	2	0	0		AVL,CLB · SALL,IL
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-min	AAA	36	35	33	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.212	.257	.212	.469		7							CLB · IL
1963	25	PIT	NL	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	93	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	26	PIT-min	AAA	10	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.087	.087	.087	.174		2		0	2	0			CLB · IL
1964	26	PIT	NL	28	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	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 Yrs				43	18	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	68	57	0	11	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	26	.200	.200	.200	.400	14	11	0	0	8	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	24	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	.500	.500	0	$	/1
1963	25	PIT	NL	6	4	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	.506	.500	0	$	/1
1964	26	PIT	NL	28	13	-2	2	0	0.0	0	0	.500	.500	1	$	1
1965	27	PIT	NL	5	1	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	.495	.500	-0	$	/1
4 Seasons				43	18	-2	2	0	0.0	1	1	.501	.500	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1963	25	PIT	NL	4	2	89	1.000	.333	.254	.333	.316	.333	.380	.667	.696	93	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
1964	26	PIT	NL	13	11	93	.286	.182	.262	.182	.320	.182	.389	.364	.709	4	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1965	27	PIT	NL	1	1	94		.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				18	14	92	.375	.200	.260	.200	.319	.200	.388	.400	.707	14	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.250	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				68	53	92	.375	.200	.260	.200	.319	.200	.388	.400	.707	14	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.250	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	25	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5		3.0		25%
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 Yrs				18	0.0%	38.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1		3.8	2.50	44%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.2%	8.2%	6.3%	28%	1.86	5.9	39.5	8.9	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1962	24	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1963	25	PIT	NL	-0.0	0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.07	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.11	-0.2	0
1964	26	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.2	13	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.13	-0.1	0.1	0.5	0.0	1.16	-1.1	0
1965	27	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.17	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0
4 Yrs				-1.7	-0.2	18	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.12	-0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.13	-1.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%
1963	25	PIT	NL	0%
1964	26	PIT	NL	0%
1965	27	PIT	NL
4 Yrs				0%

Situational Hitting*

						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%	1	1	100%	0
1965	27	PIT	NL	1	100%	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		0
4 Yrs				18	33%	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%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1963	25	10	4	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	93	1	0
1964	26	38	17	14	3	4	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	22	3	2
1965	27	43	18	15	3	4	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	14	3	2

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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1963	25	6	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	6
1964	26	28	13	11	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	28
1965	27	5	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	5
3 Yrs		39	17	15	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	39
162 Game Avg.		162	71	62	29	.000	.000	.000	.000	39

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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