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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 Pitching

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
1962 24 PIT NL 0 0 1.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 10 1 0 1 29 280 1.833 7.5 0.0 9.0 15.0 1.67
1963 25 PIT NL 0 0 4.41 6 1 3 0 0 0 16.1 15 8 8 1 8 0 11 2 0 1 72 77 1.408 8.3 0.6 4.4 6.1 1.38
1964 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 2.38 28 4 7 0 0 0 64.1 52 21 17 3 37 1 58 0 0 6 278 148 1.383 7.3 0.4 5.2 8.1 1.57
1965 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 7.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 9 8 7 2 5 0 6 0 0 1 41 52 1.556 9.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 1.20
4 Yrs 2 3 .400 3.10 43 5 13 0 0 0 95.2 81 38 33 6 56 2 85 3 0 9 420 115 1.432 7.6 0.6 5.3 8.0 1.52
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .400 3.10 61 7 18 0 0 0 136 115 54 47 9 79 3 120 4 0 13 595 115 1.432 7.6 0.6 5.3 8.0 1.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1962 24 PIT NL 6.0 4 0 1 1.50 5.01 0.04 -0.21 93.4 4.44 2 0.2 .2 -0.1 0.2 3 .552 .501 $
1963 25 PIT NL 16.1 6 1 8 4.41 3.73 0.01 -0.06 95.7 3.51 -2 -0.2 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .467 .499 $
1964 26 PIT NL 64.1 28 4 21 2.94 4.09 -0.12 -0.08 98.9 4.09 8 0.9 1.1 -0.1 1.4 15 .531 .505 $
1965 27 PIT NL 9.0 5 0 8 8.00 4.57 0.32 -0.19 103.7 4.22 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .420 .498 $
4 Seasons 95.2 43 5 38 3.57 4.13 -0.05 -0.09 98.5 4.03 4 0.5 .8 -0.1 1.4 15 .511 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1962 24 PIT NL 4 29 21 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 .238 .429 .238 .667 .455 5 1 1 1 0 1 0
1963 25 PIT NL 6 72 58 8 15 3 1 1 1 0 8 11 .259 .352 .397 .749 .286 23 2 2 1 3 0 0
1964 26 PIT NL 28 269 233 21 52 8 2 3 11 3 37 58 .223 .326 .313 .639 .280 73 2 0 3 3 1 3
1965 27 PIT NL 5 32 36 8 9 0 0 2 1 1 5 6 .250 .341 .417 .758 .250 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 43 402 348 38 81 11 3 6 14 4 56 85 .233 .339 .333 .672 .285 116 5 3 5 6 2 4
162 Game Avg. 61 570 493 54 115 16 4 9 20 6 79 120 .233 .339 .333 .672 .285 164 7 4 7 9 3 6
MLB Averages .250 .315 .379 .693 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 24 PIT NL 1.9 0.2 32 0.2 0.2 -0.1 .34 0.0 0.4 3.3 0.3 0.34 0.9 0 1 3
1963 25 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 75 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 .86 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.86 -2.2 0 0 4
1964 26 PIT NL 7.6 0.8 296 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 .71 0.2 -0.3 7.1 0.8 0.70 1.4 5 5 14
1965 27 PIT NL -3.4 -0.3 43 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .37 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 -0.2 0.49 -2.6 1 1 3
4 Yrs 4.8 0.5 446 -0.4 4.5 -4.9 .68 -0.1 -0.6 6.8 0.7 0.68 -2.6 6 7 24

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 25 PIT NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52.0 52 52 3 0 0 1 3.3 4.5 7.7
1964 26 PIT NL 28 4 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 54.8 65 45 8 1 0 3 2.8 4.0 6.4
2 Yrs 34 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 54 65 45 11 1 0 4 2.9 4.1 6.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.1 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 24 PIT NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .342 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.5
1963 25 PIT NL 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 8 .859 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 4 1 5.2
1964 26 PIT NL 28 24 7 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 0 24 4 17% 9 .713 5 5 14 3 1 20 15 9 14 6 15 2 4.8
1965 27 PIT NL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .373 1 1 3 0 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 0 5.4
4 Yrs 43 38 13 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 0 31 4 13% .685 6 7 24 3 2 33 19 19 22 7 23 3 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 24 PIT NL 29 66% 0.0% 34.5% 20.7% 0.0% 0% 1.67 38% 10 1 10%
1963 25 PIT NL 72 63% 1.4% 15.3% 11.1% 6.9% 33% 0.63 68% 16 2 13%
1964 26 PIT NL 276 60% 1.1% 21.6% 13.8% 4.8% 25% 0.54 65% 42 2 5%
1965 27 PIT NL 41 56% 6.3% 18.8% 15.6% 6.3% 22% 0.83 88% 6 0 0%
4 Yrs 418 61% 1.5% 21.1% 13.9% 5.0% 25% 0.60 65% 74 5 7%
MLB Averages 48% 2.3% 15.3% 8.2% 6.4% 28% 1.08 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 24 PIT NL 29 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 17% 0 1 1 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1963 25 PIT NL 72 15 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 3 1 43% 0 1 0 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 26 PIT NL 269 52 3 0 9 2 1 2 1 16 10 4 63% 3 6 2 107 11 3 79% 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 7
1965 27 PIT NL 32 9 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
4 Yrs 402 81 6 0 15 4 2 3 3 29 14 10 48% 4 9 3 165 14 4 78% 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 16
MLB Averages 50% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 24 0 0 1.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 10 1 0 1 29 280 1.833 7.5 0.0 9.0 15.0 1.67 280
1963 25 0 0 3.63 10 1 4 0 0 0 22.1 20 9 9 1 14 1 21 3 0 2 101 99 1.522 8.1 0.4 5.6 8.5 1.50 99
1964 26 2 2 .500 2.70 38 5 11 0 0 0 86.2 72 30 26 4 51 2 79 3 0 8 379 131 1.419 7.5 0.4 5.3 8.2 1.55 131
1965 27 2 3 .400 3.10 43 5 13 0 0 0 95.2 81 38 33 6 56 2 85 3 0 9 420 115 1.432 7.6 0.6 5.3 8.0 1.52 115

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 24 0 0 1.50 6.0 5 1 1 0 6 9 1 1.833 7.5 9.0 13.5 1.50 0.0 4
1963 25 0 1 .000 6.00 15.0 16 11 10 1 9 10 2 1.667 9.6 5.4 6.0 1.11 0.6 6
1964 26 4 2 .667 2.80 61.0 55 21 19 3 39 55 0 1.541 8.1 5.8 8.1 1.41 0.4 28
1965 27 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 9 8 7 2 5 6 0 1.556 9.0 5.0 6.0 1.20 2.0 5
4 Yrs 4 4 .500 3.66 91.0 85 41 37 6 59 80 3 1.582 8.4 7.9 1.36 0.6 43

* 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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