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 Pitching

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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
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 29 263 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 75 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 6 278 147 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 50 1.556 9.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 1.20
4 Seasons 2 3 .400 3.10 43 5 13 0 0 0 95.2 81 38 33 6 56 2 85 3 0 9 420 112 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 13 595 112 1.432 7.6 0.6 5.3 8.0 1.52

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
1964 26 PIT NL 28 276 233 21 52 7 2 3 9 3 37 58 .223 .326 .309 .635 .280 72 2 0 3 3 1
1965 27 PIT NL 5 41 36 8 9 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .250 .341 .417 .758 .250 15 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 43 418 348 38 81 10 3 6 11 3 56 85 .233 .339 .330 .669 .285 115 5 3 5 6 2
162 Game Avg. 61 592 493 54 115 14 4 9 16 4 79 120 .233 .339 .330 .669 .285 163 7 4 7 9 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 55 65 45 8 1 0 3 2.8 4.0 6.4
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.377 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 0.869 0 0 5 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 22 3 14% 9 0.814 5 6 11 3 1 18 14 8 14 6 13 2 4.8
1965 27 PIT NL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.115 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 5.4
4 Seasons 43 38 13 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 0 28 3 11% 0.746 5 8 22 3 1 31 17 18 22 7 20 3 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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 34% 0.0% 34.5% 20.7% 0.0% 0% 1.67 38% 10 1 10%
1963 25 PIT NL 72 38% 1.4% 15.3% 11.1% 6.9% 33% 0.63 68% 16 2 13%
1964 26 PIT NL 276 40% 1.1% 21.0% 13.4% 4.4% 23% 0.52 63% 42 2 5%
1965 27 PIT NL 41 50% 4.9% 14.6% 12.2% 4.9% 22% 0.83 68% 5 0 0%
4 Seasons 418 40% 1.4% 20.3% 13.4% 4.6% 24% 0.59 63% 73 5 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 252 52 3 0 9 2 1 2 1 14 9 3 64% 2 6 2 100 9 3 75% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 24
1965 27 PIT NL 24 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
4 Seasons 377 81 6 0 15 3 2 2 3 27 13 9 48% 3 9 3 155 11 3 79% 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 41
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 29 263 1.833 7.5 0.0 9.0 15.0 1.67 263
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 95 1.522 8.1 0.4 5.6 8.5 1.50 95
1964 26 2 2 .500 2.70 38 5 11 0 0 0 86.2 72 30 26 4 51 2 79 3 0 8 379 129 1.419 7.5 0.4 5.3 8.2 1.55 129
1965 27 2 3 .400 3.10 43 5 13 0 0 0 95.2 81 38 33 6 56 2 85 3 0 9 420 112 1.432 7.6 0.6 5.3 8.0 1.52 112

Neutralized Pitching

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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 10 1 1.833 7.5 9.0 15.0 1.67 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 2.76 62.0 54 21 19 3 38 56 0 1.484 7.8 5.5 8.1 1.47 0.4 28
1965 27 0 0 9.00 8.0 10 9 8 2 6 5 0 2.000 11.3 6.8 5.6 0.83 2.3 5
4 Seasons 4 3 .571 3.76 91.0 85 42 38 6 59 81 3 1.582 8.4 8.0 1.37 0.6 43

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