Max Butcher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: September 21, 1910 in Holden, WV us

Died: September 15, 1957 in Logan, WV

Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill, WV

Debut: April 20, 1936 (Age 25-212d, 7,992nd in major league history)
vs. BSN 5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1945 (Age 34-355d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: Albert Maxwell Butcher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

106

ERA

3.75

335

229

1787.2

485

WHIP

1.410

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 100 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 3 walk-off, 7 tying, 37 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	49
BRO	32
PHI	15

Platoon
vs RHB	50
vs LHB	46

Home/Road
Away	53
Home	43

Outs
1	35
0	31
2	30

8 Opps
NYG	28
CIN	21
STL	11
BSN	10
CHC	10
BRO	8
PIT	4
PHI	4

58 Batters
Mel Ott	11
Ernie Lombardi	6
Don Padgett	3
Max West	3
Dolph Camilli	3
Joe Medwick	3
Johnny Mize	3
Billy Werber	3
Harry Craft	3
Babe Dahlgren	2
Tony Cuccinello	2
Danny Gardella	2
Frank McCormick	2
Jimmy Ripple	2
Chuck Klein	2
Bill Nicholson	2
Wally Berger	2
Don Gutteridge	2
Babe Young	1
Jim Tobin	1
Mickey Witek	1
Bucky Walters	1
Ken O'Dea	1
Billy Myers	1
Pep Young	1
Billy Jurges	1
Frank Demaree	1
Lonny Frey	1
Clyde McCullough	1
Johnny McCarthy	1
Gee Walker	1
Pete Reiser	1
Harry Danning	1
Earl Grace	1
Babe Phelps	1
Lou Stringer	1
Johnny Rizzo	1
Dick West	1
Augie Galan	1
Gabby Hartnett	1
Chet Ross	1
Les Scarsella	1
Eddie Miller	1
Joe Orengo	1
Stan Hack	1
Ival Goodman	1
Tommy Holmes	1
Johnny Gill	1
Clyde Vollmer	1
Phil Cavarretta	1
Bill Swift	1
Dick Bartell	1
Whitey Kurowski	1
Luis Olmo	1
Zeke Bonura	1
Howie Schultz	1
Coaker Triplett	1
Buck Etchison	1

9 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	21
Forbes Fld (PIT)	21
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	20
Crosley Fld (CIN)	10
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Braves Fld (BOS)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Baker Bowl (PHI)	3

Where Hit
9	34
7	33
78	5
8	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	52
1--	20
-2-	8
12-	5
--3	5
1-3	3
-23	2
123	1

152 Runs
RISP	24
0 on	52
1 on	33
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	44

Inning
1	10
2	13
3	13
4	12
5	7
6	5
7	14
8	13
9	5
Extra	4

1-3	36
4-6	24
7-end	36

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	5
+2	7
+1	9
Tied	32
-1	10
-2	5
-3	9
-4..	8

Ahead	32
Tied	32
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	21
1B	18
LF	14
C	12
CF	8
3B	7
2B	6
SS	5
P	3
PH	2

OrderPos
4th	28
3rd	16
5th	16
6th	14
7th	7
1st	4
9th	4
2nd	4
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	40
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1936-04-23	Mel Ott	NYG	@	BRO	tied 2-2	t 10	2	---	1	3	9	41%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1936-05-14	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BRO	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1936-06-17	Bill Swift	PIT	@	BRO	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	1--	2	9	1	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lavagetto Scores
4	4	4	1	1936-06-26	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BRO	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	-2-	2	4	7	17%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Martin Scores
5	5	5	1	1936-07-29 (2)	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BRO	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	7	7%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1936-08-04	Chuck Klein	PHI		BRO	behind 2-6	b 9	0	12-	3	3	9
7	7	7	1	1936-08-19	Mel Ott	NYG		BRO	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	1	3	9	26%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	2	1936-08-19	Jimmy Ripple	NYG		BRO	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	8	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1936-08-29	Les Scarsella	CIN		BRO	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	4	3	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Goodman Scores
10	10	10	1	1936-09-11 (1)	Don Gutteridge	STL	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	5	17%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Durocher Scores
11	11	11	1	1936-09-13 (2)	Johnny Gill	CHC	@	BRO	behind 2-5	t 4	0	---	1	6	7	8%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1937-04-30	Jimmy Ripple	NYG		BRO	ahead 5-2	b 4	1	123	4	4	PH	8%	98%		Home Run; D. Bartell Scores; L. Chiozza Scores; J. Moore Scores
13	13	2	1	1937-05-21	Johnny Mize	STL		BRO	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1-3	3	5	3	8%	95%		Home Run; J. Brown Scores; J. Medwick Scores
14	14	3	1	1937-07-03	Earl Grace	PHI		BRO	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	13%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	2	1937-07-03	Chuck Klein	PHI		BRO	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	10%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1937-07-10	Wally Berger	NYG	@	BRO	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	-2-	2	4	8	7%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Moore Scores
17	17	6	1	1937-07-28	Frank Demaree	CHC		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	17%	70%		Home Run (LF-CF); S. Hack Scores
18	18	7	1	1937-08-01 (2)	Don Padgett	STL		BRO	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	--3	2	5	9	15%	78%		Home Run; J. Medwick Scores
19	19	8	1	1937-09-04	Dick Bartell	NYG		BRO	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	2	6	15%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	9	1	1937-09-08	Johnny McCarthy	NYG	@	BRO	ahead 4-1	t 3	0	12-	3	6	3	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Ott Scores; H. Leiber Scores
21	21	10	1	1937-09-14 (1)	Ernie Lombardi	CIN		BRO	tied 0-0	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	27%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	11	1	1937-09-19	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		BRO	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--	2	4	2	20%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); F. Demaree Scores
23	23	12	1	1937-09-23	Don Padgett	STL		BRO	ahead 6-4	b 7	1	1--	2	5	9	8%	97%		Home Run; J. Medwick Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1938-05-07	Harry Craft	CIN		BRO	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	8	11%	66%		Home Run
25	25	2	1	1938-05-15	Tony Cuccinello	BSN	@	BRO	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	---	1	5	4	13%	80%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1938-05-18	Don Gutteridge	STL	@	BRO	ahead 9-4	t 8	2	12-	3	7	6	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Medwick Scores/unER; D. Padgett Scores/unER; D. Gutteridge Scores/unER
27	27	4	1	1938-06-02	Ival Goodman	CIN		BRO	behind 3-7	b 7	1	1--	2	3	9	10%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Gamble Scores
28	28	5	1	1938-06-15	Frank McCormick	CIN	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	4	3	28%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Berger Scores; I. Goodman Scores
29	29	6	1	1938-06-17 (2)	Harry Craft	CIN	@	BRO	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	6	8	21%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Berger Scores; W. Hershberger Scores
30	30	7	1	1938-06-21	Pep Young	PIT	@	BRO	ahead 6-2	t 7	2	--3	2	8	4	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rizzo Scores
31	31	8	1	1938-07-22	Don Padgett	STL		BRO	ahead 11-3	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run
32	32	9	1	1938-08-06	Billy Myers	CIN	@	BRO	ahead 7-2	t 7	2	1--	2	8	6	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Riggs Scores
33	33	10	1	1938-08-17	Tony Cuccinello	BSN	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	4	11%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	11	1	1938-08-30 (1)	Johnny Mize	STL		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	64%		Home Run
35	35	12	1	1938-09-08	Dolph Camilli	BRO		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---	1	4	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	13	1	1938-09-16 (1)	Ernie Lombardi	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	14	1	1938-09-25 (1)	Dolph Camilli	BRO		PHI	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	-2-	2	4	3	8%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Hockett Scores
38	38	15	1	1938-09-29	Mel Ott	NYG		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3	2	4	9
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1939-05-04	Jim Tobin	PIT	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 2	1	-23	3	9	1	18%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Brubaker Scores; L. Handley Scores
40	40	2	2	1939-05-04	Johnny Rizzo	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	8%	81%		Home Run (LF-CF)
41	41	3	1	1939-05-08	Lonny Frey	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	4	13%	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
42	42	4	2	1939-05-08	Wally Berger	CIN	@	PHI	behind 1-3	t 4	1	1--	2	7	7	21%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Craft Scores
43	43	5	1	1939-05-14	Ken O'Dea	NYG		PHI	tied 1-1	b 10	0	---	1	9	PH			Walk-Off
44	44	6	1	1939-05-19	Ernie Lombardi	CIN		PHI	tied 3-3	b 12	1	---	1	5	2	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	1939-05-30 (1)	Max West	BSN	@	PHI	tied 7-7	t 10	0	1--	2	5	7	35%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
46	46	8	1	1939-06-27	Mel Ott	NYG		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	4	9	13%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Chiozza Scores
47	47	9	2	1939-06-27	Zeke Bonura	NYG		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	---	1	5	3	4%	93%		Home Run
48	48	10	1	1939-09-08	Bucky Walters	CIN	@	PIT	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1	9	1	29%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	11	1	1939-09-23 (1)	Billy Werber	CIN		PIT	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	10%	45%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1940-04-29	Harry Craft	CIN		PIT	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	6	8	24%	55%		Home Run
51	51	2	2	1940-04-29	Billy Werber	CIN		PIT	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	1	5	26%	87%		Home Run
52	52	3	1	1940-05-18	Max West	BSN		PIT	behind 1-2	b 4	0	--3	2	4	9	15%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
53	53	4	2	1940-05-18	Chet Ross	BSN		PIT	behind 4-5	b 5	2	1-3	3	5	7	40%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Hassett Scores; M. West Scores
54	54	5	1	1940-05-28	Billy Werber	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---	1	3	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	1940-06-03	Harry Danning	NYG	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	2	13%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	7	1	1940-08-12	Ernie Lombardi	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---	1	5	2	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	8	1	1940-08-25 (2)	Babe Phelps	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	1--	2	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
58	58	9	1	1940-09-12 (2)	Dolph Camilli	BRO		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	53%		Home Run
59	59	10	1	1940-09-16	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	9%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	11	2	1940-09-16	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	behind 1-6	b 4	1	---	1	5	9	4%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1941-04-18	Dick West	CIN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1941-06-06 (1)	Joe Orengo	NYG		PIT	behind 0-5	b 7	2	1--	2	7	5	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hartnett Scores/unER; J. Orengo Scores/unER
63	63	3	1	1941-06-14	Babe Dahlgren	BSN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (LF-CF)
64	64	4	2	1941-06-14	Eddie Miller	BSN	@	PIT	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	6	6	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	1	1941-06-18	Mel Ott	NYG	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	6	1	1941-07-06 (2)	Lou Stringer	CHC	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	2	4
67	67	7	1	1941-08-14	Clyde McCullough	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-23	3	7	2	14%	79%		Home Run; H. Leiber Scores; B. Dahlgren Scores
68	68	8	1	1941-08-18	Pete Reiser	BRO		PIT	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	1	3	8	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
69	69	9	1	1941-08-21	Babe Young	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	3	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Moore Scores
70	70	10	1	1941-08-31	Babe Dahlgren	CHC		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	1	5	3	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	11	1	1941-09-20 (1)	Frank McCormick	CIN		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	55%		Home Run
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1942-05-31 (2)	Clyde Vollmer	CIN		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	7	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	2	1	1942-06-21	Max West	BSN		PIT	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	23%	81%		Home Run
74	74	3	1	1942-06-28 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	behind 0-2	b 1	1	--3	2	3	9	15%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Werber Scores/unER
75	75	4	1	1942-07-04	Gee Walker	CIN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 8	0	---	1	7	8	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	5	1	1942-07-21	Mickey Witek	NYG		PIT	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	8	4	9%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	6	2	1942-07-21	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	2	3	9	19%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Jurges Scores/unER
78	78	7	3	1942-07-21	Johnny Mize	NYG		PIT	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---	1	4	3	21%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1943-05-16 (1)	Billy Jurges	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	1	6	17%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	2	2	1943-05-16 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	tied 1-1	b 8	2	1--	2	4	9	39%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Maynard Scores
81	81	3	1	1943-07-22 (1)	Coaker Triplett	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	3	7	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	4	1	1943-07-26	Luis Olmo	BRO	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	6	8	10%	35%		Home Run
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1944-05-30 (1)	Augie Galan	BRO		PIT	tied 2-2	b 2	0	12-	3	2	7	19%	83%		Home Run; W. Flowers Scores; F. Bordagaray Scores
84	84	2	1	1944-06-03	Danny Gardella	NYG		PIT	behind 1-2	b 3	2	---	1	3	7	13%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
85	85	3	1	1944-08-04	Stan Hack	CHC	@	PIT	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	1	1	5
86	86	4	2	1944-08-04	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 9	0	1--	2	4	9
87	87	5	1	1944-08-20 (1)	Howie Schultz	BRO	@	PIT	behind 3-4	t 6	2	1--	2	6	3	33%	62%		Home Run; L. Olmo Scores
88	88	6	1	1944-09-04 (1)	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 8	1	1--	2	4	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Cavarretta Scores
89	89	7	1	1944-09-26	Buck Etchison	BSN		PIT	behind 0-6	b 2	0	1--	2	6	3
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
90	90	1	1	1945-05-21	Ernie Lombardi	NYG	@	PIT	behind 0-4	t 5	1	---	1	6	2	5%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
91	91	2	2	1945-05-21	Ernie Lombardi	NYG	@	PIT	behind 1-4	t 7	1	---	1	6	2	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
92	92	3	1	1945-06-16	Whitey Kurowski	STL	@	PIT	ahead 11-10	t 8	1	1--	2	4	5	18%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Adams Scores
93	93	4	1	1945-06-20	Phil Cavarretta	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Johnson Scores
94	94	5	1	1945-07-08 (2)	Tommy Holmes	BSN		PIT	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	1--	2	3	9	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Culler Scores/unER; T. Holmes Scores/unER
95	95	6	1	1945-08-15 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG		PIT	behind 0-6	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
96	96	7	2	1945-08-15 (1)	Danny Gardella	NYG		PIT	behind 2-7	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	7	8%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hausmann Scores

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1 leading off, 3 walk-off, 7 tying, 37 go ahead

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