John Butcher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: March 8, 1957 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th) of the 1977 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ).

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 8, 1980 (Age 23-184d, 14,388th in major league history)
vs. OAK 9.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 9, 1986 (Age 29-185d)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: John Daniel Butcher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

4.42

164

113

833.2

363

WHIP

1.391

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-23 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 16

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	30	1	Apr 4	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	7-GF	W(1-0)	99	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.09	11	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.277	2.15	0.23%	1.46	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
2	31	4	Apr 8	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	GS-6		3	5.1	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.32	3.00	26	9	5	0	0	9	33			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.044	2.20	-0.04%	-0.25	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
3	32	10	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	6-GF(8)		7	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.38	3.32	10	4	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.66	0.092	.96	0.08%	1.60	6b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 1
4	33	16	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	8-9		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.36	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.024	.60	0.02%	0.49	8t -2- 2 out d2	9t -2- 2 out d2
5	34	21	Apr 30	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	6-GF	S(1)	6	3.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.29	11	7	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.239	1.70	0.20%	1.95	6t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	35	25	May 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.24	8	1	4	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.002	.06	0.00%	-0.03	7b -23 1 out d5	8b end d 7
7	36	26	May 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-4	5-8	W(2-0)	1	3.2	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.66	2.95	17	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.214	2.00	0.19%	1.45	5b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a2
8	37	30	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-8	4-7		6	3.2	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.38	3.09	19	2	8	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	1	0	.23	-0.029	.40	-0.03%	-1.28	4t --- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d7
9	38	34	May 17	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	6-8	BS(1)	3	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.81	3.68	10	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.354	3.55	-0.39%	-1.41	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out tie
10	39	39	May 22	TEX	@	DET	L,5-12	2-7	L(2-1)	4	5.2	8	6	6	1	4	2	0	4.83	4.18	24	8	3	0	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	-0.386	2.14	-0.46%	-2.67	2b 12- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
11	40	44	May 27	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	6-GF(8)		4	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	3.90	8	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.104	1.12	0.12%	1.49	6b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 1
12	41	46	May 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	5-7		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	3.83	8	1	6	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.007	.07	0.01%	1.28	5b 1-- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	42	49	Jun 3	TEX		DET	L,1-12	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.99	3.80	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d11	9t end d11
14	43	51	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,4-5	6-10	L(2-2)	1	3.2	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.07	4.02	15	6	4	1	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.317	1.82	-0.26%	-0.26	6t 12- 1 out tie	10t -2- 0 out d1
15	44	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	7-GF	S(2)	4	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.00	4.16	12	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.164	1.80	0.15%	0.55	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
16	45	58	Jun 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.78	4.03	10	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.376	3.63	0.42%	2.15	7t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 3
17	46	61	Jun 16	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	4.01	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.036	1.04	0.04%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
18	47	63	Jun 18	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	7-8		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.91	3.98	11	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.097	1.43	-0.12%	-1.03	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
19	48	70	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	7-GF	S(4)	6	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.69	3.93	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.033	.60	0.05%	1.46	7t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
20	49	75	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	7-8	H(1)	4	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.79	3.96	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.074	9.10	-0.16%	-0.17	7b 1-- 1 out a1	8b 1-3 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	50	77	Jul 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,13-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.90	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a10	9b end a10
22	51	80	Jul 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-8	5-7		5	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.55	3.96	10	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.070	1.01	0.12%	2.51	5b -23 1 out d4	7b 3 out d3
23	52	82	Jul 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.39	3.94	11	3	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.40	0.006	1.09	0.01%	0.77	6b -2- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
24	53	84	Jul 12	TEX		MIL	L,2-9	6-8		1	3.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.90	15	2	5	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.067	1.46	-0.11%	-0.54	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d4
25	54	87	Jul 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-7	4-GF(8)		2	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.39	3.80	18	4	9	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.121	2.03	0.21%	1.41	4b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
26	55	92	Jul 19	TEX	@	MIL	W,3-1	6-GF	S(5)	3	4.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.21	3.74	18	6	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.17	0.357	5.59	0.55%	1.87	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
27	56	98	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,5-6	8-9	L(2-3)	5	1.1	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.51	3.84	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.210	4.27	-0.34%	-0.92	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out a1
28	57	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-7	7-7		4	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.60	3.92	6	1	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.138	1.30	-0.16%	-1.48	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	58	104	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,5-6	4-7		2	4.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.87	17	4	6	0	1	5		1	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.072	1.65	0.07%	1.33	4t 1-- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d2
30	59	111	Aug 8	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	3-8	W(3-3)	5	5.2	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.30	3.77	24	9	7	1	1	7		2	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.226	1.93	0.22%	2.91	3b 1-3 1 out d3	8b 3 out tie
31	60	118	Aug 16	TEX		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	7	9.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.66	29	14	11	0	1	1	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.603	.99	0.38%	4.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	61	123	Aug 21	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	6.0	5	3	2	2	7	1	1	2.98	3.69	27	8	4	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.105	.73	-0.05%	-0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
33	62	129	Aug 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	5.0	11	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.35	3.67	25	11	2	0	0	11	20			1	1	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	-0.440	.07	-0.02%	-3.11	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
34	63	134	Aug 31	TEX	@	DET	W,5-1	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.2	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.23	3.65	26	7	5	1	1	6	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.300	.00	0.00%	2.18	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	64	140	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.2	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.28	3.65	30	7	8	1	0	9	48			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a4
36	65	143	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	4-7		3	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.22	3.64	11	7	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.49	4b 12- 2 out d2	7b 12- 0 out d2
37	66	149	Sep 16	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-8	7-8	BL(6-6)	6	1.2	3	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.39	3.66	9	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	-0.662	.00	0.00%	-3.11	7b --- 0 out a1	8b --- 2 out d2
38	67	151	Sep 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,7-6	7-7	BS(3)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.51	3.68	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d1
							15-23		W-L:6-6,Sv:5,BSv:3,Hld:1	3.5	123.0	128	50	48	41	58	8	1	3.51	3.68	522	1.30		3%	2%	127	50	26	15%	2	3	0	474	22	1	4	11	2	3	1.06	0.133	1.43	0.93%	15.62

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