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Butch Henline

Walter John Henline

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1894 in Fort Wayne, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Robins/WhiteSox/Giants 1921-1931

Final Game: July 18, 1931
Died: October 9, 1957 in Sarasota, FL
Buried: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1921 26 TOT NL 34 116 112 8 34 2 0 0 8 1 0 2 7 .304 .316 .321 .637 64 36 0 2 2
1921 26 NYG NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1921 26 PHI NL 33 115 111 8 34 2 0 0 8 1 0 2 6 .306 .319 .324 .643 66 36 0 2 2
1922 27 PHI NL 125 481 430 57 136 20 4 14 64 2 2 36 33 .316 .380 .479 .859 113 206 8 7 *2
1923 28 PHI NL 111 381 330 45 107 14 3 7 46 7 5 37 33 .324 .407 .448 .855 116 148 9 5 2/7O
1924 29 PHI NL 115 329 289 41 82 18 4 5 35 1 2 27 15 .284 .361 .426 .787 100 123 8 5 2/O87
1925 30 PHI NL 93 301 263 43 80 12 5 8 48 3 1 24 16 .304 .380 .479 .859 111 126 8 6 2/7O
1926 31 PHI NL 99 320 283 32 80 14 1 2 30 1 21 18 .283 .339 .360 .699 82 102 3 13 2/37O
1927 32 BRO NL 67 203 177 12 47 10 3 1 18 1 17 10 .266 .337 .373 .710 90 66 2 7 2
1928 33 BRO NL 55 152 132 12 28 3 1 2 8 2 17 8 .212 .302 .295 .597 57 39 0 3 2
1929 34 BRO NL 27 73 62 5 15 2 0 1 7 0 9 9 .242 .338 .323 .661 66 20 0 2 2
1930 35 CHW AL 3 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 1 /2
1931 36 CHW AL 11 17 15 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .133 .310 -15 2 0 0 /2
11 Seasons 740 2382 2101 258 611 96 21 40 268 18 10 192 156 .291 .361 .414 .774 97 869 38 51
162 Game Avg. 162 521 460 56 134 21 5 9 59 4 42 34 .291 .361 .414 .774 97 190 8 11
PHI (6 yrs) 576 1927 1706 226 519 80 17 36 231 15 10 147 121 .304 .372 .434 .806 103 741 36 38
BRO (3 yrs) 149 428 371 29 90 15 4 4 33 3 43 27 .243 .325 .337 .661 74 125 2 12
CHW (2 yrs) 14 26 23 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .087 .160 .130 .290 -22 3 0 1
NYG (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 726 2356 2078 255 609 95 21 40 264 18 10 190 149 .293 .363 .417 .780 98 866 38 50
AL (2 yrs) 14 26 23 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .087 .160 .130 .290 -22 3 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1921 26 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1921 26 PHI NL 115 -6 0 0 0 1 1 3 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 2
1922 27 PHI NL 481 4 -1 0 0 2 4 14 23 2.3 21 2.1 0.2 $ *2
1923 28 PHI NL 381 9 -1 0 0 0 3 11 22 2.2 22 2.2 0.0 $ 2/7O
1924 29 PHI NL 329 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 14 1.4 13 1.4 0.0 $ 2/O87
1925 30 PHI NL 301 4 1 0 0 0 2 9 16 1.6 16 1.5 0.1 $ 2/7O
1926 31 PHI NL 320 -7 -2 0 0 1 2 9 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 2/37O
1927 32 BRO NL 203 -4 -1 0 0 -2 2 6 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ 2
1928 33 BRO NL 152 -8 0 0 0 0 1 5 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1929 34 BRO NL 73 -4 -1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 2
1930 35 CHW AL 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
1931 36 CHW AL 17 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /2
11 Seasons 2382 -17 -5 0 0 2 19 70 69 6.9 67 6.7 0.2 $
PHI (6 yrs) 1927 4 -3 0 0 5 15 56 77 7.7 72 7.2 0.5 $
BRO (3 yrs) 428 -16 -2 0 0 -2 4 13 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
CHW (2 yrs) 26 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $
NYG (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1921 PHI NL 26 C 32 30 29 159 113 44 2 5 .987 4.91 .971 4.87 3 23 26 53%
1922 PHI NL 27 C 119 118 108 522 400 113 9 13 .983 4.31 .974 4.63 7 82 59 42%
1923 PHI NL 28 C 96 94 80 367 288 71 8 8 .978 3.74 .976 4.66 8 86 51 37%
1923 PHI NL 28 LF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.30
1923 PHI NL 28 OF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .963 2.40
1924 PHI NL 29 C 83 74 60 333 248 76 9 12 .973 3.90 .981 4.78 3 60 41 41%
1924 PHI NL 29 OF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.40
1924 PHI NL 29 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.80
1924 PHI NL 29 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1925 PHI NL 30 C 68 65 58 274 209 53 12 9 .956 3.85 .970 4.45 3 41 27 40%
1925 PHI NL 30 LF 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.25
1925 PHI NL 30 OF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.50
1926 PHI NL 31 C 77 71 58 271 217 46 8 9 .970 3.42 .971 4.39 4 47 23 33%
1926 PHI NL 31 1B 4 4 4 29 26 2 1 3 .966 7.00 .989 10.55
1926 PHI NL 31 LF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.20
1926 PHI NL 31 OF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.40
1927 BRO NL 32 C 60 50 50 281 216 50 15 6 .947 4.43 .974 4.43 3 49 24 33%
1928 BRO NL 33 C 45 35 30 167 141 22 4 3 .976 3.62 .979 4.42 1 24 12 33%
1929 BRO NL 34 C 21 15 15 90 72 15 3 2 .967 4.14 .974 4.34 0 21 10 32%
1930 CHW AL 35 C 3 3 2 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .984 4.87 0 2 1 33%
1931 CHW AL 36 C 4 3 1 18 14 2 2 0 .889 4.00 .981 4.92 2 3 0 0%
11 Seasons C 608 558 491 2494 1928 494 72 67 .971 3.98 .975 4.58 34 438 274 38%
4 Seasons LF 6 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.25
4 Seasons OF 6 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 .963 2.42
1 Season 1B 4 4 4 29 26 2 1 3 .966 7.00 .989 10.55
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 618 564 497 2530 1961 496 73 70 .971 3.98 .975 4.59 34 438 274 38%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1923 NL  .407 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1922 NL  14 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 NL  8 (2nd)
1923 NL  9 (2nd)
1924 NL  8 (4th)
1925 NL  8 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1922 NL  30.7 (5th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1922 NL  119 (2nd)
1923 NL  96 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1922 NL  400 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1922 NL  113 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1924 NL  9 (3rd)
1925 NL  12 (4th)
1927 NL  15 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1922 NL  7 (5th)
1923 NL  8 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1922 NL  91 (1st)
1923 NL  79 (1st)
1926 NL  42 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1922 NL  60 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1922 NL  4.31 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1922 NL  .983 (1st)
1923 NL  .978 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Earl Smith (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Damian Miller (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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