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, 6,653rd in MLB 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

17.9

W

L

106

ERA

3.75

G

335

GS

229

SV

IP

1787.2

SO

485

WHIP

1.410

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1931	20	CLK,YOR	C,B	3	3	.500		10						39.1	19				13								0.814	4.3		3.0			CLK,YOR MATL,NYPL
1932	21	BEC	C	16	12	.571	3.29	34						235.0	232	112	86		70								1.285	8.9		2.7			BEC MATL
1933	22	ATA	A	10	13	.435	4.67	37						189.0	222	124	98		90								1.651	10.6		4.3			ATA SOUA
1934	23	NYY-min	AA,A	7	10	.412	6.19	37						141.0	147	105	97		92								1.695	9.4		5.9			BLT,BNG IL,NYPL
1935	24	GAL	A	24	11	.686	2.21	39	36					317.0	239	90	78		106								1.088	6.8		3.0			GAL TL
1936	25	BRO	NL	6	6	.500	3.96	38	15	10	5	0	2	147.2	154	85	65	11	59	55	1	1	2	643	105	4.71	1.442	9.4	0.7	3.6	3.4	0.93
1937	26	BRO	NL	11	15	.423	4.27	39	24	11	8	1	0	191.2	203	106	91	12	75	57	7	1	3	823	94	4.54	1.450	9.5	0.6	3.5	2.7	0.76
1938	27	TOT	NL	9	12	.429	4.47	36	20	8	14	0	2	171.0	198	106	85	15	70	50	3	0	5	769	89	4.76	1.567	10.4	0.8	3.7	2.6	0.71
1938	27	BRO	NL	5	4	.556	6.56	24	8	8	3	0	2	72.2	104	66	53	9	39	21	1	0	5	355	60	5.61	1.968	12.9	1.1	4.8	2.6	0.54
1938	27	PHI	NL	4	8	.333	2.93	12	12	0	11	0	0	98.1	94	40	32	6	31	29	2	0	0	414	136	4.13	1.271	8.6	0.5	2.8	2.7	0.94
1939	28	TOT	NL	6	17	.261	4.73	34	28	3	8	2	0	192.1	238	112	101	12	74	48	1	1	2	880	82	4.45	1.622	11.1	0.6	3.5	2.2	0.65
1939	28	PHI	NL	2	13	.133	5.79	20	16	3	3	0	0	105.2	134	75	68	10	51	27	1	1	2	498	68	5.17	1.751	11.4	0.9	4.3	2.3	0.53
1939	28	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	3.43	14	12	0	5	2	0	86.2	104	37	33	2	23	21	0	0	0	382	113	3.58	1.465	10.8	0.2	2.4	2.2	0.91
1940	29	PIT	NL	8	9	.471	6.01	35	24	5	6	2	2	136.1	161	99	91	13	46	40	1	1	1	608	64	4.52	1.518	10.6	0.9	3.0	2.6	0.87
1941	30	PIT	NL	17	12	.586	3.05	33	32	1	19	0	0	236.0	249	98	80	11	66	61	1	0	3	1017	119	3.60	1.335	9.5	0.4	2.5	2.3	0.92
1942	31	PIT	NL	5	8	.385	2.93	24	18	3	9	0	1	150.2	144	59	49	7	44	49	2	0	2	642	116	3.29	1.248	8.6	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.11
1943	32	PIT	NL	10	8	.556	2.60	33	21	9	10	2	1	193.2	191	65	56	4	57	45	2	0	3	804	134	3.13	1.281	8.9	0.2	2.6	2.1	0.79
1944	33	PIT	NL	13	11	.542	3.12	35	27	6	13	5	1	199.0	216	83	69	8	46	43	1	0	2	854	119	3.34	1.317	9.8	0.4	2.1	1.9	0.93
1945	34	PIT	NL	10	8	.556	3.03	28	20	3	12	2	0	169.1	184	76	57	7	46	37	4	0	0	728	131	3.53	1.358	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.0	0.80
1946	35	BSN-min	D,C	6	5	.545	1.41	12						96.0	110	65	15		27								1.427	10.3		2.5			WLH,RAL APPY,CARL
10 Yrs				95	106	.473	3.75	335	229	59	104	14	9	1787.2	1938	889	744	100	583	485	23	4	23	7768	101	3.95	1.410	9.8	0.5	2.9	2.4	0.83
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.473	3.75	40	28	7	13	2	1	216	234	107	90	12	70	58	3	0	3	937	101	3.95	1.410	9.8	0.5	2.9	2.4	0.83

PIT (7 yrs)				67	60	.528	3.34	202	154	27	74	13	5	1171.2	1249	517	435	52	328	296	11	1	11	5035	110	3.53	1.346	9.6	0.4	2.5	2.3	0.90
BRO (3 yrs)				22	25	.468	4.57	101	47	29	16	1	4	412.0	461	257	209	32	173	133	9	2	10	1821	89	4.79	1.539	10.1	0.7	3.8	2.9	0.77
PHI (2 yrs)				6	21	.222	4.41	32	28	3	14	0	0	204.0	228	115	100	16	82	56	3	1	2	912	90	4.67	1.520	10.1	0.7	3.6	2.5	0.68

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

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