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: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	68	4	Apr 7	MIN		BAL	W,13-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.25	4.39	30	12	12	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.135	.33	0.09%	2.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out a11
2	69	8	Apr 13	MIN		SEA	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.2	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	1.98	4.30	24	9	5	0	0	4	55			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.183	1.71	0.17%	1.64	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
3	70	12	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	5.2	8	6	2	2	3	0	0	2.33	3.85	26	8	7	1	0	6	38			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	2	1.08	-0.341	1.75	-0.33%	-3.24	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
4	71	16	Apr 22	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.91	3.83	32	13	11	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.418	.75	0.27%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
5	72	20	Apr 26	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	GS-2		3	1.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.43	3.78	7	2	0	0	0	5	36			0	1	0	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.164	1.14	-0.11%	-1.66	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d2
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	73	33	May 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-5		12	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.34	4.12	21	7	6	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.140	2.33	0.19%	1.45	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
7	74	37	May 15	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.99	4.02	23	6	9	0	0	5	62			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.371	2.55	0.40%	3.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
8	75	41	May 20	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.1	7	5	3	2	1	0	0	2.40	3.99	23	8	5	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.416	2.54	-0.47%	-3.12	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
9	76	45	May 25	MIN		MIL	W,7-4	GS-8	W(3-2)	4	8.0	9	4	3	0	4	0	0	2.55	3.65	33	15	5	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.241	1.60	0.24%	0.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
10	77	48	May 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	7.0	12	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.55	3.75	33	7	11	0	0	12	46			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	1	0	.98	0.097	1.54	0.09%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d2
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
11	78	53	Jun 4	MIN		TEX	W,6-2	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	6.2	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.57	3.67	29	11	8	0	0	8	50			2	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.220	1.23	0.16%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a3
12	79	58	Jun 9	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.1	7	5	4	1	1	0	1	2.84	3.64	28	10	8	0	0	7	41			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.118	1.65	-0.11%	-0.79	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out tie
13	80	63	Jun 15	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-4)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.52	3.51	30	15	8	0	0	3	83			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.624	1.51	0.53%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	81	68	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,0-7	GS-4	L(5-5)	5	3.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.86	3.77	15	7	1	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.214	1.30	-0.23%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d4
15	82	73	Jun 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-8		5	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.84	3.82	28	11	7	0	0	7	56			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.266	2.45	0.35%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
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
16	83	78	Jul 2	MIN		BAL	W,6-4	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	10	4	3	3	7	0	0	2.85	3.68	40	11	9	0	0	10	57			0	0	0	36	3	1	1	0	1	1	1.09	0.142	1.92	0.15%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	84	83	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	L,4-11	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	2.0	6	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.23	3.85	14	3	3	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.343	2.37	-0.47%	-3.97	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d4
18	85	86	Jul 13	MIN		DET	L,3-5	GS-8		5	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.27	3.88	28	7	8	0	0	7	53			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.41	-0.110	3.30	-0.15%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
19	86	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.10	3.76	34	10	12	0	0	5	74			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.512	2.00	0.51%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	87	96	Jul 23	MIN		OAK	W,14-4	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	11	4	4	4	5	0	0	3.16	3.71	40	10	10	0	0	11	50			0	1	0	35	3	0	0	1	1	0	.61	0.157	1.61	0.25%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
21	88	101	Jul 29	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	GS-9		5	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.18	3.66	33	12	7	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.174	4.82	0.47%	1.73	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
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
22	89	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-6)	4	8.1	11	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.12	3.72	37	9	11	1	0	11	53			0	1	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.229	5.54	0.66%	1.89	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
23	90	111	Aug 8	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.0	6	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.21	3.80	29	6	10	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	1	0	.67	0.007	2.36	0.02%	0.21	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d2
24	91	116	Aug 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.72	33	15	10	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.225	2.44	0.52%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	92	121	Aug 18(1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-8		4	7.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	3.17	3.86	29	7	10	0	0	7	46			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.043	5.19	-0.11%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
26	93	127	Aug 24	MIN		TOR	L,2-6	GS-7		5	6.1	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.16	3.91	30	6	11	0	0	7	51			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.096	5.17	-0.20%	0.18	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out tie
27	94	132	Aug 29	MIN		BOS	L,0-4	GS-6	L(10-8)	4	5.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.26	3.86	23	6	8	0	0	7	41			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.077	3.09	-0.17%	-0.42	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
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
28	95	137	Sep 3	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS-8	W(11-8)	4	7.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.18	3.82	26	15	3	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.295	7.54	1.29%	2.46	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a1
29	96	141	Sep 8	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	9	4	2	1	5	1	0	3.12	3.80	36	8	13	0	0	9	61			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	1	.86	0.174	4.40	0.54%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	97	145	Sep 12	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	GS-7		3	6.1	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.11	3.76	28	8	6	0	0	10	47			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.30	0.064	12.87	0.38%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
31	98	149	Sep 17	MIN		CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	L(12-9)	4	5.2	7	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.20	3.86	27	10	6	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.182	4.95	-0.71%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
32	99	153	Sep 21	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	8	3	2	0	4	1	0	3.15	3.84	34	10	12	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.151	1.42	0.45%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	100	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS-2	L(13-10)	3	1.2	6	5	5	1	1	0	1	3.33	3.85	11	3	0	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.267	12.03	-1.47%	-3.20	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d4
34	101	161	Sep 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(13-11)	3	6.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.44	3.83	30	8	9	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start a 3	7b -23 1 out tie
							18-16		W-L:13-11	4.1	225.0	242	98	86	53	83	18	4	3.44	3.83	944	1.17		0%	0%	238	51		---%	9	11	0	877	50	2	5	22	9	11	.99	2.326	3.04	3.19%	18.64

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