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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-21 / in Starts: 12-12
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 53 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	40 (20-12-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 53 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	34 (17-11-5)

Most Driven In
V DiMaggio	3
L Handley	2
E Fletcher	1
M Van Robays	1
A Vaughan	1
A Lopez	0

Most Driven In By
F Gustine	2
B Elliott	1
E Fletcher	1
P Waner	1
L Handley	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	154	2 (1)	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,9-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	155	4 (1)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,4-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	156	9 (4)	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9	1.41	0.144	3.12	0.19%	1.16	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	157	12 (2)	May 6	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9						P
5	158	15 (2)	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,6-17	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9						P
6	159	21 (5)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	9	.98	0.028	.52	0.01%	0.16	P
7	160	23 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	9						P
8	161	29 (5)	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.55	-0.051	.16	-0.01%	-1.02	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	162	33 (3)	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	.43	-0.011	.09	0.00%	-0.10	P
10	163	37 (3)	Jun 8	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9						P
11	164	40 (2)	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	L,7-8	3-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9	.77	0.030	.18	0.00%	0.26	P
12	165	44 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	9	.79	0.048	.06	0.00%	0.85	P
13	166	49 (4)	Jun 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.471	.859	9	.85	0.058	.06	0.00%	0.63	P
14	167	54 (4)	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.389	.421	.500	.921	9	.75	0.018	.09	0.00%	0.20	P
15	168	59 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.455	.524	.978	9	.59	0.056	.04	0.00%	0.53	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	169	64 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.391	.417	.478	.895	9	1.59	-0.126	.10	-0.01%	-1.06	P
17	170	68 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.478	.895	9						P
18	171	74 (5)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.440	.500	.940	9	.90	0.022	.03	0.00%	0.20	P
19	172	77 (2)	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.440	.500	.940	9						P
20	173	79 (1)	Jul 20	PIT		BSN	W,17-6	5-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.423	.444	.500	.944	9	1.20	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.19	P
21	174	82 (2)	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.423	.444	.500	.944	9						P
22	175	87 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.400	.419	.467	.886	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	176	91 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.424	.452	.876	9	1.06	-0.025	.05	0.00%	-0.19	P
24	177	98 (6)	Aug 7 (2)	PIT		STL	W,12-6	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.432	.486	.918	9	1.07	0.174	.12	0.01%	2.15	P
25	178	103 (4)	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.395	.425	.474	.899	9	1.28	0.066	.34	0.01%	0.17	P
26	179	104	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.425	.474	.899	9						PR
27	180	107 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.425	.474	.899	9						P
28	181	109 (1)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-9	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.415	.462	.876	9	.13	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.23	P
29	182	115 (5)	Aug 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-10	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.405	.450	.855	9	.64	-0.016	.04	0.00%	-0.43	P
30	183	116	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.405	.450	.855	9						P
31	184	118 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.395	.439	.834	9	.11	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	185	126 (7)	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.362	.400	.762	9	2.50	-0.301	.07	-0.01%	-1.82	P
33	186	130 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	5-GF(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.362	.400	.762	9						P
34	187	135 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.347	.383	.730	9	1.17	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
35	188	141 (5)	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.327	.360	.687	9	.32	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
36	189	146 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.327	.360	.687	9						P
							15-21		53	50	6	15	3	0	0	10	2	0	7	0	1		2	1	0	0	.300	.327	.360	.687		1.01	-0.027	.29	0.21%	0.25

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