John Butcher
Born: March 8, 1957, Glendale, CAHeight: 6'4" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Yavapai CC
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1980 Texas AL 23 3 3 4.08 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 35.1 34 152 19 16 2 13 0 0 27 1981 Texas AL 24 1 2 1.63 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 27.2 18 106 6 5 0 7 1 0 19 1982 Texas AL 25 1 5 4.87 18 13 2 2 3 1 0 94.1 102 406 53 51 10 30 4 2 39 1983 Texas AL 26 6 6 3.51 38 6 1 18 14 5 1 123.0 128 522 50 48 8 37 4 1 58 1984 Minnesota AL 27 13 11 3.44 34 34 8 0 0 0 1 225.0 242 944 98 86 18 48 5 4 83 1985 Minnesota AL 28 11 14 4.98 34 33 8 1 0 0 2 207.2 239 893 125 115 24 39 4 6 92 1986 Minnesota AL 29 0 3 6.30 16 10 1 5 1 0 0 70.0 82 308 50 49 11 23 1 1 29 1986 Cleveland AL 29 1 5 6.93 13 8 1 1 4 0 1 50.2 86 246 43 39 6 13 0 3 16 TOTALS 36 49 4.42 164 113 23 28 23 6 6 833.2 931 3577 444 409 79 210 19 17 363
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1980 Texas AL 6 137 19 34 45 5 0 2 2 0 3 2 13 0 0 27 1 .248 .328 .313 1981 Texas AL 5 97 6 18 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 19 2 .186 .227 .248 1982 Texas AL 18 364 53 102 160 18 5 10 2 4 3 3 30 4 2 39 13 .280 .440 .342 1983 Texas AL 38 474 50 128 176 22 1 8 4 2 2 3 37 4 1 58 11 .270 .371 .328 1984 Minnesota AL 34 877 98 242 350 50 2 18 1 9 9 11 48 5 4 83 22 .276 .399 .317 1985 Minnesota AL 34 828 125 239 377 44 11 24 6 10 15 6 39 4 6 92 15 .289 .455 .325 1986 Minnesota AL 16 279 50 82 137 18 2 11 1 3 3 1 23 1 1 29 12 .294 .491 .349 1986 Cleveland AL 13 226 43 86 116 12 0 6 1 3 4 2 13 0 3 16 7 .381 .513 .416
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1980 Texas AL 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Texas AL 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Texas AL 25 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Texas AL 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Minnesota AL 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Minnesota AL 28 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Minnesota AL 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Cleveland AL 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? ?
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1980 Texas AL P 35.1 6 6 1 6 1 0 .875 1.78 3 2 0 1981 Texas AL P 27.2 3 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 0 1982 Texas AL P 94.1 13 18 7 19 0 3 1.000 2.48 3 3 0 1983 Texas AL P 123.0 6 38 11 17 0 0 1.000 2.05 2 3 0 1984 Minnesota AL P 225.0 34 34 25 20 3 5 .938 1.80 9 11 0 1985 Minnesota AL P 207.2 33 34 24 27 2 2 .962 2.21 15 6 0 1986 Minnesota AL P 70.0 10 16 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.80 3 1 0 1986 Cleveland AL P 50.2 8 13 5 5 3 1 .769 1.78 4 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 7, 1976).
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 11, 1977).
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Mike Smithson and Sam Sorce to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Gary Ward (December 7, 1983).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Neal Heaton (June 20, 1986).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (December 23, 1986).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (1987).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (March 27, 1987).
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