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: 1-4 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 5, Entered with runners on base: 0

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	AB	2B	IBB	GDP	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	7	75	Sep 1	TEX		TOR	L,3-9	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.60	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
2	8	86	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	7-11		11	4.0	1	0	0	2	1	0.00	2.93	15	6	5	1	1	1		0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.106	2.58	0.12%	0.83	7b --- 0 out d2	11b 12- 0 out tie
3	9	94	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	8	6.2	6	3	3	2	3	2.13	2.76	26	12	3	0	0	6	51			24	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.086	1.01	-0.04%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
4	10	99	Sep 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	4	3	2	3	6	2.41	2.55	25	8	4	1	0	4	57			22	2	1	1	1	.94	0.037	.01	0.00%	0.27	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
5	11	104	Oct 3	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	1.63	2.09	33	14	5	2	0	5	84			31	2	0	0	0	1.17	0.632	.00	0.00%	3.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							1-4		W-L:1-2	5.7	27.2	18	6	5	8	19	1.63	2.09	106	2.21		7%	2%	18	64	0	---%	97	4	1	2	1	1.10	0.690	.62	0.08%	6.39

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