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: 6-12 / in Starts: 5-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 3

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	12	41	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-14	3-6		99	3.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	9.00	4.38	18	4	2	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	-0.012	.02	0.00%	-2.24	3t --- 2 out d6	6t 123 2 out d8
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
2	13	55	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	5-8		17	2.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.94	4.66	11	4	4	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.040	.03	0.00%	1.07	5b 12- 2 out d3	8b 12- 1 out d2
3	14	59	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-4	4-GF(8)		3	4.1	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	5.40	4.52	16	4	5	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.083	.05	0.01%	1.85	4b 123 2 out d3	8b end d 3
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
4	15	77	Jul 9(1)	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GS-6		18	5.1	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.70	3.89	23	10	4	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.076	.06	0.00%	0.94	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
5	16	84	Jul 17	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-11	GS-2	L(0-1)	7	1.2	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	7.94	4.48	12	1	1	0	0	7	14			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.487	.05	-0.02%	-6.02	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d4
6	17	89	Jul 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	8.55	4.97	14	5	1	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.237	.02	0.00%	-2.15	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d2
7	18	93	Jul 25(2)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-6		2	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	7.96	4.49	28	10	4	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.178	.01	0.00%	-1.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
8	19	102	Aug 3(2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-9		8	8.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	6.62	4.31	30	14	5	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.31	0.215	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
9	20	107	Aug 8(1)	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.1	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	6.41	4.17	24	7	5	0	1	6	44			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out a1
10	21	113	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	5.59	4.23	34	19	6	2	1	3	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.282	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	22	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GS-11		5	11.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.85	4.27	41	17	12	1	0	5	78			1	0	0	37	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.49	0.643	.00	0.00%	3.17	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
12	23	123	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	L(1-3)	4	9.0	11	4	4	0	4	1	0	4.74	4.14	36	15	6	3	0	11	53			0	1	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.233	.00	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	24	129	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	3.0	7	6	4	0	1	1	0	5.05	4.23	16	5	3	1	0	7	26			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.358	.00	0.00%	-4.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				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
14	25	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-7	GS-4		5	3.1	8	6	6	3	1	0	1	5.54	4.30	20	5	2	1	0	8	18			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.434	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1b start a 2	4b --3 1 out tie
15	26	142	Sep 12	TEX		SEA	L,0-1	4-GF		6	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.13	4.19	21	11	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.285	.00	0.00%	2.82	4t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
16	27	148	Sep 18	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-4	6-GF	S(1)	5	3.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.13	13	7	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.78	6b 1-- 2 out a4	9b end a 6
17	28	155	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	GS-7		6	6.0	11	3	3	2	5	2	0	4.90	4.28	29	9	3	1	0	10	41			0	1	0	26	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.45	0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a2
18	29	160	Oct 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	4.1	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.87	4.41	20	9	4	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	16	3	0	1	1	1	1	.83	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d2
							6-12		W-L:1-5,Sv:1	4.9	94.1	102	53	51	34	39	10	2	4.87	4.41	406	2.08		6%	1%	100	45	6	0%	3	3	0	364	18	5	4	13	4	3	1.01	-0.413	.01	-0.01%	-4.75

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