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: 15-19 / in Starts: 14-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	102	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-8		99	7.0	8	1	1	2	9	0	0	1.29	0.97	31	8	4	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.134	2.35	0.13%	1.58	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
2	103	8	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	CG	L(0-1)	5	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.81	1.93	35	8	15	0	0	7	56			1	0	0	31	0	1	1	1	1	0	.91	0.023	1.17	0.02%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	104	12	Apr 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	2.04	28	13	10	0	0	3	83			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.589	.87	0.31%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	105	16	Apr 25	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.38	2.42	36	13	8	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.105	1.67	0.08%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	106	20	Apr 30	MIN	@	DET	W,11-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.30	2.52	33	13	11	1	0	5	69			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.055	.58	-0.04%	2.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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	107	24	May 5	MIN		BAL	L,5-10	GS-4	L(3-2)	4	3.2	9	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.28	2.75	21	5	3	0	0	9	21			0	0	0	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.438	1.59	-0.43%	-4.19	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
7	108	27	May 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.1	10	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.46	2.97	29	8	3	1	0	10	38			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.057	2.50	-0.06%	-0.55	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out a1
8	109	32	May 15	MIN		DET	W,5-4	GS-10		4	10.0	12	4	4	2	7	2	1	3.48	3.26	45	12	12	0	0	11	57			1	0	0	42	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.213	2.31	0.19%	1.37	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
9	110	37	May 20	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	7.1	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.15	28	8	10	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.374	1.76	0.40%	2.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a4
10	111	42	May 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(4-3)	5	8.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.61	3.28	29	14	7	0	0	6	50			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.205	.65	-0.18%	-0.96	1b start tie	8b 3 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	112	47	Jun 1	MIN		MIL	L,2-7	GS-2	L(4-4)	5	1.0	6	7	7	1	2	0	0	4.37	3.26	10	1	0	0	0	6	14			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.366	1.12	-0.21%	-5.47	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d5
12	113	52	Jun 8	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(4-5)	6	9.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	2	4.23	3.53	35	12	11	3	0	6	65			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.065	.77	0.05%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	114	57	Jun 15	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-11	GS-7	L(4-6)	6	6.0	11	6	6	2	3	0	0	4.53	3.48	30	8	8	2	0	9	27			3	1	0	27	4	0	1	0	1	0	.61	-0.272	.50	-0.13%	-2.53	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d3
14	115	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	KCR	W,11-8	GS-4		4	3.2	9	6	6	1	3	0	0	4.92	3.42	21	2	6	0	0	9	21			1	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.503	.68	-0.17%	-4.21	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d1
15	116	67	Jun 25	MIN		KCR	L,0-3	CG	L(4-7)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.75	3.49	34	16	8	0	0	8	57			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	0	.74	0.040	.41	0.01%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
16	117	71	Jun 30	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	W(5-7)	4	7.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.69	3.54	29	13	6	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.090	.80	-0.04%	0.31	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
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
17	118	75	Jul 4	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-8)	3	6.2	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.65	3.48	28	8	10	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	1	0	.95	-0.041	.74	-0.02%	0.01	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
18	119	79	Jul 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS-7		3	6.2	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	4.55	3.47	29	9	11	0	0	6	49			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.216	.49	-0.05%	-0.97	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out tie
19	120	83	Jul 12	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	3	6.2	9	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.46	3.58	29	7	12	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.183	.78	0.06%	1.43	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out a1
20	121	87	Jul 19	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-9)	6	4.2	7	6	4	2	4	2	1	4.57	3.74	25	3	8	0	0	7	32			2	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.325	.46	-0.12%	-3.43	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d4
21	122	91	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-9	W(7-9)	3	8.1	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.43	3.72	33	11	8	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.74	0.265	.26	0.06%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
22	123	95	Jul 27	MIN		DET	W,11-4	GS-7	W(8-9)	3	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.46	3.74	29	5	13	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.184	.27	-0.03%	-0.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
23	124	99	Jul 31	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-12	GS-2	L(8-10)	3	1.2	6	6	6	0	0	1	0	4.76	3.81	11	3	2	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.318	.28	-0.06%	-4.30	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d5
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
24	125	107	Aug 11	MIN		CAL	L,0-12	GS-6	L(8-11)	10	5.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.89	3.80	25	7	4	0	0	8	31			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.155	.04	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
25	126	113	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	W,14-5	GS-8	W(9-11)	3	8.0	10	3	3	2	7	2	0	4.82	3.85	34	12	3	1	0	10	55			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.45	0.229	.01	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out a11
26	127	118	Aug 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4.60	3.76	29	13	8	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.457	.01	0.00%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
27	128	125	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	L(9-12)	9	6.0	7	5	3	1	1	2	1	4.60	3.89	28	9	9	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-0.79	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
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
28	129	131	Sep 4	MIN		MIL	L,10-11	GS-2		4	1.2	5	5	5	3	0	1	0	4.80	4.00	12	3	1	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out tie
29	130	136	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-12)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.58	3.90	30	14	8	2	0	4	83			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.54	0.323	.00	0.00%	4.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
30	131	142	Sep 14(1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,9-11	GS-4	L(10-13)	4	3.1	6	8	6	3	1	1	0	4.78	3.98	22	9	3	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	3	1.16	-0.451	.00	0.00%	-5.17	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
31	132	147	Sep 18	MIN		TEX	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	3	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.77	4.01	7	2	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.53	7t 1-- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a1
32	133	151	Sep 24	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-5	GS-3	L(10-14)	5	2.2	5	4	3	0	0	1	1	4.84	4.07	14	6	2	0	0	5	34			2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	.75	-0.241	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
33	134	156	Sep 29	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(11-14)	4	6.2	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.82	4.01	28	7	11	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out a1
34	135	160	Oct 4	MIN		CLE	L,6-8	GS-1		4	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.98	4.01	6	0	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-4.02	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
							15-19		W-L:11-14,Hld:1	4.2	207.2	239	125	115	43	92	24	6	4.98	4.01	893	1.18		3%	0%	232	46	1	100%	15	6	0	828	44	11	4	15	10	8	.98	-1.625	.77	-0.24%	-13.18

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