Sal Butera

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 25, 1952 in Richmond Hill, NY us

High School: Connetquot HS (Bohemia, NY)

School: Suffolk County Community College (Brentwood, NY)

Debut: April 10, 1980 (Age 27-198d, 14,267th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1988 (Age 36-001d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Salvatore Philip Butera

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Relatives: Father of Drew Butera

1987 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

801

182

.227

RBI

OBP

.302

SLG

.295

OPS

.597

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 29)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	MIN		SEA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	9 (6)	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	W,11-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	12 (2)	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	14 (1)	Apr 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	15	Apr 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	19 (3)	Apr 25	MIN	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	21 (1)	Apr 28	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	23 (1)	May 1	MIN		MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	24	May 2	MIN		MIL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
10	26 (1)	May 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	30 (3)	May 8	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	34 (3)	May 12	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	35	May 13	MIN	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
14	36	May 14	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	37	May 15	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	39 (1)	May 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	40	May 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
18	43 (2)	May 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	45 (1)	May 24	MIN		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	49 (3)	May 29	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
21	50	May 30	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	51	May 31	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	52	Jun 1	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	54 (1)	Jun 4	MIN		BAL	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	55	Jun 5	MIN		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
26	56	Jun 6	MIN		BAL	L,5-7	GF	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	57	Jun 7	MIN		KCR	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	59 (1)	Jun 9	MIN		KCR	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
29	63 (3)	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	64	Jun 15	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	66 (1)	Jun 18	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	80 (13)	Jul 4	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	91 (10)	Jul 18	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	96 (4)	Jul 24	MIN		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	100 (3)	Jul 28	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	104 (3)	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	CAL	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
38	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	111 (4)	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	114 (2)	Aug 12	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
41	119 (4)	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	126 (6)	Aug 26	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
43	129 (2)	Aug 29	MIN		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
44	131 (1)	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	135 (3)	Sep 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
46	136	Sep 6 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	139 (2)	Sep 8	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	142 (2)	Sep 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,7-18	GS	33	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
49	143	Sep 13	MIN		TEX	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	147 (3)	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	152 (4)	Sep 22	MIN		TOR	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	158 (5)	Sep 29	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	162 (3)	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
							53gm		367.0	230	26	3	259	5