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

Summary of 79 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 26 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	53
TEX	20
CLE	6

Platoon
vs LHB	48
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Away	41
Home	38

Outs
2	28
0	27
1	24

14 Opps
DET	13
CAL	8
NYY	8
CLE	7
BAL	7
CHW	7
BOS	6
SEA	6
KCR	3
MIN	3
OAK	3
TEX	3
TOR	3
MIL	2

60 Batters
Darrell Evans	3
Don Baylor	3
Rich Gedman	3
Kirk Gibson	3
Harold Baines	3
Larry Sheets	2
Lloyd Moseby	2
Mike Pagliarulo	2
Oscar Gamble	2
Fred Lynn	2
Phil Bradley	2
Carlton Fisk	2
Andre Thornton	2
Jerry Willard	2
Ron Kittle	1
Dave Engle	1
Eddie Murray	1
Ken Griffey	1
Dick Schofield	1
Gorman Thomas	1
John Harris	1
Alvin Davis	1
Rod Carew	1
Brett Butler	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Tom Brunansky	1
George Bell	1
Robin Yount	1
Curt Wilkerson	1
Daryl Sconiers	1
Mike Heath	1
Jim Sundberg	1
John Wathan	1
Mike Easler	1
Darnell Coles	1
Dwayne Murphy	1
Von Hayes	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Dwight Evans	1
Joe Carter	1
Jim Rice	1
Bill Buckner	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Wayne Gross	1
George Brett	1
Glenn Wilson	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Alan Trammell	1
Jason Thompson	1
Don Slaught	1
Mike Young	1
Gary Ward	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Greg Walker	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Pat Sheridan	1
José Canseco	1
Chet Lemon	1
Ken Phelps	1
Jim Dwyer	1

14 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	29
Arlington St (ARL)	11
Tiger Stad (DET)	8
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
County Stad (MIL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	19
7	14
8	5
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	17
-2-	7
--3	6
12-	3
123	1

118 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	45
1 on	30
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	34

Inning
1	11
2	6
3	8
4	10
5	12
6	7
7	12
8	9
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	29
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	9
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	10
-2	7
-3	9
-4..	7

Ahead	25
Tied	21
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	17
RF	12
LF	11
1B	10
C	10
CF	7
3B	5
SS	3
PH	2
2B	2

OrderPos
3rd	18
7th	13
5th	12
4th	9
2nd	9
6th	6
1st	4
9th	4
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-09-13	Jason Thompson	CAL		TEX	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	---	1	4	DH	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1980-09-13	John Harris	CAL		TEX	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1982-06-20	Gary Ward	MIN		TEX	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	---	1	5	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	2	1	1982-07-17	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		TEX	ahead 5-3	b 2	2	--3	2	3	8	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Griffin Scores
5	5	3	1	1982-07-22	Oscar Gamble	NYY		TEX	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1982-08-14	Von Hayes	CLE	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	2	5	9	24%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Thornton Scores
7	7	5	1	1982-08-20	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	2	4	3	26%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Singleton Scores
8	8	6	1	1982-08-25	John Wathan	KCR	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	2	9	2	22%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores
9	9	7	1	1982-08-30	George Brett	KCR		TEX	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	-2-	2	3	5	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); U. Washington Scores/unER
10	10	8	1	1982-09-25	Don Baylor	CAL	@	TEX	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	6	DH	12%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	9	2	1982-09-25	Rod Carew	CAL	@	TEX	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	2	3	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	1982-10-01	Fred Lynn	CAL		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1983-05-17	Andre Thornton	CLE	@	TEX	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	4	DH	25%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1983-05-22	Chet Lemon	DET		TEX	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	7	8	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	3	2	1983-05-22	Glenn Wilson	DET		TEX	ahead 6-5	b 7	1	12-	3	5	9	15%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Leach Scores; L. Parrish Scores
16	16	4	1	1983-06-05	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	TEX	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	1	2	DH	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	5	1	1983-06-10	Dave Engle	MIN		TEX	behind 1-4	b 8	2	---	1	3	DH	5%	9%		Home Run
18	18	6	1	1983-07-25	Don Baylor	NYY	@	TEX	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	---	1	5	DH	13%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	7	1	1983-08-21	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 5	1	1--	2	2	2	26%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Law Scores
20	20	8	1	1983-09-05	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	9	18%	69%		Home Run; D. Engle Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1984-04-07	Wayne Gross	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-7	t 7	2	--3	2	7	5	1%	2%		Home Run; J. Lowenstein Scores
22	22	2	1	1984-04-22	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		MIN	behind 0-6	b 9	2	---	1	3	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1984-05-09	Fred Lynn	CAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	62%		Home Run
24	24	4	1	1984-05-30	Jim Rice	BOS		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---	1	3	7	11%	87%		Home Run
25	25	5	1	1984-06-21	Brett Butler	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	8	10%	69%		Home Run
26	26	6	2	1984-06-21	Jerry Willard	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	6	2	12%	88%		Home Run; M. Hall Scores
27	27	7	1	1984-06-27	Andre Thornton	CLE		MIN	behind 0-3	b 7	0	---	1	4	DH	9%	22%		Home Run
28	28	8	1	1984-07-07	Oscar Gamble	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	1--	2	5	DH	12%	86%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores
29	29	9	1	1984-07-13	Johnny Grubb	DET	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	24%	74%		Home Run
30	30	10	1	1984-08-03	Daryl Sconiers	CAL		MIN	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---	1	9	PH	3%	4%		Home Run
31	31	11	1	1984-08-08	Mike Heath	OAK		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	9	11%	83%		Home Run
32	32	12	1	1984-08-18 (1)	Rich Gedman	BOS		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	11%	62%		Home Run
33	33	13	2	1984-08-18 (1)	Rich Gedman	BOS		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	14%	37%		Home Run
34	34	14	1	1984-08-24	George Bell	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	7	12%	50%		Home Run
35	35	15	1	1984-09-08	Curt Wilkerson	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	---	1	9	4	9%	88%		Home Run
36	36	16	1	1984-09-17	Harold Baines	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run
37	37	17	2	1984-09-17	Harold Baines	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	9%	84%		Home Run
38	38	18	1	1984-09-21	Jerry Willard	CLE	@	MIN	behind 0-7	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0%	1%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1985-04-25	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 6	2	1--	2	5	8	25%	44%		Home Run; B. Bochte Scores
40	40	2	1	1985-05-05	Jim Dwyer	BAL	@	MIN	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	1	9	18%	78%		Home Run; R. Dauer Scores
41	41	3	1	1985-05-10	Mike Young	BAL		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2	7	7	19%	53%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
42	42	4	1	1985-05-15	Darrell Evans	DET	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 6	1	1--	2	7	DH	16%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Simmons Scores
43	43	5	2	1985-05-15	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	MIN	behind 2-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	3	9	35%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores
44	44	6	1	1985-05-26	Robin Yount	MIL		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	--3	2	4	7	9%	93%		Home Run; C. Cooper Scores
45	45	7	1	1985-06-08	Greg Walker	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Baines Scores
46	46	8	2	1985-06-08	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	6	DH	11%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	9	1	1985-06-25	Jim Sundberg	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	---	1	7	2	9%	87%		Home Run
48	48	10	1	1985-06-30	Carlton Fisk	CHW		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	5	2	13%	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
49	49	11	1	1985-07-12	Kirk Gibson	DET		MIN	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	3	DH	16%	54%		Home Run
50	50	12	1	1985-07-19	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	8	5	18%	66%		Home Run; W. Randolph Scores
51	51	13	2	1985-07-19	Don Baylor	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--	2	6	DH	14%	88%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores
52	52	14	1	1985-07-23	Larry Sheets	BAL	@	MIN	behind 1-5	t 7	1	---	1	7	DH	4%	9%		Home Run
53	53	15	1	1985-07-27	Darrell Evans	DET	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	25%	76%		Home Run; K. Gibson Scores
54	54	16	1	1985-07-31	Gorman Thomas	SEA		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	DH	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Ramos Scores
55	55	17	1	1985-08-15	Phil Bradley	SEA	@	MIN	behind 0-14	t 8	1	1--	2	2	7	0%	0%		Home Run; J. Perconte Scores
56	56	18	2	1985-08-15	Ken Phelps	SEA	@	MIN	behind 2-14	t 8	1	---	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run
57	57	19	1	1985-08-30	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	1	1	9	11%	46%		Home Run
58	58	20	2	1985-08-30	Rich Gedman	BOS	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2	31%	61%		Home Run; M. Easler Scores/unER; R. Gedman Scores/unER
59	59	21	1	1985-09-04	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	3	12%	66%		Home Run; P. Molitor Scores
60	60	22	1	1985-09-14 (1)	Joe Carter	CLE		MIN	behind 1-2	b 3	0	1--	2	2	7	19%	67%		Home Run; B. Butler Scores/unER
61	61	23	1	1985-09-18	Don Slaught	TEX	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 7	1	1--	2	7	2	15%	27%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores
62	62	24	1	1985-09-24	Pete O'Brien	TEX		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	3	15%	72%		Home Run; W. Tolleson Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1986-04-10	José Canseco	OAK		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	-2-	2	7	7	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Lansford Scores
64	64	2	1	1986-04-19	Dick Schofield	CAL		MIN	tied 2-2	b 4	2	12-	3	8	6	29%	84%		Home Run; R. Jones Scores; R. Wilfong Scores
65	65	3	1	1986-04-23	Alvin Davis	SEA		MIN	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	1	3	3	24%	52%		Home Run
66	66	4	1	1986-04-29	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY		MIN	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---	1	7	5	7%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	5	2	1986-04-29	Ken Griffey	NYY		MIN	behind 3-6	b 5	2	---	1	2	7	9%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	6	3	1986-04-29	Mike Easler	NYY		MIN	behind 4-6	b 6	0	---	1	4	DH	14%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	7	1	1986-05-03	Darrell Evans	DET		MIN	behind 0-3	b 4	1	123	4	5	DH	33%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Coles Scores; L. Whitaker Scores; L. Parrish Scores
70	70	8	2	1986-05-03	Pat Sheridan	DET		MIN	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	1	8	9	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	9	3	1986-05-03	Darnell Coles	DET		MIN	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	1--	2	2	5	11%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Collins Scores
72	72	10	1	1986-05-19	Bill Buckner	BOS		MIN	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	9%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
73	73	11	1	1986-06-03	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		MIN	behind 1-4	b 3	1	12-	3	3	8	25%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Fernández Scores; R. Mulliniks Scores
74	74	12	1	1986-06-25	Phil Bradley	SEA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	13	2	1986-06-25	Danny Tartabull	SEA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	5	9	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
76	76	14	1	1986-07-07	Harold Baines	CHW		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	3	9	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	15	1	1986-08-05 (2)	Lou Whitaker	DET		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	16	2	1986-08-05 (2)	Alan Trammell	DET		CLE	tied 1-1	b 1	0	---	1	2	6	10%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	17	1	1986-08-14	Larry Sheets	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 9-1	t 8	1	--3	2	7	7	0%	100%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores