John Butcher

Full Name: John Daniel Butcher	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/185	First Game: September 8, 1980
Birthdate: March 8, 1957	Final Game: September 9, 1986
Birthplace: Glendale, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 8, 1957 in Glendale, California, John Butcher (John Daniel Butcher) played for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Butcher broke into the bigs on September 8, 1980 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 4.87 ERA in 94.1 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Butcher's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 83 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1980	TEX	A	6	6	3	3	4.08	27	19	16	1	0	0	35.1	34	2	13	0	1	0
1981	TEX	A	5	3	1	2	1.63	19	6	5	1	1	0	27.2	18	0	8	1	0	0
1982	TEX	A	18	13	1	5	4.87	39	53	51	2	0	1	94.1	102	10	34	4	0	2
1983	TEX	A	38	6	6	6	3.51	58	50	48	1	1	5	123	128	8	41	4	4	1
1984	MIN	A	34	34	13	11	3.44	83	98	86	8	1	0	225	242	18	53	5	3	4
1985	MIN	A	34	33	11	14	4.98	92	125	115	8	2	0	207.2	239	24	43	4	5	6
1986	MIN	A	16	10	0	3	6.30	29	50	49	1	0	0	70	82	11	24	1	4	1
1986	CLE	A	13	8	1	5	6.93	16	43	39	1	1	0	50.2	86	6	13	0	2	3
1986	TOT	A	29	18	1	8	6.56	45	93	88	2	1	0	120.2	168	17	37	1	6	4
Total			164	113	36	49	4.42	363	444	409	23	6	6	833.2	931	79	229	19	19	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1980	TEX	A	P	6	6	35.1	1	6	1	0	0	3	2	.875
1981	TEX	A	P	5	3	27.2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	TEX	A	P	18	13	94.1	7	19	0	3	0	3	3	1.000
1983	TEX	A	P	38	6	123	11	17	0	0	1	2	3	1.000
1984	MIN	A	P	34	34	225	25	20	3	5	0	9	11	.938
1985	MIN	A	P	34	33	207.2	24	27	2	2	0	15	6	.962
1986	MIN	A	P	16	10	70	4	10	0	1	1	3	1	1.000
1986	CLE	A	P	13	8	50.2	5	5	3	1	0	4	2	.769
1986	TOT	A	P	29	18	120.2	9	15	3	2	1	7	3	.889
Total			P	164	113	833.2	80	109	9	12	2	39	28	.955

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG
1980	TEX	A	6	.000	.000	.000
1981	TEX	A	5	.000	.000	.000
1982	TEX	A	18	.000	.000	.000
1983	TEX	A	38	.000	.000	.000
1984	MIN	A	34	.000	.000	.000
1985	MIN	A	34	.000	.000	.000
1986	MIN	A	16	.000	.000	.000
1986	CLE	A	13	.000	.000	.000
1986	TOT	A	29	.000	.000	.000
Total			164	.000	.000	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 7, 1976).
Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 11, 1977).
Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Mike Smithson to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (December 7, 1983).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Neal Heaton (June 20, 1986).
Released by Cleveland Indians (December 23, 1986).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (1987).
Released by Minnesota Twins (March 27, 1987).

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