Max Butcher

Full Name: Albert Maxwell Butcher	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/220	First Game: April 20, 1936
Birthdate: September 21, 1910	Final Game: September 11, 1945
Birthplace: Holden, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: September 15, 1957
Deathplace: Man, West Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 21, 1910 in Holden, West Virginia, Max Butcher (Albert Maxwell Butcher) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 10 year career. Butcher broke into the bigs on April 20, 1936 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.96 ERA in 147.2 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Max Butcher's best season was 1941, when he posted a 3.05 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 61 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1936	BRO	N	38	15	6	6	3.96	55	85	65	5	0	2	147.2	154	11	59	2	1
1937	BRO	N	39	24	11	15	4.27	57	106	91	8	1	0	191.2	203	12	75	3	5
1938	PHI	N	12	12	4	8	2.93	29	40	32	11	0	0	98.1	94	6	31	0	2
1938	BRO	N	24	8	5	4	6.56	21	66	53	3	0	2	72.2	104	9	39	5	1
1938	TOT	N	36	20	9	12	4.47	50	106	85	14	0	2	171	198	15	70	5	3
1939	PIT	N	14	12	4	4	3.43	21	37	33	5	2	0	86.2	104	2	23	0	0
1939	PHI	N	19	16	2	13	5.61	27	72	65	3	0	0	104.1	131	10	51	2	1
1939	TOT	N	33	28	6	17	4.62	48	109	98	8	2	0	191	235	12	74	2	1
1940	PIT	N	35	24	8	9	6.01	40	99	91	6	2	2	136.1	161	13	46	1	1
1941	PIT	N	33	32	17	12	3.05	61	98	80	19	0	0	236	249	11	66	3	1
1942	PIT	N	24	18	5	8	2.93	49	59	49	9	0	1	150.2	144	7	44	2	2
1943	PIT	N	33	21	10	8	2.60	45	65	56	10	2	1	193.2	191	4	57	3	2
1944	PIT	N	35	27	13	11	3.12	43	83	69	13	5	1	199	216	8	46	2	1
1945	PIT	N	28	20	10	8	3.03	37	76	57	12	2	0	169.1	184	7	46	0	4
Total			334	229	95	106	3.73	485	886	741	104	14	9	1786.1	1935	100	583	23	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	BRO	N	P	38	5	25	2	1	.938
1937	BRO	N	P	39	17	53	1	4	.986
1938	PHI	N	P	12	5	19	1	3	.960
1938	BRO	N	P	24	4	21	1	2	.962
1938	TOT	N	P	36	9	40	2	5	.961
1939	PIT	N	P	14	1	28	0	2	1.000
1939	PHI	N	P	19	2	13	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	N	P	33	3	41	0	2	1.000
1940	PIT	N	P	35	5	34	2	2	.951
1941	PIT	N	P	33	17	48	0	2	1.000
1942	PIT	N	P	24	11	33	1	0	.978
1943	PIT	N	P	33	11	40	2	4	.962
1944	PIT	N	P	35	12	51	2	3	.969
1945	PIT	N	P	28	8	37	1	2	.978
Total			P	334	98	402	13	25	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1936	BRO	N	42	48	6	6	0	1	.125	.160	.146	1	2	16	0	1
1937	BRO	N	40	62	3	10	0	3	.161	.188	.210	3	2	17	1	1
1938	PHI	N	12	35	2	9	0	1	.257	.278	.257	0	1	8	0	2
1938	BRO	N	25	25	3	4	1	3	.160	.160	.320	1	0	5	2	2
1938	TOT	N	37	60	5	13	1	4	.217	.230	.283	1	1	13	2	4
1939	PIT	N	14	31	4	3	0	0	.097	.125	.129	1	1	4	3	3
1939	PHI	N	19	38	1	7	0	3	.184	.184	.184	0	0	6	3	1
1939	TOT	N	33	69	5	10	0	3	.145	.157	.159	1	1	10	6	4
1940	PIT	N	36	50	6	15	0	10	.300	.327	.360	3	2	7	1	2
1941	PIT	N	33	82	4	15	0	3	.183	.212	.183	0	3	9	5	4
1942	PIT	N	24	49	3	7	0	2	.143	.143	.143	0	0	5	2	2
1943	PIT	N	33	61	1	10	0	4	.164	.190	.197	2	2	5	7	0
1944	PIT	N	36	63	4	12	0	5	.190	.215	.222	2	2	8	5	3
1945	PIT	N	28	54	6	12	0	2	.222	.236	.241	1	1	2	6	0
Total			342	598	43	110	1	37	.184	.205	.212	14	16	92	35	21

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Wayne LaMaster (August 8, 1938).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Gus Suhr (July 28, 1939).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 20, 1946).

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