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Max Butcher
Albert Maxwell Butcher

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 220 lb.

Debut April 20, 1936
Final Game September 11, 1945
Born September 21, 1910 in Holden, WV
Died September 15, 1957 in Man, WV

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1936 25 BRO NL   6   6  38  15   5   0  10  2  147.7  154   85   65  11   59   55   1   2   643       1  3.96  4.14  104 1.442
 1937 26 BRO NL  11  15  39  24   8   1  11  0  191.7  203  106   91  12   75   57   5   3   823       1  4.27  4.02   94 1.450
 1938 27 TOT NL   9  12  36  20  14   0   8  2  171.0  198  106   85  15   70   50   3   5   769       0  4.47  3.96   89 1.567
         BRO NL   5   4  24   8   3   0   8  2   72.7  104   66   53   9   39   21   1   5   355       0  6.56  3.90   59 1.968
         PHI NL   4   8  12  12  11   0   0  0   98.3   94   40   32   6   31   29   2   0   414       0  2.93  4.01  137 1.271
 1939 28 TOT NL   6  17  33  28   8   2   3  0  191.0  235  109   98  12   74   48   1   2   873       1  4.62  3.90   84 1.618
         PHI NL   2  13  19  16   3   0   3  0  104.3  131   72   65  10   51   27   1   2   491       1  5.61  3.96   71 1.744
         PIT NL   4   4  14  12   5   2   0  0   86.7  104   37   33   2   23   21   0   0   382       0  3.43  3.84  112 1.465
 1940 29 PIT NL   8   9  35  24   6   2   5  2  136.3  161   99   91  13   46   40   1   1   608       1  6.01  3.81   63 1.518
 1941 30 PIT NL  17  12  33  32  19   0   1  0  236.0  249   98   80  11   66   61   1   3  1017       0  3.05  3.63  119 1.335
 1942 31 PIT NL   5   8  24  18   9   0   4  1  150.7  144   59   49   7   44   49   2   2   642       0  2.93  3.38  115 1.248
 1943 32 PIT NL  10   8  33  21  10   2   9  1  193.7  191   65   56   4   57   45   2   3   804       0  2.60  3.47  133 1.281
 1944 33 PIT NL  13  11  35  27  13   5   6  1  199.0  216   83   69   8   46   43   1   2   854       0  3.12  3.72  119 1.317
 1945 34 PIT NL  10   8  28  20  12   2   3  0  169.3  184   76   57   7   46   37   4   0   728       0  3.03  3.95  130 1.358
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .473  95 106 334 229 104  14  60  9 1786.3 1935  886  741 100  583  485  21  23  7761       4  3.73  3.79  102 1.410
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  40  27  12   1   7  1  215.7  233  107   89  12   70   58   2   2   937   0   0  3.73  3.79  102 1.410
 Career High     17  17  39  32  19   5  11  2  236.0  249  109   98  15   75   61   5   5  1017   0   1  2.60  4.14  133 1.248

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 25 BRO NL  42   48    6    6   1  0   0    1   0      2  16  .125  .160  .146  -18    7   0           0   1
 1937 26 BRO NL  40   62    3   10   3  0   0    3   0      2  17  .161  .188  .210    7   13   1           0   1
 1938 27 TOT NL  37   60    5   13   1  0   1    4   0      1  13  .217  .230  .283   40   17   2           0   4
         BRO NL  25   25    3    4   1  0   1    3   0      0   5  .160  .160  .320   28    8   2           0   2
         PHI NL  12   35    2    9   0  0   0    1   0      1   8  .257  .278  .257   48    9   0           0   2
 1939 28 TOT NL  33   69    5   10   1  0   0    3   0      1  10  .145  .157  .159  -14   11   6           0   4
         PHI NL  19   38    1    7   0  0   0    3   0      0   6  .184  .184  .184    1    7   3           0   1
         PIT NL  14   31    4    3   1  0   0    0   0      1   4  .097  .125  .129  -31    4   3           0   3
 1940 29 PIT NL  36   50    6   15   3  0   0   10   0      2   7  .300  .327  .360   90   18   1           0   2
 1941 30 PIT NL  33   82    4   15   0  0   0    3   0      3   9  .183  .212  .183   12   15   5           0   4
 1942 31 PIT NL  24   49    3    7   0  0   0    2   0      0   5  .143  .143  .143  -17    7   2           0   2
 1943 32 PIT NL  33   61    1   10   2  0   0    4   0      2   5  .164  .190  .197   11   12   7           0   0
 1944 33 PIT NL  36   63    4   12   2  0   0    5   0      2   8  .190  .215  .222   21   14   5           0   3
 1945 34 PIT NL  28   54    6   12   1  0   0    2   0      1   2  .222  .236  .241   31   13   6           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     342  598   43  110  14  0   1   37   0  0  16  92  .184  .205  .212   16  127  35   0   0   0  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        283   20   52   7  0   0   18   0  0   8  44  .184  .205  .212   16   60  17   0   0   0  10
 Career High     42   82    6   15   3  0   1   10   0  0   3  17                          18   7   0   0   0   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 25 BRO NL   50   43    1   0.6   104| .125  .287| .160  .346| .146  .402| .306  .748| -18  .024  -8.1  -0.8     
 1937 26 BRO NL   65   54    2   1.0   103| .161  .282| .188  .344| .210  .400| .398  .745|   7  .059  -8.2  -0.8     
 1938 27 TOT NL   63   53    4   2.0   100| .217  .276| .230  .340| .283  .392| .513  .732|  40  .194  -5.2  -0.6     
         BRO NL   27   25    1   1.1   100| .160  .277| .160  .341| .320  .394| .480  .736|  28  .070  -2.6  -0.3     
         PHI NL   36   28    3   2.9    99| .257  .275| .278  .339| .257  .391| .535  .730|  48  .314  -2.6  -0.3     
 1939 28 TOT NL   76   69    2   0.8   101| .145  .276| .157  .342| .159  .395| .316  .737| -14  .037 -11.1  -1.1     
         PHI NL   41   35    1   0.8   100| .184  .275| .184  .340| .184  .393| .368  .734|   1  .036  -5.3  -0.5     
         PIT NL   35   34    1   0.8   102| .097  .278| .125  .343| .129  .397| .254  .740| -31  .038  -5.8  -0.6     
 1940 29 PIT NL   53   38    6   4.3    97| .300  .270| .327  .335| .360  .389| .687  .724|  90  .488  -0.7  -0.1     
 1941 30 PIT NL   90   76    3   1.1    94| .183  .266| .212  .336| .183  .374| .395  .711|  12  .076  -9.9  -1.0     
 1942 31 PIT NL   51   46    1   0.6    89| .143  .259| .143  .332| .143  .360| .286  .692| -17  .032  -7.5  -0.8     
 1943 32 PIT NL   70   58    2   0.9    92| .164  .268| .190  .337| .197  .364| .387  .701|  11  .066  -7.3  -0.8     
 1944 33 PIT NL   70   59    3   1.4    97| .190  .273| .215  .340| .222  .383| .437  .723|  21  .114  -6.8  -0.7     
 1945 34 PIT NL   61   48    3   1.7   100| .222  .278| .236  .348| .241  .384| .477  .732|  31  .152  -5.4  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      649  544   27   1.3    98| .184  .273| .205  .340| .212  .384| .417  .724|  16  .105 -70.1  -7.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1936 25 BRO NL   P   38      5   25    2    1  .938  .949  0.79  1.16  1.83  2.32   15  147.7
 1937 26 BRO NL   P   39     17   53    1    4  .986  .958  1.79  1.20  3.29  2.39   24  191.7
 1938 27 TOT NL   P   36      9   40    2    5  .961  .965  1.36  1.13  2.58  2.21   20  171.0
         BRO NL   P   24      4   21    1    2  .962  .965  1.04  1.13  3.09  2.22    8   72.7
         PHI NL   P   12      5   19    1    3  .960  .964  2.00  1.13  2.20  2.21   12   98.3
 1939 28 TOT NL   P   33      3   41    0    2 1.000  .961  1.33  1.09  2.07  2.19   28  191.0
         PHI NL   P   19      2   13    0    0 1.000  .962  0.79  1.09  1.29  2.19   16  104.3
         PIT NL   P   14      1   28    0    2 1.000  .960  2.07  1.09  3.01  2.19   12   86.7
 1940 29 PIT NL   P   35      5   34    2    2  .951  .963  1.11  1.10  2.58  2.22   24  136.3
 1941 30 PIT NL   P   33     17   48    0    2 1.000  .964  1.97  1.09  2.48  2.23   32  236.0
 1942 31 PIT NL   P   24     11   33    1    0  .978  .967  1.83  1.17  2.63  2.35   18  150.7
 1943 32 PIT NL   P   33     11   40    2    4  .962  .960  1.55  1.16  2.37  2.27   21  193.7
 1944 33 PIT NL   P   35     12   51    2    3  .969  .960  1.80  1.09  2.85  2.14   27  199.0
 1945 34 PIT NL   P   28      8   37    1    2  .978  .964  1.61  1.06  2.39  2.18   20  169.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1936 25 BRO NL   P   38      5   25    2    1  .938  .949  0.79  1.16  1.83  2.32   15  147.7
 1937 26 BRO NL   P   39     17   53    1    4  .986  .958  1.79  1.20  3.29  2.39   24  191.7
 1938 27 TOT NL   P   36      9   40    2    5  .961  .965  1.36  1.13  2.58  2.21   20  171.0
         BRO NL   P   24      4   21    1    2  .962  .965  1.04  1.13  3.09  2.22    8   72.7
         PHI NL   P   12      5   19    1    3  .960  .964  2.00  1.13  2.20  2.21   12   98.3
 1939 28 TOT NL   P   33      3   41    0    2 1.000  .961  1.33  1.09  2.07  2.19   28  191.0
         PHI NL   P   19      2   13    0    0 1.000  .962  0.79  1.09  1.29  2.19   16  104.3
         PIT NL   P   14      1   28    0    2 1.000  .960  2.07  1.09  3.01  2.19   12   86.7
 1940 29 PIT NL   P   35      5   34    2    2  .951  .963  1.11  1.10  2.58  2.22   24  136.3
 1941 30 PIT NL   P   33     17   48    0    2 1.000  .964  1.97  1.09  2.48  2.23   32  236.0
 1942 31 PIT NL   P   24     11   33    1    0  .978  .967  1.83  1.17  2.63  2.35   18  150.7
 1943 32 PIT NL   P   33     11   40    2    4  .962  .960  1.55  1.16  2.37  2.27   21  193.7
 1944 33 PIT NL   P   35     12   51    2    3  .969  .960  1.80  1.09  2.85  2.14   27  199.0
 1945 34 PIT NL   P   28      8   37    1    2  .978  .964  1.61  1.06  2.39  2.18   20  169.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 334     98  402   13   25  .975  .961  1.50  1.13  2.52  2.25  229 1786.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       334     98  402   13   25  .975  .961  1.50  1.13  2.52  2.25  229   1786
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1941 NL-3.05-8
1943 NL-2.60-6
1945 NL-3.03-10

Wins
1941 NL-17-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1941 NL-2.52-10
1944 NL-2.08-9
1945 NL-2.44-9

Innings
1941 NL-236.0-7

Games Started
1941 NL-32-4

Comp. Games
1941 NL-19-5

Shutouts
1939 NL-2-8
1944 NL-5-3

Home Runs Allow.
1938 NL-15-8

Hits Allowed
1939 NL-235-10
1941 NL-249-3

Losses
1937 NL-15-5
1939 NL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1939 NL-98-9

Wild Pitches
1938 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1937 NL-5-5

Batters Faced
1941 NL-1017-5

Adjusted ERA+
1941 NL-119-10
1943 NL-133-5
1945 NL-130-7

      

Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 8, 1938: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne LaMaster.

July 28, 1939: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gus Suhr.

March 20, 1946: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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