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Mike Schmidt League
5-31-2335
Butch Cook Center Field
Retired (1976, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .790 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 2339 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 05-05-1939
HR 271 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1959)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(150 games)
RBI 1147
SB 95
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR C 
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control D+   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 4
1B --- LF A+ (98.5%) Arm B  WS Appearances 6
2B D- (6.9%) CF A+ (100%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 9
3B F  (0.2%) RF A+ (97.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1960 RF PIT 91 91 813.0 167 159 0 8 0 -5 1.76 .952
1961 RF PIT 86 83 731.0 165 164 1 0 0 -1 2.03 1.000
LF PIT 40 40 349.0 92 90 1 1 0 -2 2.35 .989
CF PIT 24 24 212.1 61 60 0 1 0 -3 2.54 .984
1962 CF PIT 102 102 896.0 230 223 0 7 0 -4 2.24 .970
1B PIT 7 7 60.0 74 73 1 0 3 -3 11.10 1.000
3B PIT 6 6 52.0 16 3 12 1 1 -2 2.60 .938
2B PIT 3 3 25.0 10 6 4 0 0 +1 3.60 1.000
SS PIT 2 2 18.0 8 3 5 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
LF PIT 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF PIT 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.29 1.000
1963 CF PIT 151 151 1338.0 358 353 0 5 0 0 2.37 .986
1964 CF PIT 94 94 848.1 231 227 0 4 0 -3 2.41 .983
RF PIT 32 32 285.0 57 56 0 1 0 -6 1.77 .982
1965 RF PIT 86 86 786.1 161 156 1 4 0 +2 1.80 .975
CF PIT 53 53 474.0 138 135 2 1 0 -1 2.60 .993
LF PIT 12 12 105.2 19 19 0 0 0 0 1.62 1.000
1966 CF PIT 66 66 600.2 146 143 1 2 0 0 2.16 .986
RF PIT 59 41 404.2 93 91 0 2 0 +5 2.02 .978
LF PIT 2 2 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
1967 CF PIT 120 118 1062.1 278 272 2 4 0 +3 2.32 .986
LF PIT 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
C PIT 4 0 6.2 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 5.41 1.000
2B PIT 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1968 CF PIT 112 112 1020.1 290 286 1 3 0 -1 2.53 .990
LF PIT 14 14 128.0 24 22 0 2 0 +2 1.55 .917
1969 CF PIT 125 113 1052.2 299 295 1 3 0 +5 2.53 .990
LF PIT 11 11 100.2 25 25 0 0 0 +1 2.24 1.000
C PIT 3 0 5.2 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 6.36 .800
1970 CF PIT 113 111 1002.2 287 284 0 3 0 +4 2.55 .990
RF PIT 9 9 83.2 18 18 0 0 0 0 1.94 1.000
LF PIT 2 2 18.2 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.41 1.000
1B PIT 2 2 17.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 5.82 1.000
2B PIT 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1971 CF PIT 122 113 1034.2 276 272 0 4 0 +1 2.37 .986
LF PIT 12 12 109.0 32 31 0 1 0 +1 2.56 .969
1B PIT 7 7 63.0 65 63 2 0 2 -3 9.29 1.000
RF PIT 4 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
2B PIT 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
C PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1972 CF PIT 116 106 987.1 291 289 0 2 0 +8 2.63 .993
1B PIT 12 12 111.2 135 128 6 1 9 -4 10.80 .993
LF PIT 3 3 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
3B PIT 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1973 CF PIT 99 95 869.2 239 236 1 2 0 -1 2.45 .992
2B PIT 6 6 48.2 28 13 15 0 4 0 5.18 1.000
LF PIT 5 5 45.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.80 1.000
1B PIT 3 3 26.0 33 32 1 0 3 0 11.42 1.000
C PIT 5 0 11.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.82 1.000
3B PIT 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1974 CF PIT 116 112 1008.0 250 246 0 4 0 +3 2.20 .984
RF PIT 12 12 107.0 30 29 1 0 0 0 2.52 1.000
LF PIT 5 5 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 2.60 1.000
2B PIT 5 5 40.0 16 9 7 0 0 -1 3.60 1.000
1B PIT 2 2 18.0 21 19 2 0 3 0 10.50 1.000
1975 CF PIT 75 75 655.0 211 209 1 1 0 +5 2.89 .995
RF PIT 37 37 327.2 75 75 0 0 0 0 2.06 1.000
LF PIT 10 10 93.1 17 16 0 1 0 0 1.54 .941
2B PIT 7 7 61.0 34 14 19 1 3 -5 4.87 .971
1976 CF PIT-NYN 73 65 595.0 163 160 1 2 0 +1 2.44 .988
2B PIT-NYN 6 6 51.0 25 9 15 1 0 0 4.24 .960
LF PIT-NYN 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
1B PIT-NYN 1 1 9.0 8 8 0 0 1 0 8.00 1.000
3B PIT-NYN 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF PIT-NYN 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Pos Total CF 1561 1510 13657.0 3748 3690 10 48 0 +17 2.44 .987
RF 420 396 3589.1 776 758 3 15 0 -5 1.91 .981
LF 120 120 1075.1 259 253 1 5 0 0 2.13 .981
1B 34 34 304.2 347 334 12 1 21 -10 10.22 .997
2B 30 29 244.2 122 55 65 2 7 -5 4.41 .984
3B 10 7 67.0 21 3 17 1 1 -2 2.69 .952
C 13 0 24.1 21 20 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 7.40 .952
SS 2 2 18.0 8 3 5 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
Total 2190 2098 18980.1 5302 5116 113 73 29 0 2 0 0.0% -6 2.48 .986
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Butch Cook has retired from the New York Barnstormers
1976-07-27A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Plunderers and the New York Barnstormers. The New York Barnstormers receive Jake Santiago, Butch Cook, Jeff Kinslow, Draft Pick - 1978 Round 3 (PIT) from the Pittsburgh Plunderers in exchange for Ed Szekely, Draft Pick - 1978 Round 2 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1978 Round 2 (NYN).
1975-08-14Butch Cook of the Pittsburgh Plunderers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1960-06-12A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Red Spiders and the Pittsburgh Plunderers. The Pittsburgh Plunderers receive Butch Cook, Howie Calhoun, Walt Howard, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 2 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Red Spiders in exchange for Darren Miller, Tony Brower, Ed Reichert, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 2 (PIT).