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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Joe Butcher Catcher
Retired (1991, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .704 Status Retired (1991) Option Years 0  
H 724 Age 47 (OS 48) Date of Birth 09-21-1956
HR 58 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(92 games)
RBI 329
SB 18
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B D- (8.3%) LF F  (1.0%) Arm A  WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF C  (39.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1979 LHP 41 106 22 3 0 1 5 3 24 .494 .229 .264 .057 .208
1979 RHP 63 198 41 8 0 2 23 24 31 .576 .298 .278 .071 .207
1980 LHP 43 103 22 3 0 1 11 9 24 .549 .277 .272 .058 .214
1980 RHP 70 188 41 3 0 3 18 22 37 .579 .297 .282 .064 .218
1981 LHP 38 87 18 2 2 0 5 8 18 .554 .278 .276 .069 .207
1981 RHP 73 201 57 12 3 3 19 25 42 .782 .364 .418 .134 .284
1982 LHP 39 86 18 1 0 3 11 6 18 .586 .261 .326 .116 .209
1982 RHP 63 172 50 11 2 4 27 26 24 .828 .380 .448 .157 .291
1983 LHP 34 87 30 8 1 6 21 2 18 1.040 .374 .667 .322 .345
1983 RHP 55 154 38 8 1 2 23 13 30 .660 .310 .351 .104 .247
1984 LHP 25 61 11 1 0 3 10 6 19 .598 .254 .344 .164 .180
1984 RHP 37 105 28 7 0 3 17 10 23 .749 .330 .419 .152 .267
1985 LHP 20 43 13 4 1 1 2 3 9 .859 .348 .512 .209 .302
1985 RHP 41 111 31 4 2 4 15 15 18 .834 .375 .459 .180 .279
1986 LHP 33 84 20 3 0 0 5 8 21 .578 .304 .274 .036 .238
1986 RHP 110 374 108 16 2 10 46 39 61 .778 .356 .422 .134 .289
1987 LHP 25 61 12 2 0 1 6 6 14 .558 .279 .279 .082 .197
1987 RHP 96 205 66 7 2 2 20 15 33 .776 .371 .405 .083 .322
1988 LHP 13 24 4 0 0 0 1 3 6 .426 .259 .167 .000 .167
1988 RHP 73 160 45 6 1 6 20 17 17 .792 .348 .444 .162 .281
1989 LHP 16 20 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 .282 .182 .100 .000 .100
1989 RHP 25 60 18 1 0 0 4 11 13 .728 .411 .317 .017 .300
1990 LHP 5 6 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1.000 .500 .500 .167 .333
1990 RHP 55 75 20 5 1 3 15 11 4 .840 .360 .480 .213 .267
1991 LHP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 NaN 1.000 .000 .000 .000
1991 RHP 18 35 7 3 0 0 2 2 5 .523 .237 .286 .086 .200
Total LHP 333 768 174 28 4 16 80 59 175 .621 .285 .336 .109 .227
Total RHP 779 2038 550 91 14 42 249 230 338 .735 .345 .390 .120 .270
Total 908 2806 724 119 18 58 329 289 513 .704 .329 .375 .117 .258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Joe Butcher has retired from the Chicago Bulldogs
1991-07-23The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Chris Weaver to the major league team. The Chicago Bulldogs have designated Joe Butcher for assignment.
1991-04-05The Chicago Bulldogs have acquired Joe Butcher from the waiver wire.
1991-04-01The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Steve Linz to the major league team. The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Ed Bacsik to the major league team. The Baltimore NattyBohs have designated Lonnie Ambler for assignment. The Baltimore NattyBohs have designated Joe Butcher for assignment.
1988-08-03The Baltimore NattyBohs have acquired Joe Butcher from the waiver wire.
1988-07-30The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have promoted Elston Clark to the major league team. The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have promoted Steve Bullock to the major league team. The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have designated Orlando Snopek for assignment. The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have designated Joe Butcher for assignment.
1979-03-01The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have promoted Dan Sitton to the major league team. The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have promoted Joe Butcher to the major league team.