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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1974 Minors 18 46.00 4 / 5 5 / 6 7 / 7 9 / 9 4 / 4 8 / 8 7 / 7 44 / 46
1974 Pos (SS) 18 148.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 148
1975 Minors 19 49.00 15 / 16 2 / 3 2 / 3 5 / 6 5 / 5 8 / 9 7 / 7 44 / 49
1975 Pos (SS) 19 27.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 27
1976 Minors 20 43.00 4 / 5 1 / 5 4 / 5 6 / 8 5 / 6 4 / 4 8 / 10 32 / 43
1977 Minors 21 25.00 2 / 2 4 / 6 3 / 6 4 / 4 3 / 3 1 / 1 3 / 3 20 / 25
1978 Minors 22 24.00 0 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 1 4 / 7 2 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 6 12 / 24
1979 Majors 23 45.79 162 80 0 2 / 6 2 / 7 1 / 4 8 / 11 6 / 6 5 / 8 3 / 3 27 / 45
1980 Majors 24 46.04 162 83 0 4 / 6 2 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 8 3 / 5 2 / 6 6 / 10 23 / 46
1981 Majors 25 45.65 162 80 0 2 / 10 5 / 10 1 / 6 2 / 5 2 / 6 3 / 5 0 / 3 15 / 45
1982 Majors 26 43.25 162 77 0 2 / 5 2 / 4 3 / 7 3 / 6 3 / 6 1 / 9 2 / 6 16 / 43
1983 Majors 27 39.57 162 62 0 1 / 7 2 / 9 0 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 4 7 / 39
1984 Majors 28 35.12 162 47 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 5 3 / 35
1985 Majors 29 33.16 162 42 0 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 6 1 / 7 1 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 2 5 / 33
1986 Majors 30 63.89 162 122 0 2 / 9 1 / 10 1 / 8 1 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 5 6 / 63
1987 Majors 31 46.73 162 61 0 1 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 2 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 9 4 / 46
1988 Majors 32 37.31 159 42 0 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 37
1989 Majors 33 25.72 162 22 0 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 4 2 / 25
1990 Majors 34 27.30 162 14 0 -3 / 5 -6 / 4 -5 / 1 -2 / 2 -4 / 7 0 / 5 -1 / 3 -21 / 27
1991 Minors 35 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 10
1991 Majors 35 13.70 95 7 0 -6 / 3 -1 / 2 -5 / 2 -2 / 1 -7 / 4 -2 / 0 0 / 1 -23 / 13
Total 2036 739 0 32 / 110 20 / 92 15 / 83 48 / 117 30 / 106 34 / 89 38 / 97 218 / 869
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.