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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Joe Butcher Catcher
Retired (1991, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating   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 Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B D- (8.3%) LF (1.0%) Arm WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF (39.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1979 Away 37 148 0 26 4 0 2 15 9 29 0 0 0 .465 .222 .243 .068 .176
1979 Home 43 156 0 37 7 0 1 13 18 26 0 0 0 .625 .324 .301 .064 .237
1980 Away 44 160 0 32 3 0 3 17 14 38 0 0 0 .538 .263 .275 .075 .200
1980 Home 39 131 0 31 3 0 1 12 17 23 0 0 0 .605 .322 .282 .046 .237
1981 Away 25 143 0 37 6 2 2 14 19 29 0 0 0 .716 .345 .371 .112 .259
1981 Home 29 145 0 38 8 3 1 10 14 31 0 0 0 .711 .331 .379 .117 .262
1982 Away 36 119 15 27 4 1 3 15 15 20 0 0 3 .664 .311 .353 .126 .227
1982 Home 43 139 19 41 8 1 4 23 17 22 0 0 8 .823 .369 .453 .158 .295
1983 Away 32 130 19 37 8 1 5 25 9 25 0 0 7 .813 .336 .477 .192 .285
1983 Home 30 111 15 31 8 1 3 19 6 23 0 0 3 .778 .328 .450 .171 .279
1984 Away 21 74 7 16 3 0 2 11 8 15 0 0 0 .631 .293 .338 .122 .216
1984 Home 26 92 14 23 5 0 4 16 8 27 0 0 2 .745 .310 .435 .185 .250
1985 Away 27 92 13 28 7 2 3 12 13 14 0 0 0 .918 .396 .522 .217 .304
1985 Home 20 62 5 16 1 1 2 5 5 13 0 0 3 .727 .324 .403 .145 .258
1986 Away 62 239 21 67 8 1 4 29 25 49 0 0 2 .721 .348 .372 .092 .280
1986 Home 60 219 27 61 11 1 6 22 22 33 0 0 1 .764 .344 .420 .142 .279
1987 Away 50 127 14 38 5 0 2 14 11 12 4 7 1 .741 .355 .386 .087 .299
1987 Home 56 139 14 40 4 2 1 12 10 35 7 12 1 .711 .344 .367 .079 .288
1988 Away 43 88 11 20 4 1 3 10 10 14 0 1 0 .701 .303 .398 .170 .227
1988 Home 39 96 14 29 2 0 3 11 10 9 2 0 1 .785 .368 .417 .115 .302
1989 Away 18 35 6 9 0 0 0 2 7 7 1 0 1 .652 .395 .257 .000 .257
1989 Home 16 45 1 11 1 0 0 3 6 10 0 0 0 .594 .327 .267 .022 .244
1990 Away 30 43 12 13 4 1 2 9 10 1 3 1 0 1.015 .434 .581 .279 .302
1990 Home 29 38 6 9 2 0 1 8 3 3 1 0 0 .661 .293 .368 .132 .237
1991 Away 7 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .670 .286 .385 .154 .231
1991 Home 13 22 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 .467 .240 .227 .045 .182
Total Away 432 1411 118 353 58 9 31 173 151 256 8 9 14 .693 .323 .370 .120 .250
Total Home 443 1395 116 371 61 9 27 156 138 257 10 12 19 .715 .335 .381 .115 .266
Total 908 2806 321 724 119 18 58 329 289 513 18 21 78 .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.