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Name Team Age
Joe Butcher Retired (1991, Age 35) 47
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1974)		 C L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Sam Crawford League 0 12 years (92 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ C+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B+ B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 9/21/1956
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 7
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (LF)
C  (39.4 %) D- (8.3 %) F  (1.0 %)

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