John Butcher ERA in 1986

• John Butcher's highest ERA of the 7 seasons on file; the best is 1.63 in 1981.
• Up 1.58 from 4.98 in 1985.

Best of 7 regular seasons, 1980 through 1986. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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John Butcher ERA in 1986, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1980	TEX	6	3	3	4.08	35.1	27	13	1.33	0
1981	TEX	5	1	2	1.63	27.2	19	8	0.94	0
1982	TEX	18	1	5	4.87	94.1	39	34	1.44	1
1983	TEX	38	6	6	3.51	123.0	58	41	1.37	5
1984	MIN	34	13	11	3.44	225.0	83	53	1.31	0
1985	MIN	34	11	14	4.98	207.2	92	43	1.36	0
1986	MIN/CLE	29	1	8	6.56	120.2	45	37	1.70	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV