John Butcher stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1980
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1980
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 164
- W
- 36
- L
- 49
- ERA
- 4.42
- IP
- 833.2
- K
- 363
- BB
- 229
- WHIP
- 1.39
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | TEX | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4.08 | 35.1 | 27 | 13 | 1.33 |
| 1981 | TEX | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.63 | 27.2 | 19 | 8 | 0.94 |
| 1982 | TEX | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4.87 | 94.1 | 39 | 34 | 1.44 |
| 1983 | TEX | 38 | 6 | 6 | 3.51 | 123.0 | 58 | 41 | 1.37 |
| 1984 | MIN | 34 | 13 | 11 | 3.44 | 225.0 | 83 | 53 | 1.31 |
| 1985 | MIN | 34 | 11 | 14 | 4.98 | 207.2 | 92 | 43 | 1.36 |
| 1986 |  MIN/CLE | 29 | 1 | 8 | 6.56 | 120.2 | 45 | 37 | 1.70 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 23
- SHO
- 6
- K/9
- 3.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | TEX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | TEX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | TEX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | TEX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | MIN | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIN | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN/CLE | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were John Butcher's career stats?
John Butcher played 7 seasons for the Rangers and the Twins. He had 36 wins and 363 strikeouts with a 4.42 ERA over 833.2 innings. His best season was 1984: 13 wins, a 3.44 ERA and 83 strikeouts.
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