Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1980
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1980
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 359
- AB
- 801
- R
- 63
- H
- 182
- HR
- 8
- RBI
- 76
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .227
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | MIN | 34 | 85 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .271 |
| 1981 | MIN | 62 | 167 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .240 |
| 1982 | MIN | 54 | 126 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .254 |
| 1983 | DET | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 1984 | WSH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1985 | WSH | 67 | 120 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .200 |
| 1986 | CIN | 56 | 113 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .239 |
| 1987 |  CIN/MIN | 56 | 122 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .172 |
| 1988 | TOR | 23 | 60 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .233 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 3
- R
- 0
- H
- 2
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .667
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 911
- TB
- 236
- XBH
- 35
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 4
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | MIN | 91 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | MIN | 194 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | MIN | 146 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | WSH | 138 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CIN | 137 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CIN/MIN | 134 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | 62 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.2
- RC
- 79.5
- RC/27
- 3.40
- ISOP
- .067
- SECA
- .175
- BB/K
- 1.01
- AB/HR
- 100.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | MIN | -0.2 | 7.7 | 3.2 | .012 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | MIN | 1.0 | 18.5 | 3.8 | .054 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | MIN | -0.2 | 14.1 | 4 | .016 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | WSH | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | WSH | -0.7 | 10.6 | 2.9 | .083 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 40 | 0 |
| 1986 | CIN | 0.6 | 16.9 | 5.1 | .124 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 56.5 | 0 |
| 1987 | CIN/MIN | -1.6 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .090 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 61 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 | .117 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 60 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Sal Butera's career stats?
Sal Butera played 9 seasons for the Twins, the Tigers, the Nationals, the Reds and the Blue Jays. He was a career .227 hitter with 182 hits, 8 home runs and 76 RBI. His best season was 1980: a .271 batting average, 0 home runs and 2 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1980 to 1988
Championships
- 1987 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
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