John Butcher
Texas Rangers 1980–1983; Minnesota Twins 1984–1985; Cleveland Indians 1986; Minnesota Twins 1986
Percentile snapshot
1985 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1985 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 1983 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 1986 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 35.3 | 4.08 | 1.330 | 6.88 | 3.07 | 77.6 | 97.1 | 0.3 |
| 1981 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 27.7 | 1.63 | .940 | 6.18 | 2.03 | 57.7 | 216.6 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 51 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 94.3 | 4.87 | 1.442 | 3.72 | 4.39 | 112.1 | 80.4 | -0.1 |
| 1983 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 48 | 41 | 58 | 8 | 123.0 | 3.51 | 1.374 | 4.24 | 3.75 | 93.8 | 113.9 | 1.9 |
| 1984 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 242 | 86 | 53 | 83 | 18 | 225.0 | 3.44 | 1.311 | 3.32 | 3.81 | 91.6 | 120.9 | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 239 | 115 | 43 | 92 | 24 | 207.7 | 4.98 | 1.358 | 3.99 | 4.07 | 93.4 | 87.4 | 0.6 |
| 1986 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 168 | 88 | 37 | 45 | 17 | 120.7 | 6.56 | 1.699 | 3.36 | 4.90 | 115.7 | 64.5 | -2.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-04-11 | MIN @ LAA Gameday | 7.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981-10-03 | LAA @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985-05-15 | DET @ MIN Gameday | 10.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 1984-07-02 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986-04-23 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.