Tommy Butts
Atlanta Black Crackers 1938; Baltimore Elite Giants 1939; Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers 1939; Baltimore Elite Giants 1940–1942; Baltimore Elite Giants 1944; Philadelphia Stars 1944; Baltimore Elite Giants 1945–1948
Percentile snapshot
1948 season — qualified batters
of 94 qualified 1948 batters (min 226 PA)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 25 | 91 | 86 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .264 | .291 | .554 | 64.7 | 59.6 | .264 | 0.0 |
| 1939 | 30 | 112 | 102 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .275 | .333 | .343 | .676 | 94.9 | 90.8 | .324 | 0.4 |
| 1940 | 55 | 254 | 218 | 44 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .284 | .371 | .349 | .720 | 93.2 | 88.1 | .348 | 0.9 |
| 1941 | 60 | 261 | 232 | 39 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .253 | .233 | .486 | 46.0 | 36.8 | .238 | -0.6 |
| 1942 | 59 | 245 | 218 | 28 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .239 | .311 | .261 | .573 | 71.5 | 64.0 | .286 | 0.2 |
| 1944 | 32 | 137 | 120 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .301 | .267 | .567 | 61.2 | 53.3 | .281 | -0.1 |
| 1945 | 48 | 206 | 182 | 31 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .264 | .309 | .330 | .639 | 80.0 | 79.0 | .306 | 0.4 |
| 1946 | 64 | 278 | 238 | 43 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .315 | .387 | .429 | .816 | 124.0 | 127.6 | .390 | 2.1 |
| 1947 | 59 | 264 | 242 | 50 | 85 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .351 | .391 | .459 | .850 | 127.7 | 132.2 | .398 | 2.1 |
| 1948 | 51 | 226 | 191 | 44 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .304 | .390 | .361 | .751 | 120.8 | 117.9 | .367 | 1.6 |
Career totals
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
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-07-24 | NE @ BEG Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1946-06-23 | BEG @ NBY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1940-07-28 | HOM @ BEG Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1946-05-30 | BEG @ HOM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1940-04-21 | BEG @ BBB Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-05-15 | BBB @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-15 | BBB @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-17 | BBB @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-22 | ATL @ BBB Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-22 | ATL @ BBB Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.