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Max Butcher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: September 21, 1910 in Holden, WV us

Died: September 15, 1957 in Logan, WV

Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill, WV

Debut: April 20, 1936 (Age 25-212d, 7,992nd in major league history)
vs. BSN 5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1945 (Age 34-355d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: Albert Maxwell Butcher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

106

ERA

3.75

335

229

1787.2

485

WHIP

1.410

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	183	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	3	0	1	0	1.00	5.23	34	9	17	4	4	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.294	2.40	0.44%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	184	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	11	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.25	4.35	34	15	8	1	1	10	42			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.037	1.87	0.05%	0.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
3	185	12	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-3	L(1-2)	5	2.1	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.44	4.36	16	8	0	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.66	-0.380	2.23	-0.31%	-3.29	1b start a 2	3b -2- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	186	16	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.96	4.25	37	16	8	0	2	6	64			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	0.430	2.71	0.33%	2.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
5	187	20	May 11	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-3)	7	5.2	9	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.09	4.15	28	10	4	0	1	9	26			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.52	-0.481	2.02	-0.39%	-3.38	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
6	188	26	May 19	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	7	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.43	3.90	34	17	9	1	2	4	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.599	1.34	0.35%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	189	29	May 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	9	2	1	5	2	0	0	3.06	3.94	38	10	13	3	4	8	55			0	0	0	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.117	2.37	0.13%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	190	34	May 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	12	4	4	4	0	0	0	3.20	3.97	42	10	16	2	0	12	43			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.222	.26	0.06%	0.26	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	191	39	Jun 6(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	W(5-4)	8	9.0	6	4	2	2	3	1	0	3.04	4.00	36	12	15	2	2	4	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.401	.60	0.11%	0.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
10	192	47	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,8-2	CG	W(6-4)	7	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	2	0	2.92	4.15	36	15	7	1	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.269	.43	0.08%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	193	50	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	T,2-2	CG(11)		3	11.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.76	4.18	43	16	14	2	7	8	72			0	1	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.706	.59	0.17%	3.20	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
12	194	55	Jun 22(2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS-2	L(6-5)	3	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.03	4.20	8	3	0	0	0	4	32			1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.227	.30	-0.04%	-2.51	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d2
13	195	60	Jun 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-6)	5	8.0	7	3	0	3	2	0	0	2.78	4.13	34	18	4	2	1	7	61			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.75	-0.262	.21	-0.02%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	196	65	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	13	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.80	4.08	42	11	14	0	0	13	47			0	0	0	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.010	.13	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	197	70	Jul 6(2)	PIT		CHC	W,13-4	GS-	W(8-6)	3	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.92	4.12	22						47						21					0
16	198	74	Jul 13(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	GS-1	L(8-7)	6	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.22	4.16	6	1	1	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.258	.71	-0.08%	-2.83	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d3
17	199	76	Jul 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(9-7)	1	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.06	4.06	36	14	11	2	1	6	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.356	.29	0.06%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	200	85	Jul 23	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(10-7)	7	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.95	35						63						33	0	0			0
19	201	90	Jul 27(1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.01	3.92	36	9	12	0	0	10	49			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.37	-0.058	.85	-0.02%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	202	95	Aug 1	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.01	3.83	39	11	13	1	3	11	56			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	1	0	1	.50	0.256	.34	0.11%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	203	100	Aug 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(12-7)	3	7.0	12	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.05	3.80	37	13	9	1	0	12	38			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	0.066	.79	0.02%	0.33	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a5
22	204	104	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.1	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.75	31	10	11	1	5	9	45			0	0	0	31	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.153	1.33	-0.10%	-0.14	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a1
23	205	108	Aug 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS-2	L(12-8)	4	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.28	3.82	8	3	0	0	0	5	27			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.264	.33	-0.05%	-2.90	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
24	206	110	Aug 17(1)	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS-5	L(12-9)	2	4.2	8	7	4	3	0	0	0	3.40	3.85	26	13	3	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	23	1	0	2	0	0	2	.60	-0.364	.30	-0.11%	-5.06	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d7
25	207	112	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF	L(12-10)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.44	3.92	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.350	.23	-0.07%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	9b end d 1
26	208	116	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(13-10)	2	9.0	13	3	2	3	3	1	0	3.36	3.95	41	16	8	0	1	11	51			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.55	0.244	.01	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	209	123	Aug 26(2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.25	3.87	34	23	0	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.325	.01	0.00%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	210	127	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	11	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.19	3.86	35	12	12	1	2	9	57			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.345	.02	0.00%	1.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	211	132	Sep 5(1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	GS-8	L(15-11)	4	7.1	8	7	4	1	1	0	0	3.25	3.83	33	17	6	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.47	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
30	212	137	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	W,10-7	GS-8		4	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.32	3.80	30	10	11	3	4	5	47			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a4
31	213	143	Sep 14(1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(16-11)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.18	3.74	35						74						34	0	0			0
32	214	147	Sep 20(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-12)	5	8.0	6	2	1	1	1	1	0	3.11	3.77	31	10	13	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	215	153	Sep 25	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.03	3.73	36	14	8	1	4	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.489	.00	0.00%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							20-12		W-L:17-12	4.0	235.0	249	98	79	66	61	11	1	3.03	3.73	1017	1.39		5%	7%	214	53	0	---%	4	2	0	940	29	9	6	14	0	16	1.22	1.965	.76	0.72%	12.23

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