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Max
Butcher		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: September 21, 1910 in Usa, WV, HOLDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 25 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1937 26 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 6 6
1938 27 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1939 28 DET AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1940 29 SLC NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1941 30 SLC NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1942 31 SLC NL $ 635,714 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 7
1943 32 STL NL $ 635,714 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 4
1944 33 STL NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 4
1945 34 STL NL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5
1946 35 STL NL $ 300,000 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 635,714 9 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 25 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 26 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 27 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1939 28 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1940 29 SLC NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1941 30 SLC NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1942 31 SLC NL $ 635,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1943 32 STL NL $ 635,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1944 33 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1945 34 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1946 35 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 635,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1936 25 DET AL 5 9 .357 41 1 0 0 6 58.7 64 23 4 19 14 3.53 .276 .331 .384 .714 6.2
1937 26 DET AL 6 5 .545 45 5 2 0 6 87.7 103 46 8 23 15 4.72 .293 .332 .420 .753 6.1
1938 27 DET AL 2 8 .200 17 11 3 0 0 84.7 135 58 4 35 21 6.17 .361 .415 .484 .899 0.0
    AAA   3 5 .375 9 9 1 1 0 60.0 64 26 1 18 24 3.90 .272 .324 .387 .711  
1939 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 2 3.0 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 .429 .429 .500 .929 0.5
    AAA   6 7 .462 26 13 1 1 3 103.3 99 33 6 33 62 2.87 .251 .309 .343 .652  
1940 29 SLC NL 7 15 .318 37 29 8 0 0 224.0 296 138 18 88 51 5.54 .327 .386 .457 .843 6.4
    AAA   2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 37 13 2 13 16 3.34 .278 .342 .361 .703  
1941 30 SLC NL 2 6 .250 50 1 0 0 1 75.0 66 28 5 34 14 3.36 .247 .331 .363 .694 6.8
1942 31 SLC NL 3 1 .750 54 0 0 0 0 67.7 96 40 7 22 10 5.32 .340 .384 .514 .899 1.5
1943 32 STL NL 1 2 .333 54 0 0 0 1 61.0 82 44 9 17 19 6.49 .317 .355 .459 .814 0.3
1944 33 STL NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 7 7 2 4 0 9.46 .269 .367 .538 .905 0.0
    AAA   4 10 .286 22 16 1 0 0 104.3 143 64 17 42 45 5.52 .332 .391 .508 .899  
1945 34 STL NL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 20.3 21 8 1 9 2 3.54 .273 .345 .351 .695 1.7
    AAA   1 2 .333 12 1 0 0 2 15.0 19 7 2 5 7 4.20 .317 .369 .467 .836  
1946 35 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 2 1 0 2 6.77 .333 .333 .750 1.083 0.0
    AAA   1 3 .250 21 1 0 0 1 46.3 58 34 4 24 14 6.60 .302 .380 .422 .802  
11 Years Sim 26 46 .361 324 47 13 0 16 691.3 880 394 59 251 148 5.13 .314 .369 .446 .815 29.5
6 Years AAA 17 27 .386 95 45 3 2 6 364.0 420 177 32 135 168 4.38 .291 .351 .417 .768  
Season Average 2 4 .333 29 4 1 0 1 62.8 80 35 5 22 13 5.13 .314 .369 .446 .815  
Career Highs 7 15 .750 54 29 8 0 6 224.0 296 138 18 88 51 9.46 .429 .429 .750 1.083  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   430 183 28 114 99   .301 .353 .422 .775
vs LH   450 211 31 137 49   .328 .389 .472 .861
Home 15 23 .395 175 25 5 0 7 366.3 440 201 33 126 82 4.94 .303 .358 .435 .793
Away 11 23 .324 149 22 8 0 9 325.0 440 193 26 125 66 5.35 .327 .384 .459 .843
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 44 0 0 0 4 47.6 66 33 12 19 5 6.24 .332 .390 .578 .968
May 10 12 .455 68 13 3 0 3 166.7 223 98 12 72 42 5.29 .326 .390 .446 .836
June 6 7 .462 61 6 2 0 5 107.3 139 61 8 37 21 5.12 .320 .373 .455 .828
July 5 8 .385 67 8 1 0 3 124.0 166 81 9 40 30 5.88 .322 .371 .445 .816
August 2 5 .286 43 8 3 0 1 98.0 129 53 5 31 17 4.87 .314 .362 .433 .795
Sep/Oct 2 10 .167 41 12 4 0 0 147.6 157 68 13 52 33 4.15 .282 .344 .405 .748
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 25 DET AL 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1937 26 DET AL 45 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313 .313 .313 .625 1.5 0.2
1938 27 DET AL 17 29 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .207 .207 .241 .448 1.2 0.0
1940 29 SLC NL 37 74 6 18 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .243 .243 .270 .514 4.6 0.0
1941 30 SLC NL 50 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 1.0 0.2
1942 31 SLC NL 54 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
1943 32 STL NL 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1944 33 STL NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1945 34 STL NL 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
9 Years Sim 317 140 14 32 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 24 .229 .234 .257 .491 7.5 0.5
162 Game Average 71 7 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .229 .234 .257 .491 3.8  
Career Highs 54 74 6 18 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 4.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   90 11 22 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .244 .244 .278 .522 5.1
vs LH   50 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .200 .216 .220 .436 1.7
Home 162 71 9 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .183 .183 .211 .394 1.4
Away 146 69 5 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .275 .286 .304 .590 5.5
RISP   34 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .088 .088 .088 .176 -1.5
Close/Late   9 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .444 .889 1.5
Mar/Apr 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 46 35 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .229 .229 .314 .543 2.1
June 21 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.1
July 44 20 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5
August 25 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.3
Sep/Oct 40 39 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .250 .256 .506 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 25 DET AL P 41 1 58.7 3 14 2 1 .895 2.61    
1937 26 DET AL P 45 5 87.7 6 24 0 1 1.000 3.08    
1938 27 DET AL P 17 11 84.7 3 13 1 0 .941 1.70    
1939 28 DET AL P 5 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1940 29 SLC NL P 37 29 224.0 20 61 1 7 .988 3.25    
1941 30 SLC NL P 50 1 75.0 5 18 1 1 .958 2.76    
1942 31 SLC NL P 54 0 67.7 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.39    
1943 32 STL NL P 54 0 61.0 5 18 0 2 1.000 3.39    
1944 33 STL NL P 5 0 6.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1945 34 STL NL P 14 0 20.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1946 35 STL NL P 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
Career Totals   324 47 691.3 49 169 5 13 .978 2.84    
Career Highs   54 29 224.0 20 61 2 7 1.000 4.05    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1936-10-6
1937-10-6
 Games Pitched
1937-9-45
1941-10-50
1942-7-54
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Detroit in 1936
Earned first career win on 4/21/1936
Had first career hit on 8/27/1937, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
Injured on 4/4/1938 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/12/1939 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (C) on 2/1/1940 (Going to SLC: 2B Bill Lillard, P Max Butcher, P Buck Ross. Going to DET: P Bob Logan)
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $635,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $635,714 through salary arbitration
10/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $300,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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