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Tom
Butters		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 8, 1938 in Usa, OH, DELAWARE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 8 9 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1963 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1964 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 1 1 1 9 9 9
1965 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 1 1 1 9 9 9
1966 28 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 7 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8
1967 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8
1968 30 NYA AL $ 1,708,571 6 7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7
1969 31 NYA AL $ 1,708,571 5 7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7
1970 32 OAK AL   5 7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7
1971 33 OAK AL   5 6 7 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 7 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,708,571 6 8 9 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 28 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 30 NYA AL $ 1,708,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 31 NYA AL $ 1,708,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 32 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 33 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,708,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1962 24 NYA AL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 23 13 3 13 34 4.13 .219 .317 .400 .717 1.3
    AAA   13 6 .684 28 28 0 0 0 171.3 129 50 6 102 218 2.63 .210 .323 .279 .602  
1963 25 NYA AL 9 7 .563 59 5 0 0 18 97.7 85 43 7 56 83 3.96 .235 .340 .349 .689 9.3
1964 26 NYA AL 7 5 .583 73 5 0 0 16 109.3 74 40 7 68 101 3.29 .194 .319 .318 .637 11.1
1965 27 NYA AL 7 12 .368 47 17 0 0 8 129.7 112 78 11 103 109 5.41 .233 .368 .365 .733 0.1
1966 28 NYA AL 8 8 .500 46 13 0 0 8 121.3 103 65 10 101 98 4.82 .235 .373 .377 .750 6.0
1967 29 NYA AL 9 5 .643 88 3 0 0 5 112.0 92 34 10 63 103 2.73 .224 .333 .354 .686 11.0
1968 30 NYA AL 10 10 .500 76 0 0 0 22 93.7 75 50 6 68 71 4.80 .221 .357 .324 .681 8.9
1969 31 NYA AL 5 5 .500 43 0 0 0 6 58.7 69 46 5 49 44 7.06 .291 .410 .414 .824 0.0
1970 32 AA   1 1 .500 74 0 0 0 10 61.0 44 15 7 30 80 2.21 .199 .295 .312 .607  
1971 33 AAA   1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 0 22.7 23 20 1 24 16 7.94 .271 .431 .388 .819  
    AA   3 2 .600 48 0 0 0 6 41.0 28 16 3 17 50 3.51 .194 .280 .299 .578  
8 Years Sim 57 54 .514 437 48 0 0 83 750.6 633 369 59 521 643 4.42 .230 .354 .357 .711 47.8
2 Years AAA 14 7 .667 44 28 0 0 0 194.0 152 70 7 126 234 3.25 .218 .337 .292 .630  
2 Years AA 4 3 .571 122 0 0 0 16 102.0 72 31 10 47 130 2.74 .197 .289 .307 .596  
4 Years Minors 18 10 .643 166 28 0 0 16 296.0 224 101 17 173 364 3.07 .211 .321 .297 .618  
Season Average 7 6 .538 54 6 0 0 10 93.8 79 46 7 65 80 4.42 .230 .354 .357 .711  
Career Highs 10 12 .643 88 17 0 0 22 129.7 112 78 11 103 109 7.06 .291 .410 .414 .824  
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   314 180 25 230 359   .222 .331 .341 .673
vs LH   319 189 34 291 284   .238 .374 .373 .748
Home 32 21 .604 220 21 0 0 33 370.3 323 199 27 244 325 4.84 .237 .353 .366 .718
Away 25 33 .431 217 27 0 0 50 380.3 310 170 32 277 318 4.02 .224 .353 .348 .701
Mar/Apr 5 8 .385 71 3 0 0 15 98.3 84 47 7 60 99 4.30 .231 .340 .336 .677
May 8 6 .571 61 3 0 0 16 78.6 73 33 2 64 68 3.78 .245 .378 .359 .738
June 7 10 .412 55 11 0 0 10 111.3 93 62 10 75 106 5.01 .227 .346 .354 .700
July 9 10 .474 93 8 0 0 20 146.7 118 66 12 121 119 4.05 .225 .370 .339 .709
August 15 5 .750 86 9 0 0 12 167.3 133 81 12 109 113 4.36 .222 .341 .353 .695
Sep/Oct 13 15 .464 71 14 0 0 10 148.3 132 80 16 92 138 4.86 .238 .346 .393 .739
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
1962 24 NYA AL 5 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0
1963 25 NYA AL 59 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .200 .333 .533 0.7 0.1
1964 26 NYA AL 73 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1965 27 NYA AL 47 34 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 .206 .206 .206 .412 1.4 0.0
1966 28 NYA AL 46 29 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .276 .267 .276 .543 2.5 0.0
1967 29 NYA AL 88 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1968 30 NYA AL 76 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
1970 32 AA   8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
7 Years Sim 394 101 11 19 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 28 .188 .194 .208 .402 4.0 0.1
1 Years AA 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
162 Game Average 41 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .188 .194 .208 .402 1.6  
Career Highs 88 34 4 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 .276 .267 .333 .543 2.5  
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   71 9 14 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 22 .197 .208 .225 .434 2.2
vs LH   30 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .161 .167 .328 0.1
Home 194 40 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .175 .175 .175 .350 0.3
Away 165 61 7 12 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 18 .197 .206 .230 .436 2.0
RISP   20 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .200 .227 .200 .427 0.5
Close/Late   15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .313 .267 .579 0.9
Mar/Apr 45 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
May 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
June 11 22 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .273 .273 .273 .545 1.5
July 22 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .294 .294 .294 .588 1.3
August 64 22 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .227 .217 .227 .445 1.0
Sep/Oct 44 25 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 .120 .154 .200 .354 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1962 24 NYA AL P 5 5 28.3 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1963 25 NYA AL P 59 5 97.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.47    
1964 26 NYA AL P 73 5 109.3 2 24 0 1 1.000 2.14    
1965 27 NYA AL P 47 17 129.7 12 24 2 0 .947 2.50    
1966 28 NYA AL P 46 13 121.3 10 25 1 2 .972 2.60    
1967 29 NYA AL P 88 3 112.0 9 14 0 1 1.000 1.85    
1968 30 NYA AL P 76 0 93.7 4 26 0 3 1.000 2.88    
1969 31 NYA AL P 43 0 58.7 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   437 48 750.6 45 138 3 7 .984 2.19    
Career Highs   88 17 129.7 12 26 2 3 1.000 2.88    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1963 25 NYA AL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 5 1 4 7 5.63 .233 .324 .400 .724
1964 26 NYA AL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 3 0 1 3 5.79 .250 .294 .500 .794
1966 28 NYA AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 0 10 5 5.14 .280 .486 .360 .846
1967 29 NYA AL 1 1 .500 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 4 4 9.00 .357 .500 .571 1.071
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 4 .333 17 0 0 0 0 22.7 23 15 1 19 19 5.96 .271 .404 .435 .839
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 25 NYA AL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 28 NYA AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1963-4-18
1964-3-16
1968-1-22
 Games Pitched
1964-7-73
1967-3-88
1968-5-76
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Kent Tekulve (934)
  5. Sandy Consuegra (933)
  6. Rick Sutcliffe (932)
  7. Gil Patterson (932)
  8. Hal Kelleher (931)
  9. Cy Moore (929)
  10. Dwayne Henry (929)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1962
Injured on 5/3/1962 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/7/1962, off Red Swanson (BRK)
Earned first career win on 9/15/1962
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 3/27/1966 with a Broken Ribs, out for 8 weeks
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,708,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,708,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1970 to a minor league contract
 
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