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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1957-03-08 · Played 1980–1986 · College: Yavapai College (1976–1977) · Career WAR 4.4 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=butchjo01, LAHMAN=butchjo01, MLBAM=111806, RETROSHEET=butcj001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G
1980	TEX	AL	6
1981	TEX	AL	5
1982	TEX	AL	18
1983	TEX	AL	38
1984	MIN	AL	34
1985	MIN	AL	34
1986	MIN	AL	16
1986	CLE	AL	13
Total			164

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1980	TEX	AL	3	3	6	6	1	0	0	35.1	34	16	2	13	27	4.08	1.330	0.2
1981	TEX	AL	1	2	5	3	1	1	0	27.2	18	5	0	8	19	1.63	.940	0.7
1982	TEX	AL	1	5	18	13	2	0	1	94.1	102	51	10	34	39	4.87	1.442	0.3
1983	TEX	AL	6	6	38	6	1	1	5	123.0	128	48	8	41	58	3.51	1.374	1.7
1984	MIN	AL	13	11	34	34	8	1	0	225.0	242	86	18	53	83	3.44	1.311	2.6
1985	MIN	AL	11	14	34	33	8	2	0	207.2	239	115	24	43	92	4.98	1.358	0.3
1986	MIN	AL	0	3	16	10	1	0	0	70.0	82	49	11	24	29	6.30	1.514	-1.4
1986	CLE	AL	1	5	13	8	1	1	0	50.2	86	39	6	13	16	6.93	1.954
Total			36	49	164	113	23	6	6	833.2	931	409	79	229	363	4.42	1.391	4.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1980	TEX	AL	P	6	6	35.1	1	6	1	0
1981	TEX	AL	P	5	3	27.2	3	5	0	0
1982	TEX	AL	P	18	13	94.1	7	19	0	3
1983	TEX	AL	P	38	6	123.0	11	17	0	0
1984	MIN	AL	P	34	34	225.0	25	20	3	5
1985	MIN	AL	P	34	33	207.2	24	27	2	2
1986	MIN	AL	P	16	10	70.0	4	10	0	1
1986	CLE	AL	P	13	8	50.2	5	5	3	1
Total				164	113	833.2	80	109	9	12

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