Sal Butera - MLB, Minor League Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1977-1989 (1980-1988)

Proper Name

Salvatore Philip Butera

Positions

C (736) ... DH (3) ... P (2) ... 1B (1)

Height / Weight

6-0 / 190

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

September 25,1952 Age: 73.258

Place

Richmond Hill, New York

High School

Connetquot (Bohemia,NY)

Colleges

Suffolk County Community College (Selden,NY)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1972-Minnesota Twins

MLB Debut

April 10,1980

MLBAM ID

111808

Retrosheet#

butes001

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year	teams	g	gs	cg	gf	ph	pr	dr	gs%	cg%	exit ph	exit pr	exit dr	ln1	ln2	ln3	ln4	ln5	ln6	ln7	ln8	ln9	pos-p	pos-c	pos-1b	pos-2b	pos-3b	pos-ss	pos-lf	pos-cf	pos-rf	pos-dh
1980	MIN	34	28	16	22	0	0	4	82.4	57.1	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	8	19	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	MIN	62	52	44	48	2	0	8	83.9	84.6	7	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	20	24	0	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	MIN	54	41	31	36	1	0	12	75.9	75.6	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	18	21	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	DET	4	1	0	2	0	0	3	25.0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	MON	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	33.3	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	MON	67	40	17	30	0	0	27	59.7	42.5	24	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50	2	1	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CIN	56	31	21	40	3	0	22	55.4	67.7	12	0	4	0	1	1	1	5	3	30	4	4	1	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN,CIN	56	43	19	21	0	0	13	76.8	44.2	22	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	41	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	TOR	23	19	13	14	1	0	3	82.6	68.4	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	17	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:		359	256	161	214	8	0	93	71.3	62.9	93	5	47	1	2	1	5	5	10	52	104	129	2	348	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

G: Games ... GS: Games Started ... CG: Completed Games ... GF: Games Finished ... PH: Pinch Hitter ... PR: Pinch Runner ... DR: Defensive Replacement ... GS%: Games Started % ... CG: Complete Games% ... EXIT PH: Exited for Pinch Hitter ... exit PR: Exited for Pinch Runner ... exit DR: Exited for defensive replacement ... ln1-9: Lineup Slots 1-9 ... Games at position

On Base - Batting

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	onbs	onbs2	obp	obp2	h	bb	hbp	roe	fc	fo	ci	sgl	dbl	tpl	hr	ifh	bnt	b-h	ph_h	ph_hr	hr1	hr2	hr3	hr4	iphr	rbi	hr-rbi	hr-rbi%	rbi2	bb4	bb1op	ron	br	rbi%	opp	conv	conv%	ldof	ob	ld-ob%	last	woh	wohr
1980	MIN	34	91	85	27	32	.297	.352	23	3	1	2	0	3	0	22	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	41	55	3.6	130	4	3.08	20	11	55.00	2	0	0
1981	MIN	62	194	167	62	74	.320	.381	40	22	0	4	0	8	0	32	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0.00	3	0	4	82	118	15.3	270	28	10.37	42	11	26.19	0	0	0
1982	MIN	54	146	126	50	57	.342	.390	32	17	1	1	0	6	0	30	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	3	0	6	68	92	8.7	221	14	6.33	33	13	39.39	2	0	0
1983	DET	4	5	5	1	1	.200	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	3	0	0.00	1	1	100.00	0	0	0
1984	MON	3	4	3	1	1	.250	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	3	0	0.00	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
1985	MON	67	138	120	38	42	.275	.304	24	13	1	0	0	4	0	20	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	12	5	41.67	3	0	3	60	70	12.9	168	15	8.93	29	8	27.59	0	0	0
1986	CIN	56	137	113	48	53	.350	.387	27	21	0	3	2	0	0	18	6	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	16	4	25.00	6	0	4	71	96	14.6	213	27	12.68	35	10	28.57	1	0	0
1987	MIN,CIN	56	134	122	29	33	.216	.246	21	8	0	1	0	3	0	14	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	3	21.43	2	0	0	61	83	14.5	190	22	11.58	30	8	26.67	0	0	0
1988	TOR	23	62	60	15	15	.242	.242	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	33.33	1	0	0	22	29	17.2	64	8	12.50	15	3	20.00	0	0	0
Tot:		359	911	801	271	15	.297	.338	182	86	3	11	2	24	0	147	24	3	8	10	15	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	76	14	18.42	18	0	17	408	546	12.5	1262	118	9.35	206	65	31.55	5	0	0

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... ONBS: On base (H+BB+HBP) ... ONBS2: All On Base (H+BB+HBP+ERROR+FC+FO) ... OBP: On Base Percentage ... OBP2: On Base Percentage for ONBS2 ... H: Hits ... BB: Walks ... HBP: Hit by Pitch ... ROE: Reached on Error ... FC: Fielder`s Choice ... FO: Forceouts ... CI: Catcher`s Interference ... SGL: Singles ... DBL: Doubles ... TPL: Triples ... HR: Home Runs ... IFH: Infield Hits ... BNT: Bunts ... B-H: Bunt hits ... PH-H: Pinch Hits ... PH-HR: Pinch hit home runs ... HR1: Solo home runs ... HR2: 2-run Homers ... HR3: 3-run Homers ... HR4: Grand Slams ... IPHR: Inside the park homers ... RBI: Runs batted in ... HR-RBI: RBIS on Home Runs ... HR-RBI%: % of RBIs on Home Runs ... RBI2: Runs batted in on outs ... BB4: Walks on 4 pitches ... BB1OP: Walks with 1st base open ... RON: PA with runners on ... BR: # of Baserunners ... RBI%: % of opportunities with RBI ... OPP: RBI Opportunities Points ... CONV: RBIs points converted ... CONV%: Converted% ... LDOF: Leadoff ... OB: Leadoff onbase ... LD-OB%: Leadoff onbase% ... LAST: Last batter of game ... WOH: Walk-off Hits ... WOHR: Walk-off Home Runs

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	outs	go	ao	ratio	fly	lo	pop	out_if	out_of	out_pr	rbi_out	so	so%	so3	sw	cal	fc	fo	gdp	opp	gdp%	loc1	loc2	loc3	loc4	loc5	loc6	loc7	loc8	loc9
1980	MIN	34	91	85	60	30	24	1.25	18	4	2	49	42	2	1	6	6.59	0	6	0	0	3	4	16	25.0	5	2	4	3	18	13	7	18	9
1981	MIN	62	194	167	123	61	48	1.27	38	5	5	108	86	7	4	14	7.22	0	14	0	0	8	8	33	24.2	6	3	4	16	39	24	31	23	9
1982	MIN	54	146	126	94	35	46	0.76	37	0	9	95	51	3	0	12	8.22	0	12	0	0	6	6	27	22.2	7	4	2	7	21	14	17	16	12
1983	DET	4	5	5	4	2	2	1.00	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0
1984	MON	3	4	3	3	0	3	0.00	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1985	MON	67	138	120	96	39	45	0.87	40	0	5	75	63	8	3	12	8.70	0	12	0	0	4	1	27	3.7	6	5	1	11	22	18	14	7	5
1986	CIN	56	137	113	85	36	38	0.95	30	0	8	82	55	11	2	10	7.30	0	10	0	2	0	5	30	16.7	3	0	9	8	16	22	24	11	5
1987	MIN,CIN	56	134	122	101	38	41	0.93	33	0	8	76	58	1	2	22	16.42	4	22	0	0	3	7	29	24.1	13	4	3	7	14	20	20	14	8
1988	TOR	23	62	60	46	16	21	0.76	19	1	1	37	25	2	0	9	14.52	1	7	2	0	0	1	6	16.7	2	1	2	3	9	9	12	9	4
Tot:		359	911	801	612	257	268	0.96	218	12	38	525	386	34	12	85	9.33	5	83	2	2	24	32	169	18.9	42	20	26	56	142	120	125	99	53

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... Outs: Outs ... GO: Groundouts ... AO: Air Outs ... ratio: Groundouts/Airouts ... FLY: Flyballs ... LO: Lineouts ... POP: Popouts ... OUT_IF: Infield Outs ... OUT_OF: Outfield Outs ... OUT_PR: Productive Outs ... RBI_OUT: RBIs on outs ... SO: Strikeouts ... SO%: Strikeout% ... SO3: Struck out on 3 pitches ... SW: Strikeouts swinging ... CAL: Strikeouts looking ... FC: Reached on fielders choice ... FO: Reached on forceout ... GDP: Grounded into Double Play ... OPP: Double play opportunities ... GDP%: Grounded into double play% ... LOC1-9: Balls hit to position location

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year	teams	g	pa	sb	sb2	sb3	sbh	di	sb%	cs	cs2	cs3	csh	s12	s13	s23	s2h	d13	d1h	advx	adv_opp	adv_pct	pthr	pckff	wppb	adv_out	oob	r	onbs	run%
1980	MIN	34	91	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	0	0	6	0	4	32	12.50
1981	MIN	62	194	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	11	1	5	7	0	0	8	24	33.3	0	0	3	10	2	13	74	17.57
1982	MIN	54	146	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	9	1	3	1	0	0	2	14	14.3	0	0	0	4	0	9	57	15.79
1983	DET	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100.00
1984	MON	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
1985	MON	67	138	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	33.3	0	1	0	12	0	11	42	26.19
1986	CIN	56	137	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	2	5	11	45.5	0	0	1	11	1	14	53	26.42
1987	MIN,CIN	56	134	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	8	12.5	0	1	2	0	0	8	33	24.24
1988	TOR	23	62	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	20.00
Tot:		359	911	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	41	7	12	11	0	2	20	73	27.4	0	2	7	45	3	63	308	20.45

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... S12: Advanced from 1st to 2nd on singled... S13: Advanced from 1st to 3rd on single ... S23: Advanced from 2nd to 3rd on single ... S2H: Scored from 2nd on single ... D13: Advanced from 1nd to 3rd on double ... D1H: Scored from 1st on double ... ADVX: Advanced an extra base on hit ... ADV-OPP Advancement opportunities on hits ... ADV_PCT: Advanced extra base % ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF%: Picked off ... WPPB: Advanced on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... R: Runs scored ... ONBS: On base ... RUN%: % of times on base run scored

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year	teams	g	pa	pit	str	bal	fou	sw	cal	inplay	swings	cont	p-pa	str%	bal%	swng%	cont%	fou%	play%	fps	fpsw	fpsw%	fpip	fpip%	rungo	hit_run	gb	air	gb%
1980	MIN	34	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	33	25	1.32
1981	MIN	62	194	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	69	51	1.35
1982	MIN	54	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39	46	0.85
1983	DET	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	2	2	1.00
1984	MON	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	3	0.00
1985	MON	67	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	42	46	0.91
1986	CIN	56	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	44	52	0.85
1987	MIN,CIN	56	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	44	52	0.85
1988	TOR	23	62	211	136	75	34	20	30	52	106	86	3.40	64.45	35.55	50.2	81.1	16.11	24.6	22	35	56.5	10	16.1	0	0	19	31	0.61
Tot:		359	911	211	136	75	34	20	30	52	106	86	0.23	64.45	35.55	50.2	81.1	16.11	24.6	22	35	3.8	10	1.1	0	0	292	308	0.95

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... PIT: Pitches ... STR: Strikes ... BAL: Balls ... FOU: Fouls ... SW: Swing and miss ... CAL: Called strikes ... INPLAY: Balls put in play ... SWINGS: Total swings ... CONT: Contacts ... P-PA: Pitches per plate appearance ... STR%: Strikes% ... Ball%: Balls% ... SWNG%: Swing % ... CONT%: Contact% (per swing) ... FOU%: Foul ball% ... PLAY: Ball in Play% ... FPS: First pitch strikes ... FPSW: First pitch swings ... FPSW%: First pitch swing%... FPIP: First pitches in play ... FPIP%: First pitches in play% ... RUNGO: Runners going while batting ... HIT_RUN: Hit and Runs ... GB Ground balls ... Airballs Balls in air ... GB% Groundball%

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year	teams	g	gs	cg	gr	gf	w	l	wpct	tm-w	tm-l	tm-w%	hold	sv	blsv	gs%	cg%	inn1	inn2	inn3	inn4	inn5	inn6	inn7	inn8	inn9	inn10	inn11	inn12	innx	ip-s	ip-r	avg_st	avg_rel	lmi	emi	gsc1	gsc2
1985	MON	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	--	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0.0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	--	1.0	0	0
1986	CIN	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	--	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0.0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	--	1.0	0	0
Tot:		2	0	0	2	2	0	0	--	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0.0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	--	1.0	0	0

g: Games Pitched ... gs: Games Started ... cg: Complete Games ... gr: Games Relieved ... gf: Games Finished ... w: Wins ... l: Losses ... wpct: Win Percentage ... tm-w: Team Wins in games pitched ... tm-l: Team losses in games pitched ... tm-w%: Team win% when pitching ... hold: Holds ... sv: Saves ... blsv: Blown Saves ... gs%: Games Started% ... cg%: Complete Games% ... inn#: Appearances in this inning ... innx: Appearances in 13th+ inning ... ip-s: Innings Pitched as Starter ... ip-r: Innings Pitched as Reliever ... avg_st: Average innings pitched per start ... avg_rel: Average innings pitched per relief appearance ... lmi: Left game mid-inning ... emi: Entered game mid-inning ... gsc1: Average Game Score using Bill James Formula (as starter) ... gsc2: Average Game Score using Tom Tango formula (as starter)

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	onbs	onbs2	obp	obp2	h	bb	hbp	roe	fc	fo	ci	sgl	dbl	tpl	hr	ifh	bnt	b-h	hr1	hr2	hr3	hr4	iphr	rbi	hr-rbi	hr-rbi%	bb4	bb1op	ron	br	rbi%
1985	MON	1	3	3	0	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--
1986	CIN	1	4	3	1	1	.250	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	1	0.0
Tot:		2	7	6	1	1	.143	.143	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	1	0.0

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	outs	go	ao	ratio	fly	lo	pop	out_if	out_of	out_pr	rbi_out	so	so%	so3	sw	cal	fc	fo	gdp	opp	gdp%	loc1	loc2	loc3	loc4	loc5	loc6	loc7	loc8	loc9
1985	MON	1	3	3	3	2	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
1986	CIN	1	4	3	3	0	2	0.00	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	25.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tot:		2	7	6	6	2	3	0.67	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	1	14.29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	sb	sb2	sb3	sbh	di	sb%	cs	cs2	cs3	csh	pthr	pckff	wppb	adv_out	oob	onbs	r	rs%	inh-r	inh-s	%	beq-r	beq-s	%
1985	MON	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	--	0	0	--
1986	CIN	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	0	0	--
Tot:		2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	0	0	--

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF: Picked off ... WPPB: Advancement on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Runner advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... onbs Runners on base ... R: Runs scored ... RS%: % of times on base run scored ... inh-r Inherited runners ... inhr-s Inherited runners scored ... beq-r Bequeathed runners (runners on base when leaving game) ... beq-s Bequeathed runners scored ... % % related to prior 2 columns

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	pit	str	bal	fou	sw	cal	inplay	swings	cont	p-pa	str%	bal%	swng%	cont%	fou%	play%	fps	fpsw	fpsw%	fpip	fpip%	gb	air	gb%
1985	MON	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1	2.00
1986	CIN	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	0.00
Tot:		2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	3	0.67

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At bats ... PIT: Pitches ... STR: Strikes ... BAL: Balls ... FOU: Fouls ... SW: Swing and miss ... CAL: Called strikes ... INPLAY: Balls put in play ... SWINGS: Total swings ... CONT: Contacts ... P-PA: Pitches per plate appearance ... STR%: Strikes% ... Ball%: Balls% ... SWNG%: Swing % ... CONT%: Contact% (per swing) ... FOU%: Foul ball% ... PLAY: Ball in Play% ... FPS: First pitch strikes ... FPSW: First pitch swings ... FPSW%: First pitch swing%... FPIP: First pitches in play ... FPIP%: First pitches in play% ... RUNGO: Runners going while batting ... HIT_RUN: Hit and Runs ... GB Ground balls ... Air Balls in air ... GB% Groundball%