P Sam Butler #13
Age: 66 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/11/2027
OA: 20 POT: 20
P SAM BUTLER #13 - AGE: 66 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 30 30 30 30
Movement 35 35 35 35
Control 50 50 50 50
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Curveball 25 25
Changeup 30 30
Cutter 35 35
Forkball 45 45
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 87-89 Mph
Stamina 50
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Neutral
Hold Runners 50
Defense 40
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 75
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Enjoys country music.
Birthday:11/03/1961
Born in:Spring Hill, FL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:3 Years, -61 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:4 Years, -108 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1983, 13th Pick in Round 12
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1987 Boston - SKY 25 3 0 0 0 0 10.80 3.1 6 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 1.80 .417 4.74 -0.0 38
1988 Boston - SKY 26 8 0 2 0 0 2.38 11.1 9 3 3 0 6 11 0 0 1.32 .300 2.88 0.3 168
1989 Boston - SKY 27 4 0 0 0 0 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.00 .273 4.53 -0.0 184
1995 Arizona - SKY 33 59 0 5 4 0 6.10 62.0 63 45 42 13 17 53 0 0 1.29 .286 5.00 -0.6 66
1996 Oakland - SKY 34 11 0 1 0 0 2.51 14.1 12 6 4 1 4 12 0 0 1.12 .268 3.37 0.1 152
Total SKY 85 0 8 4 0 5.12 95.0 94 59 54 16 27 84 0 0 1.27 .290 4.47 -0.3 78
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1983 Total - 21 20 20 5 9 0 4.61 130.2 141 69 67 16 48 104 0 0 1.45 .320 4.35 1.3 100
1983 St. Louis (GCL) - R 21 19 8 1 6 0 5.26 51.1 64 32 30 1 26 32 1 0 1.75 .360 4.09 0.5 77
1983 Johnson City - R+ 21 2 0 0 1 1 27.00 1.2 5 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 3.60 .667 10.85 -0.2 18
1983 Total - R+ 21 21 8 1 7 1 5.94 53.0 69 37 35 2 27 34 1 0 1.81 .370 4.31 0.2 70
1984 State College - A- 22 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 4.2 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.50 .400 2.36 0.2 999
1984 Peoria - A 22 55 3 9 4 10 3.74 65.0 67 32 27 7 27 47 0 0 1.45 .297 4.57 0.1 115
1985 Palm Beach - A+ 23 74 0 4 6 4 5.18 66.0 60 39 38 7 51 55 0 0 1.68 .282 4.62 -0.3 79
1985 Springfield - AA 23 10 0 0 1 3 4.76 11.1 8 6 6 3 10 12 0 0 1.59 .179 6.85 -0.5 87
1986 Palm Beach - A+ 24 29 0 1 1 13 2.96 27.1 15 9 9 2 14 32 0 0 1.06 .206 3.16 0.6 139
1986 Springfield - AA 24 27 0 1 0 0 2.84 31.2 28 11 10 1 10 28 0 0 1.20 .287 2.49 1.0 141
1987 Salem - A+ 25 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.00 .200 6.17 -0.0 999
1987 Portland - AA 25 73 0 6 4 4 3.76 79.0 69 39 33 12 36 75 0 0 1.33 .263 4.37 -0.3 103
1987 Pawtucket - AAA 25 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 2.67 0.0 999
1988 Portland - AA 26 70 0 2 7 2 3.18 73.2 66 32 26 8 23 79 0 0 1.21 .296 3.02 1.3 128
1989 Portland - AA 27 74 0 2 7 11 3.99 85.2 68 40 38 9 27 70 0 0 1.11 .247 3.59 0.5 93
1990 Portland - AA 28 32 0 1 1 20 1.72 31.1 25 7 6 3 7 29 0 0 1.02 .253 2.86 0.7 214
1990 Pawtucket - AAA 28 34 0 2 1 1 3.31 35.1 34 15 13 3 20 27 0 0 1.53 .290 3.82 0.1 113
1991 Lynchburg - A+ 29 18 0 1 2 0 3.43 21.0 18 8 8 2 10 19 0 0 1.33 .276 3.84 0.1 112
1991 Akron - AA 29 54 0 2 4 21 2.73 52.2 45 17 16 6 24 56 0 0 1.31 .281 3.69 0.5 144
1992 Charleston - A 30 12 0 0 1 0 0.71 12.2 7 3 1 0 9 14 0 0 1.26 .233 2.77 0.4 577
1992 Tampa - A+ 30 2 2 0 1 0 6.52 9.2 6 7 7 2 3 11 0 0 0.93 .182 4.57 0.0 59
1992 Total - A+ 30 14 2 0 2 0 3.22 22.1 13 10 8 2 12 25 0 0 1.12 .212 3.55 0.4 120
1992 Trenton - AA 30 41 0 4 2 4 1.97 45.2 31 12 10 3 14 45 0 0 0.99 .239 2.68 1.1 196
1992 Scranton WB - AAA 30 3 0 0 0 2 11.57 2.1 3 3 3 1 2 3 0 0 2.14 .333 8.36 -0.1 34
1993 Biloxi - AA 31 79 0 6 14 39 5.38 83.2 91 50 50 12 26 82 0 0 1.40 .322 3.84 0.3 70
1994 Jackson - AA 32 57 0 4 6 33 1.03 61.1 58 11 7 3 10 63 0 0 1.11 .320 1.82 2.9 349
1994 Reno - AAA 32 14 0 1 2 10 3.18 11.1 9 5 4 1 7 9 0 0 1.41 .267 3.82 0.2 132
1995 Jackson - AA 33 10 0 0 1 6 0.84 10.2 6 2 1 0 1 19 0 0 0.66 .300 0.00 0.7 439
1995 Reno - AAA 33 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 1.1 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.75 .333 9.71 -0.1 30
1996 Midland - AA 34 26 0 4 4 9 4.50 30.0 33 21 15 2 13 19 0 0 1.53 .292 4.25 0.0 89
1996 Nashville - AAA 34 22 0 2 6 5 5.61 25.2 34 19 16 4 16 18 0 0 1.95 .370 4.77 -0.4 67
1997 Stockton - A+ 35 74 0 3 5 9 4.28 82.0 88 45 39 10 26 33 0 0 1.39 .280 4.74 -0.6 93
Total IL 38 0 2 1 3 3.72 38.2 37 18 16 4 22 30 0 0 1.53 .282 4.07 101.8
Total PCL 38 0 3 8 15 5.17 38.1 45 26 22 5 26 27 0 0 1.85 .342 4.66 74.7
Total EL 344 0 17 25 62 3.15 368.0 304 147 129 41 131 354 0 0 1.18 .264 3.48 122.1
Total SL 146 0 10 21 78 3.35 155.2 155 63 58 15 37 164 0 0 1.23 .320 2.78 111.3
Total TEX 63 0 5 5 12 3.82 73.0 69 38 31 6 33 59 0 0 1.40 .276 3.89 105.5
Total CAL 74 0 3 5 9 4.28 82.0 88 45 39 10 26 33 0 0 1.39 .280 4.74 92.5
Total CAR 19 0 1 2 1 3.27 22.0 19 9 8 2 11 19 0 0 1.36 .270 3.95 117.7
Total FSL 105 2 5 8 17 4.72 103.0 81 55 54 11 68 98 0 0 1.45 .256 4.23 86.2
Total MID 55 3 9 4 10 3.74 65.0 67 32 27 7 27 47 0 0 1.45 .297 4.57 114.5
Total SAL 12 0 0 1 0 0.71 12.2 7 3 1 0 9 14 0 0 1.26 .233 2.77 576.9
Total NYP 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 4.2 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.50 .400 2.36 999.0
Total APP 2 0 0 1 1 27.00 1.2 5 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 3.60 .667 10.85 18.2
Total GCL 19 8 1 6 0 5.26 51.1 64 32 30 1 26 32 1 0 1.75 .360 4.09 77.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1983 Johnson City - R+ P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 +0.0 .000
1983 St. Louis (GCL) - R P 18 8 3 9 0 12 0 1.000 51.1 2.10 -0.1 1.129
1984 Peoria - A P 55 3 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 65.0 1.11 -0.4 1.030
1984 State College - A- P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.2 0.00 +0.0 .000
1985 Springfield - AA P 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 11.1 0.00 -0.5 .000
1985 Palm Beach - A+ P 68 0 4 11 0 15 0 1.000 66.0 2.05 +0.0 1.008
1986 Springfield - AA P 27 0 2 4 0 7 1 .857 31.2 1.71 -0.4 1.023
1986 Palm Beach - A+ P 29 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 27.1 0.33 -0.1 1.029
1987 Boston - MLB P 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 .667 3.1 5.40 +0.0 1.018
1987 Pawtucket - AAA P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1987 Portland - AA P 66 0 1 12 0 15 2 .867 79.0 1.48 -0.6 .879
1987 Salem - A+ P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1988 Boston - MLB P 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 11.1 3.18 +0.0 1.024
1988 Portland - AA P 68 0 2 6 0 10 2 .800 73.2 0.98 -1.1 .826
1989 Boston - MLB P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1989 Portland - AA P 73 0 4 12 1 17 1 .941 85.2 1.68 +0.1 1.041
1990 Pawtucket - AAA P 33 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 35.1 1.53 +0.0 1.032
1990 Portland - AA P 32 0 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 31.1 1.72 +0.1 1.040
1991 Akron - AA P 53 0 1 10 0 13 2 .846 52.2 1.88 -0.4 .940
1991 Lynchburg - A+ P 18 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 21.0 0.43 +0.5 .000
1992 Scranton WB - AAA P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.1 0.00 -0.0 .000
1992 Trenton - AA P 41 0 2 6 0 8 0 1.000 45.2 1.58 +0.3 1.012
1992 Tampa - A+ P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.2 0.00 -0.0 .000
1992 Charleston - A P 12 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 12.2 1.42 -0.0 1.020
1993 Biloxi - AA P 77 0 2 9 0 12 1 .917 83.2 1.18 -0.2 .917
1994 Reno - AAA P 13 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 11.1 1.59 -0.1 1.041
1994 Jackson - AA P 57 0 4 11 0 15 0 1.000 61.1 2.20 -0.4 1.028
1995 Arizona - MLB P 55 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 62.0 0.58 +0.4 1.029
1995 Reno - AAA P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 -0.0 .000
1995 Jackson - AA P 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 10.2 2.53 -0.1 1.047
1996 Oakland - MLB P 11 0 1 5 0 8 2 .750 14.1 3.77 -0.8 .771
1996 Nashville - AAA P 21 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 25.2 1.40 +0.3 1.022
1996 Midland - AA P 26 0 1 4 0 6 1 .833 30.0 1.50 -0.6 .833
1997 Stockton - A+ P 71 0 2 17 0 21 2 .905 82.0 2.09 -0.2 .922
TOTAL P 971 14 36 152 1 205 17 .917 1111.0 1.52 -4.4 .970
PLAYER HISTORY
06/06/1983 Drafted in the 1983 first-year player draft out of college (Arizona; Tucson, AZ) by the St. Louis Cardinals (Round 12, Pick 13, 374th overall pick).
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 35 (50); Movement: 25 (25); Control: 30 (60).
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 40 (65); Movement: 30 (30); Control: 30 (60).
07/11/1985 Injured (Sore ankle), day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (65); Movement: 30 (35); Control: 35 (60).
11/04/1986 Released by the St. Louis organization.
11/27/1986 Signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox organization.
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (65); Movement: 30 (35); Control: 50 (60).
11/29/1987 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (65); Movement: 35 (40); Control: 50 (55).
11/30/1988 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (60); Movement: 35 (35); Control: 50 (50).
11/27/1989 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (60); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50).
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (65); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50).
02/18/1991 Released by the Boston organization.
03/07/1991 Signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians organization.
10/29/1991 Released by the Cleveland organization.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (60); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50).
03/16/1992 Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization.
09/17/1992 Wins the 1992 Florida State League Championship Series with the Tampa Tarpons!
11/05/1992 Released by the New York organization.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
03/04/1993 Signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
11/01/1993 Released by the Milwaukee organization.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
03/17/1994 Signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
05/01/1994 Injured (Food poisoning), out for 1 day.
06/13/1994 Was selected to the 1994 Southern League All-Star Game.
09/19/1994 Wins the 1994 SL SL Reliever of the Year.
09/22/1994 Finished 2nd in 1994 SL SL Outstanding Pitcher Award voting.
11/26/1994 Signed a 1-year minor league contract extension with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55).
11/06/1995 Was claimed off waivers by Oakland while with Arizona.
11/24/1995 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $750,000 through arbitration.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55).
11/07/1996 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $940,000 with the Oakland Athletics organization.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 35 (60); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50).
09/15/1997 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HLD Rank
1995 17 8
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