Sal Butera Stats

Sal Butera was born on Thursday, September 25, 1952, in Richmond Hill, New York. Butera was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 10, 1980, with the Minnesota Twins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sal Butera baseball stats page.

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Sal Butera

Sal Butera Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#570)

Sal Butera Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#570)
 

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Birth Name:   Salvatore Philip Butera
Nickname:   Sal
Born On:   09-25-1952  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Richmond Hill, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Suffolk County Community College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-10-1980 (Age 27)
Last Game:   09-26-1988
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Sal Butera

Sal Butera Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1985 33 Expos 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1986 34 Reds 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 2 0 2 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
Sal Butera

Sal Butera Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1980 28 Twins 34 85 4 23 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 1 1 1 4 .271 .300 .282
1981 29 Twins 62 167 13 40 7 1 0 0 18 22 0 14 3 2 0 8 .240 .325 .293
1982 30 Twins 54 126 9 32 2 0 0 0 8 17 0 12 2 0 1 6 .254 .347 .270
1983 31 Tigers 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200
1984 32 Expos 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000
1985 33 Expos 67 120 11 24 1 0 3 0 12 13 1 12 3 1 1 1 .200 .281 .283
1986 34 Reds 56 113 14 27 6 1 2 0 16 21 3 10 2 1 0 5 .239 .356 .363
1987 35 Reds 5 11 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .182 .250 .455
1987 35 Twins 51 111 7 19 5 0 1 0 12 7 0 16 2 2 0 7 .171 .217 .243
1988 36 Blue Jays 23 60 3 14 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 .233 .246 .350
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 359 801 63 182 24 3 8 0 76 86 4 85 14 7 3 32 .227 .302 .295
Sal Butera

Sal Butera Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1980 Twins C 32 28 702 121 3.8 115 106 9 6 0 3 15 10 .950 4.42
1981 Twins 1B 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1981 Twins C 59 51 1,398 304 5.2 295 254 41 9 0 1 25 29 .970 5.70
1982 Twins C 53 41 1,101 259 4.9 256 230 26 3 5 3 29 15 .988 6.28
1983 Tigers C 4 1 42 14 3.5 13 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 .929 8.36
1984 Expos C 2 1 27 9 4.5 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.00
1985 Expos C 66 40 1,090 251 3.8 247 227 20 4 5 3 52 11 .984 6.12
1985 Expos P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1986 Reds C 53 31 968 237 4.5 232 215 17 5 2 1 32 14 .979 6.47
1986 Reds P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1987 Reds C 5 3 84 25 5.0 23 19 4 2 0 1 6 3 .920 7.39
1987 Twins C 51 40 976 238 4.7 234 213 21 4 3 9 43 15 .983 6.47
1988 Blue Jays C 23 19 485 108 4.7 107 97 10 1 1 1 11 4 .991 5.96
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 348 255 6,873 1,566 4.5 1,531 1,382 149 35 16 22 215 101 .978 6.01
P Totals 2 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1B Totals 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
9 Years 354 255 6,882 1,568 4.4 1,533 1,384 149 35 16 22 215 101 .978 6.01
Sal Butera

Sal Butera Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1980 Twins 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0.0 14.2 42.5 - - -
1981 Twins 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0.0 11.9 9.3 - - -
1982 Twins 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.0 10.5 15.8 - - -
1983 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1984 Expos 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1985 Expos 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 40.0 10.0 10.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1986 Reds 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 56.5 11.3 7.1 1.00 9.00 9.00
1987 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 11.0 1.8 5.5 - - -
1987 Twins 0 0 .000 0 0 0 111.0 6.9 9.3 - - -
1988 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 1 0 0 60.0 6.7 10.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 0 0 .000 10 0 3 100.1 9.4 10.5 1.00 4.50 4.50
Sal Butera

Sal Butera Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1980 Minnesota Twins 11 $30,000.00 - -
1981 Minnesota Twins 11 $32,500.00 - -
1982 Minnesota Twins 11 $33,500.00 - -
1983 Detroit Tigers 25 Undetermined - -
1984 Montreal Expos 33 Undetermined - -
1985 Montreal Expos 11 Undetermined - -
1986 Cincinnati Reds 22 $102,500.00 - -
1987 Cincinnati Reds 22 $62,500.00 - Stats
1987 Minnesota Twins 33 "     "     - Stats
1988 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $100,000.00 - -


Did you know that Drew Butera and Sal Butera are the only father-son position players to pitch in a major league game? Sal Butera pitched a scoreless inning for Montreal on June 26, 1985 and for Cincinnati on September 7, 1986, Drew Butera threw an inning of relief in a blowout loss at Milwaukee on May 20, 2012 (between them, they have three scoreless innings with two walks and a strikeout).

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