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Max Butcher

Max Butcher

American baseball player

Albert Maxwell Butcher (September 21, 1910 – September 15, 1957) was an American major league baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1936 to 1945.[1]

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Career

Butcher was the opposing pitcher on June 15, 1938, when left-hander Johnny Vander Meer of the visiting Cincinnati Reds threw a second consecutive no-hitter, a feat never duplicated in Major League Baseball since. Butcher was the starting pitcher for Brooklyn in front of an uncommonly large crowd of 38,748, it also being the first night game played at Ebbets Field.

Butcher bounced back from a 17-loss 1939 season in 1941 with a 17–12 record for the Pirates that included 19 complete games. In 1944, he went 13–11 for Pittsburgh and ranked among the league leaders in shutouts with five.

Death

Butcher died at age 46 in Man, West Virginia, reportedly of a liver disease.[2][3]

References

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    "Max Butcher Stats". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
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    "Max Butcher". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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    "Max Butcher Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved May 26, 2020.


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