Tommy Butts - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Tommy Butts

Thomas Lee Butts
(Pee Wee; Pea Eye; Cool Breeze)

Born: August 27, 1919 in Sparta, GA
Died: December 30, 1972 in Atlanta, GA
(53 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 142

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Notes:

• High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Atlanta, GA)
• Buried: South-View Cemetery (Atlanta, GA)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1938	BCA	NAL/ALC	18	SS	27	98	92	12	20	0	3	0	7	1		5			0	1			.217	.258	.283	.540	53
1939	IAB/BEG	MULT	19	SS	36	133	120	13	33	3	2	0	14	3		12				1			.275	.341	.333	.674	89
1940	BEG	NN2	20	SS	51	235	204	38	57	9	0	1	27	3		22				9			.279	.350	.338	.688	83
1941	BEG	NN2	21	SS	49	210	189	33	34	8	0	0	19	0		15				6			.180	.240	.222	.462	35
1942	BEG	NN2	22	SS	53	226	196	25	41	0	2	0	16	4		24				6			.209	.295	.230	.525	51
1943	MTY	MEX	23	SS	80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19						.248	.304	.311	.615	75
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	24	SS	32	134	117	15	26	3	1	0	12	1		12	0	0	1	4		0	.222	.300	.265	.565	47
1945	BEG	NN2	25	SS	47	204	181	31	47	6	3	0	18	3		10		0	2	11			.260	.306	.326	.632	73
1946	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	26	SS	65	278	238	42	75	10	7	1	31	7	0	25	0	0	3	12	0	0	.315	.387	.429	.816	121
1947	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	27	SS	61	268	245	50	85	9	7	1	29	5	0	14		0	2	7	0	0	.347	.387	.453	.840	126
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	28	SS	56	246	208	47	62	10	1	0	17	6	0	27		0	3	8	0	0	.298	.387	.356	.742	113
11	5			SS	557	2341	2076	338	551	71	27	4	210	42	0	189	19	0	11	65	0	0	.265	.330	.331	.661	83
162 Game Average						681	604	98	160	21	8	1	61	14	0	55	38	0	6	22	0	0	.265	.330	.331	.661	83

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				477	2032	1790	306	480	58	26	3	190	33	0	166	0	0	11	65	0	0	.268	.334	.335	.669	85
1	vs Latin Leagues				80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19						.248	.304	.311	.615	75

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Atlanta Black Crackers			SS	46	173	161	19	34	2	5	0	14	3		10			0	2			.211	.257	.286	.543	54
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			SS	425	1846	1618	285	444	55	21	3	174	30		155		0	11	62			.274	.342	.340	.682	88
1	Sultanes de Monterrey			SS	80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19						.248	.304	.311	.615	75
1	Philadelphia Stars			SS	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	0		0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	245
4	East All Stars			-	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1938	BCA	NAL/ALC	98		.254	.329		5.1%				8.1%					0.0%	0.8%		.065	.098
1939	IAB/BEG	MULT	133		.323	.333		9.0%				9.0%					0.0%	1.2%		.058	.105
1940	BEG	NN2	235		.318	.347		9.4%	9.5%								0.4%	1.4%		.059	.121
1941	BEG	NN2	210		.220	.317		7.1%	8.1%								0.0%	1.2%		.042	.101
1942	BEG	NN2	226		.261	.332		10.6%	9.8%								0.0%	1.0%		.020	.095
1943	MTY	MEX	309		.299	.335		7.4%	9.4%		6.1%	8.4%		1.21	1.12		0.3%	0.9%		.063	.097
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	134		.272	.356		9.0%			0.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%		.043	.109
1945	BEG	NN2	204		.287	.343		4.9%	9.0%								0.0%	0.9%		.066	.102
1946	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	278		.373	.349		9.0%			0.0%	9.6%					0.4%	1.0%		.113	.100
1947	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	268		.384	.347		5.2%				9.0%					0.4%	1.0%		.106	.105
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	246		.353	.331		11.0%				8.7%					0.0%	0.7%		.058	.095
11	5		2341		.311	.339		8.1%	9.1%		6.1%	8.3%		1.21	1.12		0.2%	1.0%		.066	.102

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		2032		.313	.339		8.2%	9.0%		0.0%	4.7%			1.63		0.1%	1.0%		.066	.103
1	vs Latin Leagues		309		.299	.335		7.4%	9.4%		6.1%	8.4%		1.21	1.12		0.3%	0.9%		.063	.097

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	Atlanta Black Crackers		173		.256	.329		5.8%	8.6%								0.0%	0.8%		.075	.098
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		1846		.319	.340		8.4%	9.1%								0.2%	1.0%		.066	.104
1	Sultanes de Monterrey		309		.299	.335		7.4%	9.4%		6.1%	8.4%		1.21	1.12		0.3%	0.9%		.063	.097
1	Philadelphia Stars		5		.606	.360		20.0%	8.7%								0.0%	0.9%		.250	.109
4	East All Stars		8		.000	.290		0.0%	7.7%		0.0%	4.7%			1.63		0.0%	0.6%		.000	.105

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James