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	18	SS	26	96	90	13	21	0	3	0	8	1		6			0	0			.233	.281	.300	.581	64
1939	BEG/IAB	MULT	19	SS	39	142	128	13	35	3	2	0	15	3		12	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.336	.328	.664	85
1940	BEG/NOS	MULT	20	SS	57	261	223	46	63	9	1	1	36	3		30		0	2	6		0	.283	.373	.345	.718	89
1941	BEG	NN2	21	SS	60	261	232	39	43	8	0	1	24	1		18			3	8			.185	.253	.233	.486	36
1942	BEG	NN2	22	SS	59	245	218	28	52	1	2	0	16	8		19			4	4			.239	.311	.261	.573	60
1943	MTY	MEX	23	SS	80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19		0	0			.248	.304	.311	.615	75
1944	MULT	EWA/NN2	24	SS	33	139	122	16	27	3	1	0	13	1		12	0		1	4	0		.221	.296	.262	.559	46
1945	BEG	NN2	25	SS	48	206	182	31	48	6	3	0	19	3		10			2	12			.264	.309	.330	.639	75
1946	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	26	SS	65	278	238	43	75	10	7	1	31	7	0	25	0	0	3	12		0	.315	.387	.429	.816	121
1947	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	27	SS	61	268	245	50	85	9	7	1	29	5	0	14		0	2	7		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	.298	.387	.356	.742	114
11	6			SS	584	2451	2172	358	582	72	28	5	228	47	0	196	20	0	20	63	0	0	.268	.334	.334	.668	84
162 Game Average						680	603	99	161	20	8	1	63	13	0	54	37	0	6	17	0	0	.268	.334	.334	.668	84

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				504	2142	1886	326	511	59	27	4	208	38	0	173	1	0	20	63	0	0	.271	.339	.337	.676	85
1	vs Latin Leagues				80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19		0	0			.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	48	179	167	20	37	2	5	0	17	3		11			0	1	0		.222	.270	.293	.563	60
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			SS	448	1943	1703	302	471	56	22	4	187	35		159	1	0	20	61	0	0	.277	.345	.342	.688	88
1	North All Stars			SS	2	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		2		0	0	0		0	.200	.429	.200	.629	162
1	Sultanes de Monterrey			SS	80	309	286	32	71	13	1	1	20	9		23	19		0	0			.248	.304	.311	.615	75
1	Philadelphia Stars			SS	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	0			.500	.600	.750	1.350	247
4	East All Stars			SS	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	96		.277	.329		6.3%	7.8%								0.0%	0.7%		.067	.098
1939	BEG/IAB	MULT	142		.316	.334		8.5%			0.7%	8.7%		12.00			0.0%	1.1%		.055	.104
1940	BEG/NOS	MULT	261		.342	.354		11.5%				10.0%					0.4%	1.3%		.063	.123
1941	BEG	NN2	261		.231	.332		6.9%	8.5%								0.4%	1.2%		.047	.113
1942	BEG	NN2	245		.282	.342		7.8%	9.9%								0.0%	1.1%		.023	.104
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	EWA/NN2	139		.269	.356		8.6%			0.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%		.041	.109
1945	BEG	NN2	206		.289	.344		4.9%	9.0%								0.0%	0.9%		.066	.102
1946	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	278		.373	.350		9.0%			0.0%	9.6%					0.4%	1.0%		.113	.100
1947	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	268		.385	.348		5.2%				9.1%					0.4%	1.0%		.106	.105
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	246		.353	.331		11.0%				8.7%					0.0%	0.7%		.058	.094
11	6		2451		.315	.342		8.0%	9.1%		6.1%	7.6%		1.15	2.56		0.2%	1.0%		.066	.105

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		2142		.318	.343		8.1%	9.1%		5.3%	1.6%		0.00	13.97		0.2%	1.0%		.066	.106
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		179		.267	.328		6.1%	8.1%								0.0%	0.7%		.072	.099
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		1943		.323	.345		8.2%	9.2%		5.9%	1.3%		0.00	15.38		0.2%	1.0%		.066	.107
1	North All Stars		7		.357	.293		28.6%	10.1%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.084
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		.607	.360		20.0%	8.7%								0.0%	0.9%		.250	.110
4	East All Stars		8		.000	.290		0.0%	7.6%		0.0%	4.6%			1.63		0.0%	0.6%		.000	.106

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