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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

Hall of Fame

John Butz

Biography

Butz was an outstanding pitcher for the Hawks from 1964 to 1966... He is the school's all-time leader in strikeouts with 212... In 1965, he threw 92.1 innings, which still ranks as a single-season record, and posted the lowest single-season earned run average in SJU history with a 1.07 that same year... Butz ranks second on the Hawks' all-time list in career ERA (1.75) and complete games (16)... His 220.0 innings pitched for his career is currently sixth all time in SJU history... He was inducted into the Saint Joseph's Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999... Butz originally hails from St. Petersburg, Fla.