Sal Butera

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#c6011f
bgcolor2=#072764
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Sal Butera
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1952|9|25
debutdate=April 10
debutyear=1980
debutteam=Minnesota Twins
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=1988
finalteam=Toronto Blue Jays
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.227
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=182
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=76
teams=
*Minnesota Twins (by|1980-by|1982, by|1987)
*Detroit Tigers (by|1983)
*Montreal Expos (by|1984-by|1985)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1986-by|1987)
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|1988)
highlights=
*World Series winner with the Minnesota Twins: 1987

Salvatore Philip Butera (born September 25, 1952, in Richmond Hill, New York) was a Major League Baseball catcher and is currently a Special Assistant to Toronto Blue Jays General Manager J. P. Ricciardi.

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972, Butera would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Minnesota Twins on April 10, 1980, and appear in his final game on September 26, 1988.

Butera was a member of the Minnesota Twins team that defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 World Series.

Sal and his wife have a son; Andrew, born August 9, 1983. Drew is a Double-A catcher for the New Britain Rock Cats, a minor league affiliate of his dad's former team, the Minnesota Twins.

Teams

* Minnesota Twins: 1980-1982, 1987
* Detroit Tigers: 1983
* Montreal Expos: 1984-1985
* Cincinnati Reds: 1986-1987
* Toronto Blue Jays: 1988

ee also

* Montreal Expos all-time roster

ources

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butersa01.shtml Sal Butera at "Baseball Reference.com"]