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**Sal Butera**
Sal Butera
	Catcher
	Born: September 25, 1952 (age 57); Richmond Hill, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 10, 1980 for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
	September 26, 1988 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics
Batting average	.227
Hits	182
RBI	76
Teams
	Minnesota Twins (1980-1982, 1987); Detroit Tigers (1983); Montreal Expos (1984-1985); Cincinnati Reds (1986-1987); Toronto Blue Jays (1988);
Career highlights and awards
	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 debut with the Minnesota Twins on April 10, 1980, and appear in his final major league 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.

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