Following her graduation from Jefferson High School,[2] she acquired a bit of experience while playing for the General Electric team in Decatur, Indiana.
[3] After a game, Butcher was approached by a AAGPBL scout and later had a tryout in Chicago in front of league president Max Carey.
[3] In 1946 Butcher joined the Grand Rapids Chicks,[1] but she continued pitching batting practice and played only one game.
[2] In a two-season career, Butcher appeared in four games and posted a 0–2 record with a 3.19 ERA in 17 innings pitched.
[2] Then they moved to Nevada in the 1960s, where she worked for a time as a medical records clerk in Carson Tahoe Hospital.