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Brett Butler
Brett Morgan Butler

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School Southeast Oklahoma State

MLB Debut August 20, 1981
Final Game September 28, 1997
Born June 15, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA (age 67)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 24 CIN NL   73  140   28   37   1   5   0   16  10   3   17   14  .264  .342  .343  .685    97    48   0   1   0   0   2  
 1982 25 CIN NL   65  175   22   36   6   0   0   15  20   2   17   30  .206  .276  .240  .516    72    42   7   0   0   0   0  
 1983 26 CIN NL  149  552   84  149  19  10   4   40  46  26   61   65  .270  .341  .362  .703    96   200  13   3   2   0   7  
 1984 27 CHA AL  162  602   69  151  19   5   3   47  55  19   80   72  .251  .339  .314  .653    94   189   2   1   3   1   6  
 1985 28 CHA AL  146  554   96  173  30  11   5   44  64  13   70   45  .312  .387  .433  .820   112   240   5   4   9   0   8  
 1986 29 LAN NL  112  417   63  114   8   7   4   37  33  11   45   40  .273  .345  .355  .700   101   148  24   2   1   2   7  
         DEA AL   48  187   26   58   7   2   0    8  19   9   19   23  .310  .372  .369  .741   103    69   8   1   0   0   8  
         TOT     160  604   89  172  15   9   4   45  52  20   64   63  .285  .354  .359  .713         217  32   3   1   2  15 
 1987 30 DEA AL  154  538   95  146  30   3  12   43  65  19   98   61  .271  .382  .405  .787   107   218   5   3   1   0   5  
 1988 31 SFN NL  162  596  114  171  26  12  10   36  64  14  102   71  .287  .392  .421  .813   122   251   6   3   0   3   2  MVP-12
 1989 32 SFN NL  153  621   86  157  24   4   1   30  39  21   64   65  .253  .326  .309  .635    96   192   9   4   0   5   1  
 1990 33 SFN NL  161  637  116  190  27   9   1   29  63  15   82   63  .298  .386  .374  .760   110   238   6   0   3   9   5  
 1991 34 LAN NL  162  639   94  170  18   3   4   37  39  15   97   76  .266  .362  .322  .684   100   206  16   2   0   0   4  
 1992 35 LAN NL  162  580   99  180  19   9   2   38  77  32   89   61  .310  .407  .384  .791   118   223  47   0   2   5   2  
 1993 36 LAN NL  162  612   90  182  18  14   0   50  50  20   78   71  .297  .381  .373  .753   103   228  37   4   2   7   7  
 1994 37 LAN NL  159  571  104  181  23  16   8   75  51  18   91   69  .317  .408  .455  .863   116   260  31   5   3   0   4  
 1995 38 LAN NL  152  567   86  168  22   8   1   41  69  18   70   46  .296  .372  .369  .741   101   209  16   2   0   0   4  
 1996 39 LAN NL   56   62    5   18   2   1   0    8   3   1    3   14  .290  .328  .355  .683    95    22   2   1   0   1   0  
 1997 40 LAN NL  109  309   28   91  15   2   0   32  15   8   30   36  .294  .356  .356  .712   100   110   9   1   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     2347 8359 1305 2372 314 121  55  626 782 264 1113  922  .284  .369  .370  .739        3093 243  37  26  33  72
 Per 600 PA           513   80  145  19   7   3   38  48  16   68   57                                 190  15   2   2   2   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN     1074 3757  569 1104 125  60  19  318 337 123  503  413  .294  .378  .374  .752        1406 182  17   8  15  28
   With SFN      476 1854  316  518  77  25  12   95 166  50  248  199  .279  .368  .367  .736         681  21   7   3  17   8
   With CHA      308 1156  165  324  49  16   8   91 119  32  150  117  .280  .362  .371  .733         429   7   5  12   1  14
   With CIN      287  867  134  222  26  15   4   71  76  31   95  109  .256  .328  .334  .663         290  20   4   2   0   9
   With DEA      202  725  121  204  37   5  12   51  84  28  117   84  .281  .379  .396  .775         287  13   4   1   0  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2213 8180 1359 2375 277 131  54  578 558 257 1129  907  .290  .377  .376  .753        3076 147  51  23  38  62
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1981 24 CIN NL  23   18   4.5   7   2   0  .286   0   18   16  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5    15   
 1982 25 CIN NL  10   15   2.8   9   2   0  .222   1   26   25  .962    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e2     0   
 1983 26 CIN NL  33   69   4.2   2   1   0  .500   9   81   72  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5   -34   
 1984 27 CHA AL  37   72   4.1   0   0   0  .000   3   77   65  .844    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e4    -63   
 1985 28 CHA AL  33  103   6.8  12   2   0  .167   0   60   57  .950    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e1    12   
 1986 29 LAN NL  34   55   4.3   0   0   0  .000   1   61   53  .869    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e3    -30   
         DEA AL  33   24   4.3   0   0   0  .000   1   19   14  .737    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e3     10   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000   2   80   67  .838    0    0  .000
 1987 30 DEA AL  30   96   6.1  11   6   1  .545   2   65   53  .815    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5    -38   
 1988 31 SFN NL  33  115   6.9   2   0   0  .000   8   53   42  .792    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e6     22   
 1989 32 SFN NL  36   68   3.7   0   0   0  .000   4   60   57  .950    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e7    -68   
 1990 33 SFN NL  39  105   6.0   0   0   0  .000   7   62   57  .919    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e6    -22   
 1991 34 LAN NL  36   85   4.6   0   0   0  .000   0   81   81 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e0    -60   
 1992 35 LAN NL  33  103   5.8   0   0   0  .000   5   81   78  .963    0    0  .000  OF   1(+1)e2   -12   
 1993 36 LAN NL  33   96   5.2   0   0   0  .000   0   75   64  .853    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e0    -5   
 1994 37 LAN NL  29  117   7.1   4   2   0  .500   4   91   74  .813    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e3     6   
 1995 38 LAN NL  31   89   5.5   0   0   0  .000   1   80   57  .712    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e3   -12   
 1996 39 LAN NL  22    7   4.5  45  13   0  .289   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e5    81   
 1997 40 LAN NL  35   42   4.8  22   8   0  .364   1   30   22  .733    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e2    26   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1288   5.3 114  36   1  .316  47 1021  888  .870    0    0  .000                 -19   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 39.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 41.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1981 24 CIN NL  CF    51    88     3    0    0  1.000    26   299.2   2.73
                 RF     9     3     0    0    0  1.000     0    15.0   1.80
                 LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     1     9.0   0.00
 1982 25 CIN NL  CF    52   116     7    1    1   .992    40   400.1   2.77
 1983 26 CIN NL  CF   144   355    14    9    3   .976   138  1256.0   2.64
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    12.1   1.46
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
 1984 27 CHA AL  CF   162   460    20    3    3   .994   162  1469.0   2.94
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.2   2.70
 1985 28 CHA AL  CF   139   342    19    0    3  1.000   132  1183.1   2.75
                 RF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1986 29 LAN NL  CF   112   268    14    1    1   .996   110   987.2   2.57
         DEA AL  CF    48    77     5    1    0   .988    48   424.2   1.74
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.2   0.00
 1987 30 DEA AL  CF   120   266    11    1    0   .996   115  1012.1   2.46
                 RF    22    36     0    1    0   .973    22   190.2   1.70
 1988 31 SFN NL  RF   119   183     5    6    0   .969    99   940.0   1.80
                 CF    57    98     6    2    1   .981    55   460.1   2.03
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   1.29
 1989 32 SFN NL  RF   148   289    14    4    4   .987   146  1323.0   2.06
                 CF     8    11     0    0    0  1.000     5    51.0   1.94
 1990 33 SFN NL  RF   103   238     9    3    2   .988    83   803.2   2.77  GG
                 CF    81   130    10    4    2   .972    75   625.2   2.01
 1991 34 LAN NL  CF   162   376    15    0    0  1.000   162  1475.2   2.38  GG
 1992 35 LAN NL  CF   162   377    16    5    1   .987   162  1449.2   2.44  GG
 1993 36 LAN NL  CF   162   452    14    0    1  1.000   162  1449.1   2.89
 1994 37 LAN NL  CF   155   375    16    4    3   .990   151  1380.2   2.55
 1995 38 LAN NL  CF   152   369     5    1    0   .997   152  1367.0   2.46
 1996 39 LAN NL  LF     3     3     0    0    0  1.000     3    22.0   1.23
                 CF     5     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   1.80
 1997 40 LAN NL  LF    73   131     3    1    1   .993    65   563.0   2.14
                 CF    13    19     0    0    0  1.000    11    93.0   1.84
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1785  4182   175   32   19   .993  1708 15400.1   2.55
                 RF   406   754    28   14    6   .982   351  3293.0   2.14
                 LF    84   137     3    1    1   .993    70   616.0   2.05
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1981 NLCS  CIN MON   L    4  17  3  6  3  0  0   2  0  2  .353  .353  .529  0
 1996 NLDS  LAN FLN   L    4   3  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  .667  .750  .667  0
 1997 NLDS  LAN SLN   W    1   1  0  1  0  1  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 3.000  0
      NLCS  LAN FLN   W    3   7  4  4  1  0  0   2  0  0  .571  .571  .714  0
      WS    LAN NYA   W    7  27  4 10  2  0  0   0  1  4  .370  .393  .444  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1982  CIN   82-80   Alan Boodman
 1983  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  CHA   53-109  Ben Lea
 1986  LAN   83-79   Billy Vanson
 1986  DEA   82-80   Dennis Van Langen
 1987  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1988  SFN   92-70   Pat Carr
 1989  SFN   91-71   Pat Carr
 1990  SFN   75-87   Pat Carr
 1991  LAN   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1992  LAN   58-104  Billy Vanson
 1993  LAN   83-79   Billy Vanson
 1994  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1995  LAN   84-78   Billy Vanson
 1996  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1997  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson

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