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Art Butler
Arthur Edward Butler
born Arthur Edward Bouthillier

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 14, 1911
Final Game October 1, 1916
Born December 19, 1887 in Fall River, MA
Died October 7, 1984 in Fall River, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 23 BSN NL  27   68   11   12   2  0   0    2   0      6   6  .176  .263  .206   28   14   0           2    
 1912 24 PIT NL  43  154   19   42   4  2   1   17   2     15  13  .273  .337  .344   87   53   4           0    
 1913 25 PIT NL  82  214   40   60   9  3   0   20   9     32  14  .280  .379  .350  113   75   7           2    
 1914 26 STL NL  86  274   29   55  12  3   1   24  14     39  23  .201  .311  .277   76   76  11           5    
 1915 27 STL NL 130  469   73  119  12  5   1   31  26 14  47  34  .254  .323  .307   91  144  16           1    
 1916 28 STL NL  86  110    9   23   5  0   0    7   3      7  12  .209  .256  .255   58   28   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      454 1289  181  311  44 13   3  101  54 14 146 102  .241  .323  .303   85  390  40   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        460   65  111  16  5   1   36  19  5  52  36  .241  .323  .303   85  139  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High    130  469   73  119  12  5   1   31  26 14  47  34  .280  .379  .350  113  144  16   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 23 BSN NL   76   56    3   1.4   101| .176  .276| .263  .355| .206  .381| .469  .736|  28  .133  -6.7  -0.7     
 1912 24 PIT NL  173  116   18   4.2    99| .273  .279| .337  .349| .344  .380| .681  .729|  87  .488  -2.8  -0.3     
 1913 25 PIT NL  255  161   28   4.7    88| .280  .265| .379  .329| .350  .360| .729  .689| 113  .585   5.4   0.6     
 1914 26 STL NL  329  230   23   2.7    83| .201  .258| .311  .325| .277  .345| .588  .670|  76  .379  -6.4  -0.7     
 1915 27 STL NL  533  380   47   3.3    81| .254  .256| .323  .319| .307  .342| .630  .661|  91  .506  -4.3  -0.5  65%
 1916 28 STL NL  119   89    7   2.1    77| .209  .253| .256  .311| .255  .338| .511  .649|  58  .309  -5.3  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1485 1032  126   3.3    86| .241  .261| .323  .327| .303  .352| .626  .679|  85  .459 -20.0  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 23 BSN NL 3B 14 14 26 3 1 .930 .937 2.86 3.04 2B 4 5 5 3 0 .769 .952 2.50 5.03 SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 4.90 1912 24 PIT NL 2B 43 71 99 7 12 .960 .955 3.95 5.09 1913 25 PIT NL 2B 28 62 74 12 9 .919 .955 4.86 4.92 SS 26 64 70 13 5 .912 .937 5.15 4.96 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.95 OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0 0 2 1914 26 STL NL SS 83 155 228 30 24 .927 .925 4.61 5.08 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1915 27 STL NL SS 125 232 346 53 43 .916 .931 4.62 5.22 2B 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 4.80 1916 28 STL NL OF 15 15 0 2 0 .882 .968 1.00 2.00 2 9 4 2B 8 8 10 1 3 .947 .952 2.25 4.74 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 23 BSN NL 2B 4 5 5 3 0 .769 .952 2.50 5.03 1912 24 PIT NL 2B 43 71 99 7 12 .960 .955 3.95 5.09 1913 25 PIT NL 2B 28 62 74 12 9 .919 .955 4.86 4.92 1915 27 STL NL 2B 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 4.80 1916 28 STL NL 2B 8 8 10 1 3 .947 .952 2.25 4.74 1911 23 BSN NL 3B 14 14 26 3 1 .930 .937 2.86 3.04 1913 25 PIT NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.95 1916 28 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1913 25 PIT NL OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0 0 2 1914 26 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1916 28 STL NL OF 15 15 0 2 0 .882 .968 1.00 2.00 2 9 4 1911 23 BSN NL SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 4.90 1913 25 PIT NL SS 26 64 70 13 5 .912 .937 5.15 4.96 1914 26 STL NL SS 83 155 228 30 24 .927 .925 4.61 5.08 1915 27 STL NL SS 125 232 346 53 43 .916 .931 4.62 5.22 1916 28 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 236 451 645 97 72 .919 .930 4.64 5.14 2B 85 149 193 23 24 .937 .955 4.02 4.99 OF 18 15 0 3 0 .833 .968 0.83 2.01 2 10 6 3B 17 15 26 3 1 .932 .936 2.41 3.03 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 356 630 864 126 97 .922 .936 4.20 4.85
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Runs
1915 NL-73-9

Stolen Bases
1915 NL-26-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1711) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3880) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 5, 1911: Traded by the Fall River (New England) to the Boston Rustlers for George Walsh (minors) and $800.

May 25, 1911: Traded by the Boston Rustlers with Josh Clarke to the St Paul (American Association) for Harry Steinfeldt.

August, 1912: Traded by the St Paul (American Association) with a player to be named to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill McKechnie.

December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller, Hank Robinson, and Chief Wilson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Konetchy, Mike Mowrey, and Bob Harmon.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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