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Butch Henline
Walter John Henline

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 13, 1921
Final Game July 18, 1931
Born December 20, 1894 in Fort Wayne, IN
Died October 9, 1957 in Sarasota, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 26 TOT NL  34  112    8   34   2  0   0    8   1  0   2   7  .304  .316  .321   64   36   2           0    
         NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         PHI NL  33  111    8   34   2  0   0    8   1  0   2   6  .306  .319  .324   66   36   2           0    
 1922 27 PHI NL 125  430   57  136  20  4  14   64   2  2  36  33  .316  .380  .479  113  206   7           8    
 1923 28 PHI NL 111  330   45  107  14  3   7   46   7  5  37  33  .324  .407  .448  116  148   5           9    
 1924 29 PHI NL 115  289   41   82  18  4   5   35   1  2  27  15  .284  .361  .426  100  123   5           8    
 1925 30 PHI NL  93  263   43   80  12  5   8   48   3  1  24  16  .304  .380  .479  111  126   6           8    
 1926 31 PHI NL  99  283   32   80  14  1   2   30   1     21  18  .283  .339  .360   82  102  13           3    
 1927 32 BRO NL  67  177   12   47  10  3   1   18   1     17  10  .266  .337  .373   90   66   7           2    
 1928 33 BRO NL  55  132   12   28   3  1   2    8   2     17   8  .212  .302  .295   57   39   3           0    
 1929 34 BRO NL  27   62    5   15   2  0   1    7   0      9   9  .242  .338  .323   66   20   2           0    
 1930 35 CHW AL   3    8    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -36    1   1           0    
 1931 36 CHW AL  11   15    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .067  .176  .133  -15    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     740 2101  258  611  96 21  40  268  18 10 192 156  .291  .361  .414   97  869  51   0   0  38   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        460   56  134  21  5   9   59   4  2  42  34  .291  .361  .414   97  190  11   0   0   8   0
 Career High    125  430   57  136  20  5  14   64   7  5  37  33  .324  .407  .479  116  206  13   0   0   9   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 26 TOT NL  116   80   12   4.0   112| .304  .307| .316  .358| .321  .422| .637  .780|  64  .438  -6.0  -0.6 100%
         NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .299| .000  .350| .000  .412| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         PHI NL  115   79   12   4.1   112| .306  .307| .319  .358| .324  .422| .643  .780|  66  .443  -5.7  -0.6 100%
 1922 27 PHI NL  481  303   76   6.7   119| .316  .311| .380  .370| .479  .433| .859  .803| 113  .637   8.2   0.8  50%
 1923 28 PHI NL  381  233   58   6.7   116| .324  .307| .407  .367| .448  .427| .855  .793| 116  .652   9.3   0.9  58%
 1924 29 PHI NL  329  214   42   5.3   114| .284  .304| .361  .361| .426  .424| .787  .785| 100  .566   0.7   0.1  33%
 1925 30 PHI NL  301  190   46   6.4   121| .304  .310| .380  .369| .479  .443| .859  .812| 111  .606   4.2   0.4  75%
 1926 31 PHI NL  320  216   34   4.2   110| .283  .298| .339  .359| .360  .413| .699  .772|  82  .465  -7.5  -0.7     
 1927 32 BRO NL  203  137   22   4.3   104| .266  .290| .337  .349| .373  .400| .710  .749|  90  .471  -2.3  -0.2     
 1928 33 BRO NL  152  107   12   3.0   108| .212  .289| .302  .354| .295  .411| .597  .764|  57  .297  -8.3  -0.8     
 1929 34 BRO NL   73   49    7   3.8   119| .242  .302| .338  .365| .323  .439| .661  .805|  66  .339  -3.1  -0.3     
 1930 35 CHW AL    9    8    0   0.0   113| .125  .291| .125  .355| .125  .428| .250  .783| -36  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1931 36 CHW AL   17   14    0   0.0   103| .067  .279| .176  .345| .133  .399| .309  .744| -15  .000  -2.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2382 1551  309   5.3   114| .291  .304| .361  .363| .414  .424| .775  .787|  97  .550  -8.9  -0.8     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 26 PHI NL C 32 113 44 2 5 .987 .971 4.91 4.11 3 1922 27 PHI NL C 119 400 113 9 13 .983 .974 4.31 4.04 7 1923 28 PHI NL C 96 288 71 8 8 .978 .976 3.74 4.09 8 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 1 0 0 1924 29 PHI NL C 83 248 76 9 12 .973 .981 3.90 4.11 3 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1 1 0 1925 30 PHI NL C 68 209 53 12 9 .956 .970 3.85 3.90 3 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 1 0 0 1926 31 PHI NL C 77 217 46 8 9 .970 .971 3.42 3.73 4 1B 4 26 2 1 3 .966 .989 7.00 10.03 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 2 0 0 1927 32 BRO NL C 60 216 50 15 6 .947 .974 4.43 3.84 3 1928 33 BRO NL C 45 141 22 4 3 .976 .979 3.62 3.79 1 1929 34 BRO NL C 21 72 15 3 2 .967 .974 4.14 3.57 0 1930 35 CHW AL C 3 10 2 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 4.20 0 1931 36 CHW AL C 4 14 2 2 0 .889 .982 4.00 4.35 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 31 PHI NL 1B 4 26 2 1 3 .966 .989 7.00 10.03 1921 26 PHI NL C 32 113 44 2 5 .987 .971 4.91 4.11 3 1922 27 PHI NL C 119 400 113 9 13 .983 .974 4.31 4.04 7 1923 28 PHI NL C 96 288 71 8 8 .978 .976 3.74 4.09 8 1924 29 PHI NL C 83 248 76 9 12 .973 .981 3.90 4.11 3 1925 30 PHI NL C 68 209 53 12 9 .956 .970 3.85 3.90 3 1926 31 PHI NL C 77 217 46 8 9 .970 .971 3.42 3.73 4 1927 32 BRO NL C 60 216 50 15 6 .947 .974 4.43 3.84 3 1928 33 BRO NL C 45 141 22 4 3 .976 .979 3.62 3.79 1 1929 34 BRO NL C 21 72 15 3 2 .967 .974 4.14 3.57 0 1930 35 CHW AL C 3 10 2 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 4.20 0 1931 36 CHW AL C 4 14 2 2 0 .889 .982 4.00 4.35 2 1923 28 PHI NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 1 0 0 1924 29 PHI NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1 1 0 1925 30 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 1 0 0 1926 31 PHI NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 2 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 608 1928 494 72 67 .971 .975 3.98 3.95 34 OF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 2.27 5 1 0 1B 4 26 2 1 3 .966 .989 7.00 10.03 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 618 1961 496 73 70 .971 .975 3.98 3.98
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.

On-base %
1923 NL-.407-8

Home Runs
1922 NL-14-8

Hit By Pitch
1922 NL-8-2
1923 NL-9-2
1924 NL-8-4
1925 NL-8-2

At Bats per Home Run
1922 NL-30.7-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1328) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

July 25, 1921: Traded by the New York Giants with Curt Walker and $30,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Irish Meusel.

January 9, 1927: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Robins. The New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to the New York Giants. The Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to the New York Giants.


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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