Brent Butler
Justin Brent Butler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 11, 1978 in Laurinburg, NC
High School: Scotland (Laurinburg, NC)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2001
Final Game: June 19, 2003
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 23 COL NL 53 131 119 17 29 7 1 1 14 1 1 7 7 .244 .287 .345 .631 50 41 4 1 2 2 0 46/5
2002 24 COL NL 113 367 344 55 89 18 4 9 42 2 6 10 40 .259 .287 .413 .699 71 142 6 5 4 4 3 456
2003 25 COL NL 37 99 90 13 19 3 1 1 4 1 0 7 13 .211 .276 .300 .576 42 27 2 1 1 0 2 4/56
3 Seasons 203 597 553 85 137 28 6 11 60 4 7 24 60 .248 .285 .380 .664 62 210 12 7 7 6 5
162 Game Avg. 162 476 441 68 109 22 5 9 48 3 6 19 48 .248 .285 .380 .664 62 168 10 6 6 5 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 23 COL NL 131 99 11 3.0 130 .248 .244 .293 .287 .367 .345 .480 .631 .847 50 .277 -9.8 -0.9 .516 .160 .101 1.0
2002 24 COL NL 367 275 38 3.7 120 .268 .259 .284 .287 .360 .413 .451 .699 .812 71 .383 -17.0 -1.7 .573 .172 .154 3.3
2003 25 COL NL 99 74 7 2.5 122 .237 .211 .286 .276 .360 .300 .458 .576 .818 42 .228 -8.6 -0.8 .493 .178 .089 1.0
3 Seasons 597 448 56 3.4 123 .258 .248 .286 .285 .362 .380 .459 .664 .820 62 .335 -35.4 -3.4 .547 .170 .132 5.9
162 Game Avg. 476 358 45 3.4 123 .258 .248 .286 .285 .362 .380 .459 .664 .820 62 .335 -35.4 -3.4 .547 .170 .132 5

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 23 COL NL 131 0.8% 5.3% 5.3% 6.9% 31% 1.00 17.0 119.0 8.5 0.71 1.20 86% 24% 1.7% 11%
2002 24 COL NL 367 2.5% 10.9% 2.7% 8.5% 35% 4.00 8.6 38.2 8.2 0.66 0.86 81% 22% 5.7% 13%
2003 25 COL NL 99 1.0% 13.1% 7.1% 5.1% 26% 1.86 6.9 90.0 22.5 0.55 0.77 77% 19% 2.3% 12%
3 Seasons 597 1.8% 10.1% 4.0% 7.5% 33% 2.50 9.2 50.3 9.2 0.65 0.91 82% 22% 4.2% 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 COL NL 3 0 44% 51 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42% 4 3 1 1 1 0 7 3 4
2002 24 COL NL 7 0 48% 113 2 6 25% 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 57% 17 11 5 2 0 2 11 1 10
2003 25 COL NL 1 0 46% 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
3 Seasons 11 0 47% 196 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 52% 27 18 8 4 2 2 23 5 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 23 COL NL 131 33% 29 1 0 17 4 0 0 1.03 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 17 4 24% 18 8 44% 68 15 22% 8 5 63% 11 5 45% 0
2002 24 COL NL 367 22% 89 11 0 11 3 0 0 0.64 9 0 4 8 1 7 2 0 4 4 100% 63 6 10% 35 15 43% 214 40 19% 19 13 68% 21 11 52% 0
2003 25 COL NL 99 26% 19 0 0 8 2 0 0 0.93 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 33% 19 2 11% 10 3 30% 63 4 6% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
3 Seasons 597 25% 137 12 0 36 9 0 0 0.89 11 0 9 10 1 8 3 0 9 7 78% 99 12 12% 63 26 41% 345 59 17% 29 18 62% 36 17 47% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 COL NL 131 393 3.00 242 62% 24% 10% 19% 48% 76% 0% 47% 87% 31% 6% 8 0 18% 23 11 11% 14 8 0% 0 0 0
2002 24 COL NL 367 1096 2.99 747 68% 20% 11% 27% 42% 80% 3% 54% 86% 40% 3% 12 0 11% 41 22 6% 21 19 25% 0 0 0
2003 25 COL NL 99 321 3.24 197 61% 23% 10% 27% 40% 77% 6% 47% 87% 39% 8% 8 0 14% 14 4 6% 6 4 31% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 597 1810 3.03 1186 66% 21% 11% 25% 43% 79% 3% 51% 86% 38% 5% 28 0 13% 78 37 7% 41 31 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 53 131 119 17 29 7 1 1 14 1 1 7 7 .244 .287 .345 .631 50 41 4 1 2 2 0
2002 24 166 498 463 72 118 25 5 10 56 3 7 17 47 .255 .287 .395 .682 65 183 10 6 6 6 3
2003 25 203 597 553 85 137 28 6 11 60 4 7 24 60 .248 .285 .380 .664 62 210 12 7 7 6 5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 53 124 115 14 25 6 1 1 11 1 6 7 .217 .258 .313 .571 9 53
2002 24 113 351 334 47 79 16 4 8 36 2 9 40 .237 .262 .380 .642 32 113
2003 25 37 95 88 10 17 3 1 1 3 1 6 13 .193 .253 .284 .537 6 37
3 Seasons 203 570 537 71 121 25 6 10 50 4 21 60 .225 .260 .350 .610 47 203
162 Game Avg. 162 455 429 57 97 20 5 8 40 3 17 48 .225 .260 .350 .610 38 203

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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