Brent Butler

Justin Brent Butler

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 11, 1978 in Laurinburg, NC
High School: Scotland HS (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
Team: Rockies 2001-2003

Final Game: June 19, 2003
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Standard Batting

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
1996	18	STL-min	Rk	62	278	248	45	85	21	1	8	50	8	1	25	29	.343	.404	.532	.937		132	11	2	1	2	1		JOH · APPY
1997	19	STL-min	A	129	552	480	81	147	37	2	15	71	6	4	63	69	.306	.388	.485	.873		233	9	4	0	5	6		PEO · MIDW
1998	20	STL-min	A+	126	532	475	63	136	27	2	11	76	3	4	39	74	.286	.347	.421	.768		200	12	9	2	7	2		PRW · CARL
1999	21	STL-min	AA	139	565	528	68	142	21	1	13	54	0	4	26	47	.269	.308	.386	.694		204	16	6	0	5	0		ARK · TL
2000	22	COL-min	AAA	122	502	438	73	128	35	1	8	54	1	3	44	46	.292	.356	.432	.787		189	15	4	7	9	1		CSP · PCL
2001	23	COL-min	AAA	65	296	272	51	91	20	3	7	38	4	2	15	26	.335	.375	.507	.883		138	13	4	3	2	0		CSP · PCL
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-min	AAA	24	112	105	20	35	9	1	2	17	0	0	6	12	.333	.375	.495	.870		52	3	1	0	0	1		CSP · PCL
2002	24	COL	NL	113	367	344	55	89	18	4	9	42	2	6	10	40	.259	.287	.413	.699	72	142	6	5	4	4	3	456
2003	25	COL-min	AAA	54	228	205	37	68	19	1	6	27	0	1	19	20	.332	.399	.522	.921		107	7	4	0	0	1		CSP · PCL
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
2004	26	ATL-min	AA	70	219	195	22	48	9	0	4	23	0	1	19	34	.246	.315	.354	.669		69	3	2	0	3	0		GRV · SOUL
2005	27	TBD-min	AA	34	144	121	22	32	7	1	6	21	2	0	15	14	.264	.355	.488	.842		59	3	3	3	2	0		MTG · SOUL
2006	28	TBD-min	AAA	120	471	439	39	118	26	3	2	38	3	5	23	45	.269	.306	.355	.661		156	9	1	7	1	3		DHM · IL
2007	29	TBD-min	AAA	77	303	284	27	76	19	0	4	26	1	1	14	42	.268	.301	.377	.678		107	7	1	1	3	1		DHM · IL
3 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	23	COL	NL	53	131	-8	0	-0	0	1	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	46/5
2002	24	COL	NL	113	367	-13	-1	0	1	2	-10	-1.0	10	0	0.0	.491	.494	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	456
2003	25	COL	NL	37	99	-8	1	-0	3	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.2	.488	.497	-0.5	0.4	-4	$303,000	4/56
3 Seasons				203	597	-29	0	-0	5	4	-20	-2.1	16	-4	-0.5	.490	.496	-1.0	0.9	-9	$303,000

Advanced Batting

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	.283	.287	.359	.413	.450	.699	.809	72	.383	-16.7	-1.6	.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 Yrs				597	448	56	3.4	122	.258	.248	.285	.285	.361	.380	.458	.664	.818	62	.335	-35.0	-3.4	.547	.170	.132	5.9
162 Game Avg.				476	358	45	3.4	122	.258	.248	.285	.285	.361	.380	.458	.664	.818	62	.335	-35.0	-3.4	.547	.170	.132	5

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.3	31.7	7.6	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	23	COL	NL	-9.8	-0.9	136	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	1.03	-0.5	-0.2	-5.0	-0.4	0.89	-4.2	1.04	17
2002	24	COL	NL	-17.1	-1.7	381	-0.9	5.5	-6.3	.92	-0.4	-0.5	-1.8	-0.2	0.92	-6.4	0.64	11
2003	25	COL	NL	-8.6	-0.8	100	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.87	-0.7	-0.4	-9.8	-0.9	0.93	-9.4	0.92	8
3 Yrs				-35.4	-3.4	617	-2.6	8.3	-10.9	.93	-1.6	-1.2	-16.6	-1.5	0.91	-20.1	0.89	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.04	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	17	4	24%	18	8	44%	68	15	22%	8	5	63%	7	4	57%	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%	14	10	71%	0
2003	25	COL	NL	99	26%	19	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.92	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	33%	19	2	11%	10	3	30%	63	4	6%	2	0	0%	6	3	50%	0
3 Yrs				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%	27	17	63%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			72%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	133	396	2.98	244	62%	23%	10%	19%	48%	77%	0%	47%	87%	32%	6%	8	0	17%	23	11	11%	14	8	0%	-2	0	0
2002	24	COL	NL	369	1099	2.98	747	68%	20%	11%	27%	42%	80%	3%	54%	86%	39%	3%	12	0	11%	41	22	6%	21	19	25%	-2	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 Yrs				601	1816	3.02	1188	65%	21%	11%	25%	43%	79%	3%	51%	87%	38%	5%	28	0	13%	78	37	7%	41	31	23%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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	66	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	126	115	13	25	6	1	1	11	1	6	7	.217	.258	.313	.571	9	53
2002	24	113	358	336	47	81	16	4	8	36	2	9	40	.241	.268	.384	.652	34	113
2003	25	37	96	88	11	17	3	1	1	3	1	6	13	.193	.253	.284	.537	6	37
3 Yrs		203	580	539	71	123	25	6	10	50	4	21	60	.228	.264	.353	.616	49	203
162 Game Avg.		162	463	430	57	98	20	5	8	40	3	17	48	.228	.264	.353	.616	39	203

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