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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 COL NL 23 2B 23 19 161.2 97 44 49 4 14 .959 0.8 5.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1 5.18 4.04 .984 4.86 4.19
2001 COL NL 23 SS 10 6 49.0 19 5 13 1 3 .947 -0.7 -17.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.3 0 3.31 1.80 .968 4.46 3.93
2001 COL NL 23 3B 9 1 40.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 0.1 3.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 2.25 1.11 .950 2.56 2.17
2002 COL NL 24 2B 72 67 570.1 307 121 178 8 46 .974 2.3 4.8 2.3 -2.1 4.4 0 4.72 4.15 .982 4.96 4.28
2002 COL NL 24 3B 33 3 85.2 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -9.8 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.10 0.61 .955 2.71 2.29
2002 COL NL 24 SS 13 8 71.1 40 15 24 1 5 .975 -0.2 -3.4 -0.2 -0.5 0.4 0 4.92 3.00 .970 4.52 4.00
2003 COL NL 25 2B 20 18 156.0 84 32 51 1 10 .988 -0.8 -6.2 -0.8 -2.4 1.6 0 4.79 4.15 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 COL NL 25 3B 8 0 17.1 7 1 4 2 0 .714 -1.0 -69.2 -1.0 -1.5 0.5 0 2.60 0.63 .971 2.75 2.36
2003 COL NL 25 SS 4 2 22.0 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.7 38.2 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 4.50 2.75 .973 4.50 4.00
3 Seasons 2B 115 104 888.0 488 197 278 13 70 .973 2.3 3.1 1.3 -4.4 5.7 1 4.81 4.13 .983 4.97 4.28
3 Seasons 3B 50 4 143.0 37 9 26 2 1 .946 -1.6 -13.4 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 0 2.20 0.70 .957 2.67 2.28
3 Seasons SS 27 16 142.1 70 24 44 2 10 .971 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 4.30 2.52 .970 4.50 3.97
3 Seasons TOT 192 124 1173.1 595 230 348 17 81 .971 0.5 0.5 -0.5 -6.4 5.9 1 4.43 3.01 .951 4.63 3.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 COL NL 23 53 26 53 38 0 0 0 23 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
2002 COL NL 24 113 78 113 104 0 0 0 72 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
2003 COL NL 25 37 20 37 29 0 0 0 20 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Seasons 203 124 203 171 0 0 0 115 50 27 0 0 0 0 0 39 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 COL NL 23 765 59% 74% 26% 67 96% 0 44 21 18 5 49 39 10 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 14 1 6 6 0 13 6 7 1 0 1
2002 COL NL 24 2616 61% 75% 28% 210 96% 0 112 48 58 6 179 145 31 0 2 8 0 6 2 7 46 16 6 17 2 43 19 22 2 2 0
2003 COL NL 25 711 50% 75% 30% 64 89% 0 32 12 15 5 51 43 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 3 2 5 0 10 5 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4092 59% 75% 28% 341 94% 0 188 81 91 16 279 227 49 0 2 13 1 9 3 10 70 20 14 28 2 66 30 34 3 2 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 96%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 COL NL 23 171 67% 75% 24% 10 100% 0 4 4 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2002 COL NL 24 378 53% 79% 34% 18 100% 0 4 3 0 1 16 14 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 COL NL 25 85 44% 75% 29% 6 83% 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 634 56% 77% 31% 34 97% 0 9 8 0 1 26 22 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 COL NL 23 229 52% 74% 23% 14 93% 0 5 1 4 0 13 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
2002 COL NL 24 340 63% 79% 27% 32 97% 0 15 10 4 1 24 16 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
2003 COL NL 25 111 56% 63% 20% 8 88% 0 4 1 3 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 680 58% 75% 25% 54 94% 0 24 12 11 1 44 31 11 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 5 0 2 1 1 9 5 4 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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