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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	71	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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2001	23	COL	NL	131	-8	0	1	-1	0	1	4	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	46/5
2002	24	COL	NL	367	-14	0	2	0	1	2	10	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	456
2003	25	COL	NL	99	-8	1	0	0	-1	0	3	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$303,000	4/56
3 Seasons				597	-30	1	3	-1	0	3	17	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$303,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2001	COL	NL	23	2B	23	19	15	161.2	97	44	49	4	14	.959	1		6		5.18	4.04	.983	4.85	4.80
2001	COL	NL	23	SS	10	6	4	49.0	19	5	13	1	3	.947	-1		-17		3.31	1.80	.968	4.46	4.42
2001	COL	NL	23	3B	9	1	1	40.0	10	4	6	0	1	1.000	0		3		2.25	1.11	.950	2.56	2.54
2002	COL	NL	24	2B	72	67	51	570.1	307	121	178	8	46	.974	2		5		4.72	4.15	.981	4.96	4.92
2002	COL	NL	24	3B	33	3	3	85.2	20	4	16	0	0	1.000	-1		-10		2.10	0.61	.957	2.71	2.69
2002	COL	NL	24	SS	13	8	5	71.1	40	15	24	1	5	.975	-0		-3		4.92	3.00	.970	4.52	4.49
2003	COL	NL	25	2B	20	18	11	156.0	84	32	51	1	10	.988	-1	2	-6	15	4.79	4.15	.983	5.12	5.07
2003	COL	NL	25	3B	8	0	0	17.1	7	1	4	2	0	.714	-1	0	-69	0	2.60	0.63	.954	2.75	2.72
2003	COL	NL	25	SS	4	2	1	22.0	11	4	7	0	2	1.000	1	1	38	55	4.50	2.75	.973	4.50	4.47
	3 Seasons			2B	115	104	77	888.0	488	197	278	13	70	.973	2	2	3	15	4.81	4.13	.982	4.97	4.92
	3 Seasons			3B	50	4	4	143.0	37	9	26	2	1	.946	-2	0	-13	0	2.20	0.70	.955	2.67	2.67
	3 Seasons			SS	27	16	10	142.1	70	24	44	2	10	.971	-0	1	-2	54	4.30	2.52	.970	4.50	4.46
	3 Seasons			TOT	192	124	91	1173.1	595	230	348	17	81	.971	0	3	1	18	4.43	3.01	.979	4.63	4.27

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1996.
November 16, 1999: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Manny Aybar, Rich Croushore and Jose Jimenez to the Colorado Rockies for Luther Hackman, Darryl Kile and Dave Veres.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
March 18, 2004: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 12, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
November 22, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2003	25	Colorado Rockies	$303,000*

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$303,000

Disputed Salaries
*2003 - $305,000 - 4/3/03 AP -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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