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Dick Butler

Richard H. Butler

Position: Catcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: December, 1869 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1897
Teams (by GP): Senators/Colonels 1897-1899

Final Game: June 28, 1899
Died: July 16, 1917 in New York, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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… 

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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
1897 27 LOU NL 10 39 38 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .184 .184 .184 .368 -1 7 0 1 2
1899 29 WHS NL 12 38 36 4 10 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 .278 .316 .333 .649 79 12 0 0 2
2 Seasons 22 77 74 7 17 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 .230 .250 .257 .507 37 19 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 567 545 52 125 0 7 0 22 15 15 15 .230 .250 .257 .507 37 140 0 7
LOU (1 yr) 10 39 38 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .184 .184 .184 .368 -1 7 0 1
WHS (1 yr) 12 38 36 4 10 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 .278 .316 .333 .649 79 12 0 0

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 Awards
1897 27 LOU NL 39 -6 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -6 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 2
1899 29 WHS NL 38 -1 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 2
2 Seasons 77 -7 0 0 0 -4 2 2 -7 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
LOU (1 yr) 39 -6 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -6 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $
WHS (1 yr) 38 -1 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1897 LOU NL 27 C 10 44 25 11 8 0 .818 3.60 .948 4.73 2 17 11 39%
1899 WHS NL 29 C 11 37 19 14 4 0 .892 3.00 .952 4.59 5 16 13 45%
2 Seasons C 21 81 44 25 12 0 .852 3.29 .950 4.66 7 33 24 42%
2 Seasons TOT 21 81 44 25 12 0 .852 3.29 .950 4.66 7 33 24 42%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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