Josh Butler Pitching Statistics and History

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Josh Butler

Joshua James Butler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 11, 1984 in Auburn, CA
High School: San Ramon Valley HS (Danville, CA)
School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 2009 (Age 24)
Team: Brewers 2009

Final Game: September 27, 2009 (Age 24)
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	21	TBD-min	A-	0	3	.000	5.40	5	2	1	0	0	0	13.1	13	9	8	0	7	0	12	0	0	2	58		1.500	8.8	0.0	4.7	8.1	1.71	HDV · NYPL
2007	22	TBD-min	A,A+	9	4	.692	3.34	23	22	0	1	1	0	126.2	114	56	47	12	41	0	88	11	0	11	526		1.224	8.1	0.9	2.9	6.3	2.15	CBS,VRO · SALL,FLOR
2008	23	TBD-MIL-min	A+	2	10	.167	5.53	23	23	0	0	0	0	99.1	104	66	61	11	45	0	73	12	0	8	445		1.500	9.4	1.0	4.1	6.6	1.62	VRO,BRE · FLOR
2009	24	MIL-min	A+,AA,AAA,Rk	9	3	.750	2.97	24	23	0	0	0	0	118.1	111	45	39	4	43	2	96	10	0	6	502		1.301	8.4	0.3	3.3	7.3	2.23	BRE,HVL,NVL,BRR · FLOR,SOUL,PCL,ARIZ
2009	24	MIL	NL	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	3	1	0	2	27	50	3.250	15.8	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
2010	25	MIL-min	AA,AAA,A+	8	6	.571	4.94	21	21	0	0	0	0	105.2	110	64	58	8	51	0	66	6	0	5	472		1.524	9.4	0.7	4.3	5.6	1.29	HVL,NVL,BRE · SOUL,PCL,FLOR
2011	26	MIL-min	AAA	9	8	.529	5.15	28	28	0	0	0	0	141.2	171	95	81	24	76	0	96	10	1	4	664		1.744	10.9	1.5	4.8	6.1	1.26	NVL · PCL
2012	27	MIL-min	AAA,AA,Rk	0	3	.000	4.45	14	6	1	0	0	1	32.1	34	21	16	4	13	2	17	1	0	0	145		1.454	9.5	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.31	NVL,HVL,BRR · PCL,SOUL,ARIZ
1 Yr				0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	3	1	0	2	27	50	3.250	15.8	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
162 Game Avg.				0	0		9.00	68	0	0	0	0	0	91	159	91	91	0	136	0	68	23	0	45	612	50	3.250	15.8	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	24	MIL	NL	4.0	3	0	4	9.00	4.61	0.02	-0.34	96.0	4.08	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.429	.499
1 Season				4.0	3	0	4	9.00	4.61	0.02	-0.34	96.0	4.08	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.429	.499

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	24	MIL	NL	3	27	19	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	.368	.519	.474	.992	.412	9	0	1	0	1	0	1
1 Yr				3	27	19	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	.368	.519	.474	.992	.412	9	0	1	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	612	431	91	159	45	0	0	0	0	136	68	.368	.519	.474	.992	.412	204	0	23	0	23	0	23
MLB Averages																.262	.333	.418	.751	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	24	MIL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	30	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.19	-0.3	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.19	-3.8	0	0	3
1 Yr				-1.9	-0.2	30	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.19	-0.3	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.19	-3.8	0	0	3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	24	MIL	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	5	.189	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	4.0	34
1 Yr				3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%		.189	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	4.0	34

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	24	MIL	NL	27	37%	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	7.4%	29%	1.13	2.00	63%	18%	0.0%	0%	12	0	0%
1 Yr				27	37%	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	7.4%	29%	1.13	2.00	63%	18%	0.0%	0%	12	0	0%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	24	MIL	NL	27	102	3.78	56	55%	38%	11%	21%	30%	63%	0%	34%	83%	67%	7%	2	1	19%	5	4	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0
1 Yr				27	102	3.78	56	55%	38%	11%	21%	30%	63%	0%	34%	83%	67%	7%	2	1	19%	5	4	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	24	MIL	NL	27	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	1	2	1	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1 Yr				27	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	1	2	1	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	24	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	0	3	1	0	2	27	50	3.250	15.8	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50	50

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	24	0	0		9.00	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	1	3.250	15.8	13.5	6.8	0.50	0.0	3
1 Yr		0	0		9.00	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	1	3.250	15.8		6.8	0.50	0.0	3

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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