Josh Butler

Joshua James Butler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 11, 1984 in Auburn, CA
High School: San Ramon Valley (Danville, CA)
School: University of San Diego
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 vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Team: Brewers 2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.078, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:07AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	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	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	MIL-TBD-min	A+	2	10	.167	5.53	23	23	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	BRE,VRO · FLOR
2009	24	MIL-min	A+,AA,AAA,Rk	9	3	.750	2.97	24	23	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	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	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	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
1 Season				0	0		9.00	3	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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2009	24	MIL	NL	4.0	0	4	2	0	.2	-2	-0.1	$
1 Season				4.0	0	4	2	0	.2	-2	-0.1	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	Pos
2006	21	TBD-min	A-	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	HDV · NYPL
2007	22	TBD-min	A,A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	CBS,VRO · SALL,FLOR
2008	23	TBD-MIL-min	A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	VRO,BRE · FLOR
2009	24	MIL-min	AA,AAA,A+,Rk	24	9	9	1	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	HVL,NVL,BRE,BRR · SOUL,PCL,FLOR,ARIZ
2009	24	MIL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	/1
2010	25	MIL-min	AAA,AA,A+	21	28	26	2	0	0	1	10	.077	.111	.077	.188	2	1	1	NVL,HVL,BRE · PCL,SOUL,FLOR
2011	26	MIL-min	AAA	28	39	33	3	1	4	4	9	.091	.189	.121	.310	4	1	2	NVL · PCL
1 Season				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	lgRF9	lgRFG
2009	MIL	NL	24	P	3	4.0	1.80	1.70
	1 Season			P	3	4.0	1.80	1.70
	1 Season			TOT	3	4.0	1.80	1.70

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Transactions

June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2006.
April 22, 2008: Traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gabe Gross.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2010	25	Milwaukee Brewers	$400,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$400,000

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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