Rich Butler

Richard Dwight Butler

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 1, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
High School: East York HS (East York, ON)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1997
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/BlueJays 1997-1999

Final Game: August 4, 1999
Relatives: Brother of Rob Butler
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Standard Batting

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
1991	18	TOR-min	Rk	59	234	213	30	56	6	7	0	13	10	6	17	45	.263	.317	.357	.674		76	1	0	4	0	1		BJY · GULF
1992	19	TOR-min	A	130	491	441	43	100	14	1	2	43	11	15	37	90	.227	.297	.277	.574		122	6	7	6	0	1		MYR · SALL
1993	20	TOR-min	A+,AA	116	524	465	71	138	19	9	11	65	11	13	51	69	.297	.367	.447	.814		208	4	3	1	4	10		DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1994	21	TOR-min	AAA,AA	147	542	494	63	129	13	6	6	49	15	12	41	97	.261	.319	.348	.667		172	7	2	3	2	1		SYR,KNX · IL,SOUL
1995	22	TOR-min	AA,AAA	127	455	416	47	90	16	5	6	47	13	6	34	86	.216	.278	.322	.600		134	10	2	2	1	1		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1996	23	TOR-min	A+	10	33	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	9	.071	.212	.071	.284		2	1	0	0	0	0		DUN · FLOR
1997	24	TOR-min	AAA	137	607	537	93	161	30	9	24	87	20	7	60	107	.300	.373	.523	.896		281	11	4	3	3	2		SYR · IL
1997	24	TOR	AL	7	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.286	.375	.357	.732	94	5	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
1998	25	TBD-min	AAA	38	172	145	28	43	8	0	8	35	6	2	22	24	.297	.390	.517	.907		75	1	2	0	3	3		DHM · IL
1998	25	TBD	AL	72	237	217	25	49	3	3	7	20	4	2	15	37	.226	.278	.364	.643	65	79	4	2	0	3	0	79
1999	26	TBD-min	AAA	90	382	332	52	96	28	2	10	63	2	5	41	70	.289	.369	.476	.845		158	4	3	3	3	4		DHM · IL
1999	26	TBD	AL	7	22	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.200	.427	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	/97
2000	27	TEX-SEA-min	AAA,AA	70	303	274	31	59	11	2	9	37	3	1	21	56	.215	.272	.369	.641		101	7	2	2	4	1		TAC,OKC,NHV · PCL,EL
3 Yrs				86	275	251	30	56	5	3	7	22	4	3	19	44	.223	.280	.351	.631	63	88	4	2	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	518	473	57	105	9	6	13	41	8	6	36	83	.223	.280	.351	.631	63	166	8	4	0	6	0

TBD (2 yrs)				79	259	237	27	52	4	3	7	20	4	2	17	41	.219	.274	.350	.624	61	83	4	2	0	3	0
TOR (1 yr)				7	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.286	.375	.357	.732	94	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1997	24	TOR	AL	7	16	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7D
1998	25	TBD	AL	72	237	-12	-0	1	4	-3	-11	-1.0	8	-3	-0.3	.485	.494	-0.6	0.2	-7	$170,000	79
1999	26	TBD	AL	7	22	-3	0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$215,000	/97
3 Seasons				86	275	-15	0	1	5	-3	-13	-1.2	9	-4	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.8	0.2	-9	$385,000

TBD (2 yrs)				79	259	-15	-0	1	5	-3	-13	-1.2	9	-5	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.8	0.2	-9	$385,000
TOR (1 yr)				7	16	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1997	24	TOR	AL	16	11	2	4.9	108	.364	.286	.270	.375	.339	.357	.427	.732	.766	94	.474	-0.0	0.0	.545	.143	.071
1998	25	TBD	AL	237	177	22	3.3	111	.239	.226	.273	.278	.342	.364	.434	.643	.776	65	.306	-12.4	-1.2	.563	.217	.138	5.1
1999	26	TBD	AL	22	17	1	1.6	114	.188	.150	.275	.227	.348	.200	.440	.427	.788	11	.094	-2.8	-0.2	.353	.150	.050
3 Yrs				275	205	25	3.3	111	.241	.223	.273	.280	.342	.351	.434	.631	.776	63	.298	-15.2	-1.4	.545	.207	.127	5.1
162 Game Avg.				518	386	47	3.3	111	.241	.223	.273	.280	.342	.351	.434	.631	.776	63	.298	-15.2	-1.4	.545	.207	.127	10

TBD (2 yrs)				259	194	23	3.2	111	.234	.219	.273	.274	.342	.350	.435	.624	.777	61	.286	-15.2	-1.4	.545	.211	.131	5.1
TOR (1 yr)				16	11	2	4.9	108	.364	.286	.270	.375	.339	.357	.427	.732	.766	94	.473	-0.0	0.0	.545	.143	.071

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	24	TOR	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	12.5%	6.3%	25%	1.50	4.7		7.0	0.33	0.33	69%	27%	0.0%	17%
1998	25	TBD	AL	237	3.0%	15.6%	6.3%	5.5%	27%	2.47	5.9	31.0	10.9	0.70	0.92	74%	22%	7.4%	12%
1999	26	TBD	AL	22	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	4.6%	33%	2.00	5.0			1.00	0.75	73%	13%	0.0%	25%
3 Yrs				275	2.6%	16.0%	6.9%	5.5%	27%	2.32	5.7	35.9	11.4	0.70	0.86	74%	21%	6.7%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	1.86	5.3	32.1	7.4	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.2%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	24	TOR	AL	-0.0	0.0	17	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.48	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.94	0.0	4.07	3
1998	25	TBD	AL	-12.4	-1.2	244	-1.0	3.5	-4.5	.95	-1.1	0.0	-13.3	-1.2	0.90	-14.8	1.52	12
1999	26	TBD	AL	-2.8	-0.2	22	-0.5	0.2	-0.6	1.21	-0.3	-0.1	-2.6	-0.2	1.01	-3.3	2.32	1
3 Yrs				-15.2	-1.4	283	-1.9	4.0	-5.9	1.01	-1.4	-0.5	-16.2	-1.5	0.91	-18.0	2.05	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	24	TOR	AL	0	50%	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1998	25	TBD	AL	2	31%	66	4	2	67%	4	1	1	1	1	47%	14	8	6	3	1	2	2	1	1
1999	26	TBD	AL	0	40%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				2	33%	74	4	3	57%	4	2	1	1	3	55%	14	8	6	3	1	2	5	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	24	TOR	AL	16	100%	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.07	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	2	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1998	25	TBD	AL	237	87%	49	9	0	12	2	0	1	1.52	7	0	3	6	1	6	1	0	1	0	0%	43	4	9%	22	4	18%	143	15	10%	9	4	44%	7	3	43%	0
1999	26	TBD	AL	22	77%	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				275	87%	56	9	0	16	3	0	1	2.05	7	0	4	6	1	6	1	0	1	0	0%	54	4	7%	25	4	16%	168	17	10%	10	4	40%	7	3	43%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	24	TOR	AL	11	40	3.64	22	55%	23%	14%	32%	32%	77%	0%	43%	82%	36%	0%	0	0	27%	3	3	0%	0	0	100%	5	0	0
1998	25	TBD	AL	237	843	3.56	513	61%	26%	15%	23%	36%	74%	0%	45%	79%	30%	4%	9	3	17%	40	21	10%	23	15	24%	0	0	0
1999	26	TBD	AL	22	91	4.14	61	67%	30%	11%	33%	26%	70%	0%	47%	84%	18%	0%	0	0	18%	4	4	5%	1	0	25%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				270	974	3.61	596	61%	26%	15%	24%	35%	74%	0%	45%	80%	29%	3%	9	3	17%	47	28	9%	24	15	28%	5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
1997	24	7	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.286	.375	.357	.732	94	5	0	0	0
1998	25	79	253	231	28	53	4	3	7	22	4	3	17	40	.229	.285	.364	.648	67	84	4	2	3
1999	26	86	275	251	30	56	5	3	7	22	4	3	19	44	.223	.280	.351	.631	63	88	4	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	24	7	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	.286	.375	.357	.732	2	7
1998	25	72	234	215	23	47	3	3	7	18	4	14	37	.219	.269	.358	.627	20	72
1999	26	7	22	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.200	.427	1	7
3 Yrs		86	272	249	28	54	5	3	7	20	4	18	44	.217	.272	.345	.617	23	86
162 Game Avg.		162	512	469	53	102	9	6	13	38	8	34	83	.217	.272	.345	.617	43	86

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