Rob Butler

Robert Frank John Butler

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 10, 1970 in East York, 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: June 12, 1993
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Phillies 1993-1999

Final Game: July 10, 1999
Relatives: Brother of Rich 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	21	TOR-min	A-	76	342	311	71	105	16	5	7	45	33	15	20	21	.338	.378	.489	.867		152	2	2	6	3	5		STC · NYPL
1992	22	TOR-min	A+	92	418	391	67	140	13	7	4	41	19	14	22	36	.358	.394	.458	.852		179	7	2	2	1	2		DUN · FLOR
1993	23	TOR-min	AAA	55	231	208	30	59	11	2	1	14	7	5	15	29	.284	.338	.370	.708		77	6	3	3	2	2		SYR · IL
1993	23	TOR	AL	17	56	48	8	13	4	0	0	2	2	2	7	12	.271	.375	.354	.729	97	17	0	1	0	0	0	7/8
1994	24	TOR-min	AAA	25	106	95	16	25	6	1	1	11	2	0	8	12	.263	.321	.379	.700		36	1	1	0	2	1		SYR · IL
1994	24	TOR	AL	41	88	74	13	13	0	1	0	5	0	1	7	8	.176	.250	.203	.453	19	15	3	1	4	2	0	78/9D

1995	25	PHI-min	AAA	92	365	327	46	98	16	4	3	35	5	8	24	39	.300	.355	.401	.755		131	14	6	4	4	2		SWB · IL
1996	26	PHI-min	AAA	91	321	298	39	76	15	8	4	34	3	5	20	45	.255	.304	.399	.703		119	6	1	2	0	1		SWB · IL
1997	27	PHI-min	AAA	21	72	71	8	20	4	0	0	9	0	0	1	9	.282	.292	.338	.630		24	4	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
1997	27	PHI	NL	43	95	89	10	26	9	1	0	13	1	0	5	8	.292	.326	.416	.742	93	37	2	0	0	1	0	8/97

1998	28	HOU-min	AAA	70	248	223	21	61	11	1	1	29	2	2	17	19	.274	.325	.345	.670		77	12	1	5	2	1		NOR · PCL
1999	29	TOR-min	AA	64	282	258	48	87	13	6	2	36	4	5	19	21	.337	.384	.457	.842		118	6	2	1	2	0		KNX · SOUL
1999	29	TOR	AL	8	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	/D7
4 Yrs				109	247	218	32	53	13	2	0	21	3	3	19	28	.243	.309	.321	.630	66	70	5	3	4	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	367	324	48	79	19	3	0	31	4	4	28	42	.243	.309	.321	.630	66	104	7	4	6	4	0

TOR (3 yrs)				66	152	129	22	27	4	1	0	8	2	3	14	20	.209	.297	.256	.553	47	33	3	3	4	2	0
PHI (1 yr)				43	95	89	10	26	9	1	0	13	1	0	5	8	.292	.326	.416	.742	93	37	2	0	0	1	0

AL (3 yrs)				66	152	129	22	27	4	1	0	8	2	3	14	20	.209	.297	.256	.553	47	33	3	3	4	2	0
NL (1 yr)				43	95	89	10	26	9	1	0	13	1	0	5	8	.292	.326	.416	.742	93	37	2	0	0	1	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
1993	23	TOR	AL	17	56	1	-1	0	6	-1	5	0.6	2	7	0.7	.532	.503	0.1	0.6	1	$109,000	7/8
1994	24	TOR	AL	41	88	-9	-1	0	-2	-1	-12	-1.1	3	-9	-0.9	.472	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$	78/9D

1997	27	PHI	NL	43	95	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	8/97

1999	29	TOR	AL	8	8	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$275,000	/D7
4 Seasons				109	247	-11	-1	1	3	-2	-11	-1.0	8	-3	-0.4	.491	.498	-0.6	0.1	-6	$384,000

TOR (3 yrs)				66	152	-9	-2	0	3	-2	-9	-0.8	5	-4	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.7	0.2	-7	$384,000
PHI (1 yr)				43	95	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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
1993	23	TOR	AL	56	37	7	5.1	103	.361	.271	.268	.375	.339	.354	.410	.729	.748	97	.522	0.2	0.0	.676	.229	.083	.0
1994	24	TOR	AL	88	71	4	1.5	111	.191	.176	.273	.250	.345	.203	.434	.453	.779	19	.090	-9.1	-0.8	.338	.108	.027

1997	27	PHI	NL	95	66	12	4.9	108	.317	.292	.270	.326	.342	.416	.424	.742	.767	93	.500	-0.8	-0.1	.662	.191	.124	.0

1999	29	TOR	AL	8	6	0	0.0	114	.143	.143	.275	.250	.348	.143	.440	.393	.788	4	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
4 Yrs				247	180	23	3.4	108	.275	.243	.271	.309	.342	.321	.425	.630	.767	66	.329	-10.7	-1.0	.532	.165	.078	.0
162 Game Avg.				367	268	34	3.4	108	.275	.243	.271	.309	.342	.321	.425	.630	.767	66	.329	-10.7	-1.0	.532	.165	.078

TOR (3 yrs)				152	114	11	2.6	109	.243	.209	.271	.297	.343	.256	.425	.553	.768	47	.220	-9.9	-0.9	.454	.147	.047	.0
PHI (1 yr)				95	66	12	4.9	108	.317	.292	.270	.326	.342	.416	.424	.742	.767	93	.500	-0.8	-0.1	.662	.191	.124	.0

AL (3 yrs)				152	114	11	2.6	109	.243	.209	.271	.297	.343	.256	.425	.553	.768	47	.220	-9.9	-0.9	.454	.147	.047	.0
NL (1 yr)				95	66	12	4.9	108	.317	.292	.270	.326	.342	.416	.424	.742	.767	93	.500	-0.8	-0.1	.662	.191	.124	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1993	23	TOR	AL	WS	PHI	W	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
1993	23	TOR	AL	56	0.0%	21.4%	12.5%	7.1%	31%	1.71	4.0		24.0	1.62	2.67	64%	28%	0.0%	8%
1994	24	TOR	AL	88	0.0%	9.1%	8.0%	1.1%	8%	1.14	9.3		14.8	1.32	1.40	77%	17%	0.0%	7%

1997	27	PHI	NL	95	0.0%	8.4%	5.3%	10.5%	39%	1.60	11.1		6.8	1.24	2.22	86%	26%	0.0%	9%

1999	29	TOR	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				7.0	0.17	0.00	88%	29%	0.0%	17%
4 Yrs				247	0.0%	11.3%	7.7%	6.1%	28%	1.47	7.8		10.4	1.25	1.65	78%	23%	0.0%	9%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.3%	9.0%	7.7%	32%	1.82	5.4	33.2	7.5	0.82	1.09	70%	21%	8.0%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	23	TOR	AL	0.2	0.0	60	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.62	0.1	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.90	-0.0	0.80	2
1994	24	TOR	AL	-9.1	-0.8	91	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	1.08	-0.6	0.2	-12.1	-1.1	0.95	-10.2	2.73	4

1997	27	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	99	-0.4	1.3	-1.6	.89	-0.2	-0.3	2.8	0.3	0.94	0.4	1.18	17

1999	29	TOR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	8	0.0	0.2	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.94	-1.1	1.38	2
4 Yrs				-10.7	-1.0	258	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	.90	-0.8	-0.0	-11.4	-1.1	0.94	-10.9	1.41	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	23	TOR	AL	1	0	38%	42	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1994	24	TOR	AL	2	0	62%	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	38%	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1

1997	27	PHI	NL	0	0	32%	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	29	TOR	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				3	0	43%	126	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	30%	14	11	3	2	2	0	4	1	3

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
1993	23	TOR	AL	56	64%	13	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.80	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	29	2	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1994	24	TOR	AL	88	83%	13	4	0	4	0	0	0	2.73	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	21	3	14%	11	7	64%	52	5	10%	7	3	43%	2	1	50%	0

1997	27	PHI	NL	95	92%	26	0	0	17	3	0	3	1.18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	15	2	13%	4	2	50%	54	13	24%	6	5	83%	2	0	0%	0

1999	29	TOR	AL	8	100%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				247	83%	53	7	1	25	3	0	3	1.41	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	42	5	12%	18	9	50%	141	21	15%	16	9	56%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			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
1993	23	TOR	AL	57	213	3.74	132	62%	24%	13%	35%	27%	75%	0%	46%	82%	32%	7%	4	0	9%	5	1	11%	6	4	42%	-1	0	1
1994	24	TOR	AL	84	289	3.44	196	68%	24%	10%	32%	35%	76%	0%	52%	87%	40%	1%	1	0	5%	4	2	2%	2	0	25%	4	0	0

1997	27	PHI	NL	72	265	3.68	178	67%	20%	11%	36%	33%	80%	0%	54%	87%	47%	1%	1	0	11%	8	5	6%	4	1	25%	23	0	0

1999	29	TOR	AL	8	28	3.50	15	54%	20%	7%	27%	47%	80%	0%	43%	92%	25%	13%	1	0	25%	2	1	25%	2	2		0	0	0
4 Yrs				221	795	3.60	521	66%	23%	11%	34%	33%	77%	0%	51%	86%	40%	3%	7	0	9%	19	9	6%	14	7	32%	26	0	1
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1993	23	17	56	48	8	13	4	0	2	2	2	7	12	.271	.375	.354	.729	97	17	0	1	0	0
1994	24	58	144	122	21	26	4	1	7	2	3	14	20	.213	.300	.262	.562	49	32	3	2	4	2
1995	25	58	144	122	21	26	4	1	7	2	3	14	20	.213	.300	.262	.562	49	32	3	2	4	2
1996	26	58	144	122	21	26	4	1	7	2	3	14	20	.213	.300	.262	.562	49	32	3	2	4	2
1997	27	101	239	211	31	52	13	2	20	3	3	19	28	.246	.311	.327	.638	68	69	5	2	4	3
1998	28	101	239	211	31	52	13	2	20	3	3	19	28	.246	.311	.327	.638	68	69	5	2	4	3
1999	29	109	247	218	32	53	13	2	21	3	3	19	28	.243	.309	.321	.630	66	70	5	3	4	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	23	17	56	48	8	13	4	0	0	2	2	7	12	.271	.375	.354	.729	6	17
1994	24	58	122	103	15	16	0	1	0	6	0	9	11	.155	.224	.175	.399	4	41

1997	27	43	95	89	10	26	9	1	0	13	1	5	8	.292	.326	.416	.742	12	43

1999	29	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	8
4 Yrs		126	281	247	33	55	13	2	0	21	3	21	31	.223	.287	.291	.579	22	109
162 Game Avg.		162	361	318	42	71	17	3	0	27	4	27	40	.223	.287	.291	.579	28	109

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