Rob Butler
Robert Frank John Butler
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 10, 1970 in East York, ON, CAN
High School: East York (East York, ON)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1993
Final Game: July 10, 1999
Relatives: Brother of Rich Butler
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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
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
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 0.0 115 .143 .143 .276 .250 .349 .143 .442 .393 .791 4 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
4 Seasons 247 180 23 3.4 109 .275 .243 .271 .309 .343 .321 .425 .630 .768 66 .329 -10.7 -1.0 .532 .165 .078 .0
162 Game Avg. 367 268 34 3.4 109 .275 .243 .271 .309 .343 .321 .425 .630 .768 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

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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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.79 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 29 2 7% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1994 24 TOR AL 88 83% 13 4 0 3 0 0 0 2.75 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 1.19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 15 2 13% 4 2 50% 54 13 24% 6 5 83% 7 3 43% 0
1999 29 TOR AL 8 100% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.39 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 Seasons 247 83% 53 7 1 24 3 0 3 1.37 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 42 5 12% 18 9 50% 141 21 15% 16 9 56% 13 4 31% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 56 212 3.79 131 62% 24% 13% 35% 27% 76% 0% 47% 82% 32% 7% 4 0 9% 5 1 11% 6 4 42% 0 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 Seasons 220 794 3.61 520 65% 23% 11% 34% 33% 77% 0% 51% 86% 40% 3% 7 0 9% 19 9 6% 14 7 32% 27 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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

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 58 49 8 14 4 0 0 2 2 8 12 .286 .397 .367 .764 7 17
1994 24 58 120 106 19 19 0 1 0 7 0 10 11 .179 .250 .198 .448 6 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 Seasons 126 281 251 37 59 13 2 0 22 3 23 31 .235 .302 .303 .605 25 109
162 Game Avg. 162 361 323 48 76 17 3 0 28 4 30 40 .235 .302 .303 .605 32 109

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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