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
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1993 TOR AL 23 OF 16 12 113.0 33 32 0 1 0 .970 5.9 62.7 5.9 4.6 1.3 0 2.55 2.00 .982 2.41 2.09
1993 TOR AL 23 LF 15 11 105.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 5.2 59.4 5.2 3.9 1.3 0 2.57 2.00 .984 2.23 1.84
1993 TOR AL 23 CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 105.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.81 2.40
1994 TOR AL 24 OF 31 15 178.0 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -2.2 -14.8 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 -1 2.17 1.39 .982 2.37 2.09
1994 TOR AL 24 LF 18 7 83.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.2 0.5 1.3 -0.8 0 1.52 0.78 .979 2.16 1.80
1994 TOR AL 24 CF 12 7 86.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -2.5 -34.9 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 -1 2.83 2.25 .989 2.76 2.44
1994 TOR AL 24 RF 2 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 3.00 1.50 .967 2.20 1.90
1994 TOR AL 24 DH 1
1997 PHI NL 27 OF 25 16 153.1 35 32 3 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -3.1 0.6 0.1 0.5 -1 2.05 1.40 .980 2.13 1.77
1997 PHI NL 27 CF 14 14 111.0 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 -2.5 -27.0 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 -2 2.03 1.79 .984 2.40 2.03
1997 PHI NL 27 RF 8 0 20.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 98.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 1 2.18 0.63 .980 2.05 1.64
1997 PHI NL 27 LF 4 2 21.2 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 22.2 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 2.08 1.25 .980 1.95 1.48
1999 TOR AL 29 DH 3
1999 TOR AL 29 LF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -66.7 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 1 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75
1999 TOR AL 29 OF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -66.7 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 1 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.30 2.05
4 Seasons OF 74 44 453.1 113 108 3 2 2 .982 2.8 7.4 3.8 4.1 -0.3 -1 2.20 1.50 .981 2.30 1.98
4 Seasons LF 39 21 218.2 51 49 1 1 1 .980 5.6 30.7 4.6 3.8 0.8 1 2.06 1.28 .982 2.17 1.78
3 Seasons CF 27 22 205.0 55 53 1 1 1 .982 -4.3 -25.2 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 -3 2.37 2.00 .987 2.57 2.23
2 Seasons RF 10 1 29.2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 60.7 0.5 -0.1 0.6 1 2.43 0.80 .975 2.09 1.69
2 Seasons DH 4
4 Seasons TOT 75 44 453.1 113 108 3 2 2 .982 2.8 7.4 3.8 4.1 -0.3 -1 2.20 1.48 .965 2.35 1.99

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1993 TOR AL 23 17 12 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 16 0 2 0
1994 TOR AL 24 41 15 41 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 12 2 31 0 8 4
1997 PHI NL 27 43 16 43 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 8 25 0 20 2
1999 TOR AL 29 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 Seasons 109 44 109 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 27 10 74 0 32 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 TOR AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 447 59% 73% 42% 49 61%
1994 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 397 53% 72% 36% 40 35%
1997 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 99 55% 78% 46% 11 36%
1999 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 47 53% 64% 36% 6 17%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 13 6 0 4 4 0 4 2 0 4 3 1 29 18 62.1% 10 1 3.4% 0 990 56% 73% 40% 106 46%
MLB Averages 59.9% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 54% 76% 38% 4 50%
1994 TOR AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 366 54% 72% 38% 47 57%
1997 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 16 3 18.8% 13 0 0.0% 1 537 49% 68% 29% 51 47%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 27 7 25.9% 20 0 0.0% 1 940 51% 70% 33% 102 52%
MLB Averages 40.3% 1.8% 56% 75% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 51% 73% 39% 4 75%
1997 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% 0 113 42% 68% 27% 10 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% 0 154 45% 69% 31% 14 57%
MLB Averages 45.1% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 51%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Rob Butler    

Viewed 19,543 times through November 30, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Robert Frank John Rob robert Butler

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.