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Brett Butler | Major Leaguer 1981-1997

Full Name: Brett Morgan Butler
Born: June 15,1957 in Los Angeles, California
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Libertyville (Libertyville,IL)
College: Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Baseball Lists: Singles Leaders ... 5 Walks in a Game (or more)

Debut: August 20,1981

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Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Braves in 23rd Round (573rd overall) of 1979 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Oct 21,1983] - Traded by Braves with Brook Jacoby, Rick Behenna and Cash to Indians for Len Barker. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 1,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Dec 7,1990] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 14,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Oct 21,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 11,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Aug 18,1995] - Traded by Mets to Dodgers for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness. [Nov 7,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 9,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 7,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 4,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 7,1997] - Granted Free Agency.

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	GCL Braves	GCL	22	Atl	Rk	of		30	111	36	41	7	5	3	20	5	4	19	15	1		1	1		.369	.462	.604	1066	--
	Greenwood	Wcar	22	Atl	A	of		35	117	26	37	2	4	1	11	20	6	24	27	0		1	1		.316	.430	.427	857	--
1980	Anderson	SAL	23	Atl	A	of		70	255	73	76	12	6	1	26	44	9	67	29	4		4	4		.298	.445	.404	849	--
	Durham	Caro	23	Atl	A+	of		46	224	47	82	15	6	2	39	36	15	67	30	6		2	5		.366	.513	.513	1026	--
1981	Richmond	IL	24	Atl	AAA	of		125	466	93	156	19	4	3	36	44	16	103	63	2	9	1	1		.335	.456	.412	868	--
	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	MLB	of	1	40	126	17	32	2	3	0	4	9	1	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.352	.317	669	53%
1982	Richmond	IL	25	Atl	AAA	of		41	157	22	57	8	3	1	22	12	9	22	19	1	3	0	1		.363	.442	.471	913	--
	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	of	1	89	240	35	52	2	0	0	7	21	8	25	35	0	0	3	0	1	.217	.291	.225	516	60%
1983	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	of	1	151	549	84	154	21	13	5	37	39	23	54	56	2	3	3	5	5	.281	.344	.393	737	56%
1984	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	of	1	159	602	108	162	25	9	3	49	52	22	86	62	4	1	11	6	6	.269	.361	.355	716	51%
1985	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	of	1	152	591	106	184	28	14	5	50	47	20	63	42	1	2	8	3	8	.311	.377	.431	808	57%
1986	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	of	1,2	161	587	92	163	17	14	4	51	32	15	70	65	4	1	17	5	8	.278	.356	.375	731	53%
1987	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	of	1	137	522	91	154	25	8	9	41	33	16	91	55	1	0	2	2	3	.295	.399	.425	824	52%
1988	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	of	1	157	568	109	163	27	9	6	43	43	20	97	64	4	4	8	2	2	.287	.393	.398	791	50%
1989	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	of	1	154	594	100	168	22	4	4	36	31	16	59	69	3	2	13	3	4	.283	.349	.354	703	53%
1990	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	MLB	of	1	160	622	108	192	20	9	3	44	51	19	90	62	6	1	7	7	3	.309	.397	.384	781	54%
1991	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	of	1	161	615	112	182	13	5	2	38	38	28	108	79	1	4	4	2	3	.296	.401	.343	744	61%
1992	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	of	1,2	157	553	86	171	14	11	3	39	41	21	95	67	3	2	24	1	4	.309	.413	.391	804	61%
1993	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	of	1	156	607	80	181	21	10	1	42	39	19	86	69	5	1	14	4	6	.298	.387	.371	758	58%
1994	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	of	1	111	417	79	131	13	9	8	33	27	8	68	52	2	0	7	2	2	.314	.411	.446	857	51%
1995	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	of	1	39	146	24	40	5	2	0	13	11	1	24	9	0	0	4	4	1	.274	.368	.336	704	50%
	NY Mets	NL	38	Nym	MLB	of	1	90	367	54	114	13	7	1	25	21	7	43	42	0	2	6	2	4	.311	.381	.392	773	62%
1996	LA Dodgers	NL	39	La	MLB	cf	2,1	34	131	22	35	1	1	0	8	8	3	9	22	1	0	1	3	1	.267	.313	.290	603	69%
1997	LA Dodgers	NL	40	La	MLB	cf-lf	1	105	343	52	97	8	3	0	18	15	10	42	40	1	0	15	0	1	.283	.363	.324	687	--

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)								2213	8180	1359	2375	277	131	54	578	558	257	1129	907	38	23	147	51	62	.290	.377	.376	753	55%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)								347	1330	297	449	63	28	11	154	161	59	302	183	14		9	13		.338	.461	.452	913	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1982	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	Ch	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1989	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	Ch	5	19	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.211	529	--
	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	Ws	4	14	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.357	732	--
1995	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	Div	3	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	534	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						14	49	8	12	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.315	.265	580	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1979	GCL Braves	GCL	22	Atl	Rk	OF	30			66	5	0	71	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Greenwood	Wcar	22	Atl	A	OF	34			45	2	0	47	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1980	Anderson	SAL	23	Atl	A	OF	70			190	5	1	196	0	-	-	-	.995	--
1980	Durham	Caro	23	Atl	A+	OF	66			156	4	3	163	0	-	-	-	.982	--

1981	Richmond	IL	24	Atl	AAA	OF	125			286	15	3	304	3	-	-	-	.990	--
1981	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	MLB	OF	37			76	2	1	79	0	-	-	-	.987	--

1982	Richmond	IL	25	Atl	AAA	OF	40			101	2	1	104	0	-	-	-	.990	--
1982	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	OF	77			129	2	0	131	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1983	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	OF	143			284	13	4	301	4	-	-	-	.987	--

1984	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	OF	156			448	13	4	465	3	-	-	-	.991	--

1985	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	OF	150			437	19	1	457	5	-	-	-	.998	--
1985	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1986	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	OF	159			434	9	3	446	3	-	-	-	.993	--

1987	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	OF	136			393	4	4	401	2	-	-	-	.990	--

1988	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	OF	155			395	3	5	403	1	-	-	-	.988	--

1989	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	OF	152			407	11	6	424	3	-	-	-	.986	--

1990	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	MLB	OF	159			420	4	6	430	0	-	-	-	.986	--

1991	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	OF	161			372	8	0	380	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

1992	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	OF	155			353	9	2	364	3	-	-	-	.995	--

1993	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	OF	155			369	6	0	375	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1994	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	OF	111			260	8	2	270	2	-	-	-	.993	--

1995	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	OF	38			75	0	1	76	0	-	-	-	.987	--
1995	NY Mets	NL	38	Nym	MLB	OF	90			207	6	1	214	1	-	-	-	.995	--

1996	LA Dodgers	NL	39	La	MLB	CF	34			74	1	1	76	0	-	-	-	.987	--

1997	LA Dodgers	NL	40	La	MLB	LF	47			70	2	0	72	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	LA Dodgers	NL	40	La	MLB	CF	49			93	2	0	95	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	LA Dodgers	NL	40	La	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

[1988] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17) [1989] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17) [1990] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #24) [1991] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #7), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1992] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #21) [1994] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1996] - Branch Rickey Award [2003] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.4%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	425,000		299,108	30
1986	850,000	100	325,466	11
1987	765,000		292,853	14
1988	900,000	94	325,305	12
1989	900,000		375,257	14
1990	1,100,000		426,358	14
1991	2,833,333	36	617,627	4
1992	3,333,333	50	798,185	5
1993	3,333,333	77	815,723	8
1994	3,500,000	71	914,157	7
1995	2,000,000		831,504	15
1996	2,000,000		835,262	15
1997	1,733,304		996,990	20

Career:	$23,673,303	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Butler was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1996, said to be caused by his habit of using chewing tobacco. Following an operation to remove the tumor, Butler defied the odds and returned to baseball.

2005 - Coach for Arizona Diamondbacks
2006 - Manager for Lancaster of California League (A+)

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1991)

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