Josh Butler

Josh Butler is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors in 2009. He last played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009. Butler is 41 years old and was born on December 11th, 1984 in Auburn, California. He attended high school in Danville, California where he played for the San Ramon Valley Wolves. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the University of San Diego Toreros [West Coast Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Brian Matusz, Freddy Sandoval and Anthony Slama. He was drafted and signed in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays, receiving a $725,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Tampa Bay Rays No. 16 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made ...

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his Major League Debut on September 21st, 2009 at the age of 24. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Milwaukee Brewers against the Chicago Cubs, throwing 2 innings, allowing 2 runs, 2 walks and striking out 1 batters. He did not factor in the decision. He allowed a single to Jeff Baker, the first batter he faced. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Martin Maldonado, Donovan Hand, Taylor Green, Mike McClendon and Amaury Rivas. Butler played 5 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers organization and 3 seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2009. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Led the West Coast Conference with 99 Strikeouts in 2006. Played 1 year of Independent League Baseball in 2013.

Career Transactions: Traded from Rays to Brewers for Gabe Gross on April 22nd, 2008.

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2008

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2010

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Milwaukee Brewers

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2004	San Diego	WCC	NCAA-1	Fr	31	19	92	3	2	4.96	26	1	0	0	25	0	1	45.1	55	28	25	2	23	25	3	0	7	1.72	10.92	0.40	4.57	4.96	5.56	1.09
2005	San Diego	WCC	NCAA-1	So	31	20	112	7	7	3.42	18	16	1	1	2	0	0	113.0	112	57	43	3	42	82	6	1	8	1.36	8.92	0.24	3.35	6.53	4.54	1.95
2006	San Diego	WCC	NCAA-1	Jr	31	21	118	8	5	3.06	19	15	1	1	4	0	1	108.2	112	47	37	5	34	99	5	0	9	1.34	9.28	0.41	2.82	8.20	3.89	2.91
2006	Hudson Valley Renegades	NYPL	A-	TBA	35	21	95*	0	3	5.40	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	13.1	13	9	8	0	7	12	2	0	0	1.50	8.78	0.00	4.73	8.10	6.08	1.71
2007	Columbus Catfish	SAL	A	TBA	-	22	117	5	1	2.33	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	77.1	63	25	20	3	20	54	5	0	0	1.07	7.33	0.35	2.33	6.28	2.91	2.70
2007	Vero Beach Devil Rays	FSL	A+	TBA	-	22	89	4	3	4.93	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	49.1	51	31	27	9	21	34	6	0	0	1.46	9.30	1.64	3.83	6.20	5.66	1.62
2008	Vero Beach Devil Rays	FSL	A+	TBA	-	23	90	0	2	6.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	18	13	12	1	5	10	0	0	0	1.35	9.53	0.53	2.65	5.29	6.88	2.00
2008	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	MIL	35	23	90	2	8	5.36	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	82.1	86	53	49	10	40	63	8	0	0	1.53	9.40	1.09	4.37	6.89	5.79	1.58
2009	Arizona Brewers	Ariz	Rk	MIL	-	24	102*	0	1	4.76	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	11.1	15	6	6	0	6	16	0	0	0	1.85	11.91	0.00	4.76	12.71	4.76	2.67
2009	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	MIL	21	24	98	6	0	2.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	51.0	44	16	14	0	23	32	1	0	0	1.31	7.76	0.00	4.06	5.65	2.82	1.39
2009	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	14	24	110	2	1	2.85	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	41.0	37	17	13	2	13	33	2	0	0	1.22	8.12	0.44	2.85	7.24	3.73	2.54
2009	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	46	24		1	1	3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	6	6	2	1	15	3	0	0	1.07	9.00	1.20	0.60	9.00	3.60	15.00
2009	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	MIL	62	24		0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	2	0	1	3.25	15.75	0.00	13.50	6.75	9.00	0.50
2010	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	MIL	30	25		0	0	10.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	8	8	1	5	3	2	0	0	2.40	14.85	1.35	6.75	4.05	10.80	0.60
2010	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	26	25	87	3	5	4.56	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	53.1	56	31	27	5	26	36	2	0	5	1.54	9.45	0.84	4.39	6.08	5.23	1.38
2010	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	41	25	102	5	1	4.53	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	45.2	43	25	23	2	20	27	1	0	1	1.38	8.47	0.39	3.94	5.32	4.93	1.35
2011	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	31	26	87	9	8	5.15	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	141.2	171	95	81	24	76	96	4	1	10	1.74	10.86	1.52	4.83	6.10	6.04	1.26
2012	Arizona Brewers	Ariz	Rk	MIL	-	27		0	0	4.50	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	6	4	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	1.50	0.00	6.00	6.00	0.00
2012	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	44	27		0	0	4.00	6	0	0	0	6	1	1	9.0	14	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	1.78	14.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	7.00	2.00
2012	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	31	27		0	3	4.67	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	14	10	9	1	11	9	0	0	0	1.44	7.27	0.52	5.71	4.67	5.19	0.82
2013	Bridgeport Bluefish	Atl	Indy		-	28	80	3	11	5.64	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	89.1	111	63	56	5	47	45	12	0	5	1.77	11.18	0.50	4.74	4.53	6.35	0.96
Tot:	MLB (1 yrs)		MLB					0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	2	0	1	3.25	15.75	0.00	13.50	6.75	9.00	0.50
Tot:	NL (1 yrs)		NL					0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	2	0	1	3.25	15.75	0.00	13.50	6.75	9.00	0.50
Tot:	Minors (7 yrs)		Minors					37	37	4.38	138	125	1	1	13	2	1	637.1	657	356	310	63	276	448	36	1	17	1.46	9.28	0.89	3.90	6.33	5.03	1.62
Tot:	Indy (1 yrs)		Indy					3	11	5.64	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	89.1	111	63	56	5	47	45	12	0	5	1.77	11.18	0.50	4.74	4.53	6.35	0.96
Tot:	Rk (2 yrs)		Rk					0	1	4.67	8	5	0	0	3	0	0	17.1	21	10	9	1	6	20	0	0	0	1.56	10.90	0.52	3.12	10.38	5.19	3.33
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-					0	3	5.40	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	13.1	13	9	8	0	7	12	2	0	0	1.50	8.78	0.00	4.73	8.10	6.08	1.71
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					5	1	2.33	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	77.1	63	25	20	3	20	54	5	0	0	1.07	7.33	0.35	2.33	6.28	2.91	2.70
Tot:	A+ (4 yrs)		A+					12	13	4.80	45	44	1	1	1	0	0	206.1	210	121	110	21	94	142	17	0	0	1.47	9.16	0.92	4.10	6.19	5.28	1.51
Tot:	AA (3 yrs)		AA					5	6	3.83	24	18	0	0	6	1	1	103.1	107	55	44	9	41	73	4	0	6	1.43	9.32	0.78	3.57	6.36	4.79	1.78
Tot:	AAA (4 yrs)		AAA					15	13	4.88	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	219.2	243	136	119	29	108	147	8	1	11	1.60	9.96	1.19	4.42	6.02	5.57	1.36
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					18	14	3.54	63	32	2	2	31	0	2	267.0	279	132	105	10	99	206	14	1	24	1.42	9.40	0.34	3.34	6.94	4.45	2.08
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2004	Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox	Cape Cod League	College Summer	19	2	2	2.81	11	4	0	0	7	3	2	32.0	29	16	10	2	7	28	0	0	0	1.13	8.16	0.56	1.97	7.88	4.50	4.00
2009	Peoria Javelinas	Arizona Fall League	AFL	24	3	2	12.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	30	19	19	3	13	16	0	0	0	3.07	19.29	1.93	8.36	10.29	12.21	1.23
2011	Milwaukee Brewers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	1	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
2012	Milwaukee Brewers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	0	0	5.40	8	0	0	0	8	5	0	8.1	14	5	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	1.80	15.12	0.00	1.08	2.16	5.40	2.00
Tot:	AFL (1 Yrs)		AFL		3	2	12.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	30	19	19	3	13	16	0	0	0	3.07	19.29	1.93	8.36	10.29	12.21	1.23
Tot:	CollegeSummer (1 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		2	2	2.81	11	4	0	0	3	7	2	32.0	29	16	10	2	7	28	0	0	0	1.12	8.16	0.56	1.97	7.88	4.50	4.00
Tot:	Spring (2 Yrs)		Spring		0	1	5.79	9	0	0	0	6	9	0	9.1	16	6	6	0	1	2	1	0	0	1.82	15.43	0.00	0.96	1.93	5.79	2.00

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2009	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	14	24				8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	-	24				3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	.000	.000	.500	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
2010	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	26	25				7	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	.083	.000	.000	7.69	30.77	4.00	0.00
2010	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	41	25				6	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	15	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	.000	.000	.250	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00
2011	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	31	26				20	33	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	0	2	0	0	1	4	39	1	2	.091	.189	.121	.310	.152	.030	.125	10.26	23.08	2.25	0.00
2012	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	MIL	44	27				2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2012	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	MIL	31	27				3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Minors (4 yrs)		Minors							49	74	0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	26	0	3	0	0	2	7	82	1	5	.081	.139	.095	.234	.081	.014	.125	6.10	31.71	5.20
Tot:	AA (3 yrs)		AA							17	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	.000	.050	.000	.050	.053	.000	.000	5.00	35.00	7.00
Tot:	AAA (4 yrs)		AAA							32	55	0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	19	0	3	0	0	2	7	62	1	5	.109	.169	.127	.297	.091	.018	.167	6.45	30.65	4.75
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