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Johnny Butler
John Stephen Butler (Trolley Line)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1926
Final Game October 5, 1929
Born March 20, 1893 in Fall River, KS
Died April 29, 1967 in Seal Beach, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 33 BRO NL 147  501   54  135  27  5   1   68   6     54  44  .269  .346  .349   88  175  17           5     MVP-19
 1927 34 BRO NL 149  521   39  124  13  6   2   57   9     34  33  .238  .292  .298   58  155  16           6    
 1928 35 CHC NL  62  174   17   47   7  0   0   16   2     19   7  .270  .352  .310   75   54   6           3    
 1929 36 STL NL  17   55    5    9   1  1   0    5   0      4   5  .164  .220  .218    9   12   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      375 1251  115  315  48 12   3  146  17  0 111  89  .252  .320  .317   70  396  39   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        540   50  136  21  5   1   63   7  0  48  38  .252  .320  .317   70  171  17   0   0   6   0
 Career High    149  521   54  135  27  6   2   68   9  0  54  44  .269  .346  .349   88  175  17   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 33 BRO NL  577  383   60   4.2   102| .269  .286| .346  .346| .349  .396| .695  .742|  88  .463  -6.1  -0.6     
 1927 34 BRO NL  577  413   44   2.8   104| .238  .290| .292  .349| .298  .400| .590  .749|  58  .296 -31.6  -3.2     
 1928 35 CHC NL  202  133   18   3.6   108| .270  .289| .352  .354| .310  .411| .662  .764|  75  .373  -5.3  -0.5     
 1929 36 STL NL   59   46    3   1.7   122| .164  .305| .220  .370| .218  .445| .438  .815|   9  .109  -8.3  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1415  975  125   3.4   105| .252  .289| .320  .349| .317  .402| .637  .751|  70  .366 -51.4  -5.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 33 BRO NL SS 102 243 317 30 43 .949 .948 5.49 5.30 3B 42 38 67 2 3 .981 .953 2.50 2.81 2B 8 17 23 2 2 .952 .964 5.00 5.29 1927 34 BRO NL SS 90 214 251 20 49 .959 .944 5.17 5.18 3B 60 65 105 7 7 .960 .945 2.83 2.82 1928 35 CHC NL 3B 59 51 120 9 9 .950 .943 2.90 2.96 SS 2 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 3.00 5.20 1929 36 STL NL 3B 9 13 14 1 0 .964 .954 3.00 2.79 SS 8 17 19 1 2 .973 .950 4.50 5.38
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 33 BRO NL 2B 8 17 23 2 2 .952 .964 5.00 5.29 1926 33 BRO NL 3B 42 38 67 2 3 .981 .953 2.50 2.81 1927 34 BRO NL 3B 60 65 105 7 7 .960 .945 2.83 2.82 1928 35 CHC NL 3B 59 51 120 9 9 .950 .943 2.90 2.96 1929 36 STL NL 3B 9 13 14 1 0 .964 .954 3.00 2.79 1926 33 BRO NL SS 102 243 317 30 43 .949 .948 5.49 5.30 1927 34 BRO NL SS 90 214 251 20 49 .959 .944 5.17 5.18 1928 35 CHC NL SS 2 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 3.00 5.20 1929 36 STL NL SS 8 17 19 1 2 .973 .950 4.50 5.38
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 202 476 591 52 95 .954 .946 5.28 5.25 3B 170 167 306 19 19 .961 .947 2.78 2.86 2B 8 17 23 2 2 .952 .964 5.00 5.29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 380 660 920 73 116 .956 .947 4.16 4.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-19-0.06
Car-1033-0.06 shares

Hit By Pitch
1926 NL-5-7
1927 NL-6-5

Outs
1927 NL-413-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 12, 1927: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Robins.


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