Rich Butler

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 1, 1973 in Toronto, Canada ca

High School: East York HS (East York, ON)

Debut: September 6, 1997 (Age 24-128d, 17,159th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 4, 1999 (Age 26-095d)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Full Name: Richard Dwight Butler

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Relatives: Brother of Rob Butler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

251

.223

RBI

OBP

.280

SLG

.351

OPS

.631

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-42 / in Starts: 29-27
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	29 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 237 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	143 (75-50-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 237 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	149 (73-49-26)

Most Driven In
Self	7
A Ledesma	3
B Smith	2
P Sorrento	2
F McGriff	1
D Martinez	1
B Trammell	1
S McClain	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
M Cairo	3
F McGriff	2
M Difelice	2
R Winn	2
Q McCracken	2
K Stocker	1
B Smith	1

1998 Batting Game Log

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1998 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	8	1	Mar 31	TBD		DET	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	.10	0.004	.10	0.00%	1.00	PH
2	9	2	Apr 1	TBD		DET	W,11-8	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.667	1.200	1.867	8	.62	0.168	.57	0.09%	1.71	LF
3	10	3	Apr 2	TBD		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.778	1.278	7	1.17	0.043	1.14	0.03%	0.02	LF
4	11	4	Apr 3	TBD		CHW	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.545	.800	1.345	3	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.66	RF
5	12	5	Apr 4	TBD		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	6	1.09	0.134	1.07	0.08%	1.43	LF
6	13	6	Apr 5	TBD		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.474	.800	1.274	6	.40	-0.030	.42	-0.02%	-1.05	LF
7	14	8 (1)	Apr 10	TBD	@	CHW	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.500	.813	1.313	3	.44	0.024	.46	0.02%	0.27	PH
8	15	9	Apr 11	TBD	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.520	.722	1.242	3	.66	0.050	.66	0.03%	0.15	LF
9	16	10	Apr 12	TBD	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.409	.517	.682	1.199	3	.51	-0.016	.54	-0.01%	-0.23	LF
10	17	11	Apr 13	TBD		MIN	W,13-12	CG(14)	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379	.472	.690	1.162	3	1.22	-0.135	1.30	-0.09%	-0.24	LF
11	18	12	Apr 14	TBD		MIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.394	.475	.667	1.142	3	.68	-0.018	.75	-0.01%	-0.75	LF
12	19	13	Apr 16	TBD	@	ANA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.351	.432	.595	1.026	6	.67	-0.048	.70	-0.03%	-0.72	LF
13	20	15 (1)	Apr 18	TBD	@	ANA	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.388	.524	.912	3	.32	-0.043	.33	-0.03%	-1.35	LF
14	21	16	Apr 19	TBD	@	ANA	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.352	.468	.820	2	.43	-0.064	.48	-0.04%	-1.64	LF
15	22	17	Apr 21	TBD	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.362	.460	.822	3	.65	0.000	.75	0.00%	-0.03	LF
16	23	18	Apr 22	TBD	@	TEX	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.350	.442	.792	3	.75	-0.040	.83	-0.03%	-0.46	LF
17	24	21 (2)	Apr 25	TBD		ANA	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.344	.429	.772	3	.69	-0.070	.71	-0.04%	-0.44	LF
18	25	22	Apr 26	TBD		ANA	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.353	.424	.777	7	1.88	0.032	1.82	0.02%	0.08	LF
19	26	23	Apr 27	TBD		OAK	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.397	.730	7	.63	-0.103	.55	-0.06%	-1.39	LF
20	27	24	Apr 28	TBD		OAK	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.329	.391	.719	8	2.85	-0.074	2.32	-0.04%	-0.19	PH
21	28	25	Apr 29	TBD	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.265	.338	.397	.735	3	1.19	0.033	.94	0.02%	0.57	LF
22	29	26	Apr 30	TBD	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.341	.389	.730	3	.59	-0.010	.43	0.00%	-0.25	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	30	29 (2)	May 3	TBD	@	CLE	L,8-10	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.337	.384	.721	7	.23	-0.006	.15	0.00%	-0.33	PH
24	31	30	May 5	TBD	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.333	.377	.710	3	1.10	-0.082	.61	-0.03%	-0.67	LF
25	32	32 (1)	May 8	TBD		BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.326	.367	.693	6	1.01	-0.053	.64	-0.02%	-0.45	LF
26	33	33	May 9	TBD		BAL	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.312	.349	.661	6	.85	-0.090	.47	-0.03%	-0.97	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	34	67 (33)	Jun 15	TBD		TOR	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.323	.372	.695	3	.62	0.024	.07	0.00%	0.77	LF
28	35	68	Jun 16	TBD		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.313	.360	.673	3	1.24	-0.093	.17	-0.01%	-0.77	LF
29	36	69	Jun 17	TBD		TOR	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.301	.344	.645	3	1.31	-0.140	.24	-0.02%	-1.33	LF
30	37	70	Jun 18	TBD		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.302	.337	.639	7	.96	0.034	.22	0.01%	0.09	RF
31	38	71	Jun 19	TBD		BOS	L,1-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.296	.330	.626	6	2.59	-0.134	.46	-0.01%	-0.86	PH LF
32	39	72	Jun 20	TBD		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.286	.317	.603	7	.40	-0.043	.05	0.00%	-0.98	LF
33	40	74 (1)	Jun 22	TBD		FLA	L,2-3	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.289	.320	.610	5	4.54	0.147	.35	0.01%	0.48	LF
34	41	75	Jun 23	TBD		FLA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.280	.308	.588	8	.36	-0.031	.02	0.00%	-0.66	LF
35	42	76	Jun 24	TBD	@	FLA	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.277	.306	.583	9	.66	-0.017	.06	0.00%	-0.43	PH
36	43	77	Jun 25	TBD	@	FLA	L,1-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.275	.303	.578	9	.21	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.22	PH
37	44	78	Jun 26	TBD	@	PHI	L,0-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.273	.300	.573	9	1.52	-0.033	.07	0.00%	-0.42	PH
38	45	79	Jun 27	TBD	@	PHI	W,5-1	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209	.279	.300	.579	9	.10	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.63	PH
39	46	80	Jun 28	TBD	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.278	.298	.576	7	1.02	-0.074	.05	0.00%	-0.65	LF
40	47	81	Jun 30	TBD		ATL	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.276	.296	.571	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	48	82	Jul 1	TBD		ATL	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.212	.275	.297	.571	8	1.42	0.067	.05	0.00%	-0.26	LF
42	49	83	Jul 2	TBD		ATL	L,0-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.276	.292	.568	8	.94	-0.034	.02	0.00%	-0.39	LF
43	50	85 (1)	Jul 4	TBD	@	TOR	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.270	.285	.555	7	.66	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.69	RF
44	51	86	Jul 5	TBD	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.264	.278	.542	7	1.60	-0.122	.02	0.00%	-0.98	RF
45	52	100 (13)	Jul 24	TBD		OAK	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.269	.282	.551	2	.57	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.31	LF
46	53	102 (1)	Jul 26	TBD		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.270	.278	.548	7	1.38	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.16	RF
47	54	103	Jul 27	TBD		OAK	W,11-5	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.273	.276	.549	7	1.02	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.11	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	55	107 (3)	Aug 1	TBD		DET	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.204	.275	.277	.552	7	.58	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.72	RF
49	56	108	Aug 2	TBD		DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.273	.275	.548	9	5.70	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-0.83	PH
50	57	116 (7)	Aug 11	TBD		BAL	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.278	.303	.581	7	1.43	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.11	RF
51	58	117	Aug 12	TBD		BAL	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.273	.297	.570	7	.88	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.88	RF
52	59	118	Aug 13	TBD	@	KCR	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.268	.291	.559	6	.80	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.57	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	60	137 (18)	Sep 1	TBD	@	MIN	L,5-6	7-GF(10)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.271	.313	.584	7	2.45	0.251	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH RF
54	61	138	Sep 2	TBD	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.276	.320	.597	8	1.13	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.30	RF
55	62	139	Sep 3	TBD	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.280	.335	.615	7	1.20	0.148	.00	0.00%	0.26	RF
56	63	140	Sep 4	TBD	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.285	.340	.624	8	.77	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.17	LF
57	64	142 (1)	Sep 6	TBD	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.279	.331	.610	8	.49	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.35	LF
58	65	143	Sep 8	TBD	@	SEA	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.351	.633	8	.58	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.81	RF
59	66	144	Sep 9	TBD	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.281	.349	.630	8	.94	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.51	RF
60	67	145	Sep 11	TBD		TEX	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.282	.360	.642	7	1.26	0.101	.00	0.00%	0.09	RF
61	68	146	Sep 12	TBD		TEX	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.281	.354	.635	7	.83	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.53	RF
62	69	147	Sep 13	TBD		TEX	W,10-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.279	.350	.628	6	.68	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.62	RF
63	70	149 (1)	Sep 15	TBD		ANA	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.283	.369	.652	7	.44	0.042	.00	0.00%	1.25	LF
64	71	151 (1)	Sep 17	TBD		NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.279	.363	.642	7	.98	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.79	RF
65	72	152	Sep 18	TBD		TOR	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.216	.274	.356	.629	7	.87	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.65	LF
66	73	153	Sep 19	TBD		TOR	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.218	.273	.355	.628	7	.79	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.34	LF
67	74	154	Sep 20	TBD		TOR	L,5-7	CG(12)	6	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.275	.366	.641	7	1.79	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.07	RF
68	75	155	Sep 21 (1)	TBD	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.274	.364	.638	7	1.99	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.40	RF
69	76	158 (2)	Sep 23	TBD	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.273	.362	.635	9	2.26	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
70	77	160 (1)	Sep 25	TBD	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.273	.360	.633	6	.35	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.39	LF
71	78	161	Sep 26	TBD	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.277	.363	.639	7	.89	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.11	RF
72	79	162	Sep 27	TBD	@	NYY	L,3-8	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.278	.364	.643	6	.36	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.37	RF
							30-42		237	217	25	49	3	3	7	20	15	0	37	2	0	3	2	4	4	2	.226	.278	.364	.643		.95	-1.026	.32	-0.22%	-13.30

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