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Lyman Bostock Jr League
4-1-2083
Red Butler Second Base
Retired (1965, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .257 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .732 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 1656 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 03-20-1930
HR 197 Drafted Round 8, Pick 122
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(7 games)
RBI 765
SB 98
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance D+   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (94.1%) Range A  WS Rings 2
1B F  (2.7%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 4
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 5
3B B+ (72.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 0% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 PIT-KC
130
547
64
130
25
3
6
32
46
 115 0 3
9
 4 4
.623
.295
.327
.090
.238
1951 KC
130
522
51
112
9
7
13
35
46
 98 3 1
7
 6 5
.615
.281
.333
.119
.215
1952 KC
130
484
55
115
17
2
16
46
39
 79 4 5
4
 2 6
.677
.297
.380
.143
.238
1953 KC
130
484
65
133
17
4
15
62
41
 76 1 4
6
 3 3
.750
.330
.419
.145
.275
1954 KC
114
414
63
107
22
2
15
49
58
 73 1 2
1
 2 4
.779
.349
.430
.171
.258
1955 KC
118
451
56
117
26
3
16
57
53
 78 1 5
1
 0 1
.772
.335
.437
.177
.259
1956 KC
103
410
53
113
12
5
18
63
35
 81 2 2
7
 3 2
.795
.334
.461
.185
.276
1957 KC
127
458
64
123
17
4
18
69
61
 62 2 3
9
 2 1
.796
.355
.441
.172
.269
1958 KC
130
495
64
137
26
2
18
79
51
 78 3 3
12
 4 2
.792
.346
.446
.170
.277
1959 KC
130
320
49
83
14
5
10
44
37
 51 0 1
5
 1 0
.763
.335
.428
.169
.259
1960 KC
140
359
56
105
20
1
17
56
32
 61 0 5
5
 1 3
.842
.346
.496
.203
.292
1961 KC
108
289
37
84
18
1
5
38
32
 50 2 0
7
 3 3
.777
.365
.412
.121
.291
1962 KC
125
304
35
78
17
5
7
38
30
 52 2 3
3
 4 6
.739
.324
.414
.158
.257
1963 KC
103
152
20
40
9
0
4
23
15
 22 1 3
1
 2 1
.729
.327
.401
.138
.263
1964 KC-CHN
109
307
44
76
13
1
9
35
28
 56 0 2
11
 2 2
.693
.309
.384
.137
.248
1965 CHN
124
436
42
103
14
1
10
39
47
 83 1 3
10
 7 8
.652
.310
.342
.106
.236
Total
1951
6432
818
1656
276
46
197
765
651
 1115 23 45
98
 46 51
.732
.326
.407
.149
.257
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Red Butler has retired from the Chicago Mongoose
1964-06-14A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Planktons and the Chicago Mongoose. The Chicago Mongoose receive Brad Bell, Ed Martinez, Al Hartsock, Red Butler, Bruce Barron, Jose Burtschy, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 3 (KC) from the Kansas City Planktons in exchange for Ollie Gastall, Abe Collins, Ben DeLeon, Steve Malloy, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (CHN).
1950-04-01The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Bill Quinn to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Val Harkness to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Frank Busby to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Ed Martinez to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Red Butler to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Brad Bell to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Bruce Barron to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Ted Love to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Ben Bolling to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Hal Aylward to the major league team. The Kansas City Squarepants have promoted Walter Holland to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Kansas City Squarepants have acquired Red Butler from the waiver wire.