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Kirby Puckett League
10-23-2080
Bret Butler Second Base
Retired (2011, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .769 Status Deceased (2042) Option Years 0  
H 1767 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 03-07-1973
HR 160 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1995)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(88 games)
RBI 656
SB 374
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A  (84.8%) Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF A  (84.5%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1996 LHP 15 36 7 1 0 0 4 4 13 .491 .268 .222 .028 .194
1996 RHP 26 45 9 4 1 0 3 5 8 .613 .280 .333 .133 .200
1997 LHP 29 48 15 3 0 2 9 2 6 .833 .333 .500 .188 .312
1997 RHP 117 441 106 17 6 9 40 41 80 .674 .306 .367 .127 .240
1998 LHP 26 43 14 0 3 0 3 2 5 .821 .356 .465 .140 .326
1998 RHP 120 412 93 13 3 4 32 53 85 .614 .313 .301 .075 .226
1999 LHP 59 134 33 5 2 1 7 19 26 .676 .340 .336 .090 .246
1999 RHP 117 385 102 9 7 12 31 46 75 .764 .346 .418 .153 .265
2000 LHP 54 138 40 7 4 2 9 16 27 .806 .364 .442 .152 .290
2000 RHP 113 373 99 14 5 7 32 52 76 .743 .357 .386 .121 .265
2001 LHP 56 133 34 4 1 3 7 21 29 .726 .357 .368 .113 .256
2001 RHP 112 388 106 18 3 16 48 54 81 .824 .365 .459 .186 .273
2002 LHP 58 134 38 4 1 2 11 13 14 .720 .347 .373 .090 .284
2002 RHP 115 404 121 20 8 16 56 44 62 .875 .367 .507 .208 .300
2003 LHP 56 152 55 12 3 4 13 14 18 .976 .417 .559 .197 .362
2003 RHP 109 376 121 22 4 14 50 55 56 .922 .408 .513 .191 .322
2004 LHP 48 116 26 4 0 3 10 10 16 .628 .291 .336 .112 .224
2004 RHP 97 312 86 14 5 9 33 48 49 .817 .378 .439 .163 .276
2005 LHP 59 138 44 5 1 3 10 12 22 .812 .377 .435 .116 .319
2005 RHP 113 396 128 15 4 19 54 48 75 .923 .398 .525 .202 .323
2006 LHP 57 141 39 4 4 4 13 21 22 .817 .370 .447 .170 .277
2006 RHP 114 343 98 20 4 8 36 44 72 .811 .373 .437 .152 .286
2007 LHP 42 73 21 5 0 1 12 14 12 .800 .402 .397 .110 .288
2007 RHP 112 177 44 9 0 7 30 14 36 .722 .304 .418 .169 .249
2008 LHP 49 84 22 5 0 2 8 7 19 .708 .315 .393 .131 .262
2008 RHP 120 178 53 9 2 2 15 27 38 .795 .390 .404 .107 .298
2009 LHP 48 77 16 2 0 0 2 6 13 .496 .262 .234 .026 .208
2009 RHP 97 321 81 11 4 4 41 35 55 .676 .327 .349 .097 .252
2010 LHP 33 40 13 4 2 1 9 7 3 1.008 .408 .600 .275 .325
2010 RHP 100 351 86 18 2 2 20 48 69 .661 .336 .325 .080 .245
2011 LHP 7 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 1.556 .444 1.111 .667 .444
2011 RHP 20 67 13 2 0 1 4 7 13 .539 .270 .269 .075 .194
Total LHP 696 1496 421 65 21 30 131 168 246 .767 .354 .413 .132 .281
Total RHP 1602 4969 1346 215 58 130 525 621 930 .769 .353 .416 .145 .271
Total 1842 6465 1767 280 79 160 656 789 1176 .769 .354 .415 .142 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2011-11-01Bret Butler has retired from the Minnesota Twins
2011-05-02The Minnesota Twins have designated Bret Butler for assignment.
2010-08-23Bret Butler of the Minnesota Twins is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
2009-06-13Bret Butler of the Minnesota Twins is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
2004-07-30Bret Butler of the Minnesota Twins is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1997-04-01The Minnesota Twins have promoted Bret Butler to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have sent Kent Hrbek to the minors.
1996-09-07The Minnesota Twins have promoted Bob Creamer to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have sent Bret Butler to the minors.
1996-05-29The Minnesota Twins have promoted Bret Butler to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have sent Brian Harper to the minors.
1995-04-04The Minnesota Twins have renamed Clay Griner to Bret Butler.