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Kirby Puckett League
3-1-2081
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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1996 Away 20 60 9 12 4 1 0 4 6 15 4 0 5 .573 .273 .300 .100 .200
1996 Home 10 21 1 4 1 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 1 .518 .280 .238 .048 .190
1997 Away 62 255 36 58 8 1 7 21 22 54 11 4 16 .637 .288 .349 .122 .227
1997 Home 59 234 37 63 12 5 4 28 21 32 7 6 18 .747 .332 .415 .145 .269
1998 Away 61 222 20 52 5 0 1 14 22 46 19 8 9 .574 .303 .270 .036 .234
1998 Home 64 233 29 55 8 6 3 21 33 44 14 6 10 .690 .330 .361 .124 .236
1999 Away 64 264 50 73 11 8 5 24 26 51 17 8 6 .778 .342 .436 .159 .277
1999 Home 66 255 44 62 3 1 8 14 39 50 22 6 6 .703 .346 .357 .114 .243
2000 Away 65 254 36 64 10 4 2 16 36 56 19 12 3 .694 .347 .346 .094 .252
2000 Home 65 257 46 75 11 5 7 25 32 47 21 9 6 .825 .370 .455 .163 .292
2001 Away 66 264 44 70 14 3 5 19 45 62 19 8 7 .772 .374 .398 .133 .265
2001 Home 64 257 39 70 8 1 14 36 30 48 14 2 11 .825 .351 .475 .202 .272
2002 Away 66 278 54 76 11 7 9 36 28 44 15 4 5 .799 .339 .460 .187 .273
2002 Home 64 260 47 83 13 2 9 31 29 32 22 4 15 .876 .388 .488 .169 .319
2003 Away 66 276 53 106 19 6 11 40 37 38 20 6 10 1.073 .457 .616 .232 .384
2003 Home 64 252 39 70 15 1 7 23 32 36 14 4 6 .789 .360 .429 .151 .278
2004 Away 58 221 42 58 7 2 6 21 33 35 10 4 3 .759 .366 .394 .131 .262
2004 Home 58 207 28 54 11 3 6 22 25 30 12 6 2 .775 .345 .430 .169 .261
2005 Away 65 272 51 74 11 1 11 34 31 44 15 7 1 .790 .349 .441 .169 .272
2005 Home 65 262 52 98 9 4 11 30 29 53 27 15 1 1.004 .439 .565 .191 .374
2006 Away 69 248 30 64 14 5 5 28 32 64 10 4 3 .763 .348 .415 .157 .258
2006 Home 62 236 41 73 10 3 7 21 33 30 8 3 2 .865 .399 .466 .157 .309
2007 Away 72 126 23 31 5 0 6 28 19 25 8 1 0 .773 .345 .429 .183 .246
2007 Home 71 124 16 34 9 0 2 14 9 23 6 0 2 .718 .323 .395 .121 .274
2008 Away 75 145 22 45 10 1 4 18 16 30 4 1 5 .855 .379 .476 .166 .310
2008 Home 73 117 17 30 4 1 0 5 18 27 3 1 4 .661 .353 .308 .051 .256
2009 Away 54 179 23 41 5 0 1 14 23 31 4 1 1 .592 .319 .274 .045 .229
2009 Home 65 219 20 56 8 4 3 29 18 37 11 5 3 .681 .311 .370 .114 .256
2010 Away 52 211 30 53 13 2 1 17 23 46 9 2 1 .669 .323 .346 .095 .251
2010 Home 55 180 30 46 9 2 2 12 32 26 8 6 1 .727 .366 .361 .106 .256
2011 Away 12 41 10 10 1 0 3 8 3 11 1 1 1 .783 .295 .488 .244 .244
2011 Home 10 35 2 7 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 .511 .282 .229 .029 .200
Total Away 927 3316 533 887 148 41 77 342 402 652 185 71 76 .754 .348 .407 .139 .267
Total Home 915 3149 488 880 132 38 83 314 387 524 189 76 88 .784 .359 .425 .145 .279
Total 1842 6465 1021 1767 280 79 160 656 789 1176 374 147 164 .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.