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Mike Piazza League
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Len Butler Second Base
Retired (1968, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .730 Status Deceased (2021) Option Years 0  
H 1565 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 08-09-1933
HR 101 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1955)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(117 games)
RBI 628
SB 182
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS (12.0%) Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 2
3B C- (29.6%) RF D+ (27.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1956 1B MON 92 92 794.1 864 839 20 5 52 -5 9.73 .994
2B MON 62 62 538.2 300 150 143 7 37 -9 4.90 .977
1957 2B MON 65 65 559.1 309 134 163 12 25 -9 4.78 .961
1B MON 12 12 112.0 123 120 3 0 6 -1 9.88 1.000
1958 1B MON 66 56 500.0 493 478 12 3 26 0 8.82 .994
2B MON 7 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1959 3B MON 94 94 795.2 303 58 221 24 7 -21 3.16 .921
1B MON 61 61 554.0 515 501 13 1 42 +6 8.35 .998
1960 2B MON 155 155 1368.2 759 336 411 12 86 +1 4.91 .984
1961 2B MON 85 85 753.0 416 182 231 3 55 +2 4.94 .993
1B MON 61 61 557.1 587 575 11 1 49 +2 9.46 .998
1962 2B MON 155 155 1387.1 819 362 437 20 105 -3 5.18 .976
1963 2B MON 155 155 1387.0 822 340 461 21 89 +7 5.20 .974
1964 2B MON 155 155 1411.2 821 350 461 10 92 +9 5.17 .988
1965 1B MON-NYA-DET 30 30 258.2 258 251 6 1 33 -1 8.94 .996
3B MON-NYA-DET 27 27 242.1 69 20 44 5 2 -1 2.38 .928
SS MON-NYA-DET 21 21 190.0 98 30 63 5 11 -1 4.41 .949
2B MON-NYA-DET 20 14 136.0 84 28 55 1 15 -2 5.49 .988
1966 1B DET 45 44 389.0 407 389 15 3 36 -2 9.35 .993
SS DET 15 15 129.0 63 19 38 6 6 -7 3.98 .905
3B DET 13 13 114.2 30 11 17 2 1 0 2.20 .933
2B DET 6 6 54.0 19 5 14 0 1 0 3.17 1.000
1967 RF DET 19 19 162.0 34 33 0 1 0 0 1.83 .971
2B DET 8 8 69.0 31 11 19 1 5 +1 3.91 .968
3B DET 2 2 19.0 5 3 2 0 0 -1 2.37 1.000
1B DET 4 1 14.0 18 18 0 0 1 0 11.57 1.000
1968 1B DET 15 0 22.1 19 19 0 0 1 -1 7.66 1.000
3B DET 3 2 20.0 6 0 6 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
2B DET 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
CF DET 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 2B 874 861 7679.2 4385 1901 2397 87 510 -3 5.04 .980
1B 386 357 3201.2 3284 3190 80 14 246 -2 9.19 .996
3B 139 138 1191.2 413 92 290 31 10 -23 2.89 .925
SS 36 36 319.0 161 49 101 11 17 -8 4.23 .932
RF 19 19 162.0 34 33 0 1 0 0 1.83 .971
CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1456 1411 12556.0 8277 5265 2868 144 783 -36 5.83 .983
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Len Butler has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1968-08-20The Detroit Arachnids have waived Len Butler.
1968-08-11The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Augie Bischoff to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have designated Len Butler for assignment.
1965-04-22A trade has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Detroit Arachnids. The Detroit Arachnids receive Dwight Eisenhower, Felix Stevens, Len Butler from the New York Rotties in exchange for Rip Tuero, Mike Larkin, Costen Brosius. Protest This Trade.
1965-04-03A trade has been completed between the Montreal Maroons and the New York Rotties. The New York Rotties receive Len Butler, Joe Stremmel, George Brant, Draft Pick 1966 Round 3 MON (Bill Heflin), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 MON (Scott Acker), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 MON (Joe Digilio), Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 MON (Blas Dexter), Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 MON (Tom Crooks) from the Montreal Maroons in exchange for Bill Chlupsa, Lee Nelson, Glenn Smyres. Protest This Trade.
1961-04-01Len Butler of the Montreal Maroons is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1955-10-23The Montreal Maroons have promoted Ron Batchelor to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted Darrell Smith to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted George Mattingly to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted Len Butler to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have designated Johnny Gallivan for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have designated Joe Mankowski for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have designated Ray Meara for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have sent George Batchelor to the minors.