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Name	Team	Age
John Butler	Retired (1964, Age 35)	Died (2005, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25 (1950)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vince Coleman League	0	12 years (94 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	D+	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A	B+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	C
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	B-	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	3/12/1929
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	3	6
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.0 %)	A+ (96.1 %)	D  (15.9 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Minors

15.00

2 / 2

3 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 0

5 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 1

12 / 15

1950

Majors

8.37

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

5 / 8

1951

Minors

29.00

3 / 4

4 / 6

2 / 4

4 / 5

3 / 3

1 / 2

2 / 5

19 / 29

1951

Majors

7.58

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

3 / 7

1952

Majors

22.74

0 / 3

2 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 4

4 / 4

1 / 4

2 / 3

11 / 22

1953

Majors

14.77

2 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 3

10 / 14

1954

Majors

30.59

2 / 4

1 / 5

2 / 4

1 / 6

6 / 6

0 / 2

2 / 3

14 / 30

1955

Majors

39.71

5 / 10

0 / 2

4 / 8

3 / 3

2 / 5

3 / 6

1 / 5

18 / 39

1956

Majors

25.34

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 4

1 / 2

4 / 6

9 / 25

1957

Majors

5.20

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 5

1958

Minors

5.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 5

1958

Majors

6.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 6

1959

Minors

8.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 8

1959

Majors

6.40

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 6

1960

Majors

7.19

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 7

1961

Majors

11.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 11

1962

Majors

8.69

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 8

1963

Majors

11.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 11

1964

Majors

4.70

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 4

Total

0

0

0

18 / 38

13 / 34

13 / 48

12 / 34

26 / 36

10 / 27

16 / 43

108 / 260

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	John Butler has retired from the Cleveland Ballbusters
1959-08-12	The Cleveland Ballbusters have promoted John Butler to the major league team.
1958-08-10	The Cleveland Ballbusters have acquired John Butler from the waiver wire.
1958-07-29	The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived John Butler.
1958-07-22	The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Bobby Bowerman to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated John Butler for assignment.
1958-07-22	The Chicago Axe Grinders have acquired John Butler from the waiver wire.
1958-07-22	The Chicago Axe Grinders have demoted Don Johnson to the minor leagues.
1958-07-15	The Baltimore Blackshirts have designated John Butler for assignment.
1951-08-13	The Baltimore Blackshirts have promoted John Butler to the major league team. The Baltimore Blackshirts have promoted Ron Holtgrave to the major league team. The Baltimore Blackshirts have designated Bill Ruffing for assignment. The Baltimore Blackshirts have designated Belve Curd for assignment.
1950-06-22	The Baltimore Blackshirts have promoted Jim Phillips to the major league team. The Baltimore Blackshirts have sent John Butler to the minors.