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Name Team Age
Rip Butler Retired (1968, Age 34) Died (1998, Age 64)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20
(1957)		 CF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Keith Hernandez League 0 6 years (44 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  B  C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- B  A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 3/20/1934
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.6 %) A+ (98.9 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1957 NYN 8 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .274 .154 .120 .120
1958 NYN 96 272 21 59 10 0 2 25 28 50 1 4 3 .568 .292 .276 .217
1959 NYN 57 123 12 30 5 0 1 17 8 16 2 1 0 .604 .295 .309 .244
1960 NYN 55 160 19 39 7 1 0 15 10 34 2 2 2 .593 .293 .300 .244
1961 NYN 51 121 14 30 5 0 1 12 7 27 0 0 1 .601 .287 .314 .248
1962 NYN 48 103 11 24 5 0 2 13 18 18 1 0 0 .684 .344 .340 .233
1963 NYN 26 56 5 10 2 0 0 2 7 12 2 0 1 .480 .266 .214 .179
1964 NYN 14 15 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 .600 .200 .400 .200
1965 NYN 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .933 .600 .333 .333
1966 NYN 8 18 1 6 2 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 .844 .400 .444 .333
1967 NYN-BOS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 369 897 86 205 36 1 7 91 82 170 8 8 7 .590 .295 .294 .229
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Rip Butler has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1968-04-18The New York Hitmen have waived Rip Butler.
1968-04-18The New York Hitmen have acquired Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Boston Madvillains have waived Rip Butler.
1967-10-03The Boston Madvillains have designated Rip Butler for assignment. The Boston Madvillains have sent Wilfredo Daubert to the minors.
1967-09-30The Boston Madvillains have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The Boston Madvillains have promoted Shooty Evers to the major league team.
1967-09-19The Boston Madvillains have acquired Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1967-06-25The New York Hitmen have waived Rip Butler.
1967-06-08The New York Hitmen have promoted Irvin Jamais to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1967-06-02The New York Hitmen have re-claimed Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1967-06-02The New York Hitmen have promoted Dan Jackson to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1967-05-13The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Andy Long for assignment.
1967-05-13The New York Hitmen have acquired Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1967-04-10The New York Hitmen have waived Rip Butler.
1967-03-25The New York Hitmen have promoted Dan Jackson to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1966-08-07The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1966-07-21The New York Hitmen have promoted Hal Whitehouse to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1966-07-21The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1966-07-21The New York Hitmen have acquired Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1966-05-13The New York Hitmen have waived Rip Butler.
1966-04-18The New York Hitmen have promoted Dan Jackson to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Cody Pennington to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment. The New York Hitmen have sent Randy Grunge to the minors.
1966-04-01The New York Hitmen have re-claimed Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1966-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Buddy Lofton to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1965-09-05The New York Hitmen have promoted Dan Jackson to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1965-05-06The New York Hitmen have promoted Roxy Carmichael to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1964-09-02The New York Hitmen have promoted Willie Jensen to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Roxy Carmichael to the major league team.
1964-07-13The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1964-06-16The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1964-05-12The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1964-04-01The New York Hitmen have re-claimed Rip Butler from the waiver wire.
1964-04-01The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1963-09-10The New York Hitmen have promoted Kelly Leak to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Larry Beasley to the major league team.
1963-08-24The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1963-07-23The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Kelly Leak to the minors.
1963-04-30The New York Hitmen have promoted Kelly Leak to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Rip Butler for assignment.
1962-04-30The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Tony Baird for assignment.
1962-04-11The New York Hitmen have promoted Jorge Loco to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1962-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Mike Johnson for assignment.
1961-10-03The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1961-09-02The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1961-07-06The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1961-07-04The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Joe Dillhoefer for assignment.
1961-07-04The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1961-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Bull Anderson to the minors.
1961-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Bull Anderson to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1960-07-04The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Freddy Thomas for assignment.
1960-05-31The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Curtis Tempo to the minors.
1960-05-16The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Norm Humphries for assignment.
1960-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Xavier Siempre for assignment.
1959-10-13The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1959-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Bill Alten to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Lefty Cox to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Morrie Kessler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1958-10-23The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1958-04-18The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Jerry Donahue to the minors.
1958-04-08The New York Hitmen have promoted Morrie Kessler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1958-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Larry Gyselman for assignment.
1957-10-13The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors. The New York Hitmen have sent Joey Springroll to the minors.
1957-09-26The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team.
1957-08-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Xavier Siempre to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have sent Rip Butler to the minors.
1957-07-26The New York Hitmen have promoted Rip Butler to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Gene Hart for assignment.