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Name	Team	Age
Fred Butler	Retired (1985, Age 34)	Died (2027, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18 (1973)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League	0	6 years (48 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	C+	A
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	B+	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	10/23/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)
B+ (75.0 %)	B  (66.8 %)	D- (6.9 %)

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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

1973

Minors

26.00

2 / 3

3 / 4

2 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 6

4 / 6

2 / 2

14 / 26

1974

Minors

29.00

3 / 4

4 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 2

5 / 7

2 / 3

16 / 29

1975

Minors

18.00

3 / 3

0 / 1

3 / 5

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 0

8 / 18

1976

Minors

29.00

1 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 4

4 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 2

6 / 7

14 / 29

1977

Minors

19.00

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 2

1 / 1

3 / 4

1 / 1

10 / 19

1977

Majors

0.88

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1978

Minors

15.00

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 4

4 / 15

1979

Minors

25.00

1 / 1

1 / 4

3 / 4

3 / 6

0 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 5

11 / 25

1980

Majors

27.62

162

22

0

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 7

1 / 1

1 / 2

4 / 27

1981

Majors

28.37

162

21

0

0 / 3

2 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 2

3 / 28

1982

Majors

33.66

162

31

0

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 33

1983

Majors

55.34

162

81

0

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 3

2 / 55

1984

Majors

54.26

162

82

0

0 / 3

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 54

1985

Majors

36.62

120

64

42

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 36

Total

930

301

42

11 / 46

17 / 62

13 / 61

13 / 60

2 / 54

17 / 58

14 / 53

87 / 394

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	Fred Butler has retired from the Baltimore Orioles
1985-05-21	Fred Butler of the Baltimore Orioles is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1980-03-25	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Fred Butler to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Flint Johns to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Frank Schreiber to the major league team.
1977-06-21	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Roy Leibrandt to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Alex Bedell for assignment. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Fred Butler to the minors.
1977-04-28	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Fred Butler to the major league team.