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Paul
Butte		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 3, 1947 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 25 PHX JL $ 900,000 3 6 5 6 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 5 6 4 5
1974 26 BIR FL $ 1,343,571 3 5 4 6 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 4 5
1975 27 BIR FL $ 1,800,000 2 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
1976 28 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000 3 5 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4
1977 29 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000 3 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
1978 30 PHX JL $ 500,000 2 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4
1979 31 PHX JL $ 500,000 2 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
1980 32 BRK FL   2 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 5 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000 3 6 5 6 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 5 6 4 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 25 PHX JL 152 542 69 148 28 4 7 45 35 5 45 102 .273 .328 .378 .706 69.4 9.7
1974 26 BIR FL 50 83 10 20 3 1 2 6 3 1 6 10 .241 .289 .373 .662 8.8 0.9
    AAA   93 342 66 113 36 5 6 61 16 7 65 52 .330 .437 .518 .955 73.5  
1975 27 BIR FL 14 22 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .227 .292 .318 .610 2.0 0.2
    AAA   110 382 53 103 25 3 8 56 14 3 40 62 .270 .339 .414 .752 54.5  
1976 28 MRQ JL 15 13 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 .385 .500 .692 1.192 3.8 1.2
    AAA   135 522 72 153 41 4 12 56 19 5 67 98 .293 .374 .456 .829 88.1  
1977 29 AAA   108 415 50 116 28 2 8 45 18 7 51 80 .280 .358 .414 .773 62.4  
1978 30 PHX JL 122 272 38 74 21 10 3 46 9 1 20 51 .272 .322 .456 .778 38.3 6.8
1979 31 PHX JL 25 39 11 9 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 10 .231 .302 .462 .764 5.4 0.8
    AAA   107 400 71 121 33 1 10 53 17 2 50 74 .303 .380 .465 .845 70.3  
1980 32 AAA   97 150 24 45 12 1 4 22 10 0 24 30 .300 .397 .473 .870 29.3  
6 Years Sim 378 971 135 261 56 16 15 107 48 7 80 180 .269 .324 .406 .730 127.6 19.6
6 Years AAA 650 2211 336 651 175 16 48 293 94 24 297 396 .294 .378 .453 .831 378.2  
162 Game Average 416 57 111 24 6 6 45 20 3 34 77 .269 .324 .406 .730 54.7  
Career Highs 152 542 69 148 28 10 7 46 35 5 45 102 .385 .500 .692 1.192 69.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   814 121 229 48 12 14 88 42 7 76 158 .281 .342 .421 .764 119.7
vs LH   157 14 32 8 4 1 19 6 0 4 22 .204 .222 .325 .547 11.3
Home 193 511 66 139 36 9 6 56 18 3 31 99 .272 .313 .413 .726 65.0
Away 185 460 69 122 20 7 9 51 30 4 49 81 .265 .335 .398 .733 66.0
RISP   211 0 60 13 5 3 84 0 0 16 44 .284 .332 .436 .768 29.3
Pinch Hitting   103 19 33 11 1 3 18 1 0 10 16 .320 .377 .534 .911 19.1
Close/Late   153 30 36 11 3 1 14 0 0 13 24 .235 .295 .366 .661 16.2
Mar/Apr 70 187 24 49 11 3 3 24 9 3 11 41 .262 .303 .401 .704 22.5
May 48 128 18 35 13 2 1 21 1 0 10 22 .273 .326 .430 .756 17.0
June 65 141 24 40 9 1 2 14 10 0 11 26 .284 .331 .404 .735 20.2
July 44 117 17 31 6 1 3 11 6 0 4 18 .265 .289 .410 .700 14.4
August 48 168 18 43 6 3 1 17 5 1 16 30 .256 .321 .345 .666 19.4
Sep/Oct 103 230 34 63 11 6 5 20 17 3 28 43 .274 .353 .439 .792 37.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 25 PHX JL RF 124 118 1070.7 275 8 1 1 .996 2.38   3.1
    LF 4 3 29.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.03    
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 26 BIR FL RF 21 13 129.0 34 1 1 1 .972 2.44   0.4
1975 27 BIR FL RF 12 3 43.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.1
1976 28 MRQ JL RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1978 30 PHX JL RF 38 29 275.0 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.83   1.4
    LF 43 22 229.7 47 1 0 1 1.000 1.88    
    CF 10 8 78.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 31 PHX JL LF 9 4 44.0 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.2
    RF 7 4 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58    
    CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
  RF 205 167 1566.3 379 10 2 2 .995 2.24   5.0
  LF 60 29 309.3 69 3 0 1 1.000 2.09   0.2
  CF 13 9 90.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   279 205 1968.3 471 13 2 3 .996 2.21   5.2
Career Highs   130 121 1102.7 288 8 1 1 1.000 2.44    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1978-8-10
 Stolen Bases
1973-7-35
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Kelly Leak (970)
  5. Jake Garrido (970)
  6. Matt Elliott (969)
  7. Eric Dahlen (968)
  8. Marcellus Washington (964)
  9. Gene Richards (964)
  10. Roy Nicoletti (964)
History
Drafted in 14th round, 335th overall pick, by Phoenix in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Johan Schmatzhagen (CHI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1973, off Juan Mendoza (JAX)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Chicago on 6/28/1973
Traded from Phoenix to Birmingham on 1/31/1974 (Going to BIR: RF P. Butte, 1B N. Chumley, 3B C. Quintana, C R. Barrett. Going to PHX: 1B D. Yetnikoff, 3B K. Woodson)
Injured on 8/24/1975 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Birmingham to Marquette on 1/31/1976 (Going to BIR: P S. Webster, P D. Mcgahan. Going to MRQ: CF P. Lorenzen, RF P. Butte)
Injured on 7/27/1977 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/5/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 5/11/1979 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
 
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