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Brett Morgan Butler

First name: Brett

Last name: Butler

Birthdate: 1957-06-15

Bats: L Throws: L

RetroID: butlb001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1981	ATL	1.8	0.3	2.2	0.2	0.9	1.3	3
1982	ATL	3.4	0.7	4.1	-0.9	0.4	3.8	1
1983	ATL	7.8	1.2	8.9	2.1	4.8	4.2	14
1984	CLE	8.8	1.9	10.6	3.7	6.8	3.8	20
1985	CLE	8.5	1.8	10.3	4.9	8.0	2.4	24
1986	CLE	8.6	1.9	10.4	3.2	6.3	4.1	19
1987	CLE	7.8	1.7	9.5	4.7	7.5	2.1	22
1988	SFN	8.6	2.0	10.6	6.3	9.4	1.2	28
1989	SFN	8.6	2.0	10.6	4.7	7.8	2.8	23
1990	SFN	9.2	2.2	11.4	5.2	8.6	2.8	26
1991	LAN	9.3	2.2	11.5	4.5	7.8	3.6	24
1992	LAN	8.8	2.0	10.8	3.4	6.6	4.2	20
1993	LAN	9.0	2.2	11.1	3.1	6.4	4.8	19
1994	LAN	6.2	1.5	7.7	4.3	6.6	1.2	20
1995	LAN	2.2	0.5	2.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	4
1995	NYN	5.2	1.2	6.4	2.3	4.2	2.2	13
1996	LAN	1.8	0.4	2.3	0.5	1.1	1.1	3
1997	LAN	5.0	0.9	6.0	0.6	2.4	3.6	7
Career		120.6	26.6	147.2	53.2	96.8	50.8	290

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1981	ATL	145	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	1	1	-1	-1	8.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	3
1982	ATL	268	-16	-17	-1	3	2	0	-3	0	-16	9.6	-1.7	0.0	0.0	-1.7	2
1983	ATL	613	4	-1	-2	0	0	0	10	-4	7	9.3	0.8	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	19
1984	CLE	709	4	2	4	5	2	1	1	-1	15	9.9	1.5	-0.1	0.1	1.5	15
1985	CLE	666	19	19	2	7	1	0	0	-1	29	10.2	2.8	-0.1	0.1	2.8	13
1986	CLE	683	2	2	0	4	1	1	4	-1	12	10.6	1.1	-0.1	0.1	1.1	18
1987	CLE	618	19	18	2	3	1	1	3	0	28	10.7	2.6	0.0	0.1	2.7	16
1988	SFN	679	26	29	-2	6	2	-1	3	0	37	8.9	4.2	0.0	-0.1	4.1	18
1989	SFN	672	4	6	-2	6	3	-2	12	0	23	8.9	2.6	0.0	-0.1	2.5	27
1990	SFN	732	20	22	-1	6	3	1	-4	1	27	9.5	2.8	0.1	0.0	2.9	12
1991	LAN	730	15	17	1	-2	3	1	-3	1	17	8.5	2.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	13
1992	LAN	676	26	27	-3	-2	4	1	-18	1	9	8.3	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.2	-2
1993	LAN	716	9	13	2	-2	2	0	-9	1	6	9.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.8	7
1994	LAN	496	18	22	-1	5	1	0	-2	1	25	9.7	2.6	0.1	0.0	2.7	9
1995	LAN	178	-1	1	-1	3	1	0	-6	0	-2	9.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-2
1995	NYN	418	4	6	-1	3	1	1	-1	1	9	9.5	0.9	0.1	0.0	1.0	8
1996	LAN	145	-7	-6	-1	2	1	1	3	0	0	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6
1997	LAN	401	-7	-3	-3	-1	2	-1	1	-1	-5	9.3	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	8
Career		9,545	138	156	-8	45	30	5	-8	-3	220	-	23.2	-0.3	0.1	23.0	190

Defense

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1981	ATL	LF	614	72	4.0	4	3	7	19	1	4
1981	ATL	CF	215	22	-2.0	-2	-2	-6	9	0	-2
1981	ATL	RF	76	11	0.0	0	0	-1	7	-1	-1
1982	ATL	CF	1608	190	-4.0	-4	-3	-18	62	0	-3
1983	ATL	LF	2597	308	11.0	13	11	32	125	-1	10
1983	ATL	CF	875	105	-1.0	-1	-1	-8	64	2	1
1983	ATL	RF	39	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	1	0	-1
1984	CLE	CF	4294	618	3.0	3	3	4	78	-2	1
1984	CLE	RF	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CLE	CF	4150	603	1.0	0	0	6	91	0	0
1986	CLE	CF	4344	599	2.0	2	2	-6	155	2	4
1987	CLE	CF	3748	539	9.0	8	7	17	131	-4	3
1988	SFN	CF	4061	544	7.0	7	6	8	188	-3	3
1989	SFN	CF	3996	553	11.0	12	10	18	210	2	12
1990	SFN	CF	4428	589	-3.0	-1	-1	-12	229	-3	-4
1991	LAN	CF	4182	530	0.0	-1	-1	-14	136	-2	-3
1992	LAN	CF	4032	514	-15.0	-18	-16	-50	137	-2	-18
1993	LAN	CF	4140	532	-8.0	-10	-9	-36	204	0	-9
1994	LAN	CF	2851	382	-3.0	-5	-5	-7	158	3	-2
1995	NYN	CF	2311	307	0.0	-1	-1	6	113	0	-1
1995	LAN	CF	954	117	-4.0	-5	-5	-14	47	-1	-6
1996	LAN	CF	755	102	4.0	3	3	3	19	0	3
1997	LAN	LF	911	104	4.0	3	3	3	24	0	3
1997	LAN	CF	1137	139	0.0	-1	-1	-7	53	-1	-2
		LF	4122	484	19.0	20	17	42	168	0	17
		CF	52081	6985	-3.0	-14	-14	-116	2084	-9	-23
		RF	118	16	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	8	-1	-2

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1982	ATL	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1989	SFN	0.5	0.1	0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.8	-1
1995	LAN	0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0
Career		0.7	0.1	0.8	-0.4	-0.3	1.1	-1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	BSR	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM	DVoDH
1982	ATL	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.3	0.0	0.0	0
1989	SFN	38	-2	-2	0	-3	-5	11.0	-0.5	-0.5	-2
1995	LAN	15	-1	-1	-1	0	-2	10.1	-0.2	-0.2	0
Career		54	-3	-3	-1	-3	-7	-	-0.7	-0.7	-2

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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