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Johnny Butler

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 20, 1893 in Fall River, KS us

Died: April 29, 1967 in Seal Beach, CA

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1926 (Age 33-029d, 6,383rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1929 (Age 36-199d)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1926 season

Full Name: John Stephen Butler

Nicknames: Trolley Line

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1251

315

.252

115

RBI

146

OBP

.320

SLG

.317

OPS

.636

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	4	1	1	6	0
2	6	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
3	7	Apr 22	BRO		NYG	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	8	Apr 23	BRO		NYG	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	9	Apr 24	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	10	Apr 25	BRO		NYG	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	11	Apr 27	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	12	Apr 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	13	Apr 29	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
10	14	Apr 30	BRO		PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15	May 1	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	16	May 2	BRO		BSN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	17	May 3	BRO		BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	18	May 4	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
15	19	May 6	BRO	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	20	May 7	BRO	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	21	May 8	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	22	May 9	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	23	May 10	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	24	May 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
21	25	May 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	26	May 14	BRO	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	36	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	27	May 15	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	28	May 17	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	29	May 18	BRO	@	PIT	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	30	May 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	31	May 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	32	May 21	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	33	May 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-11	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	34	May 23	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
31	35	May 25 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	36	May 25 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	37	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	38	May 27 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	39	May 27 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	40	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
37	41	May 29	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
38	42	May 30	BRO		BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 2 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,5-12	GS	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	44	Jun 2 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,11-12	CG	65	12.0	1	4	0	5	1
41	45	Jun 4	BRO		NYG	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	46	Jun 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
43	47	Jun 6	BRO		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	48	Jun 8	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	49	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	GS	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	50	Jun 10	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	51	Jun 11	BRO		CIN	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	52	Jun 13	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	53	Jun 14	BRO		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	54	Jun 15	BRO		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	55	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	W,10-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	58 (2)	Jun 20	BRO		STL	L,0-9	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	59	Jun 21 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS	51	10.2	3	5	1	9	1
54	60	Jun 21 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	61	Jun 22	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	8	1	11	0
56	62	Jun 23 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
57	63	Jun 23 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
58	64	Jun 25	BRO		NYG	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
59	65	Jun 27	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	4	5	0	9	3
60	66	Jun 28	BRO		PHI	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
61	67	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	4	4	0	8	1
62	68	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	69	Jul 1	BRO		NYG	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	70	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	71	Jul 3 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
66	72	Jul 3 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
67	73	Jul 4	BRO		PHI	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
68	74	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	75	Jul 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	76	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
71	77	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	78	Jul 9	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
73	79	Jul 10 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.2	3	4	0	7	1
74	80	Jul 10 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
75	81	Jul 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	82	Jul 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 13	BRO	@	STL	L,10-12	CG	44	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
78	84	Jul 14	BRO	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
79	85	Jul 15	BRO	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	48	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
80	86	Jul 16	BRO	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
81	87	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
82	88	Jul 18	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
83	89	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
84	90	Jul 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
85	91	Jul 21 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	92	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	93	Jul 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-14	GS	37	6.0	2	4	0	6	1
88	94	Jul 24 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,8-12	CG	48	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
89	95	Jul 24 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	2	2	1	5	1
90	96	Jul 25	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	97	Jul 26	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	98	Jul 27 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
93	99	Jul 27 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	100	Jul 28	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	101	Jul 30	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
96	102	Jul 31	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	103	Aug 1	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
98	104	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	105	Aug 4	BRO		STL	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
100	106	Aug 5	BRO		STL	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	107	Aug 6	BRO		STL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
102	108	Aug 7 (1)	BRO		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
103	109	Aug 7 (2)	BRO		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
104	110	Aug 8	BRO		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	5	4	0	9	0
105	111	Aug 9	BRO		PIT	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
106	112	Aug 10	BRO		PIT	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
107	114 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
108	115	Aug 14 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
109	116	Aug 15 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
110	117	Aug 15 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,11-3	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
111	118	Aug 17	BRO	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
112	119	Aug 18	BRO	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
113	120	Aug 19	BRO	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	3	5	2	10	2
114	121	Aug 20	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	2
115	122	Aug 21	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	123	Aug 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
117	124	Aug 23 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	125	Aug 23 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
119	126	Aug 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
120	127	Aug 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
121	128	Aug 26	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	129	Aug 27	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
123	130	Aug 28	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	131	Aug 29	BRO		NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	9	0	10	0
125	132	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	2	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	133	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
127	134	Sep 4	BRO		PHI	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
128	135	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
129	136	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	32	6.1	1	4	0	5	0
130	137	Sep 7	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
131	138	Sep 8	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	38	8.2	1	7	1	9	1
132	139	Sep 9	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
133	140	Sep 11 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	141	Sep 11 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
135	142	Sep 12 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
136	143	Sep 12 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
137	144	Sep 13	BRO		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
138	145	Sep 14	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
139	146	Sep 15	BRO		CIN	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	1	3	6	0
140	147	Sep 16	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
141	148	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
142	149	Sep 18	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
143	150	Sep 19	BRO		PIT	L,4-7	CG	48	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
144	151	Sep 21	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
145	152	Sep 22	BRO		STL	L,7-15	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	153	Sep 25	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
147	154	Sep 26 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
							152gm		1262.0	298	407	34	739	48