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Johnny Butler

Birthdate:

3/20/1893

Died:

4/29/1967

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Fall River, KS, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player John Butler, Brooklyn Dodgers infielder, leaning to his right and holding his gloved right hand close to the ground, standing in a fielding position on the field at Wrigley Field prior to game against Chicago Cubs. 1926 Photo

SUMMARY
Informal portrait of baseball player Johnny Butler of the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, leaning to his right and holding his gloved right hand close to the ground, standing in a fielding position on the field at Wrigley Field, located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. Baseball players are standing in the background. SDN-066017, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

John Butler played for three different National League teams. He played 202 games at shortstop, 170 at third base and 8 at second base.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
4 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1926	BRO (NL)	147	501	54	135	27	5	1	68	54	44	6	0	0	5	17	0	.269	.346	SLG
1927	BRO (NL)	149	521	39	124	13	6	2	57	34	33	9	0	0	6	16	0	.238	.292	SLG
1928	CHC (NL)	62	174	17	47	7	0	0	16	19	7	2	0	0	3	6	0	.270	.352	SLG
1929	STL (NL)	17	55	5	9	1	1	0	5	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.220	SLG
4 years		375	1251	115	315	48	12	3	146	111	89	17	0	0	14	39	0	.252	.320	.SLG

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