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Wally Berger League
5-27-2116
Claude Butler First Base
Retired (1971, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .289 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .819 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 2364 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 04-10-1931
HR 248 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1954)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(93 games)
RBI 1152
SB 277
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS C- (32.7%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 1
3B D- (6.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1954 CLE
135
528
79
133
25
5
14
80
50
 98 6 3
15
 7 15
.720
.322
.398
.146
.252
1955 CLE
139
542
81
160
31
0
13
78
59
 78 3 7
29
 4 18
.788
.363
.424
.129
.295
1956 CLE
139
553
93
162
34
11
20
81
67
 86 5 4
11
 9 10
.875
.372
.503
.210
.293
1957 CLE
139
547
83
156
30
8
18
83
73
 88 2 4
18
 1 7
.837
.369
.468
.183
.285
1958 CLE
139
521
92
159
26
8
16
87
65
 83 4 6
10
 3 8
.860
.383
.478
.173
.305
1959 CLE
139
539
108
169
31
11
16
81
73
 84 8 2
18
 4 8
.903
.402
.501
.187
.314
1960 CLE
120
468
78
146
28
2
21
68
58
 67 3 2
22
 3 6
.905
.390
.515
.203
.312
1961 CLE
129
507
81
155
23
5
20
90
55
 78 3 5
15
 5 8
.863
.374
.489
.183
.306
1962 CLE
127
501
70
142
29
5
14
58
55
 75 3 3
17
 3 6
.801
.356
.445
.162
.283
1963 CLE
139
550
79
150
23
7
18
85
53
 86 1 3
28
 1 8
.774
.336
.438
.165
.273
1964 CLE
142
490
100
157
31
3
22
75
59
 70 2 2
23
 1 9
.925
.394
.531
.210
.320
1965 CLE-PIT
141
382
61
98
17
6
8
50
47
 64 2 0
16
 3 8
.736
.341
.395
.139
.257
1966 PIT
150
503
90
152
33
7
18
69
50
 89 4 3
16
 8 2
.871
.368
.503
.201
.302
1967 PIT
132
400
62
111
22
6
11
59
61
 65 4 2
21
 2 3
.822
.377
.445
.167
.278
1968 PIT
133
441
52
122
25
2
9
50
35
 79 0 2
15
 1 1
.732
.328
.404
.127
.277
1969 PIT
86
265
28
71
15
1
4
27
26
 36 1 0
0
 1 1
.713
.336
.377
.109
.268
1970 PIT
100
359
36
94
20
3
4
22
35
 64 1 2
3
 0 3
.695
.327
.368
.106
.262
1971 PIT
43
93
12
27
4
2
2
9
7
 15 0 0
0
 0 1
.781
.340
.441
.151
.290
Total
2272
8189
1285
2364
447
92
248
1152
928
 1305 52 50
277
 56 122
.819
.363
.457
.168
.289
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Claude Butler has retired from the Pittsburgh Lynx
1965-08-08A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Lynx and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Lefty Grove, Don Cash, Gregg Pickup, Leon McNamara from the Pittsburgh Lynx in exchange for George Cravath, Claude Butler.
1954-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Claude Butler to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Sam Kline to the minors.