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Josh Butler PBrewers

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-11-1984
Height6' 5"
Weight200 lbs
Age28 years, 5 months, 9 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12009
2010
2011
2012
-0.42013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2009 MIL 24 3 0 4.0 0.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 4 4 0 9 6 6 1 3 9.00 6.81 7.77 -1.1 -0.1
Career304.00.04.0000000277440966139.006.817.77-1.1-0.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2006 HUD A- 5 2 13.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 CGA A 13 13 77.3 4.78 80 .221 .264 .337 .388 .270 .264 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 VRO A+ 10 9 49.3 7.13 78 .264 .263 .337 .394 .260 .286 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 BRV A+ 20 20 82.3 6.46 59 .280 .271 .342 .405 .267 .306 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 VRO A+ 3 3 17.0 5.96 72 .238 .269 .341 .398 .266 .304 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 MIL MLB 3 0 4.0 7.77 40 .374 .272 .349 .456 .279 .412 107 -1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1
2009 BRV A+ 9 9 51.0 4.15 106 .235 .258 .329 .382 .257 .280 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HUN AA 8 8 41.0 3.94 110 .224 .270 .346 .410 .272 .292 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 NAS AAA 3 3 15.0 3.44 116 .227 .267 .330 .400 .271 .317 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 BRR Rk 4 3 11.3 3.30 125 .285 .278 .357 .389 .287 .484 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 PEJ Wnt 6 6 14.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .519 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 BRV A+ 3 3 6.7 7.60 15 .322 .260 .333 .381 .257 .357 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HUN AA 10 10 53.3 6.27 66 .265 .275 .348 .413 .270 .305 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 NAS AAA 8 8 45.7 5.59 97 .241 .285 .354 .450 .273 .281 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HER Wnt 5 4 16.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .344 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 NAS AAA 28 28 141.7 7.02 66 .323 .290 .359 .460 .276 .314 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 HUN AA 6 0 9.0 10.19 -24 .218 .256 .337 .385 .273 .343 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 NAS AAA 4 4 17.3 8.69 8 .323 .286 .355 .444 .276 .236 70 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BRR Rk 4 2 6.0 5.53 109 .256 .288 .347 .450 .307 .286 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB04.07.7740.374.272.349.456.279.412107-1.1-0.1-1.1-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
2006 HUD A- 0 3 0 5 2 13.1 13 7 12 0 0% .333 8.9 4.8 0.0 8.2 1.53 5.50 0.0 0.0
2007 VRO A+ 4 3 0 10 9 49.3 51 21 34 9 55% .286 9.3 3.8 1.6 6.2 1.46 4.93 0.0 0.0
2007 CGA A 5 1 0 13 13 77.3 63 20 54 3 71% .264 7.3 2.3 0.3 6.3 1.07 2.33 0.0 0.0
2008 VRO A+ 0 2 0 3 3 17.0 18 5 10 1 58% .304 9.5 2.6 0.5 5.3 1.35 6.35 0.0 0.0
2008 BRV A+ 2 8 0 20 20 82.3 86 40 63 10 49% .306 9.4 4.4 1.1 6.9 1.53 5.36 0.0 0.0
2009 MIL MLB 0 0 0 3 0 4.0 7 6 3 0 53% .412 15.8 13.5 0.0 6.8 3.25 9.00 -1.1 -0.1
2009 PEJ Wnt 3 2 0 6 6 14.3 30 13 16 3 0% .519 18.9 8.2 1.9 10.1 3.01 11.96 0.0 0.0
2009 BRV A+ 6 0 0 9 9 51.0 44 23 32 0 55% .280 7.8 4.1 0.0 5.6 1.31 2.47 0.0 0.0
2009 HUN AA 2 1 0 8 8 41.0 37 13 33 2 57% .292 8.1 2.9 0.4 7.2 1.22 2.85 0.0 0.0
2009 NAS AAA 1 1 0 3 3 15.0 15 1 15 2 51% .317 9.0 0.6 1.2 9.0 1.07 3.60 0.0 0.0
2009 BRR Rk 0 1 0 4 3 11.3 15 6 16 0 55% .484 11.9 4.8 0.0 12.7 1.86 4.78 0.0 0.0
2010 HER Wnt 1 4 0 5 4 16.0 23 6 7 2 0% .344 12.9 3.4 1.1 3.9 1.81 9.00 0.0 0.0
2010 BRV A+ 0 0 0 3 3 6.7 11 5 3 1 52% .357 14.8 6.7 1.3 4.0 2.39 10.75 0.0 0.0
2010 HUN AA 3 5 0 10 10 53.3 56 26 36 5 50% .305 9.5 4.4 0.8 6.1 1.54 4.56 0.0 0.0
2010 NAS AAA 5 1 0 8 8 45.7 43 20 27 2 49% .281 8.5 3.9 0.4 5.3 1.38 4.53 0.0 0.0
2011 NAS AAA 9 8 0 28 28 141.7 171 76 96 24 52% .314 10.9 4.8 1.5 6.1 1.74 5.15 0.0 0.0
2012 BRR Rk 0 0 0 4 2 6.0 6 0 4 1 47% .286 9.0 0.0 1.5 6.0 1.00 4.50 0.0 0.0
2012 HUN AA 0 0 1 6 0 9.0 14 2 4 2 68% .343 14.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.78 4.00 0.0 0.0
2012 NAS AAA 0 3 0 4 4 17.3 14 11 9 1 41% .236 7.3 5.7 0.5 4.7 1.44 4.67 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-03-26 2010-06-01 15-DL 67 51 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2010-03-04 2010-03-22 Camp 18 0 Right Elbow Soreness -
2009-07-03 2009-08-17 Minors 45 0 Abdomen Strain Oblique -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 MIL $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$400,000
1 yrTotal$400,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 20 d2012

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Milwaukee (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Milwaukee (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2010). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/23/10. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 12/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 9/15/09.
  • Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Tampa Bay 4/22/08.
  • Drafted by Tampa Bay 2006 (2-47) (University of San Diego). $0.725M signing bonus.

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