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Brian
Buterbaugh		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 11, 1985
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Player 2011   
Most Valuable Player 2011   
All-Star Selections 2010    2011    2012    2016    2018    2023   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 LAS GL   0 1 1 3 4 3 5 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4
2005 20 LAS GL   1 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
2006 21 LAS GL   3 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5
2007 22 MON VL   4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6
2008 23 MON VL $ 100,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 7 7
2009 24 MON VL $ 100,000 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8
2010 25 MON VL $ 100,000 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
2011 26 KEN VL $ 100,000 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2012 27 KEN VL $ 100,000 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2013 28 KEN VL $ 13,780,000 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2014 29 MIN GL $ 13,780,000 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2015 30 DUR GL $ 13,780,000 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2016 31 DUR GL $ 12,830,000 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2017 32 DUR GL $ 12,830,000 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2018 33 VIR GL $ 12,830,000 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 8
2019 34 HOL GL $ 9,150,000 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 8 8
2020 35 HOL GL $ 9,150,000 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 8 8
2021 36 HOL GL $ 9,150,000 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 8 8
2022 37 MIL VL $ 8,300,000 6 7 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2023 38 MIL VL $ 8,300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8
2024 39 UTI VL $ 2,960,000 3 4 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 6
Min Ratings   0 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 4
Max Ratings $ 13,780,000 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 19 A   160 642 77 168 39 9 6 51 8 1 59 125 .262 .324 .379 .702 78.8  
2005 20 A   120 463 51 129 23 4 9 51 4 2 42 88 .279 .339 .404 .743 62.5  
2006 21 AA   79 333 36 94 16 0 5 23 7 1 26 53 .282 .334 .375 .710 42.1  
    A   38 141 10 35 8 2 3 12 0 0 14 31 .248 .316 .397 .713 17.7  
2007 22 AAA   143 546 68 166 39 2 15 67 9 7 52 66 .304 .365 .465 .830 87.3  
    AA   18 66 7 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 10 .121 .237 .152 .388 2.3  
2008 23 MON VL 160 631 86 184 37 3 14 65 4 2 45 70 .292 .344 .426 .770 86.8 9.5
2009 24 MON VL 160 634 99 189 50 3 14 118 16 1 56 45 .298 .355 .453 .807 99.7 20.1
2010 25 MON VL 150 588 115 190 41 3 22 107 23 1 69 41 .323 .395 .515 .910 115.9 24.2
2011 26 KEN VL 162 660 116 225 52 8 26 126 27 3 59 43 .341 .399 .562 .962 134.7 40.7
2012 27 KEN VL 159 624 112 198 50 2 30 132 12 2 74 36 .317 .388 .548 .936 127.0 35.3
2013 28 KEN VL 160 639 88 153 52 1 21 84 7 1 52 42 .239 .303 .423 .725 77.5 13.7
2014 29 MIN GL 160 620 81 182 58 3 18 98 9 4 61 39 .294 .363 .484 .847 100.5 22.7
2015 30 DUR GL 96 373 48 109 35 0 4 52 2 0 38 20 .292 .360 .418 .779 53.4 12.5
  BOS VL 66 244 37 80 23 0 12 46 1 0 27 7 .328 .395 .570 .965 49.5 11.5
  TOT   162 617 85 189 58 0 16 98 3 0 65 27 .306 .374 .478 .852 102.9 24.0
2016 31 DUR GL 158 610 115 198 51 1 33 139 12 3 62 43 .325 .386 .574 .960 125.7 27.3
2017 32 DUR GL 160 619 103 178 47 1 27 110 9 2 74 28 .288 .362 .498 .859 108.7 18.5
2018 33 VIR GL 159 645 107 205 64 1 15 82 4 2 54 40 .318 .375 .490 .865 105.8 15.4
2019 34 HOL GL 82 342 72 116 34 2 6 63 3 1 35 22 .339 .399 .503 .902 58.9 11.7
  VIR GL 77 314 60 92 25 2 10 42 2 0 41 19 .293 .373 .481 .854 51.7 12.0
  TOT   159 656 132 208 59 4 16 105 5 1 76 41 .317 .386 .492 .879 110.6 23.7
2020 35 HOL GL 161 677 111 209 52 2 33 134 1 2 60 41 .309 .364 .538 .902 118.2 21.6
2021 36 HOL GL 160 622 94 171 49 0 18 102 2 1 73 40 .275 .354 .441 .795 91.2 14.3
2022 37 MIL VL 147 573 92 174 39 0 23 102 1 1 72 34 .304 .385 .492 .878 103.1 21.7
    AAA   3 9 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .333 .538 .333 .872 2.3  
2023 38 MIL VL 157 605 118 184 35 2 39 125 1 0 69 39 .304 .376 .562 .938 116.2 19.7
2024 39 UTI VL 77 192 21 48 4 0 4 27 1 0 16 14 .250 .308 .333 .641 20.0 1.0
  BOS VL 29 114 17 39 5 1 8 20 0 0 8 6 .342 .382 .614 .996 23.8 0.6
  TOT   106 306 38 87 9 1 12 47 1 0 24 20 .284 .335 .438 .773 43.8 1.6
    AAA   6 24 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .250 .280 .333 .613 2.1  
17 Years Sim 2640 10326 1692 3124 803 35 377 1774 137 26 1045 669 .303 .368 .497 .865 1768.1 353.9
3 Years AAA 152 579 76 175 41 2 15 73 9 7 57 69 .302 .368 .458 .825 91.7  
2 Years AA 97 399 43 102 18 0 5 24 7 1 36 63 .256 .324 .338 .663 44.3  
3 Years A 318 1246 138 332 70 15 18 114 12 3 115 244 .266 .335 .390 .725 159.0  
8 Years Minors 567 2224 257 609 129 17 38 211 28 11 208 376 .274 .341 .398 .740 295.0  
162 Game Average 633 103 191 49 2 23 108 8 1 64 41 .303 .368 .497 .865 108.5  
Career Highs 162 677 132 225 64 8 39 139 27 4 76 70 .341 .399 .574 .962 134.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7664 1249 2350 616 26 281 1305 105 19 768 533 .307 .371 .504 .875 1352.5
vs LH   2662 443 774 187 9 96 469 29 7 277 136 .291 .360 .476 .836 439.2
Home 1327 5043 808 1563 415 17 178 882 62 13 504 316 .310 .375 .505 .880 893.6
Away 1313 5283 884 1561 388 18 199 892 72 13 541 353 .295 .362 .489 .851 898.1
RISP   2590 0 817 209 9 94 1306 0 0 314 179 .315 .379 .512 .891 484.3
Pinch Hitting   39 5 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 5 .205 .262 .308 .570 2.7
Close/Late   1112 115 316 88 5 31 169 0 0 114 83 .284 .353 .456 .809 171.5
Mar/Apr 424 1674 239 489 124 6 60 291 19 2 161 122 .292 .355 .481 .836 275.2
May 429 1692 298 544 151 5 64 277 24 4 165 104 .322 .384 .530 .914 317.0
June 421 1695 266 496 112 4 63 277 19 4 153 101 .293 .353 .475 .828 273.1
July 346 1329 221 415 110 2 49 243 19 4 147 74 .312 .381 .509 .890 243.2
August 422 1650 275 494 122 8 50 269 20 6 158 117 .299 .363 .474 .837 269.6
Sep/Oct 598 2286 393 686 184 10 91 417 33 6 261 151 .300 .374 .509 .883 413.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2008 23 MON VL CF 158 158 1375.0 434 11 11 3 .976 2.91   2.9
2009 24 MON VL LF 90 90 796.0 152 6 11 1 .935 1.79   2.1
    RF 69 69 598.7 139 2 5 0 .966 2.12    
2010 25 MON VL CF 37 36 321.0 78 2 3 0 .964 2.24    
    LF 112 112 993.3 233 5 13 1 .948 2.16   3.7
2011 26 KEN VL LF 50 50 457.3 105 1 6 0 .946 2.09   1.0
2012 27 KEN VL CF 6 5 46.0 17 1 1 0 .947 3.52    
    LF 49 49 438.7 115 2 2 1 .983 2.40   1.9
2013 28 KEN VL RF 120 117 1066.0 257 10 11 5 .960 2.25   4.0
2014 29 MIN GL CF 116 116 1035.3 332 6 6 2 .983 2.94   4.5
    RF 42 42 377.0 117 3 6 0 .952 2.86    
2015 30 DUR GL CF 57 57 510.3 139 3 5 1 .966 2.50   2.1
  BOS VL CF 39 39 335.3 91 2 3 1 .969 2.50   1.0
  TOT   CF 96 96 845.6 230 5 8 2 .967 2.50   3.0
  DUR GL LF 37 37 332.1 87 2 4 1 .957 2.41   0.0
  BOS VL LF 25 25 218.2 57 2 2 0 .967 2.43   0.0
  TOT   LF 62 62 550.3 144 4 6 1 .961 2.42   0.0
  DUR GL RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BOS VL RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2016 31 DUR GL CF 158 158 1403.3 467 8 11 1 .977 3.05   8.1
2017 32 DUR GL CF 157 157 1394.3 448 8 10 0 .979 2.94   6.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2018 33 VIR GL CF 112 111 1004.7 325 5 5 2 .985 2.96   4.8
    RF 47 47 420.0 92 2 4 1 .959 2.01    
2019 34 HOL GL CF 47 47 424.2 149 5 4 1 .975 3.27   4.0
  VIR GL CF 44 44 399.8 140 4 3 0 .980 3.24   3.4
  TOT   CF 91 91 824.0 289 9 7 1 .977 3.25   7.4
  HOL GL LF 35 33 294.8 77 1 3 0 .963 2.38   0.0
  VIR GL LF 33 31 277.8 73 0 2 0 .973 2.37   0.0
  TOT   LF 68 64 572.6 150 1 5 0 .968 2.37   0.0
2020 35 HOL GL CF 160 160 1443.0 452 9 8 1 .983 2.88   8.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2021 36 HOL GL CF 160 160 1416.3 443 6 13 4 .972 2.85   9.2
2022 37 MIL VL CF 143 143 1258.7 390 13 9 4 .978 2.88   4.6
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2023 38 MIL VL CF 155 154 1349.0 400 8 15 4 .965 2.72   5.8
2024 39 UTI VL 2B 1 1 5.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.89   0.1
  BOS VL 2B 0 0 3.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.45   0.0
  TOT   2B 1 1 9.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 7.00   0.1
  UTI VL CF 70 46 394.6 117 1 4 0 .967 2.69   1.8
  BOS VL CF 27 18 230.8 69 1 2 0 .972 2.73   0.6
  TOT   CF 97 64 625.4 186 2 6 0 .969 2.71   2.4
  UTI VL LF 4 3 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  BOS VL LF 2 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
  TOT   LF 6 4 38.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.0
  CF 1646 1609 14341.6 4491 93 113 24 .976 2.88   67.9
  LF 440 431 3853.2 908 19 43 4 .956 2.17   8.8
  RF 285 276 2478.7 606 17 26 6 .960 2.26   4.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 7.00   0.1
Career Totals   2372 2317 20682.5 6008 133 182 36 .971 2.67   80.8
Career Highs   162 160 1444.0 467 13 16 5 .983 3.05    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 26 KEN VL 13 53 9 14 0 0 4 8 1 0 4 9 .264 .316 .491 .806
2012 27 KEN VL 16 66 12 20 4 0 4 10 2 0 3 3 .303 .343 .545 .888
2013 28 KEN VL 5 22 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .227 .318
2016 31 DUR GL 16 69 7 25 6 0 2 9 0 0 0 4 .362 .371 .536 .908
2017 32 DUR GL 5 22 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .364 .391 .409 .800
2020 35 HOL GL 14 57 11 17 1 1 3 8 0 1 6 8 .298 .369 .509 .878
2021 36 HOL GL 3 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
2023 38 MIL VL 8 31 6 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .226 .294 .355 .649
2024 39 UTI VL 7 25 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .200 .222 .200 .422
Career Post-Season Batting 87 354 55 101 16 1 14 42 3 1 18 45 .285 .329 .455 .784
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2010-5-.323
2011-1-.341
2012-7-.317
 On-Base Pct
2010-7-.395
2011-4-.399
2012-8-.388
 Slugging Pct
2011-2-.562
2012-4-.548
2016-3-.574
2020-9-.538
2023-8-.562
 OPS
2010-5-.910
2011-1-.962
2012-3-.936
2014-9-.847
2016-5-.960
 XR
2010-6-115.9
2011-1-134.7
2012-2-127.0
2016-5-125.7
2020-9-118.2
CAR-8-1768.1
 Games
2011-1-162
2013-3-160
2014-10-160
2017-8-160
2020-5-161
CAR-12-2640
At-Bats
2013-9-639
2019-7-656
2020-4-677
CAR-14-10326
 Runs
2010-5-115
2011-3-116
2012-2-112
2016-9-115
2019-3-132
CAR-12-1692
 Hits
2011-1-225
2012-5-198
2018-5-205
2019-8-208
2020-7-209
CAR-9-3124
 Total Bases
2011-1-371
2012-4-342
2014-8-300
2016-3-350
2020-2-364
2023-8-340
CAR-9-5128
 Singles
2011-10-139
CAR-19-1909
 Doubles
2009-2-50
2010-6-41
2011-2-52
2012-2-50
2013-2-52
2014-2-58
2016-5-51
2017-5-47
2018-1-64
2019-3-59
2020-2-52
2021-10-49
CAR-1-803
Triples
2011-3-8
 Homeruns
2020-10-33
2023-9-39
 RBIs
2009-8-118
2011-3-126
2012-2-132
2016-2-139
2020-3-134
2023-8-125
CAR-8-1774
 Walks
CAR-34-1045
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 122    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 72    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 33rd overall pick, by Las Vegas (from Montana) in 2004
Injured on 5/30/2005 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/4/2005 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/1/2006 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7-8 weeks
Traded from Las Vegas to Montana on 3/2/2007
Injured on 6/17/2007 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Named AAA Player of the Year in 2007
Had first career hit on 4/2/2008, off Michael Beckles (CAP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/2008, off Chet Brooking (DAK)
Was selected to the 2008 All-Rookie Team
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar Game
Injured on 9/30/2010 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/30/2010
Traded from Montana to Kentucky on 3/2/2011
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Named MVP of 2011 Allstar Game
Drove in 6 runs against Arizona on 9/4/2011
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 10/7/2011
Won Solecismic Series with Kentucky in 2011
Won Most Valuable Player in 2011, hitting .341 with 26 HR, 126 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/28/2012
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2012, hitting .353 with 6 HR, 30 RBI
 
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