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Brett Butler played 17 major-league seasons (1981-1997) as a OF (2,159). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 24 | ATL | 40 | 126 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 17 | .254 | .669 | 97 |
| 1982 | 25 | ATL | 89 | 240 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 35 | .217 | .516 | 51 |
| 1983 | 26 | ATL | 151 | 549 | 84 | 154 | 5 | 37 | 39 | 54 | 56 | .281 | .738 | 112 |
| 1984 | 27 | CLE | 159 | 602 | 108 | 162 | 3 | 49 | 52 | 86 | 62 | .269 | .717 | 100 |
| 1985 | 28 | CLE | 152 | 591 | 106 | 184 | 5 | 50 | 47 | 63 | 42 | .311 | .808 | 122 |
| 1986 | 29 | CLE | 161 | 587 | 92 | 163 | 4 | 51 | 32 | 70 | 65 | .278 | .731 | 100 |
| 1987 | 30 | CLE | 137 | 522 | 91 | 154 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 91 | 55 | .295 | .825 | 120 |
| 1988 | 31 | SFN | 157 | 568 | 109 | 163 | 6 | 43 | 43 | 97 | 64 | .287 | .791 | 137 |
| 1989 | 32 | SFN | 154 | 594 | 100 | 168 | 4 | 36 | 31 | 59 | 69 | .283 | .703 | 109 |
| 1990 | 33 | SFN | 160 | 622 | 108 | 192 | 3 | 44 | 51 | 90 | 62 | .309 | .781 | 124 |
| 1991 | 34 | LAN | 161 | 615 | 112 | 182 | 2 | 38 | 38 | 108 | 79 | .296 | .744 | 119 |
| 1992 | 35 | LAN | 157 | 553 | 86 | 171 | 3 | 39 | 41 | 95 | 67 | .309 | .803 | 137 |
| 1993 | 36 | LAN | 156 | 607 | 80 | 181 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 86 | 69 | .298 | .758 | 111 |
| 1994 | 37 | LAN | 111 | 417 | 79 | 131 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 68 | 52 | .314 | .857 | 131 |
| 1995 | 38 | NYN|LAN | 129 | 513 | 78 | 154 | 1 | 38 | 32 | 67 | 51 | .300 | .753 | 106 |
| 1996 | 39 | LAN | 34 | 131 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 | .267 | .603 | 66 |
| 1997 | 40 | LAN | 105 | 343 | 52 | 97 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 42 | 40 | .283 | .686 | 88 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | OF | 37 | 33 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 77 | 55 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 143 | 130 | 284 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| 1984 | OF | 156 | 149 | 448 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 1985 | OF | 150 | 148 | 437 | 19 | 1 | 5 |
| 1986 | OF | 159 | 151 | 434 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 1987 | OF | 136 | 135 | 393 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1988 | OF | 155 | 150 | 395 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1989 | OF | 152 | 149 | 407 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 1990 | OF | 159 | 158 | 420 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 161 | 160 | 372 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | OF | 155 | 152 | 353 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 1993 | OF | 155 | 154 | 369 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 111 | 108 | 260 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | OF | 128 | 127 | 282 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1996 | OF | 34 | 34 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 91 | 87 | 163 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 103 / 336 | 1 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.