Art Butler
1911–1916 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
456G
.241AVG
.323OBP
.303SLG
More career statistics
311H
3HR
101RBI
54SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 14 | 48 |
| Batting · Hits | 311 | 310 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 102 | 103 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,485 | 1,490 |
| Batting · Runs | 181 | 178 |
| Batting · RBI | 101 | 104 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 52 |
| Batting · Walks | 146 | 148 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 1,485 | 1,289 | 181 | 311 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 101 | 146 | 102 | 54 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 390 | .241 | .323 | .303 | .626 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1913-07-10 to 1913-07-26
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1915-08-08 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1914-05-14 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1915-06-10 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 212 | 636 | 124 | 2 | 44 | 62 | 36 | .223 | .292 | .288 |
| Away | 244 | 854 | 186 | 1 | 60 | 86 | 67 | .253 | .319 | .312 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 207 | 46 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 9 | .266 | .333 | .382 |
| May | 86 | 271 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 27 | .199 | .280 | .220 |
| June | 74 | 243 | 51 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 13 | .249 | .329 | .332 |
| July | 80 | 264 | 58 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 15 | .257 | .330 | .336 |
| August | 70 | 215 | 46 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 16 | .240 | .288 | .276 |
| September | 79 | 264 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 21 | .234 | .284 | .281 |
| October | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .318 | .346 | .364 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 66 | 204 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 15 | .277 | .353 | .353 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 65 | 209 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 25 | .253 | .325 | .296 |
| chicago-cubs | 63 | 224 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 14 | .207 | .263 | .247 |
| boston-braves | 62 | 201 | 45 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 11 | .254 | .308 | .299 |
| new-york-giants | 59 | 188 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | .251 | .298 | .311 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 58 | 183 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 13 | .208 | .290 | .299 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 55 | 174 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 7 | .254 | .351 | .352 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 28 | 107 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | .207 | .252 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Boston Braves | 27 | 68 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 153 | 42 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 214 | 60 | – | 26 | 9 | .280 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 274 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 14 | .201 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Cardinals | 130 | 469 | 118 | 1 | 28 | 24 | .252 | – | – |
| 1916 | St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 111 | 23 | – | 8 | 3 | .207 | – | – |