![]() īutler started the 2018 season with Pawtucket. He elected free agency on November 6, 2017, and was re-signed to a minor league deal on January 11, 2018. In December 2016, Butler signed another minor league contract with Boston. Butler spent the 2016 season with the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, batting. On January 14, 2016, Butler signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox with an invitation to spring training. He elected free agency on November 6, 2015. Butler played the 2015 season with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, batting. Washington Nationals īutler was traded to the Washington Nationals on January 14, 2015, in exchange for Danny Rosenbaum. īutler was designated for assignment by the Red Sox on January 6, 2015. He was also the recipient of the Red Sox' Lou Gorman Award. 211 (4-for-19) with two RBIs in seven games. Overall, with the 2014 Red Sox, Butler hit. Butler's first MLB hit came in his fourth game, on September 10 against the Baltimore Orioles he went 3-for-4 including two doubles. He batted ninth in the lineup, catching starter Rubby De La Rosa. On August 10, Butler made his MLB debut as the starting catcher against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. The Red Sox promoted Butler to the major leagues on August 2, due to an injury to David Ross. It also marked his third Major League spring training camp with the big league team. In 2014, Butler entered his sixth season in the organization as one of the five catchers on the Boston Red Sox' 40-man roster. In a team-high 72 games behind the plate, he threw out 25 of 82 (30.5 percent) would-be base stealers, led the International League catchers with 54 assists, and was named the PawSox team MVP. 262 with a career-high 14 home runs and 45 RBIs in 84 games, leading Pawtucket with a. In 2013, his first full year at Triple-A, he hit. 247 average with nine homers and 37 RBIs in 95 games. In 2012, he divided his playing time between Portland and Pawtucket, collecting a. 241 with 12 home runs and 71 RBIs in 2011, while playing again for Salem, the Portland Sea Dogs of the Class AA Eastern League, and Pawtucket. He was named a SAL All-Star.īutler batted a combined. He also threw out 35.5 percent (49-of-138) of attempted base stealers across three different Minor League levels. While at Salem, he led all Carolina League catchers with a. 893 on-base plus slugging during stops for the Greenville Drive of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL), once more Salem, and the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Class AAA International League. Then, in 2010 he topped the Red Sox minor league system with a. Butler made his professional debut in 2009 with the Lowell Spinners of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League being promoted to the Salem Red Sox of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League late in the season. The Boston Red Sox signed Butler as an undrafted free agent after he graduated from Arizona. In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and Brewster Whitecaps, and was selected to the league All-Star team. 263 batting average with three home runs and 18 run batted ins (RBIs) in 27 games as a senior for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team. He enrolled at the University of Arizona, and played college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats. Playing career Amateur career īutler attended Greenway High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Butler is currently a bullpen catcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox in 20. ![]() Daniel John Butler (born October 17, 1986) is an American former professional baseball catcher.
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