Brett Butler vs Gene Richards

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Brett Butler and Gene Richards compared on their MLB careers: Brett Butler played 17 seasons, 1981 to 1997, Gene Richards 8 seasons, 1977 to 1984. Brett Butler has .290 batting average to Gene Richards's .290.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brett Butler and Gene Richards career totals
2,213GP1,026
8,180AB3,549
1,359R502
2,375H1,028
54HR26
578RBI255
558SB247
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.7

Where each stands all time

Brett Butler and Gene Richards all-time places
132nd (2,375)Hits—
25th (558)Stolen bases240th (247)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Brett Butler: 0 championships; none on file
  • Gene Richards: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Brett Butler and Gene Richards season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1981.254041977.290532
2nd1982.217071978.308445
3rd1983.2815371979.279441
4th1984.2693491980.301441
5th1985.3115501981.288342
6th1986.2784511982.286328
7th1987.2959411983.275322
8th1988.2876431984.25204
9th1989.283436————
10th1990.309344————
11th1991.296238————
12th1992.309339————
13th1993.298142————
14th1994.314833————
15th1995.300138————
16th1996.26708————
17th1997.283018————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI