Dan Butler

Daniel John Butler (born October 17, 1986) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox in 2014 and 2018. Butler later served as a bullpen catcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Playing career Amateur career Butler attended Greenway High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He enrolled at the University of Arizona, and played college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats. He had a .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. 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. Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox signed Butler as an undrafted free agent after he graduated from Arizona. 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. Then, in 2010 he topped the Red Sox minor league system with a .310 average and an .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. While at Salem, he led all Carolina League catchers with a .995 fielding percentage. He also threw out 35.5 percent (49-of-138) of attempted base stealers across three different Minor League levels. He was named a SAL All-Star.