- Drew Butera
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Drew Butera Minnesota Twins — No. 41 Catcher Born: August 9, 1983
Evansville, IllinoisBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut April 9, 2010 for the Minnesota Twins Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Batting average .178 Home runs 4 Runs batted in 36 Teams - Minnesota Twins (2010-present)
Career highlights and awards - Caught Francisco Liriano's No-Hitter (May 3, 2011)
Andrew Edward Butera (born August 9, 1983 in Evansville, Illinois) is a major league baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. The 6'1", 210 lbs. right-hander is the son of former Major league catcher Sal Butera, who played for the Twins from 1980 to 1982 and again in 1987.[1] They are the first father-son combo in Twins history.
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Biography
Early years
Upon graduation from Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Florida, Butera was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 48th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. He was then drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of Central Florida by the New York Mets.[2]
In 2007, Butera batted .258 with five home runs and 22 runs batted in for the St. Lucie Mets to be named a Florida State League All-Star. Following the All-Star game, Butera was promoted to the double A Binghamton Mets. After a month at Binghamton, he was dealt to the Twins at the trade deadline along with Dustin Martin for second baseman Luis Castillo. On November 19, 2008, he was added to the Twins' 40 man roster.[3]
Major League career
After playing winter ball with Lobos de Arecibo of the Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico,[4] Butera made the Twins out of spring training 2010.[5] Butera made his major league debut on April 9, 2010 against the Chicago White Sox, and got his first major league hit against the Cleveland Indians on April 22, 2010. He hit his first MLB career home run in a 13-10 eleven-inning win against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 19.
On May 3, 2011, Butera caught Francisco Liriano's no-hitter.
References
- ^ "Sal Butera". Baseball-reference.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=111808. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ Bryan Hoch (2005-06-08). "Q&A with Mets 5th Round Pick Drew Butera". http://mets.scout.com/2/385833.html.
- ^ Kelly Thesier (2008-11-19). "Twins add eight to 40-man roster". MLB.com. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081119&content_id=3685366&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min.
- ^ "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=460077. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ Anthony DiComo (2010-03-31). "Twins want Ramos to grow at Triple-A". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100331&content_id=9027192&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Minnesota Twins current roster Active roster 1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 2 Denard Span | 5 Michael Cuddyer | 7 Joe Mauer | 11 Ben Revere | 12 Alexi Casilla | 15 Glen Perkins | 16 Jason Kubel | 17 Lester Oliveros | 19 Danny Valencia | 23 Rene Tosoni | 24 Trevor Plouffe | 30 Scott Baker | 31 Alex Burnett | 33 Justin Morneau | 36 Joe Nathan | 37 Jim Hoey | 38 Luke Hughes | 41 Drew Butera | 47 Francisco Liriano | 48 Carl Pavano | 49 Jeff Manship | 50 José Mijares | 51 Anthony Swarzak | 52 Brian Duensing | 53 Nick Blackburn | 55 Matt Capps | 58 Scott Diamond | 57 Kyle Waldrop | 59 Kevin Slowey | 62 Liam Hendriks | 63 Joe Benson | 64 Chris Parmelee | 74 David Bromberg | 76 Deolis Guerra | -- Esmerling Vásquez
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Categories:- 1983 births
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