What years did Drew Butera play?

Drew Butera played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021.

Was Drew Butera a pitcher?

No. Drew Butera was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 7 career games.

How many home runs did Drew Butera hit?

Drew Butera hit 19 career home runs with 262 hits.

What teams did Drew Butera play for?

Drew Butera played for 5 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2010–2013), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2014), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2015, 2021), the Kansas City Royals (2015–2018), and the Colorado Rockies (2018–2020).

What were Drew Butera's career stats?

In 556 games, Drew Butera had 262 hits, 19 home runs, 123 RBI, and 123 runs, with a .196 batting average.

What was Drew Butera's salary?

Drew Butera's last recorded salary was $1,162,500, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $1,162,500, in 2016, and his lowest was $400,000, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.

What position did Drew Butera play?

Drew Butera played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Drew Butera and how much did he weigh?

Drew Butera was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 212 pounds.

How many home runs did Drew Butera hit each season?

Drew Butera's home runs by season: 2 in 2010, 2 in 2011, 1 in 2012, 0 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 1 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 3 in 2017, 3 in 2018, 0 in 2019, 0 in 2020, and 0 in 2021. His most in one season was 4, in 2016.

What was Drew Butera's career batting average?

Drew Butera batted .196 over his career, with 262 hits in 1,337 at bats.

How many RBI did Drew Butera have?

Drew Butera drove in 123 runs in his career.

What was Drew Butera's career ERA?

Drew Butera finished with a 7.50 career ERA, going 0-0 with 5 strikeouts.

Is Drew Butera in the Hall of Fame?

No. Drew Butera has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Drew Butera

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2021)

Drew Butera was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021 for 5 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 12 seasons. In 556 career games, he hit .196 with 262 hits, 19 home runs, and 123 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 15, 2026

AVG .196

HR 19

RBI 123

H 262

OPS .542

PIV -4,292

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 212 lb
Born: 8/9/1983 in Evansville, IN, USA
MLB Debut: 2010-04-09
Last Game: 2021-05-27

Full name: Andrew Edward Butera

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Career Batting Statistics

Drew Butera — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
556	1,337	123	262	59	5	19	123	0	88	322	.196	.252	.290	.542	-4,292

Career AVG .196 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 22.4% below league average.

Career OBP .252 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 21.3% below league average.

Career SLG .290 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 29.0% below league average.

Career OPS .542 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 25.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Drew Butera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	MIN	AL	49	142	12	28	6	1	2	13	4	25	.197	.257 (-23%)	.325 (-27%)	.402 (-27%)	.728 (-27%)	-645.9
2011	MIN	AL	93	234	19	39	9	1	2	23	11	42	.167	.255 (-35%)	.320 (-35%)	.399 (-40%)	.719 (-38%)	-1419.4
2012	MIN	AL	42	111	7	22	6	0	1	5	9	26	.198	.254 (-22%)	.318 (-15%)	.405 (-31%)	.724 (-24%)	-410.4
2013	MIN	AL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	LAN	NL	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	LAN	NL	61	170	16	32	6	1	3	14	17	41	.188	.251 (-25%)	.313 (-15%)	.386 (-25%)	.700 (-21%)	-540.7
2015	LAA	AL	10	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	45	86	6	17	3	0	1	5	6	24	.198	.254 (-22%)	.316 (-16%)	.404 (-34%)	.721 (-26%)	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	56	123	18	35	10	1	4	16	8	36	.285	.255 (+11%)	.321 (+2%)	.417 (+15%)	.738 (+9%)	177.3
2017	KCA	AL	75	163	18	37	4	1	3	14	12	41	.227	.254 (-11%)	.324 (-12%)	.425 (-25%)	.750 (-20%)	-511.5
2018	KCA	AL	52	149	11	28	9	0	2	18	13	37	.188	.247 (-24%)	.318 (-19%)	.409 (-30%)	.727 (-25%)	-602.9
2018	COL	NL	10	14	2	3	0	0	1	3	2	2	.214	—	—	—	—	-602.9
2019	COL	NL	16	43	6	7	3	0	0	3	4	14	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	COL	NL	29	39	4	6	2	0	0	4	2	11	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAA	AL	12	32	1	3	1	0	0	5	0	16	.094	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			556	1,337	123	262	59	5	19	123	88	322	.196	—	—	—	—	-4,557

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Drew Butera — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	7	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	1	4	5	7.50	0.0

Career ERA 7.50 vs. league average 4.06 across their career seasons — 84.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Drew Butera — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	MIN	AL	1	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00	—	0.0
2014	LAN	NL	2	1.2	2	2	0	2	10.80	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
2018	KCA	AL	1	0.1	2	2	3	0	54.00	—	0.0
2020	COL	NL	1	1.2	3	1	0	1	5.40	—	0.0
Career · 5 seasons			7	6.0	8	5	4	5	7.50	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Drew Butera — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Drew Butera — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	AVG
2018	NLWC	COL	1	2	1	.000
2015	ALCS	KCA	1	1	0	.000
2015	ALDS1	KCA	1	0	1	.000
2015	WS	KCA	1	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Drew Butera — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	290	679	55	135	5	54	.199
Away	266	658	68	127	14	69	.193

Pitching — Home / Away

Drew Butera — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	5	4.1	6	3	3	3	6.23
Away	2	1.2	2	2	1	2	10.80

Last 10 Games — Batting

Drew Butera — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
2021-05-27	LAA	OAK	L	3	0	0	0
2021-05-26	LAA	TEX	W	3	0	0	2
2021-05-23	LAA	OAK	W	1	0	0	1
2021-05-21	LAA	OAK	L	3	0	0	3
2021-05-20	LAA	MIN	L	2	1	1	1
2021-05-18	LAA	CLE	L	3	0	0	0
2021-05-16	LAA	BOS	W	3	1	2	2
2021-05-14	LAA	BOS	L	3	0	0	2
2021-05-12	LAA	HOU	L	2	0	1	1
2021-05-10	LAA	HOU	W	2	0	1	1

Last 7 Games — Pitching

Drew Butera — Last 7 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-09-01	COL	SFG	—	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0
2018-07-07	KCR	BOS	—	0.1	2	2	2	3	0	0
2016-07-26	KCR	LAA	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-06-25	KCR	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2014-05-17	LAD	AZ	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1
2014-05-14	LAD	MIA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-05-20	MIN	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Drew Butera — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	31	4	82	10	1	6
C	521	390	2941	184	25	16
P	7	0	0	2	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Drew Butera — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2010	MIN	C	47	44	301	26	5	3
2011	MIN	C	93	75	418	38	5	3
2012	MIN	C	41	32	243	14	1	2
2012	MIN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013	MIN	C	2	1	3	0	0	0
2013	LAN	1B	2	1	15	0	0	1
2013	LAN	C	2	0	3	0	0	0
2014	LAN	1B	1	0	4	0	1	0
2014	LAN	C	57	48	434	30	0	2
2014	LAN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
2015	LAA	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0
2015	LAA	C	7	7	40	5	1	0
2015	KCA	1B	5	1	17	4	0	0
2015	KCA	C	42	23	171	12	3	1
2016	KCA	1B	2	0	2	0	0	0
2016	KCA	C	51	34	288	16	6	1
2016	KCA	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
2017	KCA	1B	4	0	13	1	0	1
2017	KCA	C	74	43	397	18	2	2
2018	KCA	1B	2	2	14	3	0	2
2018	KCA	C	48	41	309	10	2	0
2018	KCA	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	COL	1B	4	0	6	1	0	1
2018	COL	C	6	5	45	4	0	1
2019	COL	1B	3	0	7	1	0	0
2019	COL	C	14	13	99	6	0	0
2020	COL	1B	5	0	3	0	0	1
2020	COL	C	25	12	91	3	0	1
2020	COL	P	1	0	0	2	0	0
2021	LAA	C	12	12	99	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Drew Butera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	7
Catcher	521
First Base	31
Designated Hitter	2

Salary History

Drew Butera's recorded salaries total $4,379,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Butera's career ran from 2010 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.

Drew Butera — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	KCA	AL	$1,162,500
2015	LAA	AL	$987,500
2014	LAN	NL	$700,000
2013	MIN	AL	$700,000
2011	MIN	AL	$429,000
2010	MIN	AL	$400,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$4,379,000

College History

Drew Butera — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Central Florida	Orlando	FL	2003, 2004, 2005

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Drew Butera: the record in brief

Drew Butera's major league career runs from a debut on April 9, 2010 to a final game on May 27, 2021. The team column moves through the Minnesota Twins (2010 through 2013), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013 to 2014), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2015 to 2021), the Kansas City Royals (2015 to 2018), and the Colorado Rockies (2018 to 2020). Listed as a catcher, Butera threw and hit right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 1 inch and 212 pounds. The birth record reads August 9, 1983, in Evansville, IN, USA. Butera's full given name, per the bio, is Andrew Edward Butera.

The batting record for Butera: 556 games, 262 hits in 1,337 at bats, and a .196 average, along with 19 homers and 123 RBI. The on-base percentage is .252 and the slugging percentage .290, for an OPS of .542. Set against a .253 league average for the same years, Butera's .196 average sits 22.4% below it. In OPS terms, Butera's .542 stands 25.6% below the league's .729.

Frequently Asked Questions about Drew Butera

What years did Drew Butera play?: Drew Butera played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021.
Was Drew Butera a pitcher?: No. Drew Butera was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 7 career games.
How many home runs did Drew Butera hit?: Drew Butera hit 19 career home runs with 262 hits.
What teams did Drew Butera play for?: Drew Butera played for 5 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2010–2013), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2014), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2015, 2021), the Kansas City Royals (2015–2018), and the Colorado Rockies (2018–2020).
What were Drew Butera's career stats?: In 556 games, Drew Butera had 262 hits, 19 home runs, 123 RBI, and 123 runs, with a .196 batting average.
How much did Drew Butera earn in his career?: Drew Butera's recorded salaries total $4,379,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Butera's career ran from 2010 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.
What was Drew Butera's salary?: Drew Butera's last recorded salary was $1,162,500, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $1,162,500, in 2016, and his lowest was $400,000, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.
What position did Drew Butera play?: Drew Butera played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Drew Butera and how much did he weigh?: Drew Butera was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 212 pounds.
How many home runs did Drew Butera hit each season?: Drew Butera's home runs by season: 2 in 2010, 2 in 2011, 1 in 2012, 0 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 1 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 3 in 2017, 3 in 2018, 0 in 2019, 0 in 2020, and 0 in 2021. His most in one season was 4, in 2016.
What was Drew Butera's career batting average?: Drew Butera batted .196 over his career, with 262 hits in 1,337 at bats.
How many RBI did Drew Butera have?: Drew Butera drove in 123 runs in his career.
What was Drew Butera's career ERA?: Drew Butera finished with a 7.50 career ERA, going 0-0 with 5 strikeouts.
Is Drew Butera in the Hall of Fame?: No. Drew Butera has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.