Cliff
Butter
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 16, 1997 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2023   
Tyson Bacon Award 2027   
Bick Horizon Award 2018   
Zachary Matthews Award 2022   
Post Season MVP Award 2023   
All-Star Selections 2022    2023    2024    2025    2026    2027    2029   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 19 WA GE     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5
2017 20 WA GE $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 6 6
2018 21 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 4 5 5
2019 22 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 5 6 6
2020 23 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6
2021 24 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6
2022 25 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6
2023 26 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6
2024 27 KS GE $ 300,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6
2025 28 KS GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6
2026 29 ID GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6
2027 30 UT GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6
2028 31 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6
2029 32 UT GE $ 13,110,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,110,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 19 AAA   69 272 35 77 12 6 8 33 12 10 27 40 .283 .348 .460 .807 41.3  
    AA   50 192 31 53 10 1 7 27 7 7 19 19 .276 .341 .448 .789 28.0  
2017 20 WA GE 28 87 12 30 3 0 1 14 0 2 7 9 .345 .389 .414 .803 12.7 3.3
    AAA   125 470 80 138 32 5 18 66 23 14 76 55 .294 .392 .498 .890 89.3  
2018 21 WA GE 133 489 99 163 27 3 16 84 8 6 66 64 .333 .419 .499 .918 95.4 20.4
2019 22 WA GE 135 529 124 181 29 6 21 93 7 5 61 74 .342 .413 .539 .952 105.2 26.9
2020 23 KS GE 158 529 85 166 32 9 19 82 31 20 92 83 .314 .420 .516 .936 108.8 26.8
2021 24 KS GE 116 398 80 129 29 8 21 71 14 19 68 44 .324 .425 .595 1.020 89.5 25.9
2022 25 KS GE 135 498 96 162 26 11 24 100 7 12 66 65 .325 .404 .566 .970 102.3 23.6
2023 26 KS GE 150 536 125 176 33 6 24 95 26 24 80 65 .328 .421 .547 .968 110.7 28.6
2024 27 KS GE 157 591 126 183 31 9 30 119 25 15 71 67 .310 .389 .545 .934 115.2 26.3
2025 28 KS GE 152 525 119 174 31 11 28 87 21 24 81 72 .331 .423 .592 1.016 113.5 28.4
2026 29 KS GE 44 157 25 49 7 6 9 28 7 9 13 19 .312 .364 .605 .969 30.1 7.6
  ID GE 77 289 56 94 14 2 15 55 13 16 38 35 .325 .405 .543 .949 57.2 12.7
  TOT   121 446 81 143 21 8 24 83 20 25 51 54 .321 .391 .565 .956 87.3 20.3
2027 30 ID GE 39 140 19 43 5 2 4 19 6 5 15 15 .307 .376 .457 .833 22.6 7.3
  UT GE 114 423 85 152 16 3 34 97 17 16 42 54 .359 .418 .652 1.071 99.2 26.6
  TOT   153 563 104 195 21 5 38 116 23 21 57 69 .346 .408 .604 1.012 121.8 33.9
2028 31 UT GE 97 365 68 121 22 7 14 66 13 9 56 45 .332 .424 .545 .970 80.9 19.6
2029 32 UT GE 132 472 91 140 25 7 25 78 15 12 59 66 .297 .376 .538 .915 89.3 20.8
13 Years Sim 1667 6028 1210 1963 330 90 285 1088 210 194 815 777 .326 .409 .552 .961 1232.7 304.7
2 Years AAA 194 742 115 215 44 11 26 99 35 24 103 95 .290 .388 .484 .872 130.6  
1 Years AA 50 192 31 53 10 1 7 27 7 7 19 19 .276 .352 .448 .800 28.0  
3 Years Minors 244 934 146 268 54 12 33 126 42 31 122 114 .287 .381 .476 .857 158.6  
162 Game Average 585 117 190 32 8 27 105 20 18 79 75 .326 .409 .552 .961 119.8  
Career Highs 158 591 126 195 33 11 38 119 31 25 92 83 .346 .425 .604 1.020 121.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4257 885 1434 241 63 213 810 159 140 623 521 .337 .424 .573 .997 928.9
vs LH   1771 325 529 89 27 72 278 51 54 192 256 .299 .373 .501 .875 304.3
Home 826 2906 584 978 165 48 146 550 110 93 378 387 .337 .417 .577 .994 621.9
Away 841 3122 626 985 165 42 139 538 100 101 437 390 .316 .402 .529 .931 611.2
RISP   1553 0 504 70 30 76 753 0 0 286 213 .325 .424 .555 .979 351.6
Pinch Hitting   95 12 20 6 1 1 8 2 2 8 12 .211 .269 .326 .596 8.0
Close/Late   767 139 235 41 11 26 109 0 1 117 82 .306 .405 .490 .895 145.3
Mar/Apr 222 812 161 263 48 16 40 150 26 32 103 106 .324 .403 .570 .973 165.1
May 269 986 210 335 50 18 41 178 40 29 123 115 .340 .417 .552 .969 204.0
June 263 948 183 315 49 14 45 163 34 27 131 121 .332 .416 .556 .972 199.4
July 283 1057 213 326 45 12 53 184 42 28 138 137 .308 .393 .524 .917 204.5
August 299 1060 217 352 63 14 56 210 40 42 131 142 .332 .410 .576 .986 220.4
Sep/Oct 331 1165 226 372 75 16 50 203 28 36 189 156 .319 .415 .540 .955 239.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2017 20 WA GE RF 21 21 187.0 50 1 1 0 .981 2.45   0.5
    CF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
2018 21 WA GE RF 121 121 1076.0 295 2 6 1 .980 2.48   2.7
    CF 7 6 50.0 21 0 1 0 .955 3.78    
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
2019 22 WA GE CF 96 96 854.7 300 2 5 0 .984 3.18   5.2
    RF 31 31 283.0 80 1 1 0 .988 2.58    
    LF 7 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2020 23 KS GE CF 74 67 606.0 205 5 8 1 .963 3.12   2.4
    RF 68 68 601.0 151 2 2 0 .987 2.29    
    SS 11 11 94.3 14 23 1 5 .974 3.53   0.3
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
2021 24 KS GE RF 91 89 803.0 223 4 3 2 .987 2.54   2.9
    CF 15 15 137.0 42 0 1 0 .977 2.76    
    LF 7 5 43.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.09    
2022 25 KS GE RF 124 124 1108.7 282 1 5 0 .983 2.30   2.0
    1B 1 0 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
    CF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
2023 26 KS GE RF 145 143 1293.3 330 3 5 0 .985 2.32   2.9
    LF 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
2024 27 KS GE RF 147 147 1321.7 312 6 6 3 .981 2.17   2.2
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
2025 28 KS GE RF 139 139 1241.7 312 1 4 1 .987 2.27   2.8
    LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 5 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2026 29 KS GE LF 27 26 224.5 53 1 1 0 .982 2.16   0.8
    RF 16 15 122.6 32 1 1 0 .971 2.42   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  ID GE LF 46 46 432.1 102 1 2 1 .981 2.15   1.9
    RF 29 27 236.0 63 1 1 0 .985 2.44   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 73 72 656.6 155 2 3 1 .981 2.15   2.7
      RF 45 42 358.6 95 2 2 0 .980 2.43   0.0
      CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2027 30 ID GE CF 27 26 232.8 86 0 2 0 .977 3.32   1.1
    LF 9 8 74.8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  UT GE CF 78 77 698.5 260 2 4 0 .985 3.38   1.5
    LF 27 25 224.5 56 1 1 0 .983 2.29   0.0
    RF 3 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.0
  TOT   CF 105 103 931.3 346 2 6 0 .983 3.36   2.7
      LF 36 33 299.3 74 1 1 0 .987 2.26   0.0
      RF 4 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.0
2028 31 UT GE CF 94 94 851.7 315 7 6 1 .982 3.40   3.2
    LF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2029 32 UT GE CF 119 116 1039.3 348 3 5 0 .986 3.04   3.5
    LF 12 0 27.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.98    
  RF 937 925 8286.2 2132 23 35 7 .984 2.34   16.1
  CF 527 498 4508.0 1591 19 32 2 .981 3.21   17.0
  LF 153 110 1069.9 258 3 5 1 .981 2.20   2.7
  SS 12 11 96.0 14 23 1 5 .974 3.47   0.3
  1B 1 0 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
Career Totals   1630 1544 13968.0 4004 68 73 16 .982 2.62   36.1
Career Highs   155 147 1330.7 422 30 11 6 .988 3.39    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 20 WA GE 15 53 9 19 6 1 0 5 2 1 6 6 .358 .424 .509 .933
2018 21 WA GE 7 29 4 11 0 0 2 8 2 0 2 4 .379 .455 .586 1.041
2019 22 WA GE 7 27 5 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .185 .290 .296 .587
2022 25 KS GE 14 50 9 16 3 0 0 7 3 1 7 8 .320 .414 .380 .794
2023 26 KS GE 19 71 14 28 4 1 4 16 6 2 5 9 .394 .449 .648 1.097
2024 27 KS GE 5 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .235 .409 .235 .644
2025 28 KS GE 6 20 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 6 .100 .240 .300 .540
2028 31 UT GE 6 28 4 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 8 .321 .345 .429 .773
2029 32 UT GE 17 54 11 19 5 3 1 7 1 2 6 8 .352 .417 .611 1.028
Career Post-Season Batting 96 349 60 113 23 6 8 53 15 6 40 60 .324 .400 .493 .893
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2018-7-.333
2019-4-.342
2020-10-.314
2022-6-.325
2023-3-.328
2025-3-.331
2026-6-.321
2027-1-.346
CAR-5-.326
On-Base Pct
2018-5-.419
2019-4-.413
2020-1-.420
2021-4-.400*
2022-4-.404
2023-1-.421
2024-7-.389
2025-3-.423
2026-8-.391
2027-3-.408
CAR-8-.409
Slugging Pct
2018-8-.499
2019-4-.539
2020-3-.516
2021-2-.555*
2022-3-.566
2023-4-.547
2024-6-.545
2025-3-.592
2026-5-.565
2027-1-.604
2029-8-.538
CAR-7-.552
OPS
2018-6-.918
2019-5-.952
2020-3-.936
2021-2-.955*
2022-2-.970
2023-2-.968
2024-7-.934
2025-3-1.016
2026-5-.956
2027-1-1.012
2029-8-.915
CAR-5-.961
XR
2019-7-105.2
2020-3-108.8
2022-9-102.3
2023-4-110.7
2024-7-115.2
2025-4-113.5
2027-2-121.8
CAR-36-1232.7
Games
2020-6-158
Runs
2018-9-99
2019-1-124
2022-10-96
2023-1-125
2024-3-126
2025-4-119
2027-6-104
CAR-35-1210
Hits
2025-10-174
2027-3-195
Total Bases
2020-7-273
2022-8-282
2023-6-293
2024-6-322
2025-4-311
2027-1-340
CAR-45-3328
Singles
2027-7-131
Doubles
2023-10-33
Triples
2019-10-6
2020-3-9
2021-2-8
2022-2-11
2024-5-9
2025-2-11
2026-6-8
CAR-11-90
Homeruns
2021-10-21
2022-9-24
2023-8-24
2024-6-30
2025-7-28
2026-10-24
2027-2-38
CAR-45-285
RBIs
2022-9-100
2024-4-119
2027-3-116
CAR-43-1088
Caught Stealing
2020-3-20
2021-4-19
2023-5-24
2025-2-24
2026-4-25
2027-7-21
CAR-22-194
Walks
2020-1-92
2023-6-80
2025-8-81
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 148    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 67    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Idaho in 2016
Traded from Idaho to Washington on 3/3/2016 (Going to WA: CF Cliff Butter. Going to ID: P Richard San Juan, 1st round draft pick)
Injured on 5/10/2016 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/17/2016 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 4/7/2017 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/4/2017 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/4/2017, off David Echegaray (MN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/16/2017, off Ward Chee (CO)
Injured on 6/18/2018 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 8 runs against Illinois on 8/1/2018
Injured on 10/14/2018 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Won GEL Jackie Robinson Award in 2018, hitting .333 with 16 homers and 84 RBI (received 100% of votes cast)
Hit for the cycle against Nevada on 4/10/2019
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Nevada on 4/10/2019
Injured on 5/27/2019 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3-4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 7/22/2019
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2019, hitting .458 with 5 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2019, hitting .402 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Traded from Washington to Kansas on 3/3/2020 (Going to WA: RF Cristo Vanez, KS's 1st round pick in 2020. Going to KS: CF Cliff Butter, P Tony Brey, P Daryl Blasingame)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2020, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2020, hitting .611 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Named Kansas Storm team MVP for the 2020 season
Injured on 4/17/2021 with a Broken Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2021, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Idaho on 9/5/2021
Injured on 9/17/2021 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2022, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2022, hitting .417 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Won Mays Award at Rightfield in 2022
Won Mays Award at Rightfield in 2022
Injured on 4/12/2023 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2023, hitting .350 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Wisconsin, driving in 5 runs on 10/17/2023
Won National Cup Series with Kansas in 2023
Won Reggie Jackson Award in 2023
Hit for the cycle against Minnesota on 5/7/2024
Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New Jersey on 8/2/2024
Won Player of the Week award on 8/8/2024, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2026, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/26/2026 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Kansas to Idaho on 6/1/2026 (Going to ID: RF Cliff Butter, LF Aaron Bickett. Going to KS: LF Fulgencio Comancho, RF Tomoyuki Yokoyama, ID's 1st-5th round picks in 2027)
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game
Injured on 9/1/2026 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Idaho to Utah on 5/21/2027 (Going to ID: CF Jesse Sellers, 1B Leonardo de la Rosa, LF Benigno Hoera, RF Coleman Holeman, UT's 3rd and 4th round picks in 2028. Going to UT: P Kevin Smith, RF Cliff Butter, RF Garth Walker)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/2027, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2027, hitting .392 with 10 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2027, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2027, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2027, hitting .404 with 10 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/2027, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2027, hitting .363 with 8 HR, 29 RBI