COLORADO ROCKIES SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS #16 DREW BUTERA C #5 CARLOS GONZÁLEZ OF #7 MATT HOLLIDAY OF #63 D.J. JOHNSON RHP #18 SEUNGHWAN OH RHP DREW BUTERA #9 DREW BUTERA CATCHER BATS THROWS HEIGHT WEIGHT RIGHT RIGHT 6-1 205 BORN: AUG. 9, 1983 | 34 SIGNED: MAJOR LEAGUE FREE AGENT | NOV. 18, 2016 RESIDES: ORLANDO, FLA. MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE: 7 YEARS, 18 DAYS 2017 SEASON Made 43 starts behind the plate, his most since 2014 (48) Batted .375/.444/.708 (9-for-24) with a triple and two home • with the Dodgers…his 37 hits were two shy of his career • runs in “late and close” situations, defined by Baseball high with Minnesota in 2011. Reference as plate appearances in the seventh inning or Homered off Rays rookie Blake Snell on May 8, his first vs. later with the batting team tied, ahead by one, or the tying • a left-handed pitcher in more than three years (May 5, 2014 run at least on deck. at Washington vs. Ross Detwiler). Hit .391 (9-for-23) with a .417 on-base percentage in 10 • Had a career high four hits (all singles) on Aug. 13 at the games vs. the White Sox, including a three-hit game on July • White Sox, becoming the eighth Royals catcher (13th time) 21 and a career-high four hits on Aug. 13. to record four singles in a game and first since Salvador Had a pinch-hit single on Sept. 20 at Toronto, snapping an Perez on Sept. 1, 2012 (Game 1) vs. Minnesota. • 0-for-11 skid as a pinch-hitter dating back to his first career Started 11 of the Royals’ 15 games during Salvador Perez’s plate appearance in a pinch on June 19, 2010, when he hit • 16-day DL stint from Aug. 6-22 and hit .316 (12-for-38) a go-ahead pinch-hit home run—his first career HR—for with a .366 on-base percentage. Minnesota in the 10th inning of an eventual 13-10 win at Philadelphia. Hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning on Aug. 15 at • Hit .269 (35-for-130) through Aug. 19, but finished the Oakland, turning a one-run deficit into a one-run lead, his • third career go-ahead HR, two of which have come in the season 2-for-33 (.061). eighth inning or later. HONORS AND AWARDS Two-time World Baseball Classic participant (2013, 2017) 2008 Top Defensive Catcher in Eastern League (Baseball • • First MLB home run: June 19, 2010 at Philadelphia, solo America) • shot off Chad Durbin 2007 Florida State League midseason All-Star • First MLB hit: April 22, 2010 vs. Cleveland, single off • Mitch Talbot CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2016: Set career highs in doubles (10), home runs (four), become the first Royals position player to pitch and record • batting average (.285), on-base percentage (.328) and an extra-base hit in the same game since David Howard on slugging percentage (.480) in his first full season with the April 12, 1994 vs. Boston. Royals. Also recorded the final out in a 13-0 loss vs. the Angels on Made 34 starts (all at catcher), reaching safely in 26 of those • July 26…his five career pitching appearances are third most • games (76.5%)…hit .275 (30-for-109) as a starter and .357 among active position players…he’s recorded one strikeout (5-for-14) off the bench. in four of his five appearances. Batted .316/.356/.526 (30-for-95) with eight of his 10 2015: Acquired by the Royals on May 7 from the Los • doubles and all four of his home runs vs. right-handed • Angeles Angels in exchange for minor league infielder pitching…hit .179/.233/.321 (5-for-28) vs. lefties. Ryan Jackson. Hit .347/.397/.556 (25-for-72) from the ninth spot in the Appeared in five games at first base and made his second • lineup, the third-best average from the nine-hole in the • career start there on Sept. 25 vs. Cleveland…his only other Majors (min. 70 at-bats). start at first base came on Sept. 20, 2013 as a member of Homered in back-to-back games on June 2-3 at Cleveland the Dodgers. • for the first time in his career…the June 2 homer was his 2014: Appeared in 61 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers… first since August 6, 2015, snapping a 70 at-bat homerless • his 61 games, 32 hits and 14 RBI were his highest totals streak. since 2011. Recorded an RBI in a career-high four straight games from Threw out 11 of 32 would-be base stealers (32.4%)…his • May 31-June 3, two games shy of the record for a Royals • opponents’ 67.6 percent success rate on stolen base attempts catcher. was the eighth lowest among NL catchers (min. 400 innings Made two pitching appearances in 2016…he’s the ninth caught). • Royals position player to pitch in a game and first since Caught Josh Beckett’s no-hitter on May 25, 2014 at Mitch Maier on April 15, 2012. • Philadelphia…marked the second no-hitter he’s been Recorded the last three outs of a 13-5 loss vs. Houston on behind the plate for, also catching Francisco Liriano’s no- • 72 June 25…also doubled in the bottom of the ninth inning to hitter with Minnesota on May 3, 2011 at the White Sox. DREW BUTERA (CONT.) Made a pair of relief appearances out of the Dodgers’ 2011: Recorded first career walk-off hit with an RBI single • bullpen...tossed a scoreless inning vs. Miami on May 14 • off San Diego’s Chad Qualls in a 5-4 win, June 19, 2011. and he allowed two runs in 0.2 inning at Arizona, May 17. Threw out 29.4 percent (20 in 68 attempts) of would-be 2013: Acquired by the Dodgers on July 31, 2013, in • base stealers in, which ranked third in the AL and fifth in • exchange for a Player to be Named (LHP Miguel Sulbaran) the Majors. and cash considerations...made first career appearance at 2010: Made Twins’ Opening Day roster for the first time first base with the Dodgers on Sept. 20 at San Diego. • and made his Major League debut April 9, 2010 at U.S. 2012: Tossed a scoreless inning of relief May 20, 2012 at Cellular Field in Chicago…recorded first big league hit • Milwaukee...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he and April 22 vs. Cleveland and first RBI May 8 vs. Baltimore. father, Sal Butera, became the first father-son position 2007: Acquired by Minnesota along with OF Dustin Martin players to pitch in Major League games…Sal pitched a • from the New York Mets in exchange for INF Luis Castillo scoreless inning for Montreal in 1985 and for Cincinnati on July 30, 2007, and assigned to New Britain (AA). in 1986. POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015: Appeared in three games, making his postseason four-run deficit in the frame…also grounded out in Game • debut in Game 4 of the American League Division Series 4 of the ALCS at Toronto, his only other plate appearance. in Houston. Caught the final inning of the World Series after Salvador Worked a 10-pitch walk in the eighth inning of Game 4 in • Perez was lifted for a pinch-runner in the top of the inning. • the ALDS to extend the inning as Kansas City overcame a MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Full name is Andrew Edward Butera (byou-TAIR-uh)… is given annually to the top catcher in college baseball… • resides in Orlando, Fla., with fiancé, Hilary. graduated from Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Fla. Father, Sal, is a Major League scout for the Toronto Blue Originally selected by the Blue Jays in the 48th round of the • Jays and played in the Major Leagues from 1980-88 for • 2002 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign. Minnesota, Detroit, Montreal, Cincinnati and Toronto. Member of Team Italy at the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Drew attended the University of Central Florida… • Classic tournaments. • semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award in 2005, which CAREER BATTING YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SAC SF HP BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2005 Brooklyn .217 55 175 13 38 9 1 1 23 1 4 2 22 33 1 0 .305 .297 12 2006 Hagerstown .186 95 295 24 55 13 0 5 38 5 6 7 42 72 1 0 .297 .281 9 2007 St. Lucie .258 52 182 22 47 14 0 5 22 0 2 2 24 28 0 1 .348 .418 4 Binghamton .188 30 117 7 22 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 22 0 0 .208 .231 5 New Britain .260 17 50 3 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 .327 .360 2 2008 New Britain .219 96 302 39 66 18 1 7 39 4 4 6 35 55 0 1 .308 .354 6 2009 Rochester .211 99 298 23 63 16 1 2 25 8 3 2 22 49 0 1 .268 .292 7 2010 MINNESOTA .197 49 142 12 28 6 1 2 13 3 2 4 4 25 0 0 .237 .296 5 2011 MINNESOTA .167 93 234 19 39 9 1 2 23 6 1 2 11 42 0 0 .210 .239 5 2012 Rochester .279 15 43 6 12 3 0 1 5 1 1 0 3 9 0 0 .319 .419 1 MINNESOTA .198 42 111 7 22 6 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 26 0 0 .270 .279 1 2013 Rochester .218 27 87 8 19 2 0 2 10 1 2 2 2 15 0 0 .247 .310 2 MINNESOTA .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Albuquerque .135 16 52 3 7 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 14 0 0 .196 .231 0 LOS ANGELES (NL) .143 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .143 .143 0 2014 LOS ANGELES (NL) .188 61 170 16 32 6 1 3 14 1 2 2 17 41 0 0 .267 .288 1 2015 LOS ANGELES (AL) .190 10 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .190 .190 1 KANSAS CITY .198 45 86 6 17 3 0 1 5 5 0 2 6 24 0 0 .266 .267 3 2016 KANSAS CITY .285 56 123 18 35 10 1 4 16 2 0 0 8 36 0 0 .328 .480 6 2017 KANSAS CITY .227 75 163 18 37 4 1 3 14 1 0 1 12 41 0 0 .284 .319 2 Minor League Totals .214 502 1601 148 342 83 5 24 172 23 22 22 161 302 2 3 .291 .317 48 Major League Totals .203 436 1060 99 215 44 5 16 90 18 5 13 67 242 0 1 .258 .299 24 CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2005 Selected by the New York Mets in the fifth round of the First-Year Player Draft…signed by John Bunnell 2007 Acquired by the Minnesota Twins, with OF Dustin Martin, in exchange for INF Luis Castillo, July 30 2013 Acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a Player to be Named (LHP Miguel Sulbaran), July 31 2014 Acquired by the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a Player to be Named (OF Matt Long), Dec.