About Brett Butler (baseball)
Brett Morgan Butler is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball and coach. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997. A leadoff hitter for the majority of his career, Butler led the league in triples and runs scored twice each and was named a National League All-Star in 1991. He was diagnosed with cancer in May 1996, received treatment and returned to the playing field four months later. He retired in 1997 and began a baseball coaching career. He has coached or managed numerous professional teams. He was the manager of the Reno Aces minor league team from late 2008 through 2013. Butler was the Savages' first.400 hitter with a.439 average in 1977. Butler helped lead the Braves to a 13–0 start and the National League West Division title in 1982, their first division title since 1969. In 1984, he became the first batter Roger Clemens would face in the big leagues.
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