Drew Butera
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Butera with the Kansas City Royals in 2016
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| Kansas City Royals – No. 9 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: August 9, 1983 Evansville, Indiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 9, 2010, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .198 | ||
| Hits | 178 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 76 | ||
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Andrew "Drew" Edward Butera (/bjᵿˈtɛərə/; born August 9, 1983) is an American born Italian professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), 210 pounds (95 kg) right-hander is the son of former major league catcher Sal Butera. Butera became the fifth catcher to catch a no hitter in both the American League (Francisco Liriano, 2011) and National League (Josh Beckett, 2014). Butera has also pitched scoreless innings in both leagues, with a fastball reaching the mid 90's.
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.
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