Art Butler 
#44 C | 6-8, 241lbs | Spirits | Experience: 1 year
Born: 11/17/1950 (24) | College: Penn Catholic | Parkton, MD

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- F C D C- F+ C C+ C- C- C- B- D A C- B-  
 Potential: A F C D C F C B C C C B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL LOU 6 0 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.3 .500 .000 .000  
 1973 CBL LOU 18 0 2.2 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.1 0.1 0.3 .429 .615 .000  
 Career     24 0 2.2 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.1 0.3 .438 .533 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL LOU 0.2 0.3 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .000  
 1973 CBL LOU 0.3 0.8 .429 0.4 0.7 .615 0.3 0.6 .545 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     0.3 0.7 .438 0.3 0.6 .533 0.3 0.5 .583 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 6 0 14 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 
 1973 18 0 39 6 14 8 13 0 2 20 3 8 0 1 5 1 2 6 -8 
 Career 24 0 53 7 16 8 15 0 3 22 3 12 0 1 6 1 2 8 -4 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL LOU .333 1.00 0.0 25.0 11.3 0.0 26.7 13.3 -1.6 -2.5 -0.1 0.7 82.5 72.5  
 1973 CBL LOU .500 1.43 0.0 20.0 25.6 7.7 14.3 10.8 11.1 0.3 0.0 -0.4 86.0 96.7  
 Career     .478 1.38 0.0 20.7 0.0 5.6 18.0 11.5 0.0 -2.3 -0.1 -0.2 85.0 89.3  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 CBL LOU 1 0 5.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.00 1.0 0.0 1.0 .667 1.000 .000  
 Career     1 0 5.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.00 1.0 0.0 1.0 .667 1.000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 CBL LOU 2.0 3.0 .667 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.0 3.0 .667 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1973 1 0 5 2 3 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 -5 
 Career 1 0 5 2 3 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 -5 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 CBL LOU .750 2.00 20.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.2 2.6 0.1 -5.0 93.3 118.8  
 Career     .750 2.00 20.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.2 2.6 0.1 -5.0 93.3 118.8  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1969 CONW 23 22 23.5 7.9 0.9 2.6 0.6 0.8 0.78 0.3 0.5 1.9 .453 .578 .000  
 1970 CONW 29 29 28.3 11.2 1.5 3.6 1.1 1.0 1.18 0.7 0.6 2.0 .464 .627 .000  
 1971 CONW 30 30 30.3 13.8 1.6 4.8 1.5 1.2 1.26 0.3 0.7 2.5 .505 .635 .000  
 1972 CONW 29 29 30.9 14.3 1.5 4.9 1.7 1.4 1.20 0.5 1.2 2.2 .483 .688 .000  
 Total   111 110 28.5 12.0 1.4 4.1 1.3 1.1 1.15 0.4 0.8 2.2 .480 .639 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1969 23 22 540 67 148 48 83 0 0 182 21 81 14 6 18 6 11 44 75 
 1970 29 29 821 115 248 96 153 0 0 326 44 149 33 19 28 19 18 59 102 
 1971 30 30 909 146 289 122 192 0 0 414 49 193 44 8 35 8 22 75 115 
 1972 29 29 895 154 319 106 154 0 0 414 43 184 48 15 40 15 36 63 176 
 Career 111 110 3165 482 1004 372 582 0 0 1336 157 607 139 48 121 48 87 241 468 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1  
 Playoff 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0  
 Career 6 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 6 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/11 PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
 12/3 CIN L 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 12/5 CIN L 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
 12/18 NJ W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 -5
 1/3 CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4/15 SD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 1968 High School: Rated *** and #66 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1968 High School: All-State (Maryland)
 1969 Freshman All-Conference (Major Indy)
 1971 2nd Team All-Conference (Major Indy)
 1972 2nd Team All-American
 1972 1st Team All-Conference (Major Indy)
 1973 CBL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/27/1973 Drafted by the Spirits with pick #9 of round 1.

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