Butler was signed as a non-drafted
free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays on September 24, 1990. After seven years in
Minor League Baseball, he was
called up to play for the major league club on September 6, 1997. He played seven games that season with the Blue Jays. In the Major League Baseball
expansion draft of 1997, Butler was selected 10th overall by the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Butler remained at AAA Durham in 1999, where he played 90 games. He was called up to the Devil Rays again, but this time only for seven games. ==References==