Given the question: Facts: - finalteam: washington senators - finalyear: 1899 - death place: new york , new york - statlabel: games played at bats hits - position: catcher - statvalue: 22 74 17 - throws: unknown - debutteam: louisville colonels - bats: unknown - debutdate: june 16 - death date: 16 july 1917 - birth date: december 1869 - finaldate: june 28 - name: dick butler - birth place: brooklyn , new york - debutyear: 1897 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dick butler -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
The answer is:
richard h. butler -lrb- 1869 -- 1917 -rrb- was a major league baseball catcher .he played for the 1897 louisville colonels and 1899 washington senators .