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Bill Butler
William Franklin Butler

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 9, 1969
  vs. MIN 5.0 IP, 1 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 11, 1977
Born March 12, 1947 in Hyattsville, MD

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 22 KCR AL   9  10  34  29   5   4   1  0  193.7  174   91   84  15   91  156   3   4   834   5   0  3.90  3.66   94 1.368
 1970 23 KCR AL   4  12  25  25   2   1   0  0  140.7  117   66   59  17   87   75   1   3   610   1   0  3.77  3.72   98 1.450
 1971 24 KCR AL   1   2  14   6   0   0   3  0   44.3   45   19   17   6   18   32   0   0   190   0   0  3.45  3.43   99 1.421
 1972 25 CLE AL   0   0   6   2   0   0   1  0   11.7    9    3    2   1   10    6   0   0    52   0   0  1.54  3.25  211 1.629
 1974 27 MIN AL   4   6  26  12   2   0   7  1   98.7   91   47   45   9   56   79   1   0   427   2   0  4.10  3.77   92 1.490
 1975 28 MIN AL   5   4  23   8   1   0   5  0   81.7  100   61   54  12   35   55   0   0   377   0   0  5.95  3.86   65 1.653
 1977 30 MIN AL   0   1   6   4   0   0   0  0   21.0   19   17   16   5   15    5   1   1    94   0   0  6.86  4.03   59 1.619
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .397  23  35 134  86  10   5  17  1  591.7  555  304  277  65  312  408   6   8  2584   8   0  4.21  3.71   88 1.465
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  41  26   3   1   5  0  182.7  171   93   85  20   96  126   1   2   798   2   0  4.21  3.71   88 1.465
 Career High      9  12  34  29   5   4   7  1  193.7  174   91   84  17   91  156   3   4   834   5   0  3.45  3.86   99 1.368

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 KCR AL  34   60    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   5  38  .050  .123  .050  -50    3   5   0   0   0   1
 1970 23 KCR AL  25   44    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  31  .045  .125  .045  -51    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1971 24 KCR AL  14   12    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .083  .077  .083  -54    1   0   1   0   0   0
 1972 25 CLE AL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons       79  117    1    6   0  0   0    6   0  0   9  79  .051  .118  .051  -51    6   6   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        240    2   12   0  0   0   12   0  0  18 162  .051  .118  .051  -51   12  12   2   0   0   4
 Career High     34   60    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   5  38                           3   5   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 22 KCR AL   70   63    1   0.4    95| .050  .254| .123  .331| .050  .384| .173  .715| -50  .015 -12.3  -1.3   0%
 1970 23 KCR AL   49   44    0   0.0    97| .045  .257| .125  .331| .045  .392| .170  .723| -51  .000  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1971 24 KCR AL   13   12    0   0.0    91| .083  .254| .077  .326| .083  .377| .160  .703| -54  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1972 25 CLE AL    1    1    0   0.0    86| .000  .251| .000  .320| .000  .362| .000  .682|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       133  120    1   0.2    95| .051  .255| .118  .330| .051  .386| .169  .716| -51  .004 -24.2  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 22 KCR AL P 34 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.59 0.69 0.93 1.88 29 193.7 1970 23 KCR AL P 25 3 13 1 1 .941 .952 0.64 0.67 1.02 1.86 25 140.7 1971 24 KCR AL P 14 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.50 0.77 1.42 1.97 6 44.3 1972 25 CLE AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.75 0.77 1.85 2 11.7 1974 27 MIN AL P 26 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 0.27 0.83 0.64 1.81 12 98.7 1975 28 MIN AL P 23 4 11 2 0 .882 .938 0.65 0.85 1.65 1.87 8 81.7 1977 30 MIN AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.83 0.43 1.97 4 21.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 22 KCR AL P 34 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.59 0.69 0.93 1.88 29 193.7 1970 23 KCR AL P 25 3 13 1 1 .941 .952 0.64 0.67 1.02 1.86 25 140.7 1971 24 KCR AL P 14 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.50 0.77 1.42 1.97 6 44.3 1972 25 CLE AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.75 0.77 1.85 2 11.7 1974 27 MIN AL P 26 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 0.27 0.83 0.64 1.81 12 98.7 1975 28 MIN AL P 23 4 11 2 0 .882 .938 0.65 0.85 1.65 1.87 8 81.7 1977 30 MIN AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.83 0.43 1.97 4 21.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 134 12 55 5 2 .931 .948 0.50 0.76 1.02 1.87 86 591.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 134 12 55 5 2 .931 .948 0.50 0.76 1.02 1.87 86 592
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1969 AL-7.25-4

Strikeouts
1969 AL-156-10

Shutouts
1969 AL-4-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Detroit Tigers as the 22nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

July 11, 1972: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Kansas City Royals.

October 11, 1973: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Colpaert to the Minnesota Twins for Jim Strickland and Mike Brooks (minors).

December 15, 1977: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rex Hudson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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