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Billy Butler
Billy Ray Butler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 240 lb.

Debut May 1, 2007

Born April 18, 1986 in Orange Park, FL

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2004. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 21 KCR AL  92  329   38   96  23  2   8   52   0  0  27  55  .292  .347  .447  105  147   0   2   5   2   8
 2008 22 KCR AL 124  443   44  122  22  0  11   55   0  1  33  57  .275  .324  .400   94  177   0   2   0   0  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      216  772   82  218  45  2  19  107   0  1  60 112  .282  .334  .420   99  324   0   4   5   2  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   62  164  34  2  14   80   0  1  45  84  .282  .334  .420   99  243   0   3   4   2  23
 Career High    124  443   44  122  23  2  11   55   0  1  33  57  .292  .347  .447  105  177   0   2   5   2  23
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 21 KCR AL  360  243   50   5.5   110| .292  .274| .347  .342| .447  .429| .794  .772| 105  .538   2.4   0.2   0%
 2008 22 KCR AL  478  347   51   3.9   103| .275  .265| .324  .332| .400  .415| .724  .747|  94  .395  -4.3  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       838  590  101   4.6   106| .282  .269| .334  .337| .420  .421| .754  .758|  99  .459  -1.9  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 21 KCR AL DH 69 1B 13 79 8 2 6 .978 .995 6.69 7.93 9.43 9.37 11 83.0 LF 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 1.72 0.84 2.11 5 43.0 2008 22 KCR AL DH 82 1B 34 233 9 2 27 .992 .994 7.12 8.01 8.38 9.26 33 260.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 21 KCR AL 1B 13 79 8 2 6 .978 .995 6.69 7.93 9.43 9.37 11 83.0 2008 22 KCR AL 1B 34 233 9 2 27 .992 .994 7.12 8.01 8.38 9.26 33 260.0 2007 21 KCR AL DH 69 2008 22 KCR AL DH 82 2007 21 KCR AL LF 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 1.72 0.84 2.11 5 43.0 2007 21 KCR AL OF 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 2.00 0.84 2.30 5 43.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 151 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 47 312 17 4 33 .988 .994 7.00 7.99 8.63 9.29 44 343.0 LF* 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 1.72 0.84 2.11 5 43.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 53 316 17 5 33 .985 .994 6.28 7.31 7.76 8.51 49 386
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.

Grounded into Double Plays
2008 AL-23-6

Youngest Player
2007 AL-21-3
2008 AL-22-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (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 7, 2004: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2004.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Kansas City Royals$399,000
Career (may be incomplete)$399,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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