Bill Butler
Born: March 12, 1947, Hyattsville, MDHeight: 6'2" Weight: 210 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1969 Kansas City AL 22 9 10 3.90 34 29 5 4 1 0 4 193.2 174 834 91 84 15 86 5 3 156 1970 Kansas City AL 23 4 12 3.77 25 25 2 0 0 0 1 140.2 117 610 66 59 17 86 1 1 75 1971 Kansas City AL 24 1 2 3.45 14 6 0 5 3 0 0 44.1 45 190 19 17 6 18 0 0 32 1972 Cleveland AL 25 0 0 1.54 6 2 0 3 1 0 0 11.2 9 52 3 2 1 10 0 0 6 1974 Minnesota AL 27 4 6 4.10 26 12 2 7 7 1 0 98.2 91 427 47 45 9 54 2 1 79 1975 Minnesota AL 28 5 4 5.95 23 8 1 10 5 0 0 81.2 100 377 61 54 12 35 0 0 55 1977 Minnesota AL 30 0 1 6.86 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.0 19 94 17 16 5 15 0 1 5 TOTALS 23 35 4.21 134 86 10 31 17 1 5 591.2 555 2584 304 277 65 304 8 6 408
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Kansas City AL 34 724 91 174 268 43 3 15 12 4 3 5 86 5 3 156 4 .240 .370 .326 1970 Kansas City AL 25 511 66 117 194 22 2 17 7 4 6 7 86 1 1 75 12 .229 .380 .340 1971 Kansas City AL 14 168 19 45 69 4 1 6 4 0 3 2 18 0 0 32 1 .268 .411 .339 1972 Cleveland AL 6 41 3 9 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 6 0 .220 .293 .373 1974 Minnesota AL 26 362 47 91 151 15 9 9 4 4 1 11 54 2 1 79 7 .251 .417 .350 1975 Minnesota AL 23 332 61 100 162 18 4 12 5 5 8 6 35 0 0 55 3 .301 .488 .363 1977 Minnesota AL 6 78 17 19 37 3 0 5 0 0 1 2 15 0 1 5 5 .244 .474 .372
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Kansas City AL 22 34 60 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 38 1 .050 .050 .123 1970 Kansas City AL 23 25 44 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 31 1 .045 .045 .125 1971 Kansas City AL 24 14 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .083 .083 .077 1972 Cleveland AL 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Minnesota AL 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Minnesota AL 28 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Minnesota AL 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 134 117 1 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 9 0 0 79 2 .051 .051 .118
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Kansas City AL P 193.2 29 34 4 16 1 1 .952 0.93 3 5 1 1970 Kansas City AL P 140.2 25 25 3 13 1 1 .941 1.02 6 7 0 1971 Kansas City AL P 44.1 6 14 0 7 1 0 .875 1.42 3 2 0 1972 Cleveland AL P 11.2 2 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 0 2 1 1974 Minnesota AL P 98.2 12 26 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.64 1 11 0 1975 Minnesota AL P 81.2 8 23 4 11 2 0 .882 1.65 8 6 0 1977 Minnesota AL P 21.0 4 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.43 1 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Detroit Tigers (22nd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (August 6, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (August 26, 1971)
- Sold by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians (July 11, 1972).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Colpaert to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jim Strickland and Michael Brooks (October 11, 1973).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Rex Hudson (December 15, 1977).
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