Bill Butler

William Franklin Butler

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

Born: March 12, 1947 in Hyattsville, MD
High School: Herndon HS (Herndon, VA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1969
Teams (by GP): Royals/Twins/Indians 1969-1977

Final Game: July 11, 1977
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	18	DET-DET/CHC-min	A	14	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207		3							DYB,DSU · FLOR,NORL
1966	19	DET-min	A	29	46	46		4	2	0	0						.087	.087	.130	.217		6							RKM · CARL
1967	20	DET-min	A,AA	32	67	62	5	9	3	1	0	3	0	0	5	38	.145	.209	.226	.435		14							RKM,MTG · CARL,SOUL
1968	21	DET-min	AA	46	21	19	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.105	.190	.158	.348		3							MTG · SOUL
1969	22	KCR	AL	34	70	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	.050	.123	.050	.173	-50	3	1	0	5	0	0	1
1970	23	KCR-min	AAA	4	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.375	.000	.375		0		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1970	23	KCR	AL	25	49	44	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.045	.125	.045	.170	-51	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1971	24	KCR-min	AAA	13	32	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.000	.129	.000	.129		0		0	1	0			OMA · AA
1971	24	KCR	AL	14	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.083	.077	.083	.160	-54	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	25	KCR-CLE-min	AAA	27	53	44	3	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	29	.068	.146	.136	.282		6		0	5	0			OMA,POR · AA,PCL
1972	25	CLE	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1973	26	CLE-min	AAA	38																									OKC · AA
1974	27	MIN-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TAC · PCL
1974	27	MIN	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	28	MIN	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1976	29	MIN-min	AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TAC · PCL
1977	30	MIN-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TAC · PCL
1977	30	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1978	31	LAD-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			ABQ · PCL
7 Yrs				134	133	117	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	0	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	161	141	1	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	11	96	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	7	2	0	7	1	0

MIN (3 yrs)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (3 yrs)				73	132	116	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	79	.052	.119	.052	.171	-51	6	2	0	6	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	22	KCR	AL	34	70	-13	-0	0	0	8	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$7,200	1
1970	23	KCR	AL	25	49	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.486	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$	1
1971	24	KCR	AL	14	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	25	CLE	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$15,000	/1

1974	27	MIN	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1975	28	MIN	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1977	30	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				134	133	-25	-0	1	0	16	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.9	.493	.499	-0.9	0.0	-5	$22,200

MIN (3 yrs)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
KCR (3 yrs)				73	132	-24	-0	1	0	15	-8	-1.0	4	-5	-0.9	.487	.498	-0.9	-0.0	-5	$7,200
CLE (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$15,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1969	22	KCR	AL	70	63	1	0.4	95	.136	.050	.254	.123	.331	.050	.384	.173	.715	-50	.015	-12.3	-1.3	.138	.083	.000
1970	23	KCR	AL	49	44	0	0.0	97	.154	.045	.257	.125	.331	.045	.392	.170	.723	-51	.000	-9.2	-1.0	.140	.091	.000
1971	24	KCR	AL	13	12	0	0.0	91	.333	.083	.253	.077	.324	.083	.375	.160	.699	-54	.000	-2.4	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
1972	25	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.251	.000	.320	.000	.362	.000	.682	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				133	120	1	0.2	95	.154	.051	.255	.118	.330	.051	.386	.169	.716	-51	.004	-24.2	-2.6	.133	.077	.000
162 Game Avg.				161	145	1	0.2	95	.154	.051	.255	.118	.330	.051	.386	.169	.716	-51	.004	-24.2	-2.6	.133	.077	.000

KCR (3 yrs)				132	119	1	0.2	95	.158	.052	.255	.119	.330	.052	.386	.171	.716	-51	.005	-23.9	-2.5	.134	.078	.000
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.251	.000	.320	.000	.362	.000	.682	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	22	KCR	AL	70	0.0%	54.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	7.60	1.6		20.0	4.40	31%
1970	23	KCR	AL	49	0.0%	63.3%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	7.75	1.4		22.0	6.00	27%
1971	24	KCR	AL	13	0.0%	76.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.2		12.0	1.00	23%
1972	25	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
7 Yrs				133	0.0%	59.4%	6.8%	0.0%	0%	8.78	1.5		19.5	4.50	29%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.9%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.59	6.4	45.3	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	22	KCR	AL	-12.3	-1.3	70	-1.1	0.4	-1.5	1.01	-1.2	0.1	-10.8	-1.1	0.98	-12.6	0
1970	23	KCR	AL	-9.2	-1.0	49	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.91	-0.8	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.82	-8.2	0
1971	24	KCR	AL	-2.4	-0.3	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.05	-0.2	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.05	-2.6	0
1972	25	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.87	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.2	0

1974	27	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0

1977	30	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-24.2	-2.6	133	-2.1	0.7	-2.8	.98	-2.3	0.2	-19.8	-2.1	0.93	-23.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1969	22	KCR	AL	13%	11
1970	23	KCR	AL	0%	9
1971	24	KCR	AL	0%	3
1972	25	CLE	AL		0
7 Yrs				7%	23

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	22	KCR	AL	70	73%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	50%	15	1	7%	17	2	12%	47	3	6%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1970	23	KCR	AL	49	57%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	1	14%	7	1	14%	24	2	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	24	KCR	AL	13	77%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1972	25	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				133	68%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	46%	24	2	8%	27	4	15%	82	6	7%	6	3	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1969	22	34	70	60	1	3	3	5	38	.050	.123	.050	.173	-50	3	1	5	0
1970	23	59	119	104	1	5	5	9	69	.048	.124	.048	.172	-50	5	2	6	0
1971	24	73	132	116	1	6	6	9	79	.052	.119	.052	.171	-51	6	2	6	1
1972	25	79	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1
1973	26	79	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1
1974	27	105	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1
1975	28	128	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1
1976	29	128	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1
1977	30	134	133	117	1	6	6	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1969	22	34	70	60	5	38	.000	.077	.000	.077	34
1970	23	25	49	44	4	31	.000	.083	.000	.083	25
1971	24	14	13	12	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	14
1972	25	6	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6
4 Yrs		79	133	117	9	79	.000	.071	.000	.071	79
162 Game Avg.		162	273	240	18	162	.000	.071	.000	.071	79

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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