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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 22 KCR AL 9 10 .474 3.90 34 29 1 5 4 0 193.2 174 91 84 15 91 5 156 3 0 4 834 94 1.368 8.1 0.7 4.2 7.2 1.71
1970 23 KCR AL 4 12 .250 3.77 25 25 0 2 1 0 140.2 117 66 59 17 87 1 75 1 0 3 610 99 1.450 7.5 1.1 5.6 4.8 0.86
1971 24 KCR AL 1 2 .333 3.45 14 6 3 0 0 0 44.1 45 19 17 6 18 0 32 0 0 0 190 99 1.421 9.1 1.2 3.7 6.5 1.78
1972 25 CLE AL 0 0 1.54 6 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 9 3 2 1 10 0 6 0 0 0 52 217 1.629 6.9 0.8 7.7 4.6 0.60
1974 27 MIN AL 4 6 .400 4.10 26 12 7 2 0 1 98.2 91 47 45 9 56 2 79 1 0 0 427 92 1.490 8.3 0.8 5.1 7.2 1.41
1975 28 MIN AL 5 4 .556 5.95 23 8 5 1 0 0 81.2 100 61 54 12 35 0 55 0 0 0 377 65 1.653 11.0 1.3 3.9 6.1 1.57
1977 30 MIN AL 0 1 .000 6.86 6 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 19 17 16 5 15 0 5 1 0 1 94 59 1.619 8.1 2.1 6.4 2.1 0.33
7 Yrs 23 35 .397 4.21 134 86 17 10 5 1 591.2 555 304 277 65 312 8 408 6 0 8 2584 88 1.465 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.2 1.31
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .397 4.21 41 27 5 3 2 0 183 172 94 86 20 96 2 126 2 0 2 799 88 1.465 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.2 1.31
MIN (3 yrs) 9 11 .450 5.14 55 24 12 3 0 1 201.1 210 125 115 26 106 2 139 2 0 1 898 75 1.570 9.4 1.2 4.7 6.2 1.31
KCR (3 yrs) 14 24 .368 3.80 73 60 4 7 5 0 378.2 336 176 160 38 196 6 263 4 0 7 1634 96 1.405 8.0 0.9 4.7 6.3 1.34
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 1.54 6 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 9 3 2 1 10 0 6 0 0 0 52 217 1.629 6.9 0.8 7.7 4.6 0.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1969 22 KCR AL 193.2 34 29 91 4.23 4.00 -0.08 0.05 101.2 4.19 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 1.4 16 .502 .500 $7,200
1970 23 KCR AL 140.2 25 25 66 4.22 4.13 0.01 0.07 100.7 4.21 1 0.1 -0.1 1.3 14 .504 .501 $
1971 24 KCR AL 44.1 14 6 19 3.86 3.86 0.01 -0.02 98.1 3.76 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.3 4 .497 .500 $
1972 25 CLE AL 11.2 6 2 3 2.31 3.58 0.29 -0.04 105.2 3.41 2 0.2 .3 -0.0 0.3 2 .532 .501 $15,000
1974 27 MIN AL 98.2 26 12 47 4.29 4.23 -0.11 -0.08 102.0 4.34 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.8 11 .503 .500 $
1975 28 MIN AL 81.2 23 8 61 6.72 4.35 0.01 -0.14 100.5 4.22 -23 -2.2 .9 -0.1 -1.6 -14 .403 .486 $
1977 30 MIN AL 21.0 6 4 17 7.29 4.93 -0.03 0.09 98.0 4.96 -5 -0.5 2.4 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .413 .497 $
7 Seasons 591.2 134 86 304 4.62 4.13 -0.04 0.00 100.9 4.20 -25 -2.4 1.2 -0.5 2.1 30 .482 .498 $22,200
MIN (3 yrs) 201.1 55 24 125 5.59 4.35 -0.05 -0.09 101.0 4.36 -27 -2.7 1.3 -0.2 -1.2 -7 .451 .494 $
KCR (3 yrs) 378.2 73 60 176 4.18 4.03 -0.04 0.05 100.7 4.15 1 0.1 1.2 -0.2 3.0 34 .502 .500 $7,200
CLE (1 yr) 11.2 6 2 3 2.31 3.58 0.29 -0.04 105.2 3.41 2 0.2 .3 -0.0 0.3 2 .532 .501 $15,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1969 22 KCR AL 34 837 727 91 174 43 3 15 3 5 91 156 .239 .325 .369 .693 .284 268 4 3 12 4 5 10
1970 23 KCR AL 25 610 511 66 117 22 2 17 6 7 87 75 .229 .340 .380 .720 .236 194 12 1 7 4 1 6
1971 24 KCR AL 14 194 171 19 45 4 1 6 3 2 18 32 .263 .333 .404 .737 .293 69 1 0 4 0 0 2
1972 25 CLE AL 6 52 41 3 9 0 0 1 0 2 10 6 .220 .373 .293 .665 .235 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
1974 27 MIN AL 26 427 362 47 91 15 9 9 1 11 56 79 .251 .350 .417 .767 .295 151 7 1 4 4 2 3
1975 28 MIN AL 23 377 332 61 100 18 4 12 8 6 35 55 .301 .363 .488 .851 .326 162 3 0 5 5 0 7
1977 30 MIN AL 6 94 78 17 19 3 0 5 1 2 15 5 .244 .372 .474 .847 .206 37 5 1 0 0 0 2
7 Yrs 134 2591 2222 304 555 105 19 65 22 35 312 408 .250 .341 .402 .743 .277 893 32 6 33 17 8 31
162 Game Avg. 41 801 687 94 172 32 6 20 7 11 96 126 .250 .341 .402 .743 .277 276 10 2 10 5 2 10
MLB Averages .254 .322 .373 .696 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 22 KCR AL -3.3 -0.3 849 0.5 16.5 -16.0 1.14 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.14 1.7 1 3 1
1970 23 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 629 -0.5 11.3 -11.8 1.05 -1.1 0.6 -2.0 -0.2 1.05 -10.3 0 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 0.1 0.0 199 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 .98 -0.1 -0.7 -2.0 -0.2 0.98 -1.1 2 1 5
1972 25 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 55 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .75 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.75 -0.9 0 0 3
1974 27 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 436 0.2 6.6 -6.5 .87 -0.2 0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.87 -4.3 3 3 8
1975 28 MIN AL -18.2 -1.8 389 -1.8 4.1 -5.8 .69 -1.7 -0.9 -28.0 -2.7 0.69 -19.6 3 4 8
1977 30 MIN AL -6.1 -0.6 99 -0.4 1.6 -2.0 .96 -0.4 -0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.96 -4.2 1 0 1
7 Yrs -27.7 -2.7 2656 -2.9 43.7 -46.6 .98 -3.6 0.7 -38.1 -3.7 0.98 -38.7 10 11 26

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 22 KCR AL 34 29 9 10 10 5 3 14 15 .483 3 4 5 4 12 41% 51.4 89 21 30 15 9 11 4.0 4.0 6.2
1970 23 KCR AL 25 25 4 12 9 1 6 9 16 .360 2 2 2 1 12 48% 51.0 89 24 27 9 6 13 3.1 2.6 5.6
1971 24 KCR AL 14 6 1 2 3 0 1 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 2 33% 44.5 62 27 9 1 0 3 4.6 5.3 4.7
1972 25 CLE AL 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49.0 51 47 5 0 2 0 4.8 0.0 3.2
1974 27 MIN AL 26 12 3 6 3 0 0 5 7 .417 1 0 2 0 3 25% 43.6 76 29 20 5 5 4 3.9 4.7 4.7
1975 28 MIN AL 23 8 3 2 3 2 0 5 3 .625 0 1 1 0 1 13% 39.4 61 20 20 8 1 6 6.9 8.3 4.7
1977 30 MIN AL 6 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 2 50% 42.0 55 23 2 1 2 2 9.3 7.5 4.6
7 Yrs 134 86 20 33 33 8 11 38 48 .442 7 9 10 5 32 37% 48 89 20 113 39 25 39 4.3 4.2 5.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 22 KCR AL 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.136 1 3 1 0 1 4 2 3 5 0 5 0 7.8
1971 24 KCR AL 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 4 .978 2 1 5 0 1 7 4 4 6 1 6 0 6.0
1972 25 CLE AL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .749 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.0
1974 27 MIN AL 26 14 7 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 21 2 10% 6 .868 3 3 8 3 1 10 13 1 12 2 12 2 9.1
1975 28 MIN AL 23 15 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 13 62% 5 .688 3 4 8 1 3 11 11 4 14 0 15 1 8.9
1977 30 MIN AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 .959 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
6 Yrs 109 48 17 3 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 54 19 35% .959 10 11 26 4 7 37 31 17 40 5 41 3 7.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 22 KCR AL 837 19% 1.8% 18.6% 10.9% 7.3% 35% 0.50 67% 155 4 3%
1970 23 KCR AL 610 19% 2.8% 12.3% 14.3% 6.7% 35% 0.49 69% 131 12 9%
1971 24 KCR AL 194 26% 3.1% 16.5% 9.3% 5.7% 24% 0.69 69% 42 1 2%
1972 25 CLE AL 52 19% 1.9% 11.5% 19.2% 1.9% 11% 0.42 65% 7 0 0%
1974 27 MIN AL 427 22% 2.1% 18.5% 13.1% 7.7% 36% 0.53 65% 79 7 9%
1975 28 MIN AL 377 29% 3.2% 14.6% 9.3% 9.0% 34% 0.74 72% 84 3 4%
1977 30 MIN AL 94 22% 5.3% 5.3% 16.0% 8.5% 42% 1.12 72% 22 5 23%
7 Yrs 2591 22% 2.5% 15.8% 12.0% 7.3% 34% 0.56 68% 520 32 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 13.9% 8.8% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 22 KCR AL 837 174 15 0 7 8 7 7 8 31 14 6 45% 10 4 0 330 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1970 23 KCR AL 610 117 17 0 3 15 2 9 8 27 13 2 48% 6 3 1 245 6 7 46% 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 24 KCR AL 194 45 6 1 8 2 4 1 5 13 3 3 23% 2 0 0 71 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 25 CLE AL 52 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1974 27 MIN AL 427 91 9 0 14 7 2 5 4 34 13 6 38% 3 0 1 152 1 11 8% 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 28 MIN AL 377 100 12 0 10 9 3 8 4 27 19 3 70% 7 0 0 155 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 30 MIN AL 94 19 5 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 50% 2 1 0 37 1 2 33% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Yrs 2591 555 65 2 45 46 19 35 30 134 63 20 47% 31 8 3 1008 22 35 39% 18 31 3 3 1 1 2 1 34 0
MLB Averages 50% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 22 9 10 .474 3.90 34 29 1 5 4 0 193.2 174 91 84 15 91 5 156 3 0 4 834 94 1.368 8.1 0.7 4.2 7.2 1.71 94
1970 23 13 22 .371 3.85 59 54 1 7 5 0 334.1 291 157 143 32 178 6 231 4 0 7 1444 96 1.403 7.8 0.9 4.8 6.2 1.30 96
1971 24 14 24 .368 3.80 73 60 4 7 5 0 378.2 336 176 160 38 196 6 263 4 0 7 1634 96 1.405 8.0 0.9 4.7 6.3 1.34 96
1972 25 14 24 .368 3.74 79 62 5 7 5 0 390.1 345 179 162 39 206 6 269 4 0 7 1686 98 1.412 8.0 0.9 4.7 6.2 1.31 98
1973 26 14 24 .368 3.74 79 62 5 7 5 0 390.1 345 179 162 39 206 6 269 4 0 7 1686 98 1.412 8.0 0.9 4.7 6.2 1.31 98
1974 27 18 30 .375 3.81 105 74 12 9 5 1 489.0 436 226 207 48 262 8 348 5 0 7 2113 97 1.427 8.0 0.9 4.8 6.4 1.33 97
1975 28 23 34 .404 4.12 128 82 17 10 5 1 570.2 536 287 261 60 297 8 403 5 0 7 2490 90 1.460 8.5 0.9 4.7 6.4 1.36 90
1976 29 23 34 .404 4.12 128 82 17 10 5 1 570.2 536 287 261 60 297 8 403 5 0 7 2490 90 1.460 8.5 0.9 4.7 6.4 1.36 90
1977 30 23 35 .397 4.21 134 86 17 10 5 1 591.2 555 304 277 65 312 8 408 6 0 8 2584 88 1.465 8.4 1.0 4.7 6.2 1.31 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 22 9 11 .450 4.35 186.0 180 100 90 16 94 150 3 1.473 8.7 4.5 7.3 1.60 0.8 34
1970 23 6 8 .429 4.26 133.0 121 70 63 18 90 71 1 1.586 8.2 6.1 4.8 0.79 1.2 25
1971 24 2 2 .500 4.39 41.0 49 22 20 7 20 29 0 1.683 10.8 4.4 6.4 1.45 1.5 14
1972 25 1 0 1.000 1.64 11.0 10 2 2 1 11 6 0 1.909 8.2 9.0 4.9 0.55 0.8 6
1974 27 4 6 .400 5.00 90.0 96 56 50 9 59 72 1 1.722 9.6 5.9 7.2 1.22 0.9 26
1975 28 2 6 .250 6.64 80.0 104 66 59 12 36 54 0 1.750 11.7 4.1 6.1 1.50 1.4 23
1977 30 0 2 .000 8.05 19.0 20 19 17 5 16 5 1 1.895 9.5 7.6 2.4 0.31 2.4 6
7 Yrs 24 35 .407 4.84 560.0 580 335 301 68 326 387 6 1.618 9.3 6.2 1.19 1.1 134

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  7.250 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  156 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL  4 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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