Billy Butler
Billy Ray Butler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: April 18, 1986 in Orange Park, FL
High School: Wolfson (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2007 21 KCR AL 92 360 329 38 96 23 2 8 52 0 0 27 55 .292 .347 .447 .794 108 147 8 2 0 2 5 D3/7
2008 22 KCR AL 124 478 443 44 122 22 0 11 55 0 1 33 57 .275 .324 .400 .724 93 177 23 0 0 2 0 D3
2009 23 KCR AL 159 672 608 78 183 51 1 21 93 1 0 58 103 .301 .362 .492 .853 124 299 20 2 0 4 3 *3D
3 Seasons 375 1510 1380 160 401 96 3 40 200 1 1 118 215 .291 .346 .451 .798 110 623 51 4 0 8 8
162 Game Avg. 162 652 596 69 173 41 1 17 86 0 0 51 93 .291 .346 .451 .798 110 269 22 2 0 3 3

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
2007 21 KCR AL 360 243 50 5.5 107 .328 .292 .271 .347 .338 .447 .424 .794 .762 108 .538 3.8 0.4 .730 .237 .155 .0
2008 22 KCR AL 478 347 51 3.9 104 .294 .275 .266 .324 .333 .400 .417 .724 .751 93 .395 -5.0 -0.5 .606 .196 .124 .0
2009 23 KCR AL 672 449 105 6.2 106 .332 .301 .265 .362 .334 .492 .425 .853 .759 124 .594 22.4 2.1 .809 .288 .191 1.9
3 Seasons 1510 1039 206 5.3 105 .319 .291 .267 .346 .335 .451 .422 .798 .757 110 .523 21.2 2.0 .723 .246 .161 2.0
162 Game Avg. 652 449 89 5.3 105 .319 .291 .267 .346 .335 .451 .422 .798 .757 110 .523 9 1 .723 .246 .161 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 21 KCR AL 360 2.2% 15.3% 7.5% 9.2% 34% 2.04 6.0 41.1 6.3 0.97 1.34 74% 21% 6.3% 9%
2008 22 KCR AL 478 2.3% 11.9% 6.9% 6.9% 27% 1.73 7.8 40.3 8.1 0.96 1.35 79% 18% 6.3% 11%
2009 23 KCR AL 672 3.1% 15.3% 8.6% 10.9% 40% 1.78 5.9 29.0 6.5 0.95 1.41 73% 18% 8.8% 9%
3 Seasons 1510 2.7% 14.2% 7.8% 9.2% 35% 1.82 6.4 34.5 6.9 0.96 1.37 75% 19% 7.4% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 21 KCR AL 3 0 26% 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 22% 20 13 5 3 3 0 9 5 2
2008 22 KCR AL 3 0 23% 158 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 26% 24 18 4 11 9 2 12 6 6
2009 23 KCR AL 5 0 26% 280 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 28% 38 34 4 12 7 4 24 10 13
3 Seasons 11 0 25% 564 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 32 26% 82 65 13 26 19 6 45 21 21
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2007 21 KCR AL 360 30% 96 8 0 6 2 0 0 0.63 8 0 6 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 72 8 11% 34 15 44% 235 46 20% 30 20 67% 23 14 61% 0
2008 22 KCR AL 478 33% 122 12 0 5 2 0 0 1.17 11 0 9 3 8 4 7 0 1 0 0% 91 23 25% 38 10 26% 275 44 16% 18 11 61% 24 10 42% 0
2009 23 KCR AL 672 31% 183 7 0 3 0 0 0 1.79 21 0 16 13 8 16 5 0 0 0 131 20 15% 52 24 46% 407 75 18% 42 22 52% 38 17 45% 0
3 Seasons 1510 31% 401 27 0 14 4 0 0 1.07 40 0 31 20 20 25 15 0 1 0 0% 294 51 17% 124 49 40% 917 165 18% 90 53 59% 85 41 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 21 KCR AL 360 1380 3.83 851 62% 26% 13% 29% 32% 74% 3% 46% 82% 26% 7% 25 5 17% 62 29 8% 30 18 25% 0 0 0
2008 22 KCR AL 478 1712 3.58 1073 63% 30% 11% 23% 36% 70% 0% 44% 84% 24% 6% 28 5 15% 73 32 9% 42 24 32% 0 0 0
2009 23 KCR AL 672 2590 3.85 1580 61% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 1% 43% 82% 21% 8% 52 9 19% 130 48 10% 64 32 28% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1510 5682 3.76 3504 62% 29% 12% 25% 33% 71% 1% 44% 82% 23% 7% 105 19 18% 265 109 9% 136 74 28% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 21 92 360 329 38 96 23 2 8 52 0 0 27 55 .292 .347 .447 .794 108 147 8 2 0 2 5
2008 22 216 838 772 82 218 45 2 19 107 0 1 60 112 .282 .334 .420 .754 99 324 31 2 0 4 5
2009 23 375 1510 1380 160 401 96 3 40 200 1 1 118 215 .291 .346 .451 .798 110 623 51 4 0 8 8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 21 92 356 326 36 93 22 2 8 50 0 26 55 .285 .340 .439 .779 48 92
2008 22 124 467 434 44 113 20 0 10 55 0 31 57 .260 .308 .376 .684 51 124
2009 23 159 669 606 79 181 50 1 21 94 1 57 103 .299 .359 .488 .847 106 159
3 Seasons 375 1492 1366 159 387 92 3 39 199 1 114 215 .283 .338 .441 .779 205 375
162 Game Avg. 162 645 590 69 167 40 1 17 86 0 49 93 .283 .338 .441 .779 89 375

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL  159 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  299 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
2009 AL  51 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  73 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 AL  23 (6th)
2009 AL  20 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2007 AL  born 1986-04-18 (3rd)
2008 AL  born 1986-04-18 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. James Loney (957)
  2. Ryan Garko (950)
  3. Wes Ferrell (950)
  4. Ron Blomberg (949)
  5. Phil Weintraub (949)
  6. Randall Simon (944)
  7. Frank Brower (938)
  8. Les Fleming (935)
  9. Josh Phelps (935)
  10. Conor Jackson (931)
Similar Batters through 23 
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  1. Kent Hrbek (954)
  2. John Olerud (949)
  3. Keith Hernandez (948)
  4. George Scott (940)
  5. Jim Rice (931) *
  6. Greg Luzinski (927)
  7. Gary Matthews (926)
  8. Ellis Valentine (924)
  9. Carlos May (922)
  10. Bruce Campbell (922)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Keith Hernandez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kent Hrbek (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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