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Billy Butler

Billy Ray Butler

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
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
Team: Royals 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$30M (11-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.102, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Greg Genske, previously: Doug Rogalsky [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:01PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1209. Willie Montanez… #1210. Mickey Stanley… #1211. Wes Westrum… #1212. BILLY BUTLER… #1213. Bobby Richardson… #1214. Scott Podsednik… #1215. Bill Robinson… 

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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 3/
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 3
2009 23 KCR AL 159 672 608 78 183 51 1 21 93 1 0 58 103 .301 .362 .492 .853 125 299 20 2 0 4 3 *3
2010 24 KCR AL 158 678 595 77 189 45 0 15 78 0 0 69 78 .318 .388 .469 .857 135 279 32 5 0 9 8 *3
2011 25 KCR AL 159 673 597 74 174 44 0 19 95 2 1 66 95 .291 .361 .461 .822 125 275 16 3 0 7 15 *D3
5 Seasons 692 2861 2572 311 764 185 3 74 373 3 2 253 388 .297 .360 .458 .817 120 1177 99 12 0 24 31
162 Game Avg. 162 670 602 73 179 43 1 17 87 1 0 59 91 .297 .360 .458 .817 120 276 23 3 0 6 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 21 KCR AL 360 2 -2 0 0 -3 -8 13 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ 3/
2008 22 KCR AL 478 -5 -1 -1 -4 -5 -10 17 -9 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $399,000 3
2009 23 KCR AL 672 21 -5 -1 -2 -13 -10 22 12 1.1 25 2.4 -1.3 $421,000 *3
2010 24 KCR AL 678 32 -3 -1 -6 2 -11 23 37 3.7 34 3.4 0.3 $470,000 *3
2011 25 KCR AL 673 23 -2 -1 -2 -2 -15 23 24 2.4 26 2.6 -0.2 $3,500,000 *D3
5 Seasons 2861 73 -13 -4 -14 -20 -54 98 65 6.5 86 8.5 -2.0 $4,790,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 KCR AL 21 1B 13 89 79 8 2 6 .978 0 2 6.69 .995 9.27
2007 KCR AL 21 OF 6 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3 -1 0.67 .988 2.28
2007 KCR AL 21 DH 69 69
2007 KCR AL 21 LF 6 5 2 43.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3 -1 -75 -28 0.84 0.67 .984 2.11 2.08
2008 KCR AL 22 1B 34 244 233 9 2 27 .992 -5 -3 7.12 .994 9.18
2008 KCR AL 22 DH 82 82
2009 KCR AL 23 1B 145 1243 1141 92 10 123 .992 -13 -6 8.50 .994 9.02
2009 KCR AL 23 DH 11 11
2010 KCR AL 24 1B 127 1104 1002 96 6 101 .995 2 -5 8.65 .994 9.23
2010 KCR AL 24 DH 31 31
2011 KCR AL 25 DH 142 142
2011 KCR AL 25 1B 11 11 8 94.2 94 86 8 0 10 1.000 -2 -2 -23 -25 8.94 8.55 .993 9.31 9.24
5 Seasons 1B 330 11 8 94.2 2774 2541 213 20 267 .993 -17 -14 -216 -177 8.94 8.35 .994 9.31 9.13
1 Season LF 6 5 2 43.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3 -1 -75 -27 0.84 0.67 .984 2.11 2.08
1 Season OF 6 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3 -1 -27 0.67 .988 2.28
5 Seasons TOT 336 11 8 94.2 2779 2545 213 21 267 .992 -20 -16 -250 -202 8.94 8.21 .994 9.31 9.01
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2010 AL  .318 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2010 AL  .388 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL  159 (7th)
2010 AL  158 (8th)
2011 AL  159 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
2010 AL  189 (3rd)

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

Doubles s c a p y
2009 AL  51 (2nd)
2010 AL  45 (4th)
2011 AL  44 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
2010 AL  129 (7th)

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

Times On Base s c a p y
2010 AL  263 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  15 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 AL  23 (6th)
2009 AL  20 (9th)
2010 AL  32 (1st)

Putouts† s c a p y
2009 AL  1,141 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2009 AL  145 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2009 AL  1,141 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2009 AL  92 (3rd)
2010 AL  96 (2nd)
Active  213 (24th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (1st)
2010 AL  6 (5th)

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 - 16 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1176), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Reggie Jefferson (943)
  2. James Loney (942)
  3. Lamar Johnson (935)
  4. Greg Colbrunn (929)
  5. Del Bissonette (920)
  6. Willie Aikens (919)
  7. Sam Leslie (916)
  8. Joe Hauser (914)
  9. Nick Johnson (914)
  10. Gordy Coleman (912)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. John Olerud (948)
  2. Kent Hrbek (942)
  3. Keith Hernandez (931)
  4. Nick Markakis (924)
  5. Carl Yastrzemski (919) *
  6. Delmon Young (909)
  7. Carlos May (904)
  8. Don Hurst (904)
  9. Steve Kemp (903)
  10. Ben Grieve (900)
* - 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
  3. John Olerud (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Olerud (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200822Kansas City Royals$399,000
200923Kansas City Royals$421,000
201024Kansas City Royals$470,000
201125Kansas City Royals$3,500,000
201226Kansas City Royals$8,000,000
201327Kansas City Royals$8,000,000
201428Kansas City Royals$8,000,000
201529Kansas City Royals*$12,500,000$12.5M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,790,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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