Bill Butler

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: March 12, 1947 in Hyattsville, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Herndon HS (Herndon, VA).

High School: Herndon HS (Herndon, VA)

Debut: April 9, 1969 (Age 22-028d, 12,780th in major league history)
vs. MIN 5.0 IP, 1 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1977 (Age 30-121d)
vs. CAL 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: William Franklin Butler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.21

134

591.2

408

WHIP

1.465

Summary of 65 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 21 go ahead

3 Tms
KCR	38
MIN	26
CLE	1

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	35
Away	30

Outs
0	28
1	23
2	14

12 Opps
MIL/SEP	12
OAK	10
BOS	8
CHW	8
DET	6
TEX/WSA	5
MIN	3
CLE	3
CAL	3
NYY	3
SEA	2
BAL	2

54 Batters
Carl Yastrzemski	3
George Scott	3
Jim Spencer	2
Aurelio Rodríguez	2
Sal Bando	2
Norm Cash	2
Danny Walton	2
Don Mincher	2
Greg Goossen	2
Rick Monday	1
Harmon Killebrew	1
Larry Brown	1
Chuck Hinton	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
César Tovar	1
Luis Aparicio	1
Sandy Alomar	1
Boog Powell	1
Rico Petrocelli	1
Jim Price	1
Claudell Washington	1
Mike Cubbage	1
Buddy Bradford	1
Bob Coluccio	1
George Hendrick	1
Syd O'Brien	1
Gene Tenace	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Don Money	1
Tommy Harper	1
Julio Cruz	1
Bill Melton	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Brian Downing	1
Mike Epstein	1
Dick Green	1
Ted Savage	1
Ray Oyler	1
Dave Duncan	1
Bill Stein	1
Jim Rice	1
Bill Freehan	1
Frank Howard	1
Toby Harrah	1
Rod Carew	1
Ron Blomberg	1
Lenny Randle	1
Roy White	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Eric Soderholm	1
Joe Azcue	1
Paul Blair	1
Dave May	1

12 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	17
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	17
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Sick's Stad (SEA)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	13
8	9
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	14

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	14
12-	8
-2-	3
123	2
--3	2
-23	1

108 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	35
1 on	19
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	30

Inning
1	6
2	9
3	10
4	9
5	16
6	10
7	2
8	1
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	35
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	16
-1	7
-2	9
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	22
Tied	16
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	14
3B	14
LF	7
2B	6
CF	6
RF	6
SS	5
C	4
DH	3

OrderPos
3rd	11
7th	10
1st	10
5th	7
4th	7
8th	7
6th	7
2nd	6

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-13 (1)	Sal Bando	OAK		KCR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	13%	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1969-04-20 (1)	Rick Monday	OAK	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	8	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1969-04-25	Jay Johnstone	CAL	@	KCR	behind 0-3	t 5	1	1--	2	1	8	17%	32%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Knoop Scores
4	4	4	1	1969-05-06	Jim Price	DET		KCR	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	12%	53%		Home Run (LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	1969-06-06	George Scott	BOS		KCR	behind 1-2	b 10	2	---	1	7	5	49%	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	1969-06-16 (1)	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	9%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1969-06-20 (1)	Ray Oyler	SEP		KCR	tied 3-3	b 6	1	-2-	2	8	6	25%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. McNertney Scores
8	8	8	1	1969-07-06	Don Mincher	SEP	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	3	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	2	1969-07-06	Don Mincher	SEP	@	KCR	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	1--	2	2	3	17%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Hovley Scores
10	10	10	1	1969-07-11	Bill Melton	CHW	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	12%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1969-07-15	Jim Spencer	CAL		KCR	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	3	16%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1969-08-16 (1)	George Scott	BOS	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 5	0	12-	3	7	5	23%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Petrocelli Scores; T. Conigliaro Scores
13	13	13	1	1969-08-26	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Andrews Scores
14	14	14	1	1969-09-05	Danny Walton	SEP		KCR	behind 1-4	b 3	2	---	1	4	7	9%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	1969-09-05	Greg Goossen	SEP		KCR	behind 2-4	b 3	2	---	1	5	3	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1970-04-16	Greg Goossen	MIL		KCR	behind 2-8	b 4	1	---	1	6	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	2	2	1970-04-16	Danny Walton	MIL		KCR	behind 3-8	b 5	2	1--	2	4	7	8%	13%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. McNertney Scores
18	18	3	1	1970-04-20	Dick Green	OAK		KCR	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	4	12%	64%		Home Run
19	19	4	2	1970-04-20	Dave Duncan	OAK		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	7%	95%		Home Run
20	20	5	1	1970-04-25	Paul Blair	BAL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	8	26%	76%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Buford Scores; B. Powell Scores
21	21	6	2	1970-04-25	Brooks Robinson	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---	1	6	5	7%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	7	1	1970-05-18	Leo Cárdenas	MIN	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	6	19%	70%		Home Run; R. Renick Scores
23	23	8	2	1970-05-18	Rod Carew	MIN	@	KCR	tied 2-2	t 5	0	-2-	2	2	4	18%	77%		Home Run; C. Tovar Scores
24	24	9	1	1970-05-24	Tommy Harper	MIL	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	1	5	12%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	10	1	1970-05-30	Frank Howard	WSA		KCR	tied 1-1	b 1	0	-2-	2	3	3	14%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Comer Scores
26	26	11	1	1970-06-05	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		KCR	tied 2-2	b 5	1	--3	2	3	7	17%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Andrews Scores/unER
27	27	12	1	1970-06-16	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	KCR	behind 0-1	t 6	2	1--	2	5	6	35%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomas Scores
28	28	13	1	1970-06-21	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	5	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	14	1	1970-06-26	Joe Azcue	CAL	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2	6	2	32%	65%		Home Run; B. Cowan Scores
30	30	15	1	1970-07-26 (1)	Chuck Hinton	CLE		KCR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	12%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	16	1	1970-08-04	Syd O'Brien	CHW		KCR	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	1	1	5	17%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	17	1	1970-08-08	Ted Savage	MIL	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2	3	9	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hegan Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1971-06-27 (2)	Mike Epstein	OAK		KCR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	67%		Home Run (CF-RF)
34	34	2	2	1971-06-27 (2)	Larry Brown	OAK		KCR	behind 1-5	b 6	1	1--	2	8	4	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); Á. Mangual Scores
35	35	3	1	1971-07-07	Dave May	MIL		KCR	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	3	7	8	33%	79%		Home Run; A. Yates Scores; T. Kubiak Scores
36	36	4	1	1971-07-18 (2)	Norm Cash	DET	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	3	12%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1971-07-29	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	6	2	1971-07-29	Norm Cash	DET		KCR	behind 1-6	b 5	1	123	4	6	3	23%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores; W. Horton Scores; B. Freehan Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1972-09-10 (2)	Luis Aparicio	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 9	0	---	1	2	6	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1974-06-02	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	12-	3	2	DH	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mason Scores; E. Maddox Scores
41	41	2	1	1974-06-28	Brian Downing	CHW		MIN	behind 0-7	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	3	1	1974-07-03	César Tovar	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	1--	2	1	8	16%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores
43	43	4	1	1974-07-18	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	7	5	11%	43%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	5	2	1974-07-18	Bill Freehan	DET		MIN	behind 1-2	b 3	0	1--	2	4	3	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Kaline Scores
45	45	6	1	1974-08-04 (2)	Sal Bando	OAK	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	3	5	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	7	1	1974-08-26	Sandy Alomar	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	--3	2	8	4	9%	79%		Home Run; C. Chambliss Scores
47	47	8	1	1974-09-01	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---	1	4	3	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	9	1	1974-09-03	Toby Harrah	TEX		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	6	6	11%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1975-06-01	Jim Rice	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 10-3	t 6	2	---	1	5	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	1975-06-09	Boog Powell	CLE		MIN	ahead 8-6	b 7	0	---	1	4	DH	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF)
51	51	3	1	1975-06-22 (2)	Buddy Bradford	CHW		MIN	ahead 5-0	b 3	1	12-	3	8	7	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melton Scores; B. Stein Scores
52	52	4	2	1975-06-22 (2)	Bob Coluccio	CHW		MIN	ahead 8-1	b 6	1	---	1	1	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	5	1	1975-06-29	Mike Cubbage	TEX		MIN	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	12-	3	2	4	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sundberg Scores; C. Tovar Scores
54	54	6	1	1975-07-20 (1)	Roy White	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	7	1	1975-08-11	Don Money	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	12-	3	1	5	23%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Porter Scores; J. Lind Scores
56	56	8	2	1975-08-11	George Scott	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 5-3	t 3	0	---	1	3	3	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	9	1	1975-08-17	George Hendrick	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3	3	9	18%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kuiper Scores; R. Manning Scores
58	58	10	1	1975-09-09 (2)	Lenny Randle	TEX	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	17%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	11	1	1975-09-14	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-6	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	3%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	12	2	1975-09-14	Claudell Washington	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-8	t 6	1	-23	3	7	7	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores; T. Harper Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1977-06-26	Lamar Johnson	CHW	@	MIN	behind 1-8	t 3	1	1--	2	3	3	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores
62	62	2	2	1977-06-26	Eric Soderholm	CHW	@	MIN	behind 3-8	t 3	1	1--	2	5	5	9%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Zisk Scores
63	63	3	1	1977-07-02	Jim Spencer	CHW		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	2	123	4	6	3	42%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Bannister Scores; J. Orta Scores; C. Lemon Scores
64	64	4	1	1977-07-08	Julio Cruz	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 7-3	t 4	0	---	1	1	4	4%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	2	1977-07-08	Bill Stein	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 8-3	t 5	1	1--	2	7	5	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Meyer Scores