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

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-19 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 9	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	8-12		99	5.0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	0.71	16	2	6	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.558	2.43	0.56%	2.27	8t --- 0 out d1	12t 3 out tie
2	2	5	Apr 13(1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	5.2	2	1	1	4	3	1	0	0.84	3.45	23	6	8	2	0	2	60			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.157	1.98	0.17%	1.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
3	3	10	Apr 20(1)	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	6	6.0	3	1	1	6	2	1	0	1.08	4.73	27	4	12	2	1	3	58			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	0.161	2.01	0.17%	1.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
4	4	15	Apr 25	KCR		CAL	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	4	7	1	0	1.90	4.54	32	5	9	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.003	2.21	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
5	5	19	Apr 30	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.0	6	2	2	5	8	0	0	1.99	3.99	34	5	10	1	3	6	65			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.227	1.53	0.18%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	25	May 6	KCR	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.2	7	5	5	3	5	1	0	2.97	4.13	24	4	5	1	2	7	32			0	0	0	19	1	0	2	0	1	1	1.12	-0.226	1.65	-0.20%	-2.04	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
7	7	28	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-6	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.82	4.15	8	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.141	1.62	0.12%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
8	8	34	May 17	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(1-2)	6	4.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.40	4.12	21	5	5	0	0	6	31			1	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.214	1.21	-0.13%	-2.65	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out d3
9	9	39	May 23	KCR	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.2	5	3	3	6	4	0	1	3.56	4.20	28	4	9	2	1	4	45			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.192	1.30	-0.12%	-1.16	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out d1
10	10	43	May 28	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.42	4.03	8	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.057	.94	0.05%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
11	11	46	May 30(2)	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	9-11		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.27	3.88	8	0	5	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.355	2.30	0.24%	1.21	9t -2- 2 out tie	11t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	48	Jun 1	KCR		NYY	L,5-8	7-8		1	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.86	8	2	3	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.147	.67	-0.10%	-0.90	7t -2- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d3
13	13	52	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-10		4	10.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.09	3.63	35	10	15	2	3	3	81			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.242	1.13	0.12%	2.82	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
14	14	56	Jun 10	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	6.1	6	4	4	4	7	0	1	3.33	3.55	30	8	7	2	1	3	48			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.056	.80	0.03%	-0.44	1b start a 4	7b 123 1 out a5
15	15	60	Jun 16(1)	KCR		OAK	L,5-7	GS-6		5	6.0	8	4	2	0	4	1	0	3.30	3.53	24	6	7	1	3	7	48			0	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.180	.52	-0.09%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
16	16	64	Jun 20(1)	KCR	@	SEP	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.61	3.64	29	4	12	0	0	9	34			1	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.421	.52	-0.11%	-2.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	17	68	Jun 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-6	W(3-3)	3	5.2	9	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.58	3.62	28	10	8	4	2	5	40			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.13	-0.057	.45	-0.01%	-0.86	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a3
18	18	72	Jun 28	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	2	7	0	0	3.73	3.47	27	3	7	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.294	.35	-0.04%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	77	Jul 2	KCR		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.41	3.32	34	9	13	0	4	4	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.714	.23	0.08%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	20	82	Jul 6	KCR		SEP	L,3-9	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	6.0	9	6	5	2	5	2	0	3.63	3.48	29	8	7	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.365	.19	-0.06%	-3.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
21	21	87	Jul 11	KCR		CHW	W,8-5	GS-6		4	5.0	7	4	3	1	5	1	0	3.71	3.49	23	6	7	1	4	4	43			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.251	.12	-0.02%	-1.55	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a1
22	22	92	Jul 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(4-5)	3	8.0	6	5	3	3	10	1	0	3.69	3.44	34	8	9	2	2	4	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.258	.05	-0.01%	-1.59	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
23	23	97	Jul 20(2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-10	W(5-5)	4	10.0	12	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.55	3.29	43	4	14	0	0	12	67			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.342	.02	0.00%	2.82	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
24	24	100	Jul 26	KCR	@	DET	L,2-12	GS-4	L(5-6)	5	3.0	6	6	6	3	1	0	0	3.87	3.32	19	3	6	1	0	6	21			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-4.05	1b start a 1	4b -23 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	112	Aug 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-6)	13	9.0	1	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.63	3.25	32	3	16	4	4	1	89			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.162	.00	0.00%	4.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
26	26	117	Aug 16(1)	KCR		BOS	L,1-10	GS-5	L(6-7)	6	4.2	5	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.81	3.31	21	5	10	4	2	1	35			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-3.03	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d5
27	27	122	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.60	3.26	32	12	13	5	1	2	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.381	.00	0.00%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	28	126	Aug 26	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-8)	5	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.63	3.31	26	6	12	5	0	0	52			0	1	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	29	131	Aug 31	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	L(7-9)	4	5.1	5	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.73	3.36	25	4	14	1	3	1	38			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.59	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	137	Sep 5	KCR	@	SEP	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	7	4	4	2	10	2	0	3.81	3.40	27	0	8	2	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
31	31	142	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-11	GS-2	L(7-10)	4	1.1	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.98	3.44	10	3	3	0	1	1	29			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.223	.00	0.00%	-1.98	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out a1
32	32	152	Sep 20	KCR		CHW	W,9-8	GS-6	W(8-10)	9	5.1	8	5	5	3	4	0	0	4.11	3.42	27	4	9	0	3	7	33			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.79	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a4
33	33	157	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	3	7	0	1	4.01	3.38	26	9	5	0	5	1	73			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.328	.00	0.00%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
34	34	162	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	W,6-0	SHO(5)	W(9-10)	5	5.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.90	3.36	19	3	6	0	0	3	62			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.258	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
							15-19		W-L:9-10	4.0	193.2	174	91	84	91	156	15	3	3.90	3.36	837	0.60		11%	10%	134	51	2	50%	3	5	1	727	43	3	5	4	4	10	1.14	0.478	.64	0.84%	0.16

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