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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-19 / in Starts: 14-15
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	47 (25-14-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	42 (22-13-7)

Most Driven In
J Adair	1
E Kirkpatrick	1
L Piniella	1
B Oliver	0
J RÃos	0

Most Driven In By
E Kirkpatrick	1

1969 Batting Game Log

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1969 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 9	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	8-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.22	-0.075	5.40	-0.08%	-0.34	P
2	2	5 (2)	Apr 13 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.75	-0.023	1.33	-0.02%	-0.26	P
3	3	10 (4)	Apr 20 (1)	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.017	1.24	-0.02%	-0.15	P
4	4	15 (4)	Apr 25	KCR		CAL	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.23	0.004	.41	0.00%	0.03	P
5	5	19 (3)	Apr 30	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.37	-0.105	1.76	-0.08%	-0.77	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	6	25 (5)	May 6	KCR	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.71	-0.017	1.04	-0.02%	-0.15	P
7	7	28 (2)	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	1						P
8	8	34 (5)	May 17	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.46	-0.012	.45	-0.01%	-0.09	P
9	9	39 (4)	May 23	KCR	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.92	-0.044	.92	-0.03%	-0.34	P
10	10	43 (3)	May 28	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
11	11	46 (2)	May 30 (2)	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	9-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.31	-0.032	1.48	-0.02%	-0.09	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	48 (1)	Jun 1	KCR		NYY	L,5-8	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9						P
13	13	52 (3)	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	1.38	-0.126	1.17	-0.06%	-0.82	P
14	14	56 (3)	Jun 10	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	.55	-0.048	.49	-0.03%	-1.01	P
15	15	60 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	KCR		OAK	L,5-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	9	.36	-0.009	.30	-0.01%	-0.09	P
16	16	64 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	KCR	@	SEP	L,3-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	2.27	0.043	.96	0.01%	0.42	P
17	17	68 (3)	Jun 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.080	.080	.160	9	1.13	-0.086	.45	-0.02%	-0.80	P
18	18	72 (3)	Jun 28	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.10	-0.030	.27	0.00%	-0.40	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	19	77 (4)	Jul 2	KCR		CAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.103	.103	.207	9	.63	-0.030	.12	0.00%	-0.31	P
20	20	82 (4)	Jul 6	KCR		SEP	L,3-9	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.42	-0.045	.37	-0.01%	-0.38	P
21	21	87 (4)	Jul 11	KCR		CHW	W,8-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.097	.222	9	1.10	0.013	.12	0.00%	-0.19	P
22	22	92 (4)	Jul 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.143	.091	.234	9	1.12	-0.015	.06	0.00%	0.07	P
23	23	97 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.081	.128	.081	.209	9	.78	-0.078	.01	0.00%	-0.91	P
24	24	100 (2)	Jul 26	KCR	@	DET	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.079	.125	.079	.204	9	.58	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	25	112 (11)	Aug 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.136	.073	.210	9	.37	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.18	P
26	26	117 (4)	Aug 16 (1)	KCR		BOS	L,1-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.130	.070	.200	9	1.12	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
27	27	122 (4)	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.064	.120	.064	.184	9	.52	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
28	28	126 (3)	Aug 26	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.061	.115	.061	.177	9	1.73	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
29	29	131 (4)	Aug 31	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	9	.87	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	30	137 (5)	Sep 5	KCR	@	SEP	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	1.11	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
31	31	142 (4)	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.055	.103	.055	.158	9	2.10	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
32	32	152 (9)	Sep 20	KCR		CHW	W,9-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.117	.054	.170	9	1.81	0.094	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
33	33	157 (4)	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.052	.113	.052	.165	9	.84	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
34	34	162 (4)	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	W,6-0	CG(5)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.123	.050	.173	9	.68	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
							15-19		70	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	0	38	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.050	.123	.050	.173		1.01	-1.111	.45	-0.38%	-10.78

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