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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: 9-16 / in Starts: 9-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	35	3	Apr 9	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	0	0	6	5	0	0	0.00	3.97	27	3	10	0	0	3	65			4	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.258	2.20	0.24%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
2	36	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS-5	W(2-0)	6	5.0	5	5	4	2	4	2	0	3.27	5.55	23	1	11	2	0	5	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.088	.72	-0.06%	-2.68	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a3
3	37	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS-8		3	7.1	7	2	2	1	5	2	0	2.95	5.42	29	7	9	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.105	1.08	0.10%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d2
4	38	15	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	L,3-9	GS-1	L(2-1)	4	0.2	3	5	5	3	1	2	0	5.21	7.06	8	0	1	0	0	3	24			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.342	.97	-0.22%	-3.95	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
5	39	19	Apr 30	KCR		DET	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.1	2	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.44	6.17	28	6	12	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.234	.93	0.11%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
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	40	24	May 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	7.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.05	5.40	32	4	12	2	0	8	55			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.078	.55	0.03%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	41	29	May 13	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS-10		6	10.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.12	4.71	34	5	15	1	0	3	89			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.809	.66	0.23%	4.83	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
8	42	35	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.0	6	5	5	6	1	2	0	3.65	5.31	29	3	14	0	0	5	35			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.348	.50	-0.11%	-2.58	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d1
9	43	40	May 24	KCR		MIL	W,6-5	GS-9		5	8.1	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.75	5.24	32	6	17	0	0	4	58			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.145	.27	0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
10	44	45	May 30	KCR	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-3)	5	8.0	5	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.70	5.04	31	6	12	2	2	3	64			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.058	.19	-0.01%	0.53	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
11	45	50	Jun 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	5.0	6	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.82	5.06	24	5	8	2	0	6	42			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	.92	-0.253	.15	-0.03%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
12	46	59	Jun 16	KCR		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9	L(2-5)	10	8.0	3	3	3	6	9	1	0	3.78	4.98	33	4	13	2	0	1	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.007	.05	0.00%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
13	47	63	Jun 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-11	GS-6	L(2-6)	4	6.0	8	6	3	3	3	1	0	3.83	5.00	29	8	7	0	0	8	38			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	1	.71	-0.278	.04	-0.01%	-3.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
14	48	67	Jun 26	KCR		CAL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	5.1	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.00	5.09	25	2	10	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.181	.02	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
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
15	49	78	Jul 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-8)	8	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.90	4.95	27	7	10	1	0	4	61			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.29	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	50	84	Jul 11	KCR		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-8)	5	9.0	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	3.57	4.87	33	10	15	2	4	2	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.295	.00	0.00%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	51	88	Jul 18	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	L(3-9)	6	4.1	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.75	4.87	20	7	6	2	0	4	36			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-2.57	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
18	52	93	Jul 22	KCR		BAL	L,3-4	GS-4		3	3.0	3	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.89	4.90	16	2	6	1	0	3	38			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out tie
19	53	98	Jul 26(1)	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-5		3	4.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.91	4.91	21	3	4	2	2	8	40			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.243	.00	0.00%	-1.55	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out tie
20	54	103	Jul 31	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-2		4	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.88	4.95	5	1	1	0	0	1	49			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out tie
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
21	55	107	Aug 4	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-10)	3	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	1	0	3.84	5.02	27	8	10	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	56	112	Aug 8	KCR		MIL	L,3-5	GS-3	L(3-11)	3	2.1	4	3	3	4	0	1	0	3.98	5.17	14	2	4	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
Sept				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
23	57	141	Sep 10(1)	KCR		MIL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(4-11)	32	8.1	3	0	0	5	4	0	1	3.73	5.09	30	7	10	2	0	3	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	0.373	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
24	58	148	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-2	L(4-12)	7	1.1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	3.83	5.10	12	2	2	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1b start a 1	2b 12- 1 out d3
25	59	152	Sep 21(2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-5		2	4.1	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.77	5.02	21	4	5	0	1	7	46			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.19	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out tie
							9-16		W-L:4-12	4.5	140.2	117	66	59	87	75	17	1	3.77	5.02	610	0.50		7%	3%	110	51		---%	6	7	0	511	22	2	1	12	4	6	1.05	-0.463	.36	0.28%	-2.01

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