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: 4-10 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 4

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	60	69	Jun 27(2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	9	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.86	4.88	32	7	10	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.079	1.21	0.05%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
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
2	61	74	Jul 2	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.2	4	2	0	3	3	0	0	1.98	3.91	27	9	8	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.113	1.40	-0.07%	0.24	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
3	62	80	Jul 7	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.2	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.95	4.85	23	8	3	1	1	5	39			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.228	.87	-0.11%	-1.28	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
4	63	89	Jul 18(2)	KCR		DET	W,4-3	GS-5		10	4.2	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.52	4.89	20	7	5	1	0	5	43			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.176	.60	-0.06%	-1.08	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
5	64	95	Jul 24	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS-2		5	1.0	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.75	5.20	8	0	2	0	1	1	44			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.143	.86	-0.05%	-1.36	1b start a 1	2b 123 0 out a1
6	65	100	Jul 29	KCR	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.76	5.80	24	1	8	2	1	8	27			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.244	.65	-0.09%	-2.97	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out a1
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
7	66	104	Aug 3	KCR		OAK	L,5-7	9-GF		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.66	5.66	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.202	.53	-0.03%	-0.68	9t -23 1 out tie	9t end d 2
8	67	107	Aug 5	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	4-4		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.80	5.55	6	0	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.063	.07	0.00%	-0.58	4t --- 0 out d2	4t 3 out d3
9	68	128	Aug 26	KCR		BOS	L,0-7	5-6		20	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.55	5.32	8	3	1	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.31	5t --3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d5
10	69	131	Aug 29	KCR		NYY	L,3-10	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.28	4.98	8	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
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
11	70	142	Sep 8	KCR		MIL	L,6-7	6-GF		9	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.82	4.50	13	2	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.69	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	71	145	Sep 12	KCR		CHW	L,0-3	6-7		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	4.43	4	2	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.14	6t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
13	72	148	Sep 15	KCR		CAL	L,2-6	4-7		2	4.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.35	4.17	13	3	6	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.69	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
14	73	157	Sep 25(2)	KCR		MIN	L,0-7	4-5		9	1.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.45	3.98	6	0	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.03	4t -23 2 out d4	5t 3 out d5
							4-10		W-L:1-2	4.3	44.1	45	19	17	18	32	6	0	3.45	3.98	194	0.84		7%	4%	42	45	8	38%	3	2	0	171	4	1	0	1	0	2	.98	-0.810	.67	-0.37%	-2.09

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