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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1965	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	CHC	7	2	.778	2.34	2.57	14	9		5	2		77.0	48	22	20	2	45	1	81	7	1	6		1.208	5.6	0.2	5.3	9.5	1.80
1965	18	-2.6	Daytona Beach	FLOR	A	DET	6	2	.750	2.45	2.59	12	8		4	2		66.0	40	19	18	1	41	1	63	7	1	6		1.227	5.5	0.1	5.6	8.6	1.54
1965	18	-2.3	Duluth-Superior	NORL	A	CHC	1	0	1.000	1.64	2.45	2	1		1	0		11.0	8	3	2	1	4	0	18	0	0	0		1.091	6.5	0.8	3.3	14.7	4.50
1966	19	-3.1	Rocky Mount	CARL	A	DET	9	13	.409	3.47	3.89	29	21		7	2		148.0	119	64	57	12	92	4	122	5	0	10		1.426	7.2	0.7	5.6	7.4	1.33
1966	19	-1.8	Tigers	FLIL	WRk	DET	4	2	.667	2.68	3.83	11	8		1	1		47.0	38	20	14	2	28	1	28	1	1	4		1.404	7.3	0.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1967	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	13	11	.542	2.95	3.79	32	29		11	6		183.0	144	77	60	13	104	3	161	6	1	9		1.355	7.1	0.6	5.1	7.9	1.55
1967	20	-3.6	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	1	2	.333	3.60	4.05	4	4		1	0		20.0	17	9	8	2	8	2	7	0	1	0		1.250	7.7	0.9	3.6	3.2	0.88
1967	20	-1.9	Rocky Mount	CARL	A	DET	12	9	.571	2.87	3.75	28	25		10	6		163.0	127	68	52	11	96	1	154	6	0	9		1.368	7.0	0.6	5.3	8.5	1.60
1968	21	-2.9	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	5	3	.625	3.09	3.56	46	7		0	0		96.0	74	38	33	6	33	2	137	1	1	5		1.115	6.9	0.6	3.1	12.8	4.15
1969	22	-5.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	9	10	.474	3.90	4.23	34	29	1	5	4	0	193.2	174	91	84	15	91	5	156	3	0	4	834	1.368	8.1	0.7	4.2	7.2	1.71
1970	23	-2.3	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	1	1	.500	2.25	3.15	4	4		1	1	0	20.0	15	7	5	4	6	0	10	0	0	0		1.050	6.8	1.8	2.7	4.5	1.67
1970	23	-4.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	12	.250	3.77	4.22	25	25	0	2	1	0	140.2	117	66	59	17	87	1	75	1	0	3	610	1.450	7.5	1.1	5.6	4.8	0.86
1971	24	-0.9	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	6	5	.545	3.75	3.86	13	13		3	2	0	84.0	80	36	35	6	36	2	67	0	0	3		1.381	8.6	0.6	3.9	7.2	1.86
1971	24	-2.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	2	.333	3.45	3.86	14	6	3	0	0	0	44.1	45	19	17	6	18	0	32	0	0	0	190	1.421	9.1	1.2	3.7	6.5	1.78
1972	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	KCR	8	8	.500	3.71	3.89	27	21		5	1	1	148.0	124	64	61	14	60	5	131	0	0	1		1.243	7.5	0.9	3.6	8.0	2.18
1972	25	0.0	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	5	3	.625	3.47	3.58	15	13		3	1	0	83.0	71	33	32	8	33	1	75	0	0	0		1.253	7.7	0.9	3.6	8.1	2.27
1972	25	-0.1	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	3	5	.375	4.02	4.29	12	8		2	0	1	65.0	53	31	29	6	27	4	56	0	0	1		1.231	7.3	0.8	3.7	7.8	2.07
1972	25	-2.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		1.54	2.31	6	2	1	0	0	0	11.2	9	3	2	1	10	0	6	0	0	0	52	1.629	6.9	0.8	7.7	4.6	0.60
1973	26	1.3	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	CLE	5	13	.278	4.31	5.41	38	23		2	0	4	163.0	181	98	78	7	76	5	145	3	0	9		1.577	10.0	0.4	4.2	8.0	1.91
1974	27	2.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	MIN	3	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	4	4		2	0	0	30.0	28	9	9	2	10	0	26	1	0	0		1.267	8.4	0.6	3.0	7.8	2.60
1974	27	-1.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	4	6	.400	4.10	4.29	26	12	7	2	0	1	98.2	91	47	45	9	56	2	79	1	0	0	427	1.490	8.3	0.8	5.1	7.2	1.41
1975	28	-0.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	5	4	.556	5.95	6.72	23	8	5	1	0	0	81.2	100	61	54	12	35	0	55	0	0	0	377	1.653	11.0	1.3	3.9	6.1	1.57
1976	29	3.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	MIN	4	6	.400	3.84	4.54	38	10		2	1	5	103.0	104	52	44	7	64	4	65	1	0	2		1.631	9.1	0.6	5.6	5.7	1.02
1977	30	5.3	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	MIN	9	7	.563	4.22	4.50	22	18		8	3	1	128.0	115	64	60	8	64	1	102	1	0	2		1.398	8.1	0.6	4.5	7.2	1.59
1977	30	2.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	6.86	7.29	6	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	17	16	5	15	0	5	1	0	1	94	1.619	8.1	2.1	6.4	2.1	0.33
1978	31	6.0	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	5	3	.625	7.14	8.29	47	1		0	0	8	63.0	84	58	50	8	60	4	46	1	0	2		2.286	12.0	1.1	8.6	6.6	0.77
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		23	35	.397	4.21	4.62	134	86	17	10	5	1	591.2	555	304	277	65	312	8	408	6	0	8	2584	1.465	8.4	1.0	4.7	6.2	1.31
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		75	72	.510	3.71	4.26	314	160		46	18	19	1243.0	1116	589	512	89	650	31	1093	26	3	49		1.421	8.1	0.6	4.7	7.9	1.68
Other (1 season)					Other		4	2	.667	2.68	3.83	11	8		1	1		47.0	38	20	14	2	28	1	28	1	1	4		1.404	7.3	0.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
All Levels (14 Seasons)							102	109	.483	3.84	4.37	459	254	17	57	24	20	1881.2	1709	913	803	156	990	40	1529	33	4	61	2584	1.434	8.2	0.7	4.7	7.3	1.54

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		41	43	.488	4.17	4.73	193	94		23	8	19	739.0	731	388	342	56	376	21	592	7	0	19		1.498	8.9	0.7	4.6	7.2	1.57
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	5	.545	3.18	3.65	50	11		1	0		116.0	91	47	41	8	41	4	144	1	2	5		1.138	7.1	0.6	3.2	11.2	3.51
A (3 seasons)					Minors		28	24	.538	2.99	3.57	71	55		22	10		388.0	294	154	129	25	233	6	357	18	1	25		1.358	6.8	0.6	5.4	8.3	1.53