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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.21

134

591.2

408

WHIP

1.465

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 10-16 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 13

1974 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1974 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	80	27	May 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	3-GF(8)		99	5.1	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.45	21	4	5	1	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.055	.32	0.05%	2.34	3b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 3
2	81	35	May 20	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	GS-2	L(0-1)	8	1.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.05	2.28	10	0	1	1	0	6	29			0	1	0	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.294	1.69	-0.31%	-3.43	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d3
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
3	82	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	L,1-11	6-8		12	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	7.45	3.82	16	4	3	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.019	.02	-0.01%	-3.58	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d10
4	83	49	Jun 5	MIN		BOS	L,3-5	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.97	3.55	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.016	.20	0.01%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
5	84	52	Jun 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-9	H(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	3.52	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.47	0.258	5.52	0.11%	0.67	9b 1-3 1 out a1	9b 1-3 2 out a1
6	85	53	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,9-1	1-6	W(1-1)	0	4.2	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	5.28	2.97	21	3	4	0	0	7		1	0	0	1	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.106	.87	0.04%	1.06	1t 1-- 1 out tie	6t 1-3 0 out a3
7	86	57	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		4	2.1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.58	2.35	8	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.014	.05	0.01%	1.24	6b --3 2 out d4	8b end d 4
8	87	58	Jun 16(1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-0	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.19	2.42	6	0	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.325	1.55	0.13%	1.96	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 3
9	88	62	Jun 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	2	3.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.70	2.71	16	5	5	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.168	.51	-0.06%	-1.63	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d3
10	89	67	Jun 23(2)	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	5	5	0	0	4.22	2.83	37	7	15	0	3	5	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.266	.35	0.05%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	90	72	Jun 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	6.0	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	4.26	3.50	29	7	8	2	2	6	44			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	.68	0.120	.42	0.04%	-0.01	1b start a 4	7b 123 0 out a9
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
12	91	78	Jul 3	MIN		TEX	L,1-7	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.2	7	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.63	3.68	29	3	13	4	2	6	41			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.223	.49	-0.07%	-1.90	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d4
13	92	84	Jul 7(2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-6		3	5.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.32	3.56	21	3	10	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	.85	0.169	.22	0.03%	1.23	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out a2
14	93	89	Jul 12	MIN		CLE	L,5-9	1-2		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.21	3.47	5	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.039	.29	0.01%	0.69	1t 1-- 2 out d4	2t 3 out d3
15	94	95	Jul 18	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-3	L(3-4)	5	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.73	4.00	14	3	3	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.289	.61	-0.09%	-2.44	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d1
16	95	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	5-GF(8)		6	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.40	3.87	16	4	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	.10	0.008	.10	0.01%	1.68	5b 12- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	96	102	Jul 28(1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	6-7	H(2)	2	1.1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.30	3.92	7	0	2	0	1	0		2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.53	-0.009	.70	0.00%	-0.18	6b 1-3 1 out a3	7b 123 2 out a2
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
18	97	109	Aug 4(2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	6	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	1	0	3.86	3.83	35	10	8	1	1	6	76			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.533	.44	0.10%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	98	114	Aug 7(2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	GS-4	L(4-5)	2	3.1	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.18	3.85	18	2	7	2	2	4	33			0	0	0	14	1	3	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.283	.13	-0.03%	-3.01	1b start a 1	4b --3 1 out d3
20	99	126	Aug 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-3	L(4-6)	13	3.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	1	4.50	3.82	18	0	3	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.243	.14	-0.02%	-2.65	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
21	100	130	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	GS-4		4	3.2	4	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.75	4.03	19	1	8	0	3	4	35			0	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.284	.09	-0.01%	-2.53	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out tie
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
22	101	135	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	5-7		5	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.73	4.10	9	1	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.013	.02	0.00%	0.26	5t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d4
23	102	137	Sep 3	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-4		1	3.0	5	3	2	2	3	1	0	4.77	4.20	15	0	5	0	1	5	40			0	2	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.271	.07	-0.01%	-2.01	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 0 out a1
24	103	146	Sep 13	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	2-9		9	7.2	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.37	4.13	28	5	14	3	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	.92	0.394	.01	0.00%	4.69	2t -23 1 out d3	9t 3 out tie
25	104	156	Sep 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.24	4.05	8	4	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.013	.01	0.00%	1.69	6b 12- 1 out d5	8b end d 4
26	105	160	Sep 28	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-4	3-GF(8)		3	5.1	3	2	1	3	8	0	0	4.10	3.90	19	2	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.54	3b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 4
							10-16		W-L:4-6,Sv:1,Hld:2	3.6	98.2	91	47	45	56	79	9	1	4.10	3.90	427	0.52		8%	8%	89	44	21	10%	1	11	0	362	15	9	2	7	4	3	.87	0.158	.35	-0.01%	-0.25

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Butler Pages

Bill Butler Overview

Minor & Winter Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bill Butler Pages at Baseball Reference