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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: 8-15 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 11

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	106	3	Apr 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		99	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	0.34	6	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.033	1.88	-0.04%	0.23	7b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 1
2	107	4	Apr 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8	6-8	L(0-1)	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	13.50	0.49	13	3	1	0	0	7		0	0	0	1	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.279	1.83	-0.31%	-4.64	6b --- 0 out tie	8b -2- 0 out d5
3	108	13	Apr 21	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS-6		9	5.2	9	6	5	2	4	0	0	10.00	1.59	26	7	7	1	1	6	31			1	2	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.496	1.50	-0.36%	-3.65	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out tie
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
4	109	23	May 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	5-6		18	1.1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	10.45	2.30	10	1	3	1	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.072	.28	-0.07%	-2.82	5b 123 2 out d3	6b 3 out d7
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
5	110	43	Jun 1	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	2-6		21	4.1	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	9.82	3.27	20	7	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.08	-0.025	.13	-0.03%	-1.94	2t --- 2 out d7	6t 3 out d8
6	111	46	Jun 5	MIN		NYY	L,4-7	7-9		3	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.37	3.08	8	3	1	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.003	.60	0.00%	-0.31	7t 1-- 2 out d2	9t 1-- 1 out d3
7	112	50	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-10	5-7		3	1.2	6	4	3	1	2	1	0	10.00	3.70	12	2	2	0	2	5		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.349	1.06	-0.28%	-4.01	5b 1-- 1 out tie	7b 12- 0 out d3
8	113	58	Jun 17(2)	MIN		OAK	L,7-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	7	4.1	5	5	4	1	4	0	0	9.67	3.26	19	4	5	2	1	5	38			1	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.200	1.87	-0.23%	-1.95	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out a1
9	114	64	Jun 22(2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-9	3-GF(8)		4	6.0	4	3	3	1	8	2	0	8.58	3.58	22	2	7	1	1	4		1	1	0	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.032	.06	-0.02%	-0.45	3b -2- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
10	115	67	Jun 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-7	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	7.52	3.39	15	6	6	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.87	5b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
11	116	71	Jun 29	MIN	@	TEX	L,7-9	4-6		3	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	7.94	3.76	10	1	3	0	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.081	.07	-0.02%	-2.74	4b 1-3 1 out d4	6b 1-- 0 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
12	117	76	Jul 3	MIN		CAL	L,6-7	5-9	L(0-3)	3	4.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.28	3.60	19	5	6	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.083	.13	0.01%	1.63	5t 12- 1 out d5	9t 1-- 2 out tie
13	118	92	Jul 20(1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-14	2-4		16	2.1	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	7.30	3.77	14	3	4	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	.41	-0.078	.02	0.00%	-1.43	2t -23 2 out d4	4t 3 out d6
14	119	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-6	6-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7.13	3.84	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.98	6b --3 0 out d5	7b 1-3 0 out d6
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
15	120	108	Aug 2(2)	MIN		CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	7	3	3	5	5	0	0	6.39	3.71	39	7	15	2	5	7	61			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	.44	0.222	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	121	118	Aug 11	MIN		MIL	W,8-7	GS-3		8	2.0	4	6	4	1	2	2	0	6.84	4.14	12	1	4	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.460	.00	0.00%	-5.02	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d3
17	122	123	Aug 17	MIN		CLE	L,5-14	GS-2	L(1-4)	5	1.0	4	6	6	2	1	1	0	7.71	4.43	9	1	1	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.365	.00	0.00%	-4.99	1t start tie	2t -23 0 out d4
18	123	130	Aug 25	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-3	4-GF	W(2-4)	7	6.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	6.94	4.21	22	5	9	3	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.295	.00	0.00%	2.70	4b 123 0 out a3	9b end a 3
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
19	124	134	Sep 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-4	3-7	W(3-4)	6	4.2	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	6.58	4.13	18	5	6	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.89	3b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
20	125	140	Sep 9(2)	MIN		TEX	L,2-4	GS-6		7	5.0	5	1	1	3	2	1	0	6.23	4.27	22	6	6	3	2	5	52			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out tie
21	126	145	Sep 14	MIN		OAK	W,10-8	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	5.1	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	6.27	4.53	26	11	4	0	0	7	36			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.023	.00	0.00%	-1.74	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a4
22	127	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	4.48	6	1	4	1	2	1		2	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.22	7b 1-3 0 out d2	8b end d 3
23	128	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(5-4)	3	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	5.95	4.44	23	7	6	0	0	3	48			2	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
							8-15		W-L:5-4	4.8	81.2	100	61	54	35	55	12	0	5.95	4.44	377	0.87		8%	10%	93	39	21	62%	8	6	0	332	18	4	0	3	5	7	.69	-1.753	.38	-1.34%	-28.04

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