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Historical player · 1969–1977

Bill Butler

B/T L/L · HT 74 · WT 210 · Born 3/12/1947 · From Hyattsville, MD USA · Debut 1969-04-09 · Final 1977-07-11

Career · batting

134

117

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.051 · 0.169

Career · pitching

134

591.7

W-L

23-35

408

ERA

4.21

WHIP

1.47

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1969–1971

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Hits

#417 on the Royals

↑ 1 J. Brito

↓ 1 T. Savage

RBI

#355 on the Royals

↑ 1 J. Campanis

↓ 1 R. Torres

Runs

#455 on the Royals

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

#295 on the Royals

↑ 1 Y. Benitez

↓ 1 H. Arteaga

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1972–1972

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Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1974–1977

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#13,000 all-time MLB

↑ 1 P. Adams

↓ 1 C. Ziegler

RBI

#10,628 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 N. Young

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	Royals	AL	34	60	1	3	3	5	38	0.050	0.123	0.050
1970	Royals	AL	25	44	0	2	2	4	31	0.045	0.125	0.045
1971	Royals	AL	14	12	0	1	1	0	10	0.083	0.077	0.083
1972	Indians	AL	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1974	Twins	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Twins	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Twins	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			134	117	1	6	6	9	79	0.051	0.118	0.051

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1969	Royals	AL	9	10	34	29	0	193.7	174	84	91	156	3.90	1.37
1970	Royals	AL	4	12	25	25	0	140.7	117	59	87	75	3.77	1.45
1971	Royals	AL	1	2	14	6	0	44.3	45	17	18	32	3.45	1.42
1972	Indians	AL	0	0	6	2	0	11.7	9	2	10	6	1.54	1.63
1974	Twins	AL	4	6	26	12	1	98.7	91	45	56	79	4.10	1.49
1975	Twins	AL	5	4	23	8	0	81.7	100	54	35	55	5.95	1.65
1977	Twins	AL	0	1	6	4	0	21.0	19	16	15	5	6.86	1.62
Career			23	35	134	86	1	591.7	555	277	312	408	4.21	1.47

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	134	86	592.0	12	55	5	2