Bill Butland

Full Name: Wilburn Rue Butland	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/185	First Game: May 29, 1940
Birthdate: March 22, 1918	Final Game: May 10, 1947
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 19, 1997
Deathplace: Terre Haute, Indiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on March 22, 1918 in Terre Haute, Indiana, Bill Butland (Wilburn Rue Butland) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 4 year career. Butland broke into the bigs on May 29, 1940 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.51 ERA in 111.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Butland's best season was 1942, when he posted a 2.51 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1940	BOS	A	3	3	1	2	5.57	5	13	13	1	0	0	21	27	0	10	0	0
1942	BOS	A	23	10	7	1	2.51	46	35	31	6	2	1	111.1	85	8	33	2	3
1946	BOS	A	5	2	1	0	11.02	10	20	20	0	0	0	16.1	23	3	13	0	0
1947	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Total			32	15	9	3	3.88	62	69	65	7	2	1	150.2	138	11	56	2	3

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	AVG
1940	BOS	A	P	3	1	7	1.000
1942	BOS	A	P	23	14	20	1.000
1946	BOS	A	P	5	0	4	1.000
1947	BOS	A	P	1	0	0	.000
Total			P	32	15	31	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1940	BOS	A	3	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	3	1	0
1942	BOS	A	23	28	1	1	.036	.229	.036	7	12	2	1
1946	BOS	A	5	4	1	2	.250	.250	.250	0	1	0	0
1947	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total			32	39	2	3	.051	.196	.051	7	16	3	1

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Minneapolis (American Association) to Boston Red Sox (August 12, 1939).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft (November 17, 1947).

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