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Bill Butland

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1940 BOS A P 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 BOS A P 23 0 0 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS A P 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 BOS A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 32 0 0 15 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

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