William Franklin Butler

Full Name: William Franklin Butler	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/210	First Game: April 9, 1969
Birthdate: March 12, 1947	Final Game: July 11, 1977
Birthplace: Hyattsville, Maryland	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 12, 1947 in Hyattsville, Maryland, Bill Butler (William Franklin Butler) played for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 7 year career. Butler broke into the bigs on April 9, 1969 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.90 ERA in 193.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Butler's best season was 1969, when he posted a 3.90 ERA and struck out 156 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1969	KC	A	34	29	9	10	3.90	156	91	84	5	4	0	193.2	174	15	91	5	4	3
1970	KC	A	25	25	4	12	3.77	75	66	59	2	1	0	140.2	117	17	87	1	3	1
1971	KC	A	14	6	1	2	3.45	32	19	17	0	0	0	44.1	45	6	18	0	0	0
1972	CLE	A	6	2	0	0	1.54	6	3	2	0	0	0	11.2	9	1	10	0	0	0
1974	MIN	A	26	12	4	6	4.10	79	47	45	2	0	1	98.2	91	9	56	2	0	1
1975	MIN	A	23	8	5	4	5.95	55	61	54	1	0	0	81.2	100	12	35	0	0	0
1977	MIN	A	6	4	0	1	6.86	5	17	16	0	0	0	21	19	5	15	0	1	1
Total			134	86	23	35	4.21	408	304	277	10	5	1	591.2	555	65	312	8	8	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1969	KC	A	P	34	29	193.2	4	16	1	1	0	3	5	1	.952
1970	KC	A	P	25	25	140.2	3	13	1	1	1	6	7	0	.941
1971	KC	A	P	14	6	44.1	0	7	1	0	0	3	2	0	.875
1972	CLE	A	P	6	2	11.2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1.000
1974	MIN	A	P	26	12	98.2	1	6	0	0	1	1	11	0	1.000
1975	MIN	A	P	23	8	81.2	4	11	2	0	0	8	6	0	.882
1977	MIN	A	P	6	4	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
Total			P	134	86	591.2	12	55	5	2	3	22	35	2	.931

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1969	KC	A	34	60	1	3	3	.050	.123	.050	5	38	5	1
1970	KC	A	25	44	0	2	2	.045	.125	.045	4	31	1	1
1971	KC	A	14	12	0	1	1	.083	.077	.083	0	10	0	0
1972	CLE	A	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1974	MIN	A	26	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	A	23	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1977	MIN	A	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total			134	117	1	6	6	.051	.118	.051	9	79	6	2

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Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from Detroit Tigers (22nd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Sold by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians (July 11, 1972).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Colpaert to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jim Strickland and Mike Brooks (October 11, 1973).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Rex Hudson (December 15, 1977).

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