Bill Butler
1969–1977 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
79G
.051AVG
.118OBP
.051SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
23–35W–L
591.2IP
408K
4.21ERA
86GS
1SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 79 | 134 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,584 | 2,591 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 133 | 117 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .051 | .118 | .051 | .169 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 591.7 | 134 | 86 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 1 | 555 | 304 | 277 | 65 | 312 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 4.21 | 1.465 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1969-04-25 to 1969-04-25
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1970-05-13 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1969-08-09 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1969-08-20 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 34 | 60 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .050 | 193 | 156 |
| 1970 | Kansas City Royals | 25 | 44 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .045 | 140 | 75 |
| 1971 | Kansas City Royals | 14 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .083 | 44 | 32 |
| 1972 |  Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 6 |
| 1974 |  Minnesota Twins | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 | 79 |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 55 |
| 1977 | Minnesota Twins | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 5 |