Billy Butler
2007–2016 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Athletics
1,414G
.290AVG
.354OBP
.441SLG
More career statistics
1,479H
147HR
728RBI
5SB
3Rare feats
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,414 | 5,686 | 5,105 | 592 | 1,479 | 322 | 5 | 147 | 728 | 500 | 840 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 47 | 2,252 | .290 | .354 | .441 | .795 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 2014-09-26 to 2015-04-18
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 2013-04-07 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 2009-07-27 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 2009-04-29 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 709 | 2862 | 777 | 76 | 375 | 260 | 396 | .304 | .362 | .462 |
| Away | 705 | 2824 | 702 | 71 | 353 | 240 | 444 | .276 | .334 | .420 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .182 |
| April | 201 | 813 | 205 | 19 | 94 | 83 | 116 | .286 | .354 | .425 |
| May | 252 | 1007 | 248 | 16 | 123 | 81 | 149 | .273 | .327 | .388 |
| June | 211 | 811 | 214 | 20 | 98 | 79 | 124 | .296 | .361 | .445 |
| July | 239 | 975 | 246 | 35 | 130 | 86 | 140 | .281 | .341 | .462 |
| August | 263 | 1071 | 291 | 28 | 138 | 84 | 153 | .300 | .350 | .454 |
| September | 231 | 939 | 262 | 29 | 144 | 80 | 145 | .309 | .364 | .486 |
| October | 14 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .216 | .281 | .275 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 146 | 596 | 177 | 12 | 88 | 40 | 74 | .324 | .364 | .464 |
| minnesota-twins | 146 | 609 | 171 | 13 | 68 | 41 | 89 | .304 | .348 | .428 |
| chicago-white-sox | 144 | 618 | 158 | 21 | 103 | 54 | 89 | .286 | .343 | .453 |
| cleveland-guardians | 140 | 580 | 150 | 9 | 69 | 55 | 79 | .292 | .353 | .426 |
| los-angeles-angels | 90 | 364 | 86 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 59 | .277 | .360 | .473 |
| texas-rangers | 84 | 346 | 82 | 6 | 33 | 37 | 51 | .269 | .344 | .380 |
| seattle-mariners | 82 | 326 | 92 | 9 | 46 | 31 | 47 | .316 | .377 | .460 |
| baltimore-orioles | 68 | 279 | 76 | 10 | 40 | 22 | 50 | .298 | .351 | .498 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Kansas City Royals | 92 | 329 | 96 | 8 | 52 | – | .292 | – | – |
| 2008 | Kansas City Royals | 124 | 443 | 122 | 11 | 55 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 2009 | Kansas City Royals | 159 | 608 | 183 | 21 | 93 | 1 | .301 | – | – |
| 2010 | Kansas City Royals | 158 | 595 | 189 | 15 | 78 | – | .318 | – | – |
| 2011 | Kansas City Royals | 159 | 597 | 174 | 19 | 95 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals | 161 | 614 | 192 | 29 | 107 | 2 | .313 | – | – |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals | 162 | 582 | 168 | 15 | 82 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals | 151 | 549 | 149 | 9 | 66 | – | .271 | – | – |
| 2015 |  Athletics | 151 | 538 | 135 | 15 | 65 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 2016 | New York Yankees, Athletics | 97 | 250 | 71 | 5 | 35 | – | .284 | – | – |