Billy Butler
Billy Ray Butler
Born: April 18, 1986
Orange Park, FL USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, LF, OF, DH, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 260
Career: 2007-2016
Draft: Round 1 (2004 June Amateur Draft, Kansas City Royals)
School: Wolfson Senior HS (FL)
Minor League Statistics
Billy Butler compiled a career batting average of .290 with 147 home runs and 728 RBI in his 1414-game career with the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 2007 season and last took the field during the 2016 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 92 | 360 | 329 | 38 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 55 | .292 | .347 | .447 | .794 | 147 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 124 | 478 | 443 | 44 | 122 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 57 | .275 | .324 | .400 | .724 | 177 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 159 | 672 | 608 | 78 | 183 | 51 | 1 | 21 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 103 | .301 | .362 | .492 | .853 | 299 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 158 | 678 | 595 | 77 | 189 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 78 | .318 | .388 | .469 | .857 | 279 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 159 | 673 | 597 | 74 | 174 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 95 | .291 | .361 | .461 | .822 | 275 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 2012 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 161 | 679 | 614 | 72 | 192 | 32 | 1 | 29 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 111 | .313 | .373 | .510 | .882 | 313 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 162 | 668 | 582 | 62 | 168 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 102 | .289 | .374 | .412 | .787 | 240 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 151 | 603 | 549 | 57 | 149 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 96 | .271 | .323 | .379 | .702 | 208 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2015 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 151 | 601 | 538 | 63 | 135 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 101 | .251 | .323 | .390 | .713 | 210 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 85 | 242 | 221 | 24 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 34 | .276 | .331 | .403 | .733 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | AL | New York Yankees | 12 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .345 | .375 | .517 | .892 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1414 | 5686 | 5105 | 592 | 1479 | 322 | 5 | 147 | 728 | 5 | 3 | 500 | 840 | .290 | .354 | .441 | .795 | 2252 | 207 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 59 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 13 | 11 | 83.0 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .978 | 9.434 | 6.692 |
| 2007 | AL | Kansas City Royals | OF | 6 | 5 | 43.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .837 | .667 |
| 2008 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 34 | 33 | 260.0 | 233 | 9 | 2 | 27 | .992 | 8.377 | 7.118 |
| 2009 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 145 | 143 | 1248.0 | 1141 | 92 | 10 | 123 | .992 | 8.892 | 8.503 |
| 2010 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 127 | 126 | 1102.3 | 1002 | 96 | 6 | 101 | .995 | 8.965 | 8.646 |
| 2011 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 11 | 11 | 94.7 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.937 | 8.545 |
| 2012 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 20 | 20 | 165.7 | 147 | 15 | 3 | 18 | .982 | 8.801 | 8.100 |
| 2013 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 7 | 7 | 53.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.509 | 8.000 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 37 | 35 | 310.0 | 272 | 24 | 2 | 26 | .993 | 8.594 | 8.000 |
| 2015 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1B | 7 | 7 | 57.0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.842 | 8.000 |
| 2016 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1B | 22 | 14 | 113.0 | 97 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .981 | 8.283 | 4.727 |
| 2016 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 9.529 | 6.000 |
| Totals | 432 | 415 | 3546.7 | 3182 | 268 | 29 | 329 | .992 | 8.755 | 7.986 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALWC | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALDS1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .294 | .429 | .723 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | WS | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 49 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .262 | .327 | .333 | .660 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Awards
2007 - AL Rookie of the Month July
2009 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2009-08-09
2009 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2009-09-13
2009 - AL Player of the Month September
2011 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2011-07-31
2012 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2012-07-29
2012 - AL Silver Slugger DH
2012 - AL Outstanding DH Award
2014 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2014-08-10
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
