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Bill
Butler		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 12, 1947 in Usa, MD, HYATTSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Platinum Arm 1977   
All-Star Selections 1976    1977    1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 MON NL   7 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 5
1970 23 MON NL   7 6 5 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1971 24 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 8
1972 25 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 9 8 8
1973 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 8
1974 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1975 28 MON NL $ 2,792,857 7 8 7 8 7 5 6 10 10 10
1976 29 MON NL $ 5,385,714 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 10 9 10
1977 30 MON NL $ 5,428,571 6 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 9 9
1978 31 MON NL $ 10,000,000 6 8 7 8 6 4 5 10 9 9
1979 32 MON NL $ 10,000,000 6 8 7 8 6 4 5 10 8 9
1980 33 MON NL $ 10,000,000 5 8 7 7 6 4 5 9 8 8
1981 34 MON NL $ 10,000,000 5 8 7 7 6 4 5 9 8 8
1982 35 MON NL $ 10,000,000 5 7 6 6 5 3 4 7 6 6
1983 36 MON NL $ 10,000,000 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 7 8 8 8 7 5 6 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 22 AA   15 6 .714 28 28 3 1 0 199.7 161 59 13 75 217 2.66 .217 .289 .320 .609  
1970 23 AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 38 14 2 17 42 3.60 .271 .350 .343 .693  
    AA   10 11 .476 24 24 2 0 0 157.0 127 57 8 79 185 3.27 .219 .313 .297 .609  
1971 24 MON NL 2 1 .667 5 5 1 1 0 36.7 28 8 0 13 17 1.96 .215 .285 .262 .546 4.1
    AAA   6 14 .300 30 30 1 0 0 171.7 229 115 20 108 137 6.03 .322 .411 .454 .866  
1972 25 MON NL 11 8 .579 39 16 0 0 3 152.3 144 69 10 70 72 4.08 .249 .330 .355 .684 7.8
1973 26 MON NL 15 11 .577 31 31 5 1 0 217.3 174 86 12 117 123 3.56 .222 .320 .323 .643 14.2
1974 27 MON NL 10 6 .625 31 31 1 1 0 208.3 206 101 12 100 135 4.36 .258 .338 .373 .711 8.9
1975 28 MON NL 16 5 .762 28 28 0 0 0 188.7 132 59 4 85 137 2.81 .195 .285 .251 .536 17.5
1976 29 MON NL 19 8 .704 36 36 6 2 0 263.0 216 93 9 105 191 3.18 .219 .292 .302 .594 23.1
1977 30 MON NL 22 6 .786 41 32 1 0 1 238.0 181 64 5 105 160 2.42 .213 .298 .281 .579 21.4
1978 31 MON NL 15 4 .789 31 31 0 0 0 206.3 166 69 4 93 134 3.01 .220 .304 .294 .599 16.4
1979 32 MON NL 14 7 .667 32 32 4 1 0 223.0 187 83 14 98 123 3.35 .228 .310 .333 .642 14.6
1980 33 MON NL 18 6 .750 33 33 1 1 0 212.7 191 68 10 83 122 2.88 .239 .310 .333 .643 16.9
1981 34 MON NL 3 18 .143 36 36 0 0 0 210.3 216 118 13 102 124 5.05 .268 .348 .392 .740 2.8
1982 35 MON NL 5 4 .556 28 9 0 0 2 80.7 92 43 14 32 51 4.80 .291 .354 .465 .819 3.5
1983 36 AAA   0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 1 10.3 3 2 0 7 9 1.74 .094 .256 .094 .350  
    A   3 4 .429 68 0 0 0 6 56.7 37 12 6 25 62 1.91 .186 .277 .296 .573  
12 Years Sim 150 84 .641 371 320 19 7 6 2237.3 1933 861 107 1003 1389 3.46 .233 .314 .328 .642 151.3
3 Years AAA 8 16 .333 50 36 1 0 1 217.0 270 131 22 132 188 5.43 .306 .396 .424 .820  
2 Years AA 25 17 .595 52 52 5 1 0 356.7 288 116 21 154 402 2.93 .218 .299 .310 .609  
1 Years A 3 4 .429 68 0 0 0 6 56.7 37 12 6 25 62 1.91 .186 .277 .296 .573  
6 Years Minors 36 37 .493 170 88 6 1 7 630.3 595 259 49 311 652 3.70 .247 .334 .351 .684  
Season Average 12 7 .632 30 26 1 0 0 186.4 161 71 8 83 115 3.46 .233 .314 .328 .642  
Career Highs 22 18 .789 41 36 6 2 3 263.0 216 118 14 117 191 5.05 .291 .354 .465 .819  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1498 669 96 830 1001   .241 .330 .344 .674
vs LH   435 192 11 173 388   .210 .271 .280 .550
Home 75 41 .647 197 163 10 4 5 1158.6 1016 448 59 509 731 3.48 .235 .316 .329 .645
Away 75 43 .636 174 157 9 3 3 1078.6 917 413 48 494 658 3.45 .230 .315 .326 .641
Mar/Apr 27 14 .659 56 56 4 1 0 380.6 328 154 21 186 254 3.64 .234 .323 .342 .666
May 34 12 .739 62 62 3 2 0 417.6 326 135 24 164 257 2.91 .215 .291 .311 .602
June 20 17 .541 57 57 1 0 0 370.6 345 156 17 178 210 3.79 .244 .328 .336 .664
July 22 10 .688 60 44 3 0 2 323.6 301 142 14 136 178 3.95 .247 .323 .344 .667
August 25 14 .641 62 53 4 2 0 365.0 304 125 14 165 254 3.08 .227 .312 .313 .625
Sep/Oct 22 17 .564 74 48 6 2 6 379.6 329 149 17 174 236 3.53 .234 .318 .324 .642
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 24 MON NL P 5 5 36.7 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.44    
1972 25 MON NL P 39 16 152.3 10 22 0 5 1.000 1.89    
1973 26 MON NL P 31 31 217.3 16 34 2 3 .962 2.07    
1974 27 MON NL P 31 31 208.3 9 29 2 2 .950 1.64    
1975 28 MON NL P 28 28 188.7 11 26 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1976 29 MON NL P 36 36 263.0 14 36 3 2 .943 1.71    
1977 30 MON NL P 41 32 238.0 9 35 0 4 1.000 1.66    
1978 31 MON NL P 31 31 206.3 17 21 1 2 .974 1.66    
1979 32 MON NL P 32 32 223.0 7 35 1 4 .977 1.70    
1980 33 MON NL P 33 33 212.7 11 26 0 1 1.000 1.57    
1981 34 MON NL P 36 36 210.3 12 41 1 4 .981 2.27    
1982 35 MON NL P 28 9 80.7 7 14 1 4 .955 2.34    
Career Totals   371 320 2237.3 128 328 11 31 .976 1.83    
Career Highs   41 36 263.0 17 41 3 5 1.000 3.44    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1972 25 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 4 4 0 1 1 36.00 .571 .625 .571 1.196
1973 26 MON NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 10.0 12 4 0 1 7 3.60 .300 .317 .375 .692
1974 27 MON NL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 28 9 0 19 13 3.00 .272 .385 .350 .735
1975 28 MON NL 1 4 .200 6 6 1 0 0 43.7 42 12 1 17 31 2.47 .253 .322 .319 .642
1976 29 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 17 9 0 10 6 6.23 .327 .435 .365 .801
1977 30 MON NL 3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 33.7 25 10 2 18 22 2.67 .216 .321 .336 .657
1978 31 MON NL 0 2 .000 3 3 1 0 0 18.3 16 7 0 10 18 3.44 .235 .333 .294 .627
1979 32 MON NL 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 25.7 22 12 3 13 16 4.21 .234 .327 .372 .699
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 12 .333 30 24 2 0 2 172.3 166 67 6 89 114 3.50 .257 .347 .342 .689
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1975-4-2.81
1976-4-3.18
1977-1-2.42
1978-5-3.01
1980-8-2.88
 Wins
1976-4-19
1977-2-22
1980-5-18
 Losses
1981-2-18
 Winning Pct
1975-4-.762
1976-6-.704
1977-1-.786
1978-2-.789
1980-2-.750
CAR-17-.641
 Games Started
1976-2-36
1981-4-36
 Shutouts
1971-10-1
1976-1-2
Innings Pitched
1976-7-263.0
 Strikeouts
1976-5-191
1977-8-160
 Walks Allowed
1973-6-117
1976-7-105
1977-9-105
1981-7-102
 Hits per 9IP
1973-4-7.2
1975-2-6.3
1976-2-7.4
1977-3-6.8
1978-5-7.2
1979-6-7.5
CAR-44-7.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1975-10-6.5
1976-6-6.5
1977-9-6.1
 WHiP
1975-4-1.15
1976-9-1.22
1977-9-1.20
OAVG
1973-4-.222
1975-1-.195
1976-1-.219
1977-3-.213
1978-4-.220
1979-6-.228
CAR-49-.233
 OOBP
1975-4-.285
1976-8-.292
1977-10-.298
 OSLG
1973-4-.323
1975-1-.251
1976-1-.302
1977-1-.281
1978-1-.294
1979-9-.333
CAR-17-.328
 OOPS
1973-9-.643
1975-2-.536
1976-1-.594
1977-2-.579
1978-2-.599
CAR-33-.642
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Injured on 6/9/1969 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/15/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1971, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,792,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1975 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/26/1975 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,385,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,428,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
9/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $10,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1980, going 4-1, 0.39
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 9/25/1981 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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