Billy Butler

Bats R Throws R6'0" 260 lbBorn 1986 Orange Park, USADebut 2007Team NYY1x All-StarDraft 2004 R1 #14 Kansas City Royals, Wolfson Senior HS (FL)

Awards: Hutch Award, Silver Slugger

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2016	NYY	97	274	27	71	18	0	5	35	0	21	42	0.284	0.336	0.416	0.752	110.2
2015	OAK	151	601	63	135	28	1	15	65	0	52	101	0.251	0.323	0.390	0.713	99.1
2014	KC	151	603	57	149	32	0	9	66	0	41	96	0.271	0.323	0.379	0.702	93.4
2013	KC	162	668	62	168	27	0	15	82	0	79	102	0.289	0.374	0.412	0.787	116.2
2012	KC	161	679	72	192	32	1	29	107	2	54	111	0.313	0.373	0.510	0.882	140.1
2011	KC	159	673	74	174	44	0	19	95	2	66	95	0.291	0.361	0.461	0.822	120.4
2010	KC	158	678	77	189	45	0	15	78	0	69	78	0.318	0.388	0.469	0.857	134.7
2009	KC	159	672	78	183	51	1	21	93	1	58	103	0.301	0.362	0.492	0.853	125.4
2008	KC	124	478	44	122	22	0	11	55	0	33	57	0.275	0.324	0.400	0.724	94.2
2007	KC	92	360	38	96	23	2	8	52	0	27	55	0.292	0.347	0.447	0.794	105.9
Career		1414	5686	592	1479	322	5	147	728	5	500	840	0.290	0.354	0.441	0.795	115.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2016	274	90.3	8.7	8.5	41.7	21.0	31.2	0.312	0.525	0.377	23.6
2015	601	89.4	8.5	8.4	40.6	18.8	28.8	0.249	0.441	0.335	23.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2016	NYY	1B	25	130	113	9	3	10	0.976	-1.5
2015	OAK	1B	7	57	49	7	0	4	1.000	-0.8
2014	KC	1B	37	310	272	24	2	26	0.993
2013	KC	1B	7	53	56	0	0	4	1.000
2012	KC	1B	20	166	147	15	3	18	0.982
2011	KC	1B	11	95	86	8	0	10	1.000
2010	KC	1B	127	1102	1002	96	6	101	0.995
2009	KC	1B	145	1248	1141	92	10	123	0.992
2008	KC	1B	34	260	233	9	2	27	0.992
2007	KC	1B	13	83	79	8	2	6	0.978
2007	KC	OF	6	43	4	0	1	0	0.800

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2008	AAA	Omaha Royals	Bat	115	5 HR, 0 SB	0.337	0.981
2007	AAA	Omaha Royals	Bat	256	13 HR, 1 SB	0.291	0.954
2006	AA	Wichita Wranglers	Bat	535	15 HR, 1 SB	0.331	0.887
2005	AA	Wichita Wranglers	Bat	119	5 HR, 0 SB	0.313	0.880
2005	A+	High Desert Mavericks	Bat	430	25 HR, 0 SB	0.348	1.055
2004	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Bat	324	10 HR, 5 SB	0.373	1.084

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2016	0.323	0.358	0.307	0.375
2015	0.322	0.317	0.338	0.298

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2014	13	42	3	11	3	0	0	8	1	5	5	0.262	0.327	0.333	0.660
Career	13	42	3	11	3	0	0	8	1	5	5	0.262	0.327	0.333	0.660

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	OAK	$11,666,667
2015	OAK	$6,666,000
2014	KC	$8,000,000
2013	KC	$8,500,000
2012	KC	$8,500,000
2011	KC	$3,500,000
2010	KC	$470,000
2009	KC	$421,000
2008	KC	$399,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.