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Billy Butler

Royals Career team 2007–2014
Number #36
Position Designated Hitter
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 6' 0"
Weight 260 lbs
Birth Place Orange Park, FL
Born Apr 18, 1986

Key Insights

2016
One opponent brings the best out of him

Butler has hit .444/.524/.944 against Kenny Rogers in 21 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

8 for 18 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .723 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Josh Beckett has struck Butler out 5 times in 11 plate appearances, 45.5% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Butler hits Francisco Liriano harder than anyone: 108.7 mph off the bat, against a median of 91.2 across the pitchers he has faced.

21 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Butler swings through more against Jarrod Washburn than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

16 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 33 matchups on his own record.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Butler has hit .045/.045/.045 against Scott Baker in 22 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

1 for 22 with 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .723 OPS median across his matchups.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the CHW, Butler has hit .390 and slugged .661 over 64 plate appearances, his best of any club.

23 hits, 3 home runs and 11 strikeouts, against a .414 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 18, 1986
Birth Place Orange Park, FL
Height 6' 0"
Weight 260 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right