Bill Butler (pitcher)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bill Butler |position=Pitcher |image=Bill Butler Royals.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1947|3|12}} |birth_place=Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 9 |debutyear=1969 |debutteam=Kansas City Royals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 11 |finalyear=1977 |finalteam=Minnesota Twins |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=23–35 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.21 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=408 |teams= *Kansas City Royals ({{baseball year|1969}}–{{baseball year|1971}}) *Cleveland Indians ({{baseball year|1972}}) *Minnesota Twins ({{baseball year|1974}}–{{baseball year|1975}}, {{baseball year|1977}}) }} '''William Franklin Butler''' (born March 12, 1947) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for seven seasons. A left-hander, he pitched for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and the Minnesota Twins.

==External links== {{Baseballstats |br=b/butlebi02 |fangraphs=1001771 |brm=butler003wil |retro=B/Pbutlb101}}

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