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Billy Butler -
Kansas City Royals
Age: 26
Position Eligibility:
DH-138
1B-20
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Last Update: 6/18/2013
| System | Position | Team | AB | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | BB | K | Value |
| Composite | DH | KAN | 584 | 81 | 22 | 92 | 2 | 0.296 | 0.367 | 0.476 | 60 | 96 | $22 |
| RotoChamp | DH | KAN | 600 | 98 | 25 | 102 | 2 | 0.303 | 0.371 | 0.493 | 60 | 100 | $29 |
| Steamer-Razzball | DH | KAN | 572 | 86 | 23 | 95 | 1 | 0.299 | 0.371 | 0.491 | 64 | 95 | $25 |
| FanGraphs Fans | DH | KAN | 596 | 98 | 27 | 115 | 2 | 0.305 | 0.376 | 0.510 | 67 | 101 | $25 |
| ZIPS | DH | KAN | 590 | 72 | 23 | 92 | 2 | 0.295 | 0.362 | 0.476 | 60 | 100 | $22 |
| CAIRO | DH | KAN | 602 | 75 | 23 | 92 | 2 | 0.299 | 0.369 | 0.479 | 63 | 100 | $25 |
| ROS (BETA) | DH | KAN | 341 | 56 | 12 | 55 | 1 | 0.296 | 0.372 | 0.472 | 38 | 57 | $25 |
| Current | DH | KAN | 232 | 22 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0.276 | 0.382 | 0.405 | 38 | 44 | $3 |
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| Season | G | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | xBA | BB | K |
| 2012 | 161 | 614 | 192 | 72 | 29 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 0.312 | 0.374 | 0.509 | 0.884 | 0.317 | 54 | 111 |
| 2011 | 159 | 597 | 174 | 74 | 19 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 0.291 | 0.364 | 0.460 | 0.825 | 0.288 | 66 | 95 |
| 2010 | 158 | 595 | 189 | 77 | 15 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.317 | 0.393 | 0.468 | 0.862 | 0.290 | 69 | 78 |
| 2009 | 159 | 608 | 183 | 78 | 21 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0.301 | 0.362 | 0.492 | 0.853 | 0.281 | 58 | 103 |
| 2008 | 124 | 443 | 122 | 44 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0.275 | 0.324 | 0.400 | 0.724 | 0.277 | 33 | 57 |
| 2007 | 92 | 329 | 96 | 38 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.292 | 0.347 | 0.447 | 0.794 | 0.286 | 27 | 55 |
Adcock, Nathan
Bonifacio, Jorge
Butler, Billy
Cain, Lorenzo
Chen, Bruce
Coleman, Louis
Collins, Tim
Crow, Aaron
Cuthbert, Cheslor
Davis, Wade
Duffy, Danny
Dyson, Jarrod
Escobar, Alcides
Francoeur, Jeff
Getz, Chris
Giavotella, Johnny
Gordon, Alex
Guthrie, Jeremy
Hayes, Brett
Herrera, Kelvin
Hochevar, Luke
Holland, Greg
Hosmer, Eric
Johnson, Elliot
Kottaras, George
Lamb, John
Mendoza, Luis
Mondesi, Adalberto
Moore, Adam
Moscoso, Guillermo
Moustakas, Mike
Paulino, Felipe
Perez, Salvador
Santana, Ervin
Shields, James
Starling, Bubba
Teaford, Everett
Ventura, Yordano
Wheeler, Dan
Zimmer, Kyle
Encarnacion, Edwin - TOR
Butler, Billy - KAN
Ortiz, David - BOS
Montero, Jesus - SEA
Davis, Chris - BAL
Martinez, Victor - DET
Dunn, Adam - CWS
Morales, Kendrys - SEA
Jaso, John - OAK
Gomes, Jonny - BOS
Young, Delmon - PHI
Hafner, Travis - NYY
Scott, Luke - TB
Thome, Jim - FA
Johnson, Dan - NYY
Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove Says:
For the second season in a row, Billy Butler was ranked in the top 100 overall in Yahoo. He had only 9 more strikeouts than he did walks last season which is a huge improvement on the three seasons prior when he close to a 2:1 strikeout to walk rate each season. He's only going to be 25, so clearly his plate discipline is developing before our eyes.
With two straight top 100 rankings and not yet in the prime of his career, it would seem to make sense to put him higher than 99th. As you will read at the bottom of last year's article, much of why I ranked him higher last year was because I expected his doubles to turn to home runs. That did not happen. Butler still hit a ton of doubles in 2010, but actually had less home runs than he did in 2009. Perhaps the lack of power was a consequence of better plate discipline, but I would assume that by swinging at less bad pitches he would be hitting better pitches further. Overall his numbers look very weak compared to other first baseman: 15 home runs, 77 runs, 78 RBI, and 0 steals.
Projection: I still think there's hope that the doubles become home runs, but I'm going to have to see it rather try to anticipate it this year.
80 R 20 HR 84 RBI 0 SB .308 AVG .865 OPS
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