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Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Pitching Comparison

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	23	35	.397	4.21	134	86	17	10	5	1	591.2	555	304	277	65	312	8	408	6	0	8	2584	904	88	4.22	1.465	8.4	1.0	4.7	6.2
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	152	156	.494	3.46	535	360	73	87	24	12	2622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	56	1760	42	18	67	10902	3455	102	3.38	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	0	1	.000	3.66	6	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	18	8	8	1	4	0	15	0	0	0	77	22		1.27	1.119	8.2	0.5	1.8	6.9

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Value

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	2.9	-2.3
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	20.6	-2.2

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Against

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	904	2222	366	105	19	22	35	38.60	2	32	33	17	.250	.341	.402	.743	112	.152	.278	307	893	189	873	904
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	3455	9706	1685	385	45	134	109	55.14	21	220	130	67	.238	.308	.349	.656	90	.110	.271	1049	3386	629	3314	3455

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	22	72	11	4	2	1	1	50.00	0	2	1	0	.250	.289	.403	.692		.153	.304	8	29	7	22	22

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	32	37	48.1	54	19	35	0	100.0	17	48
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	204	57	54.2	173	53	31	12	50.0	73	175

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	1	50	50.0	6	2	33	0		1	4

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Ratios

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	15.8	12.1	3.7
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	16.1	8.8	7.4

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	19.5	5.2	14.3

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	219	77	145	66.21

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Rudy May	1	0	1.000	4.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	21	7	7	1	8	0	13	0	0	0	66	2.023	13.2	0.6	5.0	8.2
2	Bill Butler	0	1	.000	5.52	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	19	9	9	3	8	1	11	0	0	0	71	1.841	11.7	1.8	4.9	6.8

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Bill Butler	MIN	1975-07-20 (1)	2-4	2.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	7	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2				-0.1	-1.43	2	1	0.41
2	Rudy May	NYY	1975-07-20 (1)	GS-7, W	6.1	9	2	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	12	25	8	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	1	47			0.1	0.52			0.39
3	Bill Butler	KCR	1970-06-26	GS-6, L	5.1	7	4	4	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	25	11	21	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	36			-0.2	-0.73			1.32
4	Rudy May	CAL	1970-06-26	GS-5	4.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	20	9	18	7	0	1	1	0	0	10	1	1	0	1	43			-0.1	-1.13			1.15
5	Bill Butler	KCR	1969-04-25	GS-7	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	32	11	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	54			0.0	0.18			1.26
6	Rudy May	CAL	1969-04-25	GS-4	4.0	4	3	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	18	8	13	4	0	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	42			-0.2	-1.18			0.72

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1969	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-04-25	KCR	CAL	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Single to LF
2	1969	1969-04-25	KCR	CAL	ahead 0-3	b4	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1970	1970-06-26	KCR	CAL	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1970	1970-06-26	KCR	CAL	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	2		Strikeout

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-04-25	CAL	KCR	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1970	1970-06-26	CAL	KCR	tied 1-1	t2	1-3	1		Foul Popfly: C
3	1970	1970-06-26	CAL	KCR	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Walk

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Comparison

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	117	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	0	6	1	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	341	12	42	9	0	0	14	0	0	22	164	.123	.180	.150	.330	-4	51	4	2	17	1	0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Value

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.0	-25	1	0	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-45	1	-2	0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	0	15	15	120	1	.154	7	-23	-2.6	.000	1.5		0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	9	66	69	321	11	.236	26	-47	-5.0	.026	2.1		0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	-2.1	-2.3	0.2	-19.77	-2.0	-23.67	0.98
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-4.7	-5.0	-0.1	-46.23	-5.1	-48.93	0.91

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Rudy May	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Butler	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Bill Butler vs. Rudy May: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Bill Butler	MIN	1975-07-20 (1)																																	P
2	Rudy May	NYY	1975-07-20 (1)																																	P
3	Bill Butler	KCR	1970-06-26	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.056	0.02	0.00%	-0.52			P
4	Rudy May	CAL	1970-06-26	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.018	3.38	-0.02%	-0.30			P
5	Bill Butler	KCR	1969-04-25	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0.004	0.41	0.00%	0.03			P
6	Rudy May	CAL	1969-04-25	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.024	1.21	-0.02%	-0.22			P

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