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Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Pitching Comparison

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	29	36	.446	3.89	93	82	1	22	6	0	520.1	473	247	225	52	231	19	282	7	3	19	2224	735	85	4.03	1.353	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Value

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	0.6	-4.2

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Totals Against

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	735	1953	338	73	10	22	17	56.41	1	38	16	17	.242	.322	.370	.692	107	.127	.257	233	722	135	711	735

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Starting & Relieving

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	43	52	52.1	12	5	42	0		1	11

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Ratios

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	12.7	10.4	2.3

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Pitch Summary

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Butler	0	1	.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	4	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	41	1.962	10.4	1.0	7.3	5.2
2	Bill Parsons	2	0	1.000	2.12	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.0	16	5	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	66	1.176	8.5	1.1	2.1	1.6

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Game Logs

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Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	CLE	1972-09-12 (1)	GS-4	4.0	5	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	8	16	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	47			-0.1	-0.50			0.83
2	Bill Parsons	MIL	1972-09-12 (1)	GS-8, W	8.0	8	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	33	11	30	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	2	55			-0.3	0.01			1.37
3	Bill Butler	KCR	1971-07-07	GS-5, L	4.2	5	3	3	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	23	10	15	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	3	0	3	39			-0.2	-1.28			1.05
4	Bill Parsons	MIL	1971-07-07	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	10	31	7	0	0	1	1	0	11	2	0	0	1	63			0.2	1.81			0.87

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (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	1971	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-07	KCR	MIL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Single to CF
2	1971	1971-07-07	KCR	MIL	down 3-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout Looking
3	1972	1972-09-12 (1)	CLE	MIL	down 1-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B

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

Bill Parsons (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	1971	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1972	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bill Parsons (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Parsons (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-07	MIL	KCR	tied 0-0	b2	-23	2		Strikeout
2	1971	1971-07-07	MIL	KCR	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; P. Roof to 2B
3	1972	1972-09-12 (1)	MIL	CLE	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	1		Strikeout
4	1972	1972-09-12 (1)	MIL	CLE	ahead 0-2	b4	1--	2		Strikeout (C-1B)

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Comparison

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Totals

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	139	8	23	4	0	1	15	0	0	11	61	.165	.224	.216	.440	30	30	2	0	14	2	0

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Value

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-11	1	-1	0

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Sabermetric

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	5	34	37	134	8	.278	22	-12	-1.4	.050	2.3		0

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Win Probability

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	-0.7	-1.1	0.3	-8.49	-0.9	-10.42	0.92

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Butler	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Parsons	2	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: Game Logs

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Bill Butler vs. Bill Parsons: 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	CLE	1972-09-12 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
2	Bill Parsons	MIL	1972-09-12 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.048	0.00	0.00%	-0.56			P
3	Bill Butler	KCR	1971-07-07	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.013	0.64	-0.01%	-0.09			P
4	Bill Parsons	MIL	1971-07-07	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.88	-0.078	0.03	0.00%	-0.97			P

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