Billy Butler
Billy Butler was born in Orange Park, Florida, United States on April 18th, 1986 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 38, Billy Butler biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Billy Ray Butler, Jr., (born William Raymond Butler, Jr.; April 18, 1986), nicknamed "Country Breakfast," is an American professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman.
He played for Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals from 2007 to 2014, and the New York Yankees in 2016.
Butler made a name for himself in 2012 and received the Silver Slugger Award and Edgar Martez Award that season.
Personal life
He is married to Katie Hansen Butler and has three children. They live in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He has a family in central Florida as well. In reaction to Butler's size, former St. Joseph News-Press sports editor Ross Martin coined his word ("Country Breakfast") to describe him.
In the Idaho Falls Parks & Rec Men's League, he was playing softball for Team Pharmgrade.
Amateur career
Butler was drafted by the Texas Rangers in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was classmates with fellow first-round draft pick Eric Hurley. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the first round (14th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft and earned a $1.45 million bonus, much less than the recommended slot value for that pick. He turned down a scholarship to play for the University of Florida and decided to play professional baseball.
Minor league career
Butler played for the Idaho Falls Chukars in the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he batted.373 with 10 home runs and 68 RBIs in 73 games. He was named the Kansas City Royals Minor League Player of the Year, a Pioneer League All-Star and a Rookie League All-Star. Butler, a 2005 High A All-Star, Baseball America 1st team Minor League Player of the Year, Kansas City Royals Minor League Player of the Year, California/Carolina League All-Star and the California/Carolina League All-Star Game MVP, will be in attendance next year.
Butler led the Texas League with a.331 batting average in 2006. Butler earned 96 RBIs while playing right field for the Double-A Wichita Wranglers, despite being suspended in double plays grounded in Texas to 25 runs. Butler, a third baseman in high school, played right field and left field for Wichita in 2006. He was also selected to play for the United States squad in the 2006 All-Star Futures Game, where he won the game for the first time and was named game MVP.
Major League Baseball career
Butler made his major league debut on May 1, 2007, singling in his first appearance at bat, but he was suspended after playing ten games. After the Royals put slugger Mike Sweeney on the disabled list, he was recalled on June 19th. In his rookie year, Butler batted.292 out of his career, as well as 8 home runs and 52 RBI.
Butler's sophomore season, he hit.275 on-base percentage of.324 and a slugging percentage of.400. He was demoted mid-season to Triple-A Omaha but later recalled. He made 11 home runs and 55 RBI in 443 plate appearances (118 more than his rookie year).
Butler batted.301, while hitting 500 at bats for the first time in his career. With his increasing gap power and improved discipline at the plate, he solidified himself as the Royals' top hitter. Butler led the Royals with career highs in RBI (92) and doubles (51), the latter number surpassing Hal McRae's team record of 54. He also had a high success in home runs, with 21. By his age, only five players had hit at least 20 home runs and 50 doubles in a season. Butler was named National League Player of the Week twice (August 2–8) and September 7–13). He played almost every single season at first base in 2009, although before that he was mainly the designated hitter. With 10, he led all AL first basemen in mistakes.
For September, he was named the American League Player of the Month. He was named as the 2009 Royals Player of the Year by the Governing Association.
Butler's power numbers dropped slightly during the 2010 season, from 21 home runs and 92 runs batted in to 15 home runs and 78 RBI. Despite that, he had a.318 batting average, his highest level of his career to that point. His.388 on-base percentage was also a career high. He also did well in doubles. He grounded into 32 double plays on the flip side, the most in the American League. Butler spent the 2010 season playing primarily first base, where he ranked fifth among all AL first basemen in errors with 6.
Butler signed a four-year contract with the Royals on January 23, 2011.
Butler will spend time switching between first base and designated hitter in the 2011 season. However, Eric Hosmer was called up from Triple-A Omaha and became the team's everyday first baseman, with Butler becoming the full-time DH with Ka'aihue's demotion in May. Butler was a triple short of a cycle in a loss to the Boston Red Sox on July 26, a three-less streak. Butler was followed by four home runs in the next three games. Butler received the 2011 Hutch Award. For July 25-31, he was the American League Player of the Week.
Butler was selected to his first All-Star Game on the American League roster on July 1, 2012. No royals player was chosen by fan or celebrity vote, but American League All-Star Team boss Ron Washington named Butler as one of his seven picks. Butler was hitting.297 with 16 home runs and 48 RBIs at the time of his pick. For the week ending on July 29, he received the American League Player of the Week Award. He was named a 2012 American League Silver Slugger DH and was given the 2012 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award following the season.
Butler was hit in the first inning on May 28, 2013, bringing in Alex Gordon against St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Tyler Lyons. He appeared in all 162 games, 15 home runs, and drove in 82 runs while taking a career high 79 walks. He had a slash line of.289/.374/.412.412. He grounded himself into 28 double plays, the most in the American League.
Butler had one of his worst years of his career in 2014, with only nine home runs and 66 RBI. His batting average, as a result of base percentage, and slugging were all below average for his career. Butler was batting.217 with 5 RBI in eight postseason games, leading into the World Series. Butler's club option was denied by the Royals after the season, making him a free agent.
Butler agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Oakland Athletics on November 18, 2014. Butler batted a career-low.251 with a.390 slugging percentage in 2015.
Butler was involved in a clubhouse brawl with Danny Valencia on August 19, 2016. As a result, he was put on the seven-day concussion list on August 22. Both players were fined, but neither player was suspended. Butler was fired from his employment two weeks later, on September 11, 2016.
In 85 games over the year, he batted.276 with four home runs and 31 RBIs.
After suffering from Aaron Judge's season-ending injury, Butler signed with the New York Yankees on September 15, 2016. He appeared in a dozen games and was not re-signed by the Yankees or signed by any other club, although he was only 30 years old.
Butler had a.290 batting average (1479-for-5105), 522 doubles, 5 triples, 728 RBI, 528 base on balls,.441 on-base percentage, and a.41% slugging percentage in 1414 games over ten seasons. He had a.992 field percentage as a first baseman throughout his career. With 3 runs, 3 doubles, 8 RBI, and 5 walks in 13 postseason games, he reached.262 (11-for-42).
Coaching career
Butler was named hitting coach for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League on March 8, 2021, the team with whom he began his career.