Billy Butler Rumors & News
- Kansas City Royals
- #16 | DH/1B BatsRThrowsR
- Height6-1
- Weight240
- Age26
- Experience 5 years
- Salary $8,500,000
- BirthplaceOrange Park, Florida
Billy Butler cleaning up at the plate
CBSSports.com Fantasy — Royals DH Billy Butler has adjusted well since being moved to the cleanup spot May 9. Butler is batting .345 (10 for 29) with two home runs, three doubles, six runs and 10 RBI in seven games since the change. Butler primarily hit third before being moved down in the lineup. He hit .247 with three home runs, five doubles and 19 RBI in 28 games batting third.
May 16, 2013Hot streak against Angels helps Royals' Butler raise average 40 points
Kansas City Star — Billy Butler raised his average 40 points, from .228 to .268, by going eight for 13 in three games against the Angels. His output included three doubles, a home run and nine RBIs.
Kansas City Royals May 16, 2013Billy Butler slugs fifth home run
CBSSports.com Fantasy — Royals DH Billy Butler followed up Monday's five-hit masterpiece with his fifth home run in Tuesday's game against the Angels.Butler finished 2 for 4 with a run scored, a double and two RBI to go with the home run. Butler has a .268/.377/.455 line and has raised his OPS by a whopping 104 points over the last two games.
May 16, 2013Royals get back on track with series win over Angels
Topeka Capital-Journal — ANAHEIM, Calif. — After getting swept in a three-game series by the New York Yankees at the end of their homestand, the Kansas City Royals turned things around somewhat against the underachieving Los Angeles Angels. Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run double and Billy Butler capped his most productive series of the season with a two-run single, leading the Royals to a 9-5 victory Wednesday night and helping them climb within 1½ games of AL Central-leading Detroit. They won two of three from the Halos to record their second winning series on the road. read more
Kansas City Royals May 15, 2013As Butler ends slump, so do Royals
Topeka Capital-Journal — ANAHEIM, Calif. — So much for Billy Butler’s offensive drought. Butler broke out of a severe slump with five hits and five RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals kept Joe Blanton winless in eight starts this season with an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. “I knew I had been getting closer, but it’s just one game,” Butler said. “You’ve got to come out and do it consistently. Hopefully I’m on that upward streak now.” read more
Kansas City Royals May 13, 2013Dyson is back atop the batting order
Kansas City Star — The numbers on Royals designated hitter Billy Butler suggest his .228 average is a statistical anomaly that should turn around at any point. Maybe he has been unlucky, but Butler will tell you it's more than that.
Kansas City Royals May 13, 2013Royals, Butler break out in 11-4 win over Angels
Kansas City Star — Most encouraging, perhaps, for the Royals in their 11-4 victory Monday over the Los Angeles Angels was their season-high 19-hit attack, which included five from slumping Billy Butler -- three singles and two doubles -- that accounted for five RBIs. Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Salvy Perez each added three hits.
Kansas City Royals May 13, 2013Game 36: Yankees at Royals
The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News — YANKEES (22-13) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Nelson 3B Chris Stewart C RHP Hiroki Kuroda (4-2, 2.30) Kuroda vs. Royals ROYALS (18-15) Jarrod Dyson CF Alcides Escobar SS Alex Gordon LF Billy Butler DH Eric Hosmer 1B Salvador [...]The post Game 36: Yankees at Royals appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees May 12, 2013Game 35: Yankees at Royals
The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News — YANKEES (21-13) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Nelson 3B Chris Stewart C LHP Andy Pettitte (3-2, 4.06) Pettitte vs. Royals ROYALS (18-14) Alcides Escobar SS Lorenzo Cain CF Alex Gordon LF Billy Butler DH Eric Hosmer 1B Salvador [...]The post Game 35: Yankees at Royals appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees May 11, 2013Game 34: Yankees at Royals
The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News — YANKEES (20-13) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Nelson 3B Chris Stewart C RHP Phil Hughes (1-2, 3.60) Hughes vs. Royals ROYALS (18-13) Alcides Escobar SS Lorenzo Cain RF Alex Gordon LF Billy Butler DH Eric Hosmer 1B Salvador [...]The post Game 34: Yankees at Royals appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees May 10, 2013Billy Butler seen as long-term cleanup hitter
CBSSports.com Fantasy — Royals manager Ned Yost said Wednesday that he still views Billy Butler, who has hit third all season, as a better fit in the cleanup role, the Kansas City Star reports. Yost has been considering moving Alex Gordon to No. 3 and that would have Butler slide down. Butler has just a .253 batting average this season for the Royals over 95 at-bats with three homers and 19 RBI. He's gone 5 for 21 (.238) in May thus far with four of those RBI. Butler has historically put up better power numbers from the No. 3 spot in the order than the cleanup spot.
May 9, 2013Butler, Gordon lead Royals rally over White Sox in extra innings
Kansas City Star — Alex Gordon hit a walk-off RBI single Sunday as the Royals rallied to beat the White Sox 6-5 in the 10th inning at Kauffman Stadium. Billy Butler hit a two-run double in the ninth inning to tie the game.
Kansas City Royals May 5, 2013Billy Butler drives in two to tie game
CBSSports.com Fantasy — Royals first baseman Billy Butler only had one hit on Sunday against the White Sox but it made a difference late. He came up in the ninth inning with two on, two out and his team trailing by two and drove in both runs with a double. Kansas City won 6-5 win extra innings. Butler went 1 for 4 with a walk in the game and has hit safely in five of the last six games. He is batting .333 (7 for 21) with four RBI during that stretch.
May 5, 2013Gordon's single in 10th lifts KC over White Sox
Topeka Capital-Journal — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Down to his final strike, Billy Butler came through. Butler’s two-out, two-run double in the ninth tied it for Kansas City before Alex Gordon won it an inning later with an RBI single to lift the Royals to a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. “I figured he might go something off-speed and he just left it up and I put a pretty good swing on it and got it to the gap,” Butler said. “I was still sitting on a fastball, but you can’t eliminate any pitches. He just got it up in the zone. I put a barrel on it and something good happened.” read more
Kansas City Royals May 5, 2013Royals' Butler battling to stay patient
Kansas City Star — Billy Butler is a designated hitter in the truest sense of the word. That's his role and what he does. That's what makes this season, to this point, so difficult. Too often, Butler isn't getting the chance to perform his designated role -- even on those days when the elements permit the Royals to play.
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