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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Billy Butler 2026 Season · NYY

Billy Butler is a free agent designated hitter. His career NUT is +12.6, #560 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2012 (+3.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .290/.354/.441, 147 HR, 1479 H in 1414 games.

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Billy Butler

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DH · Free agent

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+12.6Career NUT

+2.4 to Great

Career

.290AVG147HR728RBI1479H592R5SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 260 lb · b. Apr 18, 1986 · Orange Park, FL · Draft 2004 (1st Rd, #14)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2007	21	KC	+0.3	92	360	329	38	96	23	2	8	52	27	2	5	55	0	0	2	8	.292	.347	.447	.155	.794	.328
2008	22	KC	-0.3	124	478	443	44	122	22	0	11	55	33	0	0	57	0	1	2	23	.275	.324	.400	.125	.724	.294
2009	23	KC	+2.2	159	672	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	58	2	3	103	1	0	4	20	.301	.362	.492	.191	.854	.332
2010	24	KC	+2.9	158	678	595	77	189	45	0	15	78	69	5	8	78	0	0	9	32	.318	.388	.469	.151	.857	.341
2011	25	KC	+2.1	159	673	597	74	174	44	0	19	95	66	3	15	95	2	1	7	16	.291	.361	.461	.170	.822	.316
2012	26	KC	+3.5	161	679	614	72	192	32	1	29	107	54	7	9	111	2	1	4	20	.313	.373	.510	.197	.883	.341
2013	27	KC	+1.8	162	668	582	62	168	27	0	15	82	79	3	11	102	0	0	4	28	.289	.374	.412	.123	.786	.326
2014	28	KC	+0.0	151	603	549	57	149	32	0	9	66	41	5	3	96	0	0	8	21	.271	.323	.379	.108	.702	.310
2015	29	OAK	-0.1	151	601	538	63	135	28	1	15	65	52	7	4	101	0	0	4	26	.251	.323	.390	.139	.713	.282
2016	30	OAK	+0.0	85	242	221	24	61	16	0	4	31	19	0	1	34	0	0	2	13	.276	.331	.403	.127	.734	.308
2016	30	NYY	—	12	32	29	3	10	2	0	1	4	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	.345	.375	.517	.172	.892	.429
2016	30	TOT	+0.1	97	274	250	27	71	18	0	5	35	21	0	1	42	0	0	3	13	.284	.336	.416	.132	.752	.320
Career	—	10 yrs	+12.6	1414	5686	5105	592	1479	322	5	147	728	500	34	59	840	5	3	47	207	.290	.354	.441	.151	.795	.320

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Butler's career NUT of +12.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.5

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NUT by Season

+0.3

-0.3

+2.2

+2.9

+2.1

+3.5

+1.8

+0.0

-0.1

+0.1

Awards

2007AL Rookie of the Month

2009AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week

2011AL Player of the Week · The Hutch Award

2012AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH of the Year

2014AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2005	19	A+	92	430	379	70	132	30	2	25	91	42	6	3	80	0	3	0	12	.348	.419	.636	.288	1.055	.386
2005	19	AA	29	119	112	14	35	9	0	5	19	7	0	3	18	0	0	0	3	.313	.353	.527	.214	.880	.337
2006	20	AA	119	535	477	82	158	33	1	15	96	41	8	3	67	1	8	1	25	.331	.388	.499	.168	.887	.355
2007	21	AAA	57	256	203	40	59	10	1	13	46	43	3	2	32	1	6	1	8	.291	.412	.542	.251	.954	.280
2008	22	AAA	26	115	101	18	34	6	1	5	13	14	0	0	7	0	0	0	4	.337	.417	.564	.227	.981	.326

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