Billy Beane vs. Brett Butler — Career Comparison

Billy Beane
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Brett Butler
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueCenter FielderAll-Star

On the career numbers, Brett Butler posted the stronger offensive profile against Billy Beane. Brett Butler posted stronger numbers in OPS (.754 vs .542) and on-base percentage (.378 vs .246). Billy Beane had the advantage in home run production (3 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Brett Butler had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Beane and Brett Butler

Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
281.9
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2213
139.11
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
315
600
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9545
600
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
301
573.33
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8180
514.2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.797
0.797
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
66
125.71
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2375
149.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
49
93.33
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1913
120.25
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.67
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
277
17.41
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
8.23
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.71
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
3.39
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.38
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
29.04
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Brett Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Brett Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Brett Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
20.51
39.07
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1292.33
81.24
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
89
169.52
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3076
193.36
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
77
146.67
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3542
222.65
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.753
0.753
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.784
0.784
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
30
57.14
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1359
85.43
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
55.24
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
36.33
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
56
106.67
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1883
118.37
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
18.77
35.74
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1374.25
86.39
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
2.39
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
11
20.95
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1129
70.97
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
1.45
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
152.38
Brett Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
907
57.01
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.52
10.52
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
1.24
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.81
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
9.24
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.9
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
3.21
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
15.24
Brett Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
3.9
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.52
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
558
35.08
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.52
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
16.16
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
10
19.05
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
815
51.23
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.47
68.47

Fielding Stats for Billy Beane and Brett Butler

Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.6
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2159
1.06
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.99
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
1.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1991
27
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54791
27
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
663.2
9
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18263.2
9
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
2.6
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5296
2.61
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.06
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
2.66
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5459
2.69
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
2.64
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5418
2.67
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.49
99.49
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.25
99.25
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.86
61.86
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brett Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0