Bill Butland vs. Nolan Ryan — Career Comparison

Bill Butland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Nolan Ryan
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Butland and Nolan Ryan are fairly close on the surface numbers. Nolan Ryan had the edge in ERA (3.19 vs 3.88). By the career numbers, Nolan Ryan had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butland and Nolan Ryan

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.91
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
1.35
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
0.54
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
0.49
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.6
52.6
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.88
46.88
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.37
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.88
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1911
3.19
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16158
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
150.2
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386
9
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
8.24
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
6.56
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.54
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.35
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2795
4.67
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.13
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.7
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5714
9.55
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.46
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.26
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
38.35
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22575
37.72
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.02
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.12
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2178
3.64
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.32
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.23
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.44
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
34.83
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19291
32.24
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Bill Butland and Nolan Ryan

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
1.35
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16159
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5386.1
9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.37
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
0.91
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
1.43
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
1.28
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.5
89.5
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.438
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.05
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butland and Nolan Ryan

Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
32
391.84
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
505.96
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
957
600
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
852
534.17
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
58.93
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
50.16
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
6.27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.78
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.29
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.94
10.62
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
71.47
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
82.76
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
25.08
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
22.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
46.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-8.63
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-11.22
-7.04
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
23.82
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
195.92
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
232.6
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
40.75
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.76
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50