Bill Butler vs. Dennis Cook — Career Comparison

Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dennis Cook
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Butler built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Cook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Butler led in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 57), strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 84). Dennis Cook held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 127 vs 74). Role difference aside, Bill Butler holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butler and Dennis Cook

Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.18
58.18
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
4.21
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
3.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
8.44
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
8.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.99
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.16
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
3.47
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
6.57
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.116
1.116
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2584
39.31
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4298
38.24
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
4.62
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
4.32
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.34
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2232
33.95
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3802
33.82
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Bill Butler and Dennis Cook

Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.36
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.84
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.09
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.47
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.02
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.39
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.06
93.06
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.55
94.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butler and Dennis Cook

Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
134
604.51
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
3290.16
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
527.82
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
540.98
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
142.62
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
118.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.59
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.48
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.22
50.24
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
191.8
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
157.38
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.51
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
31.58
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.08
-27.44
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
57.65
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.6
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
1.68
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
9.38
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.02
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA