Bill Butler vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Butler built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Foster 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 68), run prevention (ERA+ 96 vs 79), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 94). Matt Foster held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 74). Role difference aside, Bill Butler holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butler and Matt Foster

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
4.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
8.44
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.99
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2584
39.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4.62
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
33.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
34.32
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Butler and Matt Foster

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.06
93.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butler and Matt Foster

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
604.51
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
527.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
2.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
67.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.58
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.08
-27.44
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
1.68
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA