Bill Butler vs. Kenley Jansen — Career Comparison

Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kenley Jansen
MillenialCuraçaoThrows RightBats Switch CarribeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Butler built a career as a starting pitcher and Kenley Jansen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kenley Jansen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 74), run prevention (ERA+ 128 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 95). Bill Butler held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 101). Role difference aside, Kenley Jansen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butler and Kenley Jansen

Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.52
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.39
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.62
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
4.21
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
2.57
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782
27
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927.1
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
8.44
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
5.92
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.92
5.92
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.99
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.85
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.74
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1278
12.4
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.682
1.682
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.17
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2584
39.31
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3680
35.72
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
6.79
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4.62
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.76
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.24
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2232
33.95
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3340
32.42
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.72
35.72

Fielding Stats for Bill Butler and Kenley Jansen

Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782
27
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927.1
9
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.36
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.09
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.73
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.02
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.06
93.06
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.074
0.074
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butler and Kenley Jansen

Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
134
604.51
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
935
56100
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
527.82
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.48
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
76.89
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.51
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
31.58
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.08
-27.44
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
78.48
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
40.6
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
1.68
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.02
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA