Bill Butler vs. Eric Orze — Career Comparison

Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Eric Orze
Gen ZIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Butler built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Orze as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Orze posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 4.21 and 1.479 for Bill Butler. By the career numbers, Eric Orze had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butler and Eric Orze

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
7.27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.35
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.62
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
4.21
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.74
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
8.44
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
8.52
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.99
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.04
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.36
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.52
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.83
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2584
39.31
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
39.25
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4.62
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
33.95
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
34.06
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.25
39.25

Fielding Stats for Bill Butler and Eric Orze

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
7.27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.83
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.09
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.25
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.02
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.25
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.06
93.06
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.171
0.171
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butler and Eric Orze

Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
604.51
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
35
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
600
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
527.82
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
2.48
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
67.67
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.58
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.08
-27.44
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.6
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
1.68
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Eric Orze
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Orze
Career
Per 600 PA