Billy Butler vs. Tito Francona — Career Comparison

Billy Butler
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueDesignated HitterSilver SluggerAll-Star
Tito Francona
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueLeft FielderAll-Star

Billy Butler and Tito Francona are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 114 for Billy Butler, 115 for Tito Francona), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 114 vs 113). The overall lean goes to Billy Butler, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Billy Butler and Tito Francona

Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1414
149.21
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1719
178.57
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5686
600
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5776
600
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5105
538.69
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5121
531.96
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.806
0.806
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.765
0.765
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1479
156.07
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
1395
144.91
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1005
106.05
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1012
105.12
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
322
33.98
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
224
23.27
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.53
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
3.53
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
15.51
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
125
12.98
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
50.02
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
383
39.79
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
765.1
80.74
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
727.45
75.57
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2252
237.64
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
2062
214.2
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2013
212.42
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
1971
204.74
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.746
0.746
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.728
0.728
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.697
0.697
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
592
62.47
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
67.52
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
728
76.82
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
656
68.14
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1173
123.78
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1181
122.68
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
785.21
82.86
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
762.18
79.17
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
3.59
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
32
3.32
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
500
52.76
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
56.51
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
6.23
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
59
6.13
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
840
88.64
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
72.09
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6.77
6.77
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.32
8.32
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
3.95
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
4.96
Tito Francona
Career
Per 600 PA
41
4.26
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
207
21.84
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
10.7
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.53
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
4.78
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.32
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
2.18
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
0.84
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
6.96
Billy Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
62.5
62.5
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.66
68.66

Fielding Stats for Billy Butler and Tito Francona

Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
1.1
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
1.13
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
1.05
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238
1.01
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10640
27
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33025
27
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3546.2
9
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11008.1
9
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3182
8.07
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5296
4.33
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
0.68
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
0.25
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.07
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.06
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3479
8.83
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5671
4.64
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3450
8.75
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5601
4.58
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.17
99.17
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.77
98.77
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.986
7.986
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.041
4.041
Billy Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.06
96.06
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.32
89.32
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.83
Tito Francona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
0.28
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tito Francona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0