What is Billy Butler?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=Billy Butler |image=Billy_Butler_on_July_27,_ 2009.jpg |width=200 |position=[[Designated hitter]]/[[First baseman]] |team=Kansas City Royals |number = 16 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1986|4|18}} |birth_place=[[Orange Park, Florida]] |debutdate=May 1 |debutyear=2007 |debutteam=Kansas City Royals |statyear= 2014 season |stat1label=[[Batting average]] |stat1value=.295 |stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat2value=1,273 |stat3label=[[Home run]]s |stat3value=127 |stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat4value=628 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{By|2007}}–present) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Hutch Award]] (2011) * [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2012]]) * [[Silver Slugger Award]] (2012) }} '''Billy Butler''' (born April 18, 1986) is an [[Americans|American]] [[baseball]] player. He plays [[first baseman|first base]] for the [[Kansas City Royals]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/futures_game.jsp|title=Futures Game History: All-Time Roster (1999-2006)|access-date=October 21, 2006|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060709&content_id=1549647&vkey=allstar2006&fext=.jsp|title=Butler Selected MVP of 2006 Futures Game|access-date=March 9, 2007|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> The Royals chose Butler in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft. Butler had played baseball in high school in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and entered the draft instead of playing in college. He played his first MLB game on May 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/features/04top10s/royals.html|title=Top 10 Prospects: Kansas City Royals|author=Kimmey, Will|magazine=[[Baseball America]]|date=November 19, 2004|access-date=October 21, 2006|author-link=Will Kimmey}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Billy}} [[