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{{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>
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[[Category:American baseball players]]
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