Lawrence Butler
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 6, #173, Oakland Athletics | Westlake HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 129 123 10 26 4 0 .211 .240 .341 .581
2024 248 225 33 57 12 8 .253 .319 .484 .803
2 Seasons 377 348 43 83 16 8 .239 .292 .434 .726
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .253 12 8 .803
2 Seasons .239 16 8 .726
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 22 500 89 8 9.0 6.2 88.3 111.0 16.2 24.7 .235 .423 .251 .293 .385 37.1 27.1 3.1
2024 23 1021 161 19 11.8 7.7 92.4 113.1 12.9 36.6 .260 .498 .344 .354 .452 49.7 26.2 8.9
Player 1521 250 27 10.8 7.2 91.0 113.1 14.1 32.4 .251 .471 .312 .333 .428 45.2 26.5 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 42.7 32.6 14.6 10.1 30.3 37.1 32.6 3.4 32.6 27.0 22.5 5.6 9.0 6.2
2024 36.6 30.4 28.0 5.0 31.1 39.8 29.2 1.2 26.1 27.3 27.3 5.6 11.8 7.7
Player 38.8 31.2 23.2 6.8 30.8 38.8 30.4 2.0 28.4 27.2 25.6 5.6 10.8 7.2
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 9 378 37.0 85 .270 .595 .399 25.5 28.2 20.7 .273 .552 .392 56.0
2024 Changeup 1.1 2 187 18.3 48 .239 .348 .273 39.4 22.9 21.2 .203 .333 .248 31.4
2024 Slider -0.3 0 131 12.8 36 .194 .387 .308 38.5 38.9 31.8 .203 .514 .352 58.8
2024 Cutter 2.6 2 93 9.1 25 .304 .565 .396 22.5 20.0 17.2 .364 .718 .475 55.6
2024 Sinker -4.2 -4 85 8.3 19 .059 .059 .132 13.5 21.1 22.2 .156 .170 .212 28.6
2024 Curveball 9.8 6 66 6.5 14 .538 1.077 .679 12.0 14.3 8.3 .450 .860 .560 63.6
2024 Sweeper 0.3 0 39 3.8 12 .333 .667 .417 28.6 33.3 26.7 .308 .554 .362 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 0 32 3.1 6 .167 .167 .150 37.5 16.7 7.7 .263 .312 .248 80.0
2024 Slurve -8.9 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .474 .498 .427 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -4 142 28.4 39 .194 .278 .226 21.1 17.9 17.9 .205 .413 .276 33.3
2023 Slider 0.8 1 90 18.0 24 .130 .391 .271 34.9 29.2 29.2 .199 .548 .321 37.5
2023 Changeup -1.8 -2 88 17.6 13 .231 .308 .235 51.2 53.8 25.9 .210 .265 .205 50.0
2023 Sinker -1.6 -1 73 14.6 24 .304 .348 .306 17.1 20.8 21.7 .325 .444 .350 44.4
2023 Curveball -1.0 0 46 9.2 9 .222 .333 .239 22.2 22.2 9.5 .335 .437 .335 42.9
2023 Cutter -4.7 -1 21 4.2 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .233 .192 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -1.7 0 21 4.2 8 .000 .000 .113 50.0 50.0 50.0 .068 .094 .068 0.0
2023 Sweeper 8.2 1 10 2.0 5 .500 .750 .570 40.0 40.0 50.0 .291 .324 .354 50.0
2023 Knuckleball 2.4 0 5 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve 22.2 1 4 0.8 2 .500 2.000 1.000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .491 1.889 .961 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste Alle
2023 129 500 -2 -6 1 1 -6
2024 248 1,021 8 -5 9 3 15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 500 54.4 65.4 80.3 26.8 41.0 40.8 31.8 47.8 29.7 9.0 86.7
2024 1,021 48.2 66.7 79.0 27.2 54.2 45.7 29.4 46.2 28.2 6.7 72.1
Player 1,521 50.2 66.2 79.4 27.1 50.2 44.1 30.2 46.7 28.7 7.4 77.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2023 67 53 39
2024 83 62 90 90 61 51 80 91 87 91 21 59 28 53 66 52 57
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 27.3 4 4.2 0 4 1 3 75.0
2024 27.4 12 10.0 2 3 10 3 25.0
Player 27.4 16 14.3 2 7 11 6 37.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
2024 12 12 8 9 8 10 11 10 6 9 8 7 14 10 8 7 10 11 9 11 14 8 15 12 12 11 7 11 14 10 9
Player 16 17 12 12 12 14 15 14 9 13 12 12 18 14 12 11 15 16 14 15 18 13 20 18 16 15 10 15 19 14 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.3 92.4 4.1
Launch Angle 16.2 12.9 -3.3
Barrel % 9.0 11.8 2.8
Hard Hit % 37.1 49.7 12.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 36.6 11.9
xBA .235 .260 0.025
BA .211 .253 0.042
xwOBA .293 .354 0.061
wOBA .251 .344 0.093
xSLG .423 .498 0.075
SLG .341 .484 0.143
K% 27.1 26.2 -0.9
BB% 3.1 8.9 5.8
Swing % 47.8 46.2 -1.6
Whiff% 29.7 28.2 -1.5
In Zone % 54.4 48.2 -6.2
Out of Zone % 45.6 51.8 6.2
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 27.2 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 29.4 -2.4
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 60.1 2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 128 59 46.1 .274 .228
2024 Shades L 248 124 50.0 .424 .265
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 151 15.9 35.1% 0.0% 76 17.8 7.9% 0.0%
2024 275 15.0 49.5% 0.0% 147 17.8 8.8% 0.0%
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