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 451 412 63 108 22 18 .262 .317 .490 .807
2 Seasons 580 535 73 134 26 18 .250 .300 .456 .756
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .262 22 18 .807
2 Seasons .250 26 18 .756
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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 1815 308 34 11.0 7.5 91.1 113.1 11.3 35.1 .265 .486 .345 .347 .430 47.4 23.9 7.8
Player 2315 397 42 10.6 7.2 90.5 113.1 12.4 32.7 .258 .471 .324 .335 .420 45.1 24.7 6.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .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 43.5 26.3 26.0 4.2 31.2 42.2 26.6 1.0 31.5 23.1 26.9 5.8 11.0 7.5
Player 43.3 27.7 23.4 5.5 31.0 41.1 28.0 1.5 31.7 23.9 25.9 5.8 10.6 7.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 0.8 5 666 36.7 146 .246 .484 .353 25.4 25.3 18.6 .262 .464 .359 53.3
2024 Changeup 0.3 1 287 15.8 76 .219 .329 .255 40.6 25.0 24.1 .234 .408 .289 29.6
2024 Slider 0.7 2 235 12.9 65 .259 .517 .367 30.3 26.2 24.6 .273 .635 .411 56.1
2024 Sinker -2.9 -6 213 11.7 65 .226 .387 .298 13.8 24.6 30.8 .183 .235 .208 36.2
2024 Cutter 4.7 7 149 8.2 42 .400 .825 .524 22.5 14.3 13.6 .397 .801 .513 55.9
2024 Curveball 6.7 8 115 6.3 27 .400 .800 .493 19.5 25.9 18.4 .353 .683 .432 52.6
2024 Sweeper -0.7 0 72 4.0 15 .267 .533 .333 32.1 33.3 17.9 .255 .453 .298 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 64 3.5 12 .200 .200 .145 29.0 8.3 4.5 .291 .374 .322 70.0
2024 Slurve -1.7 0 6 0.3 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 89 17.8 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 Split-Finger -1.7 0 21 4.2 8 .000 .000 .113 50.0 50.0 50.0 .068 .094 .068 0.0
2023 Cutter -4.7 -1 21 4.2 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .233 .192 20.0
2023 Sweeper 7.0 1 11 2.2 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 All
2023 129 500 -2 -6 1 1 -6
2024 451 1,815 4 -10 16 6 14
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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 1,815 48.9 69.1 80.3 27.3 55.3 45.6 32.2 47.7 26.8 6.9 74.4
Player 2,315 50.1 68.2 80.3 27.2 52.5 44.6 32.1 47.7 27.4 7.3 77.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 67 53 39
2024 81 74 88 86 54 65 75 80 87 83 36 47 36 57 58 61 62 83 40 72
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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 22 16.8 5 8 17 5 22.7
Player 27.4 26 21.1 5 12 18 8 30.8
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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 22 20 10 18 13 16 20 17 11 13 10 14 26 15 17 13 18 15 16 18 19 12 27 22 18 19 13 19 25 16 15
Player 26 25 14 21 17 20 24 21 14 17 14 19 30 19 21 17 23 20 21 22 23 17 32 28 22 23 16 23 30 20 19
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 91.1 2.8
Launch Angle 16.2 11.3 -4.9
Barrel % 9.0 11.0 2.0
Hard Hit % 37.1 47.4 10.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 35.1 10.4
xBA .235 .265 0.030
BA .211 .262 0.051
xwOBA .293 .347 0.054
wOBA .251 .345 0.094
xSLG .423 .486 0.063
SLG .341 .490 0.149
K% 27.1 23.9 -3.2
BB% 3.1 7.8 4.7
Swing % 47.8 47.7 -0.1
Whiff% 29.7 26.8 -2.9
In Zone % 54.4 48.9 -5.5
Out of Zone % 45.6 51.1 5.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 27.3 0.5
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 32.2 0.4
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 57.2 -0.9
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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 451 236 52.3 .362 .329
! 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 568 15.4 45.2% 0.0% 238 18.2 8.4% 0.0%
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