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
2025 379 344 51 87 11 14 .253 .322 .430 .752
3 Seasons 959 879 124 221 37 32 .251 .309 .446 .755
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .262 22 18 .807
2025 .253 11 14 .752
3 Seasons .251 37 32 .755
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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 .232 .419 .251 .289 .380 37.1 27.1 3.1
2024 23 1815 308 34 11.0 7.5 91.1 113.1 11.3 35.1 .258 .468 .345 .339 .419 47.4 23.9 7.8
2025 24 1511 239 21 8.8 5.5 91.2 113.6 6.7 33.9 .237 .400 .329 .310 .390 45.2 27.7 9.2
Player 3826 636 63 9.9 6.6 90.7 113.6 10.3 33.2 .246 .434 .326 .321 .403 45.1 25.9 7.7
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 42.7 57.3 32.6 14.6 10.1 30.3 37.1 32.6 18.0 20.2 4.5 12.4 16.9 28.1
2024 43.5 56.5 26.3 26.0 4.2 31.2 42.2 26.6 15.6 20.5 7.5 15.6 21.8 19.2
2025 46.4 53.6 22.6 26.8 4.2 35.6 37.7 26.8 23.8 17.2 5.4 11.7 20.5 21.3
Player 44.5 55.5 25.8 24.7 5.0 32.7 39.8 27.5 19.0 19.2 6.3 13.7 20.6 21.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 3.4 32.6 27.0 22.5 5.6 9.0 6.2
2024 1.0 31.5 23.1 26.9 5.8 11.0 7.5
2025 5.0 33.5 22.6 22.2 7.9 8.8 5.5
Player 2.8 32.4 23.4 24.5 6.6 9.9 6.6
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 4 478 31.6 132 .287 .478 .375 27.9 25.8 22.2 .256 .448 .350 50.6
2025 Changeup -1.8 -4 234 15.5 63 .155 .241 .227 40.7 31.7 27.0 .157 .214 .203 28.9
2025 Sinker 1.2 3 221 14.6 64 .328 .569 .411 17.6 20.3 28.9 .249 .393 .314 42.2
2025 Slider 0.3 1 193 12.8 35 .242 .515 .337 36.2 31.4 16.4 .201 .468 .303 45.5
2025 Curveball 0.6 1 119 7.9 22 .300 .400 .341 43.6 45.5 25.0 .272 .359 .310 90.0
2025 Split-Finger -1.7 -1 89 5.9 21 .190 .190 .214 41.5 33.3 24.1 .305 .368 .294 42.9
2025 Cutter -0.3 0 88 5.8 23 .227 .500 .322 17.1 4.3 7.1 .331 .694 .444 42.9
2025 Sweeper 1.5 1 78 5.2 16 .143 .357 .269 55.2 50.0 34.8 .148 .290 .248 33.3
2025 Knuckleball -10.9 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Slurve 13.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 676 37.2 147 .244 .480 .350 25.1 25.2 18.4 .257 .450 .355 52.7
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 283 15.6 75 .236 .347 .271 42.1 25.3 24.7 .236 .401 .289 30.2
2024 Slider 1.3 3 214 11.8 56 .280 .580 .397 28.0 21.4 19.4 .280 .667 .429 52.6
2024 Sinker -2.0 -4 204 11.2 64 .230 .393 .303 14.3 25.0 32.0 .171 .209 .197 37.0
2024 Cutter 4.1 6 152 8.4 46 .372 .767 .493 24.7 17.4 17.8 .363 .732 .477 57.1
2024 Curveball 6.2 7 110 6.1 27 .400 .800 .493 20.0 25.9 18.4 .350 .672 .427 52.6
2024 Sweeper -0.4 0 92 5.1 19 .211 .421 .263 34.4 42.1 23.5 .219 .374 .251 45.5
2024 Split-Finger -1.4 -1 70 3.9 14 .167 .167 .123 25.7 7.1 4.2 .274 .360 .304 66.7
2024 Slurve -2.8 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .409 .420 .368 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 129 500 -3 -6 1 2 -7
2024 451 1,815 4 -14 16 6 12
2025 379 1,511 -2 -10 10 6 4
Player 959 3,826 -1 -30 27 -1 9
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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 26.9 6.9 74.4
2025 1,511 49.5 68.9 77.3 26.0 42.9 43.8 34.3 47.2 31.7 6.9 81.9
Player 3,826 49.8 68.5 79.1 26.7 48.8 44.3 33.0 47.5 29.2 7.2 79.3
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 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 76 69 86 85 51 65 75 80 87 83 36 47 37 57 58 53 61 83 41 72
2025 29 22 36 43 25 59 49 74 90 59 9 57 8 60 38 85 69 74 21 76
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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 27.27 4 4.1 0 4 1 3 75.0
2024 27.44 22 16.2 6 9 16 5 22.7
2025 27.26 11 8.4 3 4 9 1 9.1
Player 27.37 37 28.7 8 17 26 9 24.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
2024 22 19 10 18 12 15 19 17 10 11 10 12 25 16 18 11 17 16 14 17 19 12 26 22 18 18 11 18 24 16 15
2025 11 11 6 4 5 10 8 5 4 8 8 8 10 11 10 6 11 9 8 9 10 10 10 11 10 10 4 9 10 9 9
Player 37 34 20 25 21 29 31 26 17 23 22 25 39 31 32 21 33 30 27 30 33 27 40 38 32 32 18 31 38 29 28
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.3 2.8 91.1 0.1 91.2
Launch Angle 16.2 -4.9 11.3 -4.6 6.7
Barrel % 9.0 2.0 11.0 -2.2 8.8
Hard Hit % 37.1 10.3 47.4 -2.2 45.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 10.4 35.1 -1.2 33.9
xBA .232 0.026 .258 -0.021 .237
BA .211 0.051 .262 -0.009 .253
xwOBA .289 0.050 .339 -0.029 .310
wOBA .251 0.094 .345 -0.016 .329
xSLG .419 0.049 .468 -0.068 .400
SLG .341 0.149 .490 -0.060 .430
K% 27.1 -3.2 23.9 3.8 27.7
BB% 3.1 4.7 7.8 1.4 9.2
Swing % 47.8 -0.1 47.7 -0.5 47.2
Whiff% 29.7 -2.8 26.9 4.8 31.7
In Zone % 54.4 -5.5 48.9 0.6 49.5
Out of Zone % 45.6 5.5 51.1 -0.6 50.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 0.5 27.3 -1.3 26.0
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 0.4 32.2 2.1 34.3
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 -0.9 57.2 -2.1 55.1
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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 451 235 52.1 .360 .330
2025 Shades L 379 156 41.2 .355 .292
! 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%
2025 455 15.6 40.7% 0.2% 204 18.4 7.4% 0.0%
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