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 .261 .471 .345 .342 .423 47.4 23.9 7.8
Player 2315 397 42 10.6 7.2 90.5 113.1 12.4 32.7 .255 .460 .324 .331 .414 45.1 24.7 6.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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

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
Player 43.3 56.7 27.7 23.4 5.5 31.0 41.1 28.0 16.1 20.4 6.8 14.9 20.7 21.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 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
Player 1.5 31.7 23.9 25.9 5.8 10.6 7.2
MLB 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 0.4 3 673 37.1 146 .238 .476 .347 25.2 25.3 18.5 .256 .451 .355 52.2
2024 Changeup -0.7 -2 287 15.8 76 .219 .329 .255 41.3 25.0 24.1 .229 .391 .282 29.6
2024 Slider 1.1 3 229 12.6 61 .273 .545 .380 29.9 24.6 21.7 .277 .635 .413 55.0
2024 Sinker -1.8 -4 206 11.3 65 .242 .403 .312 14.2 24.6 31.4 .185 .224 .209 38.3
2024 Cutter 4.4 7 149 8.2 44 .390 .805 .516 22.5 13.6 14.3 .384 .772 .502 57.1
2024 Curveball 6.1 7 114 6.3 27 .400 .800 .493 19.5 25.9 18.4 .351 .673 .428 52.6
2024 Sweeper -0.2 0 79 4.4 17 .235 .471 .294 33.3 41.2 23.3 .219 .389 .257 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.8 -1 64 3.5 12 .200 .200 .145 29.0 8.3 4.5 .310 .398 .338 70.0
2024 Slurve -2.8 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .409 .420 .368 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -3 138 27.6 35 .219 .313 .251 22.1 20.0 17.9 .213 .444 .292 30.8
2023 Changeup -1.3 -1 88 17.6 13 .231 .308 .235 51.2 53.8 25.9 .210 .265 .205 50.0
2023 Slider -0.8 -1 85 17.0 23 .136 .409 .283 33.3 26.1 27.3 .208 .573 .335 37.5
2023 Sinker -3.8 -3 77 15.4 28 .259 .296 .263 15.8 17.9 21.7 .298 .403 .319 45.5
2023 Curveball -0.9 0 46 9.2 9 .222 .333 .239 22.2 22.2 9.5 .335 .437 .335 42.9
2023 Cutter -3.7 -1 21 4.2 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .233 .192 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.1 -1 21 4.2 8 .000 .000 .113 50.0 50.0 50.0 .068 .094 .068 0.0
2023 Sweeper 5.1 1 15 3.0 6 .400 .600 .475 50.0 50.0 50.0 .233 .259 .295 50.0
2023 Knuckleball 3.8 0 5 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve 57.5 2 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.

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
Player 580 2,315 1 -20 17 1 5
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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
Player 2,315 50.1 68.2 80.3 27.2 52.5 44.6 32.1 47.7 27.5 7.3 77.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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 79 73 86 85 53 65 75 80 87 83 36 47 37 57 58 52 61 83 41 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 4.1 0 4 1 3 75.0
2024 27.4 22 16.1 6 9 16 5 22.7
Player 27.4 26 20.2 6 13 17 8 30.8
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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 17 12 15 19 17 11 11 10 13 25 15 17 12 17 16 15 17 19 12 26 22 17 18 11 16 24 16 15
Player 26 23 14 20 16 19 23 21 14 15 14 18 29 19 21 16 22 21 20 21 23 17 30 27 21 22 14 20 28 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 .261 0.026
BA .211 .262 0.051
xwOBA .293 .342 0.049
wOBA .251 .345 0.094
xSLG .423 .471 0.048
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 26.9 -2.8
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 451 235 52.1 .360 .330
! 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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