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 225 202 29 52 11 7 .257 .329 .500 .829
2 Seasons 354 325 39 78 15 7 .240 .297 .440 .737
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .257 11 7 .829
2 Seasons .240 15 7 .737
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Hits Spray Chart

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 23 935 142 18 12.7 8.0 92.7 113.1 13.5 37.3 .260 .499 .355 .358 .460 52.1 27.1 9.8
Player 1435 231 26 11.3 7.3 91.0 113.1 14.5 32.5 .251 .470 .317 .334 .431 46.3 27.1 7.3
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 35.9 30.3 28.2 5.6 31.0 39.4 29.6 1.4 24.6 27.5 28.2 5.6 12.7 8.0
Player 38.5 31.2 22.9 7.4 30.7 38.5 30.7 2.2 27.7 27.3 26.0 5.6 11.3 7.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 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 2.4 8 345 36.9 76 .277 .600 .414 27.5 30.3 22.5 .269 .514 .382 61.9
2024 Changeup 1.7 3 171 18.3 44 .262 .381 .298 39.5 22.7 21.3 .216 .350 .262 31.3
2024 Slider -0.4 -1 126 13.5 36 .161 .355 .283 36.0 38.9 31.8 .195 .507 .346 58.8
2024 Cutter 2.5 2 89 9.5 23 .286 .571 .391 23.7 21.7 17.9 .324 .706 .455 56.3
2024 Sinker -3.9 -3 70 7.5 14 .083 .083 .179 17.2 21.4 21.4 .173 .191 .250 30.0
2024 Curveball 10.3 7 64 6.8 14 .538 1.077 .679 8.3 14.3 8.3 .450 .860 .560 63.6
2024 Split-Finger -3.4 -1 31 3.3 5 .000 .000 .000 40.0 20.0 7.7 .194 .238 .184 75.0
2024 Sweeper 2.2 1 29 3.1 10 .400 .800 .500 27.3 30.0 25.0 .368 .662 .433 57.1
2024 Slurve -8.8 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 Changeup -1.1 -1 90 18.0 14 .214 .286 .282 48.9 50.0 24.1 .202 .255 .197 42.9
2023 Slider 0.8 1 90 18.0 24 .130 .391 .271 34.9 29.2 29.2 .199 .548 .321 37.5
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 -5.2 -1 19 3.8 7 .000 .000 .000 60.0 57.1 66.7 .063 .089 .063 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 All
2023 129 500 -2 -6 1 1 -6
2024 225 935 8 -4 8 4 16
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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 935 48.0 66.1 77.4 26.5 54.3 46.4 28.4 45.6 29.1 6.3 72.9
Player 1,435 50.2 65.9 78.5 26.6 50.0 44.5 29.7 46.3 29.3 7.2 78.8
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 85 64 91 90 67 50 86 94 87 94 18 69 22 58 65 68 61
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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 27.7 11 9.5 2 3 9 3 27.3
Player 27.6 15 13.7 1 7 10 6 40.0
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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 11 11 8 8 8 9 10 9 6 9 8 8 13 9 8 7 9 10 8 10 13 8 14 11 11 10 7 11 13 10 8
Player 15 16 12 11 12 13 14 13 9 13 12 13 17 13 12 11 14 15 13 14 17 13 19 17 15 14 10 15 18 14 12
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 92.7 4.4
Launch Angle 16.2 13.5 -2.7
Barrel % 9.0 12.7 3.7
Hard Hit % 37.1 52.1 15.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 37.3 12.6
xBA .235 .260 0.025
BA .211 .257 0.046
xwOBA .293 .358 0.065
wOBA .251 .355 0.104
xSLG .423 .499 0.076
SLG .341 .500 0.159
K% 27.1 27.1 0.0
BB% 3.1 9.8 6.7
Swing % 47.8 45.6 -2.2
Whiff% 29.7 29.1 -0.6
In Zone % 54.4 48.0 -6.4
Out of Zone % 45.6 52.0 6.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 26.5 -0.3
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 28.4 -3.4
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 59.1 1.0
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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 225 118 52.4 .440 .279
! 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 231 15.0 49.8% 0.0% 134 17.9 9.0% 0.0%
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