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 323 296 44 78 11 11 .264 .325 .459 .784
3 Seasons 903 831 117 212 37 29 .255 .309 .457 .766
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .262 22 18 .807
2025 .264 11 11 .784
3 Seasons .255 37 29 .766
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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 1284 207 21 10.1 6.5 91.7 113.6 8.0 33.8 .245 .425 .342 .319 .407 45.9 27.6 8.4
Player 3599 604 63 10.4 7.0 90.9 113.6 10.9 33.1 .249 .445 .330 .325 .409 45.4 25.7 7.3
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 44.4 55.6 24.2 27.5 3.9 35.3 37.2 27.5 22.7 15.5 6.3 12.6 21.7 21.3
Player 43.7 56.3 26.5 24.8 5.0 32.5 39.7 27.8 18.4 18.7 6.6 14.1 21.0 21.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 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 3.9 33.3 23.2 21.7 7.7 10.1 6.5
Player 2.3 32.3 23.7 24.5 6.5 10.4 7.0
MLB 3.9 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 1.6 6 397 30.9 108 .298 .532 .397 27.9 23.1 20.7 .264 .484 .366 49.3
2025 Changeup -2.4 -5 193 15.0 54 .137 .216 .199 45.1 33.3 30.5 .149 .210 .184 30.3
2025 Sinker 1.9 4 192 15.0 54 .367 .653 .457 16.7 22.2 30.0 .252 .412 .321 40.5
2025 Slider -0.1 0 175 13.6 33 .226 .452 .309 37.6 33.3 18.0 .195 .467 .302 45.0
2025 Curveball 0.6 1 99 7.7 18 .313 .438 .367 36.4 38.9 21.9 .312 .417 .356 88.9
2025 Split-Finger -1.6 -1 79 6.2 20 .200 .200 .225 44.7 35.0 29.2 .320 .386 .309 46.2
2025 Cutter 1.2 1 73 5.7 21 .300 .600 .395 17.6 4.8 10.0 .382 .795 .506 52.6
2025 Sweeper 1.7 1 65 5.1 12 .167 .417 .242 56.0 58.3 36.8 .148 .301 .189 40.0
2025 Knuckleball -10.9 0 2 0.2 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 3 217 12.0 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 89 4.9 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 323 1,284 1 -8 8 5 7
Player 903 3,599 2 -28 25 2 12
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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 1,284 49.9 68.6 76.6 25.5 40.9 42.9 33.7 47.0 32.5 7.2 82.6
Player 3,599 50.0 68.4 79.0 26.6 48.5 44.0 32.7 47.5 29.3 7.3 79.4
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 68 86 85 51 65 75 80 87 83 36 47 37 57 58 52 61 83 41 72
2025 35 32 47 52 27 71 58 84 91 67 12 49 7 65 34 66 70 75 37 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 16.1 6 9 16 5 22.7
2025 27.26 11 8.3 3 4 9 1 9.1
Player 27.37 37 28.5 9 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 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
2025 11 10 7 4 6 9 8 5 3 8 7 8 10 11 10 7 10 8 7 9 10 10 10 11 10 10 4 9 10 9 9
Player 37 33 21 24 22 28 31 26 17 23 21 26 39 30 31 23 32 29 27 30 33 27 40 38 31 32 18 29 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 0.6 91.7
Launch Angle 16.2 -4.9 11.3 -3.3 8.0
Barrel % 9.0 2.0 11.0 -0.9 10.1
Hard Hit % 37.1 10.3 47.4 -1.5 45.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 10.4 35.1 -1.3 33.8
xBA .232 0.026 .258 -0.013 .245
BA .211 0.051 .262 0.002 .264
xwOBA .289 0.050 .339 -0.020 .319
wOBA .251 0.094 .345 -0.003 .342
xSLG .419 0.049 .468 -0.043 .425
SLG .341 0.149 .490 -0.031 .459
K% 27.1 -3.2 23.9 3.7 27.6
BB% 3.1 4.7 7.8 0.6 8.4
Swing % 47.8 -0.1 47.7 -0.7 47.0
Whiff% 29.7 -2.8 26.9 5.6 32.5
In Zone % 54.4 -5.5 48.9 1.0 49.9
Out of Zone % 45.6 5.5 51.1 -1.0 50.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 0.5 27.3 -1.8 25.5
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 0.4 32.2 1.5 33.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 -0.9 57.2 -3.0 54.2
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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 323 136 42.1 .371 .302
! 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 397 15.5 40.6% 0.0% 183 18.4 8.2% 0.0%
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