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 386 352 56 95 21 14 .270 .324 .523 .847
2 Seasons 515 475 66 121 25 14 .255 .303 .476 .779
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .211 4 0 .581
2024 .270 21 14 .847
2 Seasons .255 25 14 .779
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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 1562 268 34 12.7 8.8 91.7 113.1 11.6 36.6 .273 .522 .359 .363 .446 49.3 22.8 7.8
Player 2062 357 42 11.8 8.2 90.8 113.1 12.8 33.6 .263 .496 .332 .345 .431 46.2 23.9 6.6
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 42.2 27.2 26.1 4.5 31.3 42.5 26.1 0.7 30.6 22.8 26.1 6.3 12.7 8.8
Player 42.3 28.6 23.2 5.9 31.1 41.2 27.7 1.4 31.1 23.8 25.2 6.2 11.8 8.2
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 1.2 7 549 35.1 123 .255 .538 .373 24.7 25.2 18.7 .271 .501 .375 57.9
2024 Changeup 0.2 0 257 16.5 68 .215 .338 .259 40.3 22.1 21.4 .230 .421 .294 30.0
2024 Slider 0.9 2 204 13.1 53 .255 .574 .386 30.5 28.3 25.4 .271 .702 .435 59.4
2024 Sinker -2.9 -6 188 12.0 53 .240 .360 .288 10.1 20.8 24.4 .198 .241 .224 37.5
2024 Cutter 5.5 7 128 8.2 37 .429 .886 .561 18.6 13.5 13.5 .422 .877 .554 56.7
2024 Curveball 7.2 7 103 6.6 25 .391 .826 .496 15.8 24.0 17.1 .359 .713 .444 50.0
2024 Sweeper -0.3 0 65 4.2 14 .286 .571 .357 25.0 28.6 16.0 .273 .485 .319 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.6 -1 55 3.5 10 .222 .222 .100 28.6 10.0 5.3 .271 .358 .270 77.8
2024 Slurve -1.2 0 5 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 90 18.0 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 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 386 1,562 9 -11 14 5 17
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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 1,562 48.9 68.8 81.2 26.1 56.7 45.9 30.3 47.0 25.5 7.0 75.5
Player 2,062 50.2 68.0 81.0 26.2 53.2 44.7 30.7 47.2 26.5 7.5 78.7
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 90 82 93 92 66 72 86 88 87 91 40 47 43 65 61 50 66 82 55 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 21 16.4 5 6 17 5 23.8
Player 27.3 25 20.6 4 10 18 8 32.0
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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 21 19 10 18 12 16 19 18 9 13 10 12 25 15 16 12 16 18 15 19 20 12 26 21 18 19 12 17 24 16 15
Player 25 24 14 21 16 20 23 22 12 17 14 17 29 19 20 16 21 23 20 23 24 17 31 27 22 23 15 21 29 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 91.7 3.4
Launch Angle 16.2 11.6 -4.6
Barrel % 9.0 12.7 3.7
Hard Hit % 37.1 49.3 12.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.7 36.6 11.9
xBA .235 .273 0.038
BA .211 .270 0.059
xwOBA .293 .363 0.070
wOBA .251 .359 0.108
xSLG .423 .522 0.099
SLG .341 .523 0.182
K% 27.1 22.8 -4.3
BB% 3.1 7.8 4.7
Swing % 47.8 47.0 -0.8
Whiff% 29.7 25.5 -4.2
In Zone % 54.4 48.9 -5.5
Out of Zone % 45.6 51.1 5.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 26.1 -0.7
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 30.3 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 58.1 56.7 -1.4
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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 386 194 50.3 .389 .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 477 15.3 46.3% 0.0% 203 18.3 8.9% 0.0%
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