Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

24-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Oakland Athletics
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The Athletics' final season in Oakland was largely forgettable from an on-field standpoint, but Butler's emergence was a nice surprise. A three-homer game on the final day before the All-Star break sparked an incredible run in which the outfielder slashed .316/.361/.611 over a 60-game span, which included a second three-homer game Aug. 26. He launched 16 home runs during that stretch after totaling six long balls in his first 63 games of the season. While he's not a burner in terms of sprint speed, ranking only in the 58th percentile, he went a perfect 18-for-18 on steal attempts, which shows good instincts and the ability to read opposing pitchers. His strikeout rate was manageable at 23.9 percent and Butler, a lefty slugger, hit lefty pitching even better than he did righties. The walk rate could use some work, but the 24-year-old showed enough to safely project as the starting right fielder as the A's begin a new chapter in West Sacramento. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2024.
Not in Sunday's lineup
OFOakland Athletics
September 29, 2024
Butler is not in Sunday's lineup against the Mariners.
ANALYSIS
Butler had been operating as an everyday player for Oakland, but he'll get the regular-season finale off with Seth Brown starting in right field and Daz Cameron getting a rare start in left field against a righty (Logan Gilbert). Butler hit .280 with two home runs and six steals in 23 September games, and he's in line to be one of the focal points of the A's offense in 2025.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
49
1
1
6
15
15
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
13
1
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+47%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .755 111 14 5 10 5 .271 .297 .458
Since 2022vs Right .756 469 59 21 57 13 .245 .301 .456
2024vs Left .838 89 11 5 10 5 .291 .315 .523
2024vs Right .799 362 52 17 47 13 .255 .318 .482
2023vs Left .418 22 3 0 0 0 .190 .227 .190
2023vs Right .616 107 7 4 10 0 .216 .243 .373
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+15%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .726 290 39 9 28 7 .253 .303 .423
Since 2022Away .785 290 34 17 39 11 .248 .297 .489
2024Home .753 236 36 7 23 7 .257 .314 .439
2024Away .866 215 27 15 34 11 .268 .321 .545
2023Home .612 54 3 2 5 0 .235 .259 .353
2023Away .560 75 7 2 5 0 .194 .227 .333
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Lawrence Butler compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.32
 
BB Rate
7.8%
 
K Rate
23.9%
 
BABIP
.301
 
ISO
.228
 
AVG
.262
 
OBP
.317
 
SLG
.490
 
OPS
.807
 
wOBA
.349
 
Exit Velocity
91.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
37.0%
 
Barrels/PA
7.5%
 
Expected BA
.261
 
Expected SLG
.471
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
43.8%
 
Line Drive %
18.5%
 
Fly Ball %
37.7%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Drafted in the sixth round in 2018, Butler reached the majors last August at the age of 23. The success he enjoyed at Double-A and Triple-A did not immediately translate, as Butler struggled to a .582 OPS in 42 games with the A's after posting an .825 OPS across the top two levels of the minor leagues. He can punish a breaking ball left in the strike zone, but Butler may be overmatched against big-league velocity; he managed just two extra-base hits against 236 major-league fastballs last season. The x-factor here is his speed, which in theory helps boost his floor. He has reached 20 stolen bases twice in the minors. While he won't be handed anything out of camp, the lefty-hitting Butler figures to get a look in center field for an Oakland club with nothing to lose.
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On base three times
OFOakland Athletics
September 25, 2024
Butler went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs and a stolen base in Tuesday's win over the Rangers.
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Notches 16th steal
OFOakland Athletics
September 20, 2024
Butler went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 4-2 extra-inning loss to the Yankees.
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Day off Monday
OFOakland Athletics
September 16, 2024
Butler is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs.
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Reaches four times, swipes bag
OFOakland Athletics
September 14, 2024
Butler went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored, two walks and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox.
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Returns to Oakland lineup
OFOakland Athletics
September 11, 2024
Butler (illness) will start in right field and bat leadoff in Wednesday's game against the Astros.
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