Lawrence Butler

Bats L Throws R6'3" 210 lbBorn 2000 Burlington, USADebut 2023Team ATHDraft 2018 R6 #173 Athletics, Westlake HSContract 7 y/$65.5M (25-31)+32 cl opt 2026: $3,678,571

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 94.9FIELD+ 97.8 at RFTotal 0.88 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	471	421	102	21	1	16	45	121	16	0.242	0.314	0.412	0.726	0.170	0.317	25.8	9.5	97.4	1.32
2027	357	317	75	15	1	12	36	91	10	0.236	0.313	0.401	0.714	0.164	0.313	25.5	10.0	100.6	1.14

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 98 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ruppert Jones	1979	103.4	81.0	373
2	Vin Campbell	1912	107.3	did not play
3	Rube Ellis	1910	108.4	91.1	646
4	Joey Gallo	2018	108.0	142.2	297
5	Warren Cromartie	1978	97.3	86.7	710
6	Harry Walker	1943	99.4	did not play
7	Al Oliver	1971	107.8	126.8	612
8	Gary Geiger	1961	97.8	100.5	543
9	Gus Bell	1953	106.1	108.0	684
10	Andrew Benintendi	2019	109.0	45.1	52

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			357		75	15	1	12		10	36	91	0.236	0.313	0.401	0.714	100.6
2026*	ATH	119	388	47	73	13	1	11		9	44	98	0.214	0.305	0.355	0.660	83.0
2025	ATH	152	630	83	133	30	2	21	63	22	59	179	0.234	0.306	0.404	0.710	96.5
2024	OAK	125	451	63	108	24	2	22	57	18	35	108	0.262	0.317	0.490	0.807	130.3
2023	OAK	42	129	10	26	4	0	4	10	0	4	35	0.211	0.240	0.341	0.582	62.8
Career		319	1210	156	267	58	4	47	130	40	98	322	0.242	0.303	0.429	0.732	105.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	388	89.5	7.3	7.8	45.5	27.3	24.9	0.238	0.381	0.314	26.7
2025	630	90.5	9.2	9.2	44.4	32.9	26.1	0.229	0.393	0.304	26.9
2024	451	91.1	11.3	11.1	47.4	26.9	27.2	0.253	0.473	0.341	27.6
2023	129	88.3	16.2	9.0	37.1	29.7	27.1	0.230	0.430	0.294	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ATH	OF	151	1236	366	4	2	1	0.995
2024	OAK	OF	125	959	253	2	4	1	0.985
2023	OAK	OF	43	296	82	1	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	126	4 HR, 7 SB	0.255	0.767
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	94	5 HR, 8 SB	0.280	0.852
2023	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	318	10 HR, 13 SB	0.285	0.817
2022	A+	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	333	11 HR, 13 SB	0.270	0.825
2021	A+	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	54	2 HR, 3 SB	0.340	0.929
2021	A	Stockton Ports	Bat	396	17 HR, 26 SB	0.263	0.863
2018	Rk	AZL Athletics	Bat	124	1 HR, 3 SB	0.226	0.669

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.308	0.304	0.351	0.259
2025	0.248	0.335	0.349	0.287
2024	0.378	0.339	0.329	0.366
2023	0.236	0.274	0.267	0.268

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.