Lawrence

Butler

RFAge : 26Bats : L

Lawrence Butler

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 95 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-08-11

Born in : Burlington, NJ, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Athletics	154	472	112	17	62	.237	.720
2025	Athletics	152	569	133	21	63	.234	.710
2024	Athletics	125	412	108	22	57	.262	.807
2023	Athletics	42	123	26	4	10	.211	.581
Career totals		473	1576	379	64	192	.240	.729

ContractAthletics payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 7 yrs · 2025–2031
Total value: 65.5 M$
AAV: 9.36 M$

2026
3.43 M$
Guaranteed
2027
5.43 M$
Guaranteed
2028
8.43 M$
Guaranteed
2029
10.43 M$
Guaranteed
2030
14.43 M$
Guaranteed
2031
16.43 M$
Guaranteed
2032
20.00 M$
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Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.319

xwOBA

.326

OPS

.720

AVG

.237

OBP

.326

RBI

539

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.1

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-13)

2023-0.2 WAR
20243.1 WAR · 4.1 per full season
20251.6 WAR · 1.5 per full season
2026-0.1 WAR · -0.1 per full season

Outlook, age included

+12 · 25 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 64
POW: Power; 78
EYE: Eye; 73
SPD: Speed; 74
FLD: Fielding; 63
DUR: Durability; 81
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.1

#248 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

16 / 100

#224 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

11 / 100

Surplus $-10.3M · salary $9.4M

PAL: dimensions

Offense41

Power53

Discipline52

Speed32

Defense1

WAR, in runs

Batting-2.7

Baserunning-2.3

Fielding-10.9

Positional-4.5

Replacement+16.4

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

89.7 mi/h

61th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.7 mi/h

75th percentile

Barrels

8.6 %

57th percentile

Hard-hit

44.8 %

75th percentile

xBA

.245

45th percentile

Bat speed

73.6 mi/h

72th percentile

Sprint speed

26.7 pi/s

32th percentile

Outs above average

-11

4th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	ATH	-0.1	16	70	89.7	112.7	8.6	44.8	.245
2025	ATH	1.6	42	76	90.5	113.6	9.2	44.4	.230
2024	ATH	3.1	85	81	91.1	113.1	11.0	47.4	.253
2023	ATH	-0.2	18	65	88.3	111.0	9.0	37.1	.230

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs HOU	4	2	0	0	0	0	.237
Sep 26	vs HOU	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Sep 25	vs HOU	4	0	0	1	1	0	.237
Sep 24	vs HOU	5	3	0	0	0	2	.239
Sep 23	vs LAA	5	2	0	1	0	1	.235
Sep 22	vs LAA	4	3	0	1	0	0	.233
Sep 20	@ CLE	3	0	0	0	1	2	.228
Sep 19	@ CLE	4	1	0	0	1	0	.230
Sep 18	@ CLE	2	0	0	0	2	1	.230
Sep 17	@ TB	4	2	1	1	0	1	.231