Burleigh Lawrence  
Starting Pitcher | PEI Argonauts

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Lawrence has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His curveball is inconsistent, but when it's sharp it's a solid complement to his fastball. The PEI Argonauts hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Lawrence remains one of the best fielding pitchers in the game's history. He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Lawrence is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lawrence has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2009 PEI 71 53 14 17 50 36 49 55 52 56 0 0 54 50 0 0 17 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 1 51 157
2010 PEI 71 53 17 17 49 36 49 55 52 75 0 0 54 63 0 0 18 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 205
2011 PEI 70 52 22 19 49 36 49 55 52 83 0 0 61 63 0 0 19 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 231
2012 PEI 78 56 29 21 49 36 49 55 52 83 0 0 61 70 0 0 20 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 266
2013 PEI 78 58 37 24 49 36 49 55 52 88 0 0 65 70 0 0 21 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 294
2014 PEI 82 61 43 26 49 36 49 55 52 91 0 0 65 74 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 293
2015 PEI 84 64 50 30 49 36 49 55 52 91 0 0 68 77 0 0 23 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 317
2016 PEI 85 74 54 33 49 36 49 55 52 93 0 0 70 77 0 0 24 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 342
2017 PEI 85 75 54 36 49 36 49 55 52 93 0 0 72 79 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 349
2018 PEI 85 80 54 42 49 36 49 55 52 95 0 0 72 80 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 364
2019 PEI 86 81 54 45 49 36 49 55 52 96 0 0 73 81 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 87 372
2020 PEI 86 81 54 51 49 36 49 55 52 97 0 0 73 81 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 94 378
2021 PEI 86 81 54 59 49 36 49 55 52 97 0 0 73 81 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 385
2022 PEI 86 81 54 62 49 36 49 55 52 97 0 0 73 81 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 387
2023 PEI 86 81 54 62 49 36 49 55 52 98 0 0 73 81 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 387
2024 PEI 86 81 54 62 49 36 49 55 52 98 0 0 73 81 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 386
2025 PEI 86 81 54 62 49 36 49 55 52 98 0 0 73 81 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 385
Ratings Delta                                 +1 +1             -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2008 16 UMB 6 10 0 0 34 34 5 5 171.2 5.0 155 23 200 111 0 0 5.84 0.56 2.07 .243 .389 .256 .234 7.55
2009 17 UMB 4 19 0 0 35 35 2 7 162 4.2 203 19 227 130 0 0 7.22 0.57 2.65 .307 .452 .310 .304 10.6
Totals     10 29 0 0 69 69 7 12 333.2 5.0 358 42 427 241 0 0 6.51 0.56 2.36 .276 .421 .285 .268 9.05

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2010 18 PLIL 2 6 12 4 29 0 0 0 23.1 0.2 23 1 36 20 25 9 7.79 0.56 2.55 .267 .372 .256 .279 8.87
2011 19 PLIL 1 2 12 2 26 0 0 0 27 1.0 24 3 17 21 18 5 7.00 1.24 1.52 .240 .350 .208 .277 4.00
2012 20 PLIL 1 2 0 0 11 6 1 0 49.1 4.1 41 5 40 36 0 0 6.60 0.90 1.65 .224 .361 .240 .207 4.20
Totals     4 10 24 6 66 6 1 0 99.2 1.2 88 9 93 77 43 14 6.99 0.83 1.82 .238 .361 .234 .243 5.27

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2012 20 PEI 1 2 1 4 14 0 0 0 15.1 1.0 16 2 18 12 4 2 7.15 0.67 2.25 .271 .407 .263 .275 7.04
2013 21 PEI 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 13.2 2.1 16 1 14 6 2 0 4.09 0.43 2.27 .286 .411 .214 .357 6.59
2014 22 PEI 2 3 1 1 29 0 0 0 96.2 3.1 82 10 43 88 16 5 8.23 2.05 1.30 .225 .351 .260 .199 2.98
2015 23 PEI 4 2 1 1 39 0 0 0 155.1 4.0 133 16 47 129 16 4 7.49 2.74 1.16 .229 .358 .256 .208 2.96
2016 24 PEI 10 12 0 0 36 36 20 2 222.1 6.1 205 22 74 198 0 0 8.02 2.68 1.26 .239 .362 .262 .221 3.52
2017 25 PEI 11 17 2 1 34 30 21 3 197 5.2 172 15 61 165 0 0 7.54 2.70 1.18 .229 .339 .242 .216 3.38
2018 26 PEI 12 18 0 0 39 39 26 4 255.1 6.2 220 19 70 233 0 0 8.22 3.33 1.14 .228 .339 .248 .214 3.10
2019 27 PEI 14 15 0 0 33 33 21 5 239 7.1 194 30 63 203 0 0 7.64 3.22 1.08 .218 .360 .213 .222 3.43
2020 28 PEI 19 7 0 0 33 33 28 4 256.2 7.2 203 18 50 220 0 0 7.73 4.40 0.99 .216 .322 .214 .218 1.93
2021 29 PEI 18 5 0 0 40 40 29 3 284 7.0 237 15 63 264 0 0 8.37 4.19 1.06 .224 .334 .248 .207 2.50
2022 30 PEI 30 6 0 0 41 41 33 2 282.2 7.0 228 27 64 257 0 0 8.20 4.02 1.03 .218 .350 .224 .214 2.58
2023 31 PEI 24 10 0 0 39 39 29 5 281 7.1 224 27 48 253 0 0 8.10 5.27 0.97 .217 .332 .204 .227 2.31
2024 32 PEI 19 11 0 0 40 40 27 4 273.1 7.0 218 26 56 216 0 0 7.12 3.86 1.00 .216 .351 .253 .187 2.90
2025 33 PEI 26 7 0 0 41 41 35 2 295.1 7.1 185 18 61 269 0 0 8.20 4.41 0.83 .177 .276 .183 .172 1.55
Totals     190 117 6 7 464 372 269 34 2867.2 6.1 2333 246 732 2513 38 11 7.89 3.43 1.07 .219 .338 .231 .210 2.73

Burleigh Lawrence's Career Highlights
Year Details
2009 1st round - 4th overall selection by PEI Argonauts in the 2009 Amateur Draft
2019 Fishermen League All Star
2020 Fishermen League All Star
2021 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, June
2021 Fishermen League All Star
2021 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, August
2022 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, June
2022 Fishermen League All Star
2022 Cy Young : Fishermen League, (30-6, 2.58 ERA, 257 K's, 1.03 WHIP, 8.20 K/9)
2023 Fishermen League All Star
2023 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, October
2023 Cy Young : Fishermen League, (24-10, 2.31 ERA, 253 K's, 0.97 WHIP, 8.10 K/9)
2024 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, April
2024 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, July
2025 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, June
2025 Fishermen League All Star
2025 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, August
2025 Pitcher of the Month : Fishermen League, September
2025 Cy Young : Fishermen League, (26-7, 1.55 ERA, 269 K's, 0.83 WHIP, 8.20 K/9)
2025 CBL Pitcher of the Year

Burleigh Lawrence's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
September 29, 2012 4 Tight elbow 12%  
May 17, 2017 4 Pulled achilles tendon 15%  
October 12, 2025 10 Pulled triceps 10%  

Burleigh Lawrence's Comparable Players
Player Names
Ho-Kon Jang 93.3% Max Kolb 93.2% Chris Rikitson 91.0% Dustin Carlton 90.4% Faingaa Davis 88.9%

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