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Michael Fulmer

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 221 lb
Number: #43

Born: March 15, 1993 in Oklahoma City, OK, United States
MLB debut: April 29, 2016
Drafted: 2011, round C-A
High school: Deer Creek

dbWAR: 8.8
IP: 13.2
ERA: 3.29
FIP: 4.35
K/9: 11.9
FIP−: 104

Michael Fulmer is a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 18 batters over 13.2 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 3.29 is 21.2% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.35 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 36.7% of swings (16.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.5%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.35

K/911.9

WHIP1.39

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	NYY/LAA	15	0	13.2	0	1	0	11	5	18	8	3.29	4.35	1.39	11.9	5.3	79	104	0.1
2025	CHC/BOS	3	0	5.2	0	0	0	6	3	3	2	4.76	5.43	1.41	4.8	3.2	115	131	-0.1
2023	CHC	58	1	57.0	3	5	2	48	28	65	28	4.42	4.15	1.33	10.3	4.4	102	96	0.5
2022	DET/MIN	67	0	63.2	5	6	3	59	24	61	28	3.39	3.57	1.37	8.6	4.0	85	90	0.7
2021	DET	52	4	69.2	5	6	14	69	23	73	20	2.97	3.46	1.28	9.4	2.6	70	81	1.1
2020	DET	10	10	27.2	0	2	0	45	27	20	12	8.78	6.91	2.06	6.5	3.9	197	155	-0.4
2018	DET	24	24	132.1	3	12	0	128	69	110	46	4.69	4.52	1.31	7.5	3.1	113	109	1.0
2017	DET	25	25	164.2	10	12	0	150	70	114	40	3.83	3.67	1.15	6.2	2.2	88	84	3.4
2016	DET	26	26	159.0	11	7	0	136	54	132	42	3.06	3.76	1.12	7.5	2.4	73	90	2.7

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	CHC	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0
2018	DET	3	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	57.1%	.000	-1.8	-122	-0.1
2017	DET	2	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	40.0%	.000	-1.4	-116	-0.1
2016	DET	1	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.5	-117	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	27	21	4	2	5	7	.190	.370	.476	.365	25.9%
vs RHB	34	31	7	0	3	11	.226	.294	.355	.291	32.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Michael Fulmer throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Cutter	40.5%	107	88.4	2,596	58.9%	34.8%	17	.412	1.230
Sweeper	22.0%	58	81.4	2,744	50.0%	53.6%	13	—	—
Changeup	12.1%	32	87.7	1,811	37.5%	41.2%	7	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	10.2%	27	93.2	2,399	51.9%	27.3%	5	—	—
Sinker	7.6%	20	94.5	2,362	45.0%	30.0%	6	—	—
Curveball	7.6%	20	81.2	2,750	40.0%	0.0%	4	—	—

Michael Fulmer's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.