Players · F · Pitcher · 2026 regular season
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 Regular season, 13 season(s)
- IP
- 13.2
- ERA
- 3.29
- FIP
- 4.35
- K/9
- 11.9
- FIP−
- 104 100 = avg
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 was 21.3% 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| 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.
| Cutter | 107 | 88.4 | 2,596 | 58.9% | 34.8% | 17 | .412 | 1.230 | |
| Sweeper | 58 | 81.4 | 2,744 | 50.0% | 53.6% | 13 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 32 | 87.7 | 1,811 | 37.5% | 41.2% | 7 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 27 | 93.2 | 2,399 | 51.9% | 27.3% | 5 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 20 | 94.5 | 2,362 | 45.0% | 30.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 20 | 81.2 | 2,750 | 40.0% | 0.0% | 4 | — | — |
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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.