Players · H · Pitcher · 2026
Josh Hader
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 188 lb
- Number
- #71
- Born
- April 7, 1994 in Millersville, MD, United States
- MLB debut
- June 10, 2017
- Drafted
- 2012, round 19
- High school
- Old Mill
- Salary, 2026
- $19M
- dbWAR
- 12.4 13 season(s)
- IP
- 44.2
- ERA
- 1.01
- FIP
- 1.94
- K/9
- 11.1
- FIP−
- 46 100 = avg
Josh Hader is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 55 batters over 44.2 innings across 45 appearances, going 4-2. His ERA of 1.01 is 75.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and the second best among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 1.94 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 34.2% of swings (18.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 32.9%. His 1.4 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | 45 | 0 | 44.2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 15 | 1.01 | 1.94 | 0.76 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 24 | 46 | 1.4 | |
| 2025 | HOU | 48 | 0 | 52.2 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 76 | 16 | 2.05 | 3.25 | 0.85 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 49 | 78 | 0.9 | |
| 2024 | HOU | 71 | 0 | 71.0 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 30 | 105 | 25 | 3.80 | 3.50 | 0.96 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 93 | 86 | 0.9 | |
| 2023 | SD | 61 | 0 | 56.1 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 85 | 30 | 1.28 | 2.69 | 1.10 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 30 | 62 | 1.4 | |
| 2022 | MIL/SD | 56 | 0 | 50.0 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 43 | 29 | 81 | 21 | 5.22 | 3.45 | 1.28 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 132 | 87 | 0.6 | |
| 2021 | MIL | 60 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 102 | 24 | 1.23 | 1.69 | 0.84 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 29 | 40 | 2.1 | |
| 2020 | MIL | 21 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 10 | 3.79 | 4.03 | 0.95 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 85 | 91 | 0.2 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 61 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 41 | 22 | 138 | 20 | 2.62 | 3.10 | 0.81 | 16.4 | 2.4 | 58 | 69 | 1.6 | |
| 2018 | MIL | 55 | 0 | 81.1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 22 | 143 | 30 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 0.81 | 15.8 | 3.3 | 59 | 54 | 2.3 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 35 | 0 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 68 | 22 | 2.08 | 3.03 | 0.99 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 48 | 70 | 1.0 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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 | 48 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .200 | .250 | .289 | .244 | 22.9% |
| vs RHB | 119 | 107 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 44 | .093 | .185 | .121 | .157 | 37.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Josh Hader 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.
| Sinker | 435 | 95.1 | 2,266 | 56.6% | 28.4% | 101 | .109 | .333 | |
| Slider | 241 | 84.5 | 2,491 | 50.2% | 45.9% | 51 | .157 | .455 |
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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.