Josh Hader stats
AstrosRelief Pitcher · #71
Bio
- Age
- 32 yearsApr 7, 1994
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 188 lbs
- Experience
- 10 yearsDebut 2017
- Birthplace
- Millersville, MD
- Draft
- 2012Rd 19, Pk 582
Bio
- Age
- 32 yearsApr 7, 1994
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 188 lbs
- Experience
- 10 yearsDebut 2017
- Birthplace
- Millersville, MD
- Draft
- 2012Rd 19, Pk 582
Stats
Standard
Astros- GP
- 44
- W
- 4
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 0.83
- IP
- 43.1
- K
- 55
- BB
- 11
- WHIP
- 0.65
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MIL | 35 | 2 | 3 | 2.08 | 47.2 | 68 | 22 | 0.99 |
| 2018 | MIL | 55 | 6 | 1 | 2.43 | 81.1 | 143 | 30 | 0.81 |
| 2019 | MIL | 61 | 3 | 5 | 2.62 | 75.2 | 138 | 20 | 0.81 |
| 2020 | MIL | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3.79 | 19.0 | 31 | 10 | 0.95 |
| 2021 | MIL | 60 | 4 | 2 | 1.23 | 58.2 | 102 | 24 | 0.84 |
| 2022 |  MIL/SD | 56 | 2 | 5 | 5.22 | 50.0 | 81 | 21 | 1.28 |
| 2023 | SD | 61 | 2 | 3 | 1.28 | 56.1 | 85 | 30 | 1.10 |
| 2024 | HOU | 71 | 8 | 8 | 3.80 | 71.0 | 105 | 25 | 0.96 |
| 2025 | HOU | 48 | 6 | 2 | 2.05 | 52.2 | 76 | 16 | 0.85 |
| 2026 | HOU | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0.83 | 43.1 | 55 | 11 | 0.65, led the MLB |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP
Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.
Career regular season
- GP
- 512
- W
- 38
- L
- 32
- ERA
- 2.49
- IP
- 555.2
- K
- 884
- BB
- 209
- WHIP
- 0.91
Career Postseason
- GP
- 18
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 1.64
- IP
- 22.0
- K
- 33
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 0.91
Expanded
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 11.4
- GB
- 36
- FB
- 56
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 1
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 34 | 60 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2018 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 41 | 91 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.4 | 28 | 99 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2020 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 8 | 18 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2021 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 | 31 | 65 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2022 | MIL/SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 | 35 | 78 | 0.4 | 5 |
| 2023 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 42 | 71 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2024 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 44 | 103 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2025 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 25 | 86 | 0.3 | 2 |
| 2026 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 36 | 56 | 0.6 | 1 |
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 14.3
- GB
- 324
- FB
- 727
- G/F
- 0.40
- WP
- 20
Latest performance
Josh Hader
Sep 17 · vs KC · W 6-2
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 0.83
Games
All gamesNext
at SEATue, Sep 22
vs SEA since 2022
- 16
- GP
- 18.1
- IP
- 10
- H
- 2
- R
- 1
- ER
- 29
- K
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Sep 17 | vs KCW 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 15 | vsKCW 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 10 | at PHIW 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, Sep 08 | atPHIW 6-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 05 | vs ARIL 4-3 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Sep 04 | vsARIW 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
What are Josh Hader's career stats?
Josh Hader has played 10 seasons for the Brewers, the Padres and the Astros. He has 38 wins and 884 strikeouts with a 2.49 ERA over 555.2 innings. His best season so far is 2024: 8 wins, a 3.80 ERA and 105 strikeouts.
Best single games
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 8 @ CIN on Apr 30, 2018, W 6-5
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2017.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2017 to 2026
Josh Hader finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
All-time career rank
- 39th in saves (253)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Josh Hader
Playoff series
Josh Hader played 7 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 3 won, 1 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  DET | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 |  NYM | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 |  LAD | Won 3-0 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | PHI | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Josh Hader against each club
- vs Los Angeles Angels (18)
- vs Seattle Mariners (16)
- vs Colorado Rockies (15)
- vs Texas Rangers (14)
- vs San Francisco Giants (13)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12)
- vs Detroit Tigers (12)
- vs Minnesota Twins (12)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (11)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (11)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (11)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (11)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (11)
- vs Athletics (10)
- vs Chicago White Sox (10)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (10)
- vs Washington Nationals (10)
- vs Kansas City Royals (9)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs Miami Marlins (8)
- vs New York Mets (8)
- vs New York Yankees (8)
- vs Atlanta Braves (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (6)
- vs Boston Red Sox (5)
- vs San Diego Padres (5)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (4)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (4)
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