Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 41
- College
- Virginia
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 41
- College
- Virginia
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 463
- W
- 26
- L
- 24
- ERA
- 3.20
- IP
- 450.2
- K
- 522
- BB
- 103
- WHIP
- 1.01
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ATH | 44 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 47.1 | 60 | 11 | 1.08 |
| 2013 | ATH | 70 | 5 | 5 | 3.13 | 69.0 | 60 | 13 | 0.96 |
| 2014 | ATH | 61 | 2 | 4 | 2.73 | 62.2 | 89 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 2015 | ATH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3.95 | 13.2 | 15 | 5 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | ATH | 44 | 2 | 3 | 3.23 | 39.0 | 45 | 8 | 1.05 |
| 2017 |  ATH/WSH | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2.81 | 51.1 | 62 | 10 | 0.86 |
| 2018 | WSH | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1.60 | 45.0 | 60 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 2019 | WSH | 63 | 6 | 5 | 4.05 | 60.0 | 66 | 15 | 1.30 |
| 2020 | WSH | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5.87 | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 1.70 |
| 2021 |  CIN/SEA | 56 | 3 | 1 | 4.53 | 49.2 | 53 | 23 | 1.47 |
| 2022 | WSH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | 6 | 0 | 0.19 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 20
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.42
- IP
- 22.1
- K
- 23
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 0.90
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.4
- GB
- 343
- FB
- 822
- G/F
- 0.40
- WP
- 9
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 44 | 74 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2013 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 67 | 123 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2014 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 33 | 106 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2015 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 13 | 24 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 34 | 68 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2017 | ATH/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 39 | 86 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2018 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 31 | 64 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2019 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 47 | 130 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2020 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 24 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2021 | CIN/SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 30 | 115 | 0.3 | 2 |
| 2022 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 3 | 8 | 0.4 | 0 |
Latest performance
Sean Doolittle
Apr 19 · vs ARI · W 6-1
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 1
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 19 | vs ARIW 6-1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Apr 17 | at PITL 5-3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Apr 15 | atPITW 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Apr 13 | at ATLW 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, Apr 10 | vs NYMW 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Apr 08 | vsNYML 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Sean Doolittle's career stats?
Sean Doolittle played 11 seasons for the Athletics and the Nationals. He had 26 wins and 522 strikeouts with a 3.20 ERA over 450.2 innings. His best season was 2019: 6 wins, a 4.05 ERA and 66 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2012 to 2022
Championships
- 2019 World Series with the Washington Nationals
All-time career rank
- 147th in saves (112)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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