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Lance McCullers Jr.

#43 - Starting Pitcher

Houston Astros

Bats / Throws Left / Right
Date of Birth 10/2/1993 (32)
Height, Weight 6'1", 200 lb
Hometown Tampa, FL

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-3 39.1 6.86 1.53 25.0% 12.8%
116th 3
W
142nd 52.0
IP
186th 4.42
ERA
162nd 1.32
WHIP
49th 21.5%
K%
179th 9.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.3 11.6% 28.7% 47.4% 3.0% 4.94 3.71
174th 94.4
FB MPH
89th 11.5%
SwStr%
63rd 27.7%
CSW%
157th 49.7%
Str-ICR
21st 4.8%
MTK%
124th 4.98
PLV
146th 3.34
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Lance McCullers Jr. Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2015 HOU 22 22 125.2 6-7 12 3.22 1.19 - 3.26 - - 24.8% 8.3% 7.6 0.72 .288 - 75.0% - - - - - -
2016 HOU 14 14 81.0 6-5 6 3.22 1.54 - 3.00 - - 30.1% 12.8% 8.9 0.56 .383 - 81.4% - - - - - -
2017 HOU 22 22 118.2 7-4 9 4.25 1.30 - 3.10 - - 25.8% 7.8% 8.6 0.61 .332 - 67.6% - - - - - -
2018 HOU 25 22 128.1 10-6 13 3.86 1.17 - 3.50 - 0.00 26.9% 9.5% 7.0 0.84 .279 - 69.2% - - 14.5% 31.4% 0.57 -
2020 HOU 11 11 55.0 3-3 5 3.93 1.16 4.26 3.70 3.86 3.25 24.7% 8.8% 7.2 0.82 .279 19.2% 64.5% 36.3% 59.3% 12.0% 32.8% 0.55 4.92
2021 HOU 28 28 162.1 13-5 15 3.16 1.22 3.19 3.52 3.74 3.32 27.0% 11.1% 6.8 0.72 .273 17.1% 78.5% 33.2% 57.9% 12.6% 32.4% 0.58 5.11
2022 HOU 8 8 47.2 4-2 5 2.27 1.24 3.41 3.49 3.65 2.94 25.6% 11.3% 7.0 0.76 .277 15.4% 88.0% 32.5% 51.2% 11.7% 29.6% 0.49 5.07
2025 HOU 16 13 55.1 2-5 3 6.51 1.81 5.45 5.79 4.89 4.27 22.3% 14.2% 9.9 1.63 .327 30.3% 66.7% 46.4% 47.0% 10.0% 28.7% 0.46 4.97
2026 HOU 8 8 39.1 2-3 2 6.86 1.53 4.79 5.08 4.23 3.71 25.0% 12.8% 8.7 1.60 .316 28.0% 57.5% 38.1% 43.3% 11.6% 28.7% 0.45 4.94
SP MLB Percentile 24 32 29 23-43 36 7 19 31 26 51 27 75 10 40 25 24 11 6 56 51 55 66 43 34
SP MLB AVG 10 9 52.0 3-3 3 4.42 1.32 4.40 4.38 4.26 3.34 21.5% 9.0% 8.4 1.23 .287 18.9% 72.5% 38.8% 43.1% 11.5% 27.7% 0.47 4.98
Career 154 148 813.1 53-40 70 3.85 1.30 3.90 3.60 3.97 0.92 26.1% 10.3% 7.8 0.82 .303 27.4% 72.8% 27.1% 53.7% 12.5% 31.1% 0.54 5.04

Lance McCullers Jr. Repertoire

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Lance McCullers Jr. Game Log

Lance McCullers Jr. Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2015 HOU 22 22 125.2 6-7 12 0 - 2,109 1,308 801 520 106 66 26 4 10 129 43 5 8
2016 HOU 14 14 81.0 6-5 6 0 - 1,342 840 502 352 80 56 16 3 5 106 45 0 9
2017 HOU 22 22 118.2 7-4 9 0 - 2,015 1,267 748 512 114 76 28 2 8 132 40 11 8
2018 HOU 25 22 128.1 10-6 13 0 1 2,108 1,318 790 527 100 60 27 1 12 142 50 7 14
2020 HOU 11 11 55.0 3-3 5 0 0 884 543 341 227 44 19 18 2 5 56 20 5 0
2021 HOU 28 28 162.1 13-5 15 0 0 2,788 1,711 1,077 684 122 80 26 3 13 185 76 10 7
2022 HOU 8 8 47.2 4-2 5 0 0 759 464 295 195 37 24 9 0 4 50 22 0 1
2025 HOU 16 13 55.1 2-5 3 0 0 1,147 672 474 274 61 38 12 1 10 61 39 7 1
2026 HOU 8 8 39.1 2-3 2 0 0 696 410 286 172 38 19 11 1 7 43 22 2 4
SP MLB Percentile 24 32 29 23-43 36 0 0 31 30 65 30 66 74 35 20 41 39 32 40 3
SP MLB AVG 10 9 52.0 3-3 3 0 0 872 555 317 225 49 32 10 1 7 49 19 2 1
Career 154 148 813.1 53-40 70 0 1 13,848 8,533 5,314 3,463 702 438 173 17 74 904 357 47 52

Lance McCullers Jr. Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2015 HOU 24.8% 8.3% .226 .362 .658 .289 .288 .309 - - - - - - - -
2016 HOU 30.1% 12.8% .261 .381 .736 .325 .383 .398 - - - - - - - -
2017 HOU 25.8% 7.8% .249 .372 .696 .305 .332 .349 - - - - - - - -
2018 HOU 26.9% 9.5% .215 .355 .653 .289 .279 .306 - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU 24.7% 8.8% .220 .405 .710 .308 .279 .303 .232 .311 .293 .360 88.3 89.8 3.7 4.26
2021 HOU 27.0% 11.1% .205 .324 .629 .283 .273 .296 .200 .273 .272 .306 89.5 89.8 5.0 3.19
2022 HOU 25.6% 11.3% .215 .337 .640 .287 .277 .301 .219 .289 .282 .335 87.3 88.2 8.5 3.41
2025 HOU 22.3% 14.2% .269 .463 .855 .375 .327 .367 .256 .365 .316 .407 90.5 93.7 12.1 5.45
2026 HOU 25.0% 12.8% .257 .486 .846 .372 .316 .362 .250 .348 .324 .411 91.8 92.4 12.6 4.79
SP MLB Percentile 75 10 37 17 15 13 24 16 45 31 9 22 2 15 62 31
SP MLB AVG 21.5% 9.0% .246 .410 .730 .323 .287 .321 .246 .329 .285 .377 88.6 90.1 13.9 4.40
Career 26.1% 10.3% .231 .372 .692 .311 .303 .327 .201 .297 .288 .353 89.5 90.6 7.3 3.90

Lance McCullers Jr. Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 HOU 0.1% (95.0) 8.7% (94.3) - - - 10.2% (85.8) 4.4% (87.3) - - 8.8% 14.6%
2020 HOU 3.1% (93.0) 39.9% (93.8) 0.8% (90.8) - - 37.6% (83.4) 18.7% (86.3) - - 43.0% 57.0%
2021 HOU - 34.1% (93.9) 0.9% (89.5) 26.1% (86.1) - 25.1% (84.2) 13.8% (85.8) - - 34.1% 65.9%
2022 HOU - 24.5% (93.1) 6.6% (88.1) 27.3% (85.2) - 24.2% (82.7) 17.4% (87.0) - - 24.5% 75.5%
2025 HOU 5.7% (91.9) 24.7% (91.4) 4.4% (89.1) 29.9% (82.9) 2.1% (81.9) 16.3% (82.3) 16.9% (86.7) - - 30.3% 69.7%
2026 HOU 4.3% (91.6) 22.7% (91.3) 27.0% (89.2) - 16.8% (82.4) 15.5% (81.7) 13.6% (85.5) - - 27.0% 73.0%
SP MLB Percentile 1 (9) 67 (12) 89 (47) - 60 (49) 66 (64) 42 (35) - - 0.5% 99.0%
SP MLB AVG 33.7% (94.4) 20.0% (93.7) 16.5% (89.2) 18.1% (86.1) 16.4% (82.5) 14.4% (80.1) 16.7% (86.3) 18.1% (86.6) 27.6% (80.5) 46.9% 53.1%
Career 1.5% (92.1) 25.2% (93.3) 3.8% (89.0) 15.3% (85.1) 1.7% (85.1) 20.6% (83.7) 12.7% (86.3) - - 26.7% 54.0%

Lance McCullers Jr. Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 HOU 0.0% (0) 22.8% (14) - - - 34.0% (30) 31.2% (17) - - 22.6% 201.0%
2020 HOU 22.2% (1) 30.6% (21) 57.1% (4) - - 40.1% (56) 23.6% (24) - - 30.0% 34.9%
2021 HOU - 31.3% (63) 23.1% (3) 35.5% (115) - 35.1% (112) 24.7% (57) - - 31.3% 32.9%
2022 HOU - 25.3% (5) 16.0% (2) 35.3% (34) - 36.4% (31) 22.7% (17) - - 25.3% 31.1%
2025 HOU 29.2% (9) 32.5% (23) 27.5% (4) 30.3% (35) 20.8% (2) 26.2% (26) 23.7% (16) - - 31.9% 27.3%
2026 HOU 20.0% (4) 31.6% (8) 29.8% (16) - 27.4% (12) 29.6% (26) 25.3% (15) - - 29.8% 28.3%
SP MLB Percentile 8 (3) 86 (56) 72 (68) - 41 (46) 46 (84) 61 (49) - - 78.5% 57.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.1% (28) 26.6% (9) 26.7% (13) 29.4% (20) 28.4% (16) 29.6% (15) 23.4% (19) 21.8% (25) 27.3% (11) 27.3% 27.9%
Career 25.0% (14) 30.1% (134) 27.3% (29) 34.1% (184) 26.2% (14) 34.7% (281) 24.7% (146) - - 29.8% 42.8%

Lance McCullers Jr. Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 HOU - - - - - - - - 15.6% - - - - -
2020 HOU 59.3% 17.9% 17.9% 4.8% 32.4% 47.3% 34.2% 18.5% 12.1% 63.5% 22.1% 4.1% 10.3% 36.3%
2021 HOU 57.9% 16.9% 18.4% 6.8% 26.6% 38.7% 35.6% 25.7% 14.2% 66.8% 23.0% 4.8% 5.3% 33.2%
2022 HOU 51.2% 19.5% 21.1% 8.1% 27.6% 43.1% 30.9% 26.0% 15.3% 67.5% 22.0% 5.7% 4.9% 32.5%
2025 HOU 47.0% 22.3% 19.9% 10.8% 34.3% 50.6% 30.7% 18.7% 15.4% 53.6% 26.5% 10.8% 9.0% 46.4%
2026 HOU 43.3% 25.0% 24.0% 7.7% 38.5% 49.5% 27.6% 22.9% 15.1% 61.6% 21.2% 9.6% 7.7% 38.1%
SP MLB Percentile 51 22 47 21 26 92 9 38 4 53 81 7 55 56
SP MLB AVG 43.1% 22.2% 24.4% 10.3% 35.7% 42.5% 33.0% 24.5% 18.1% 61.0% 24.5% 6.4% 8.2% 38.8%
Career 53.7% 19.2% 19.6% 7.5% 30.3% 43.9% 33.1% 23.1% 14.7% 63.5% 23.1% 6.4% 6.9% 27.1%

Lance McCullers Jr. Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 HOU .215 .289 .279 .306 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU .220 .308 .279 .303 .232 .311 .293 .360 88.3 89.8 3.7 19.2% 36.3% 23.3%
2021 HOU .205 .283 .273 .296 .200 .273 .272 .306 89.5 89.8 5.0 17.1% 33.2% 20.0%
2022 HOU .215 .287 .277 .301 .219 .289 .282 .335 87.3 88.2 8.5 15.4% 32.5% 20.5%
2025 HOU .269 .375 .327 .367 .256 .365 .316 .407 90.5 93.7 12.1 30.3% 46.4% 28.1%
2026 HOU .257 .372 .316 .362 .250 .348 .324 .411 91.8 92.4 12.6 28.0% 38.1% 23.3%
SP MLB Percentile 37 13 24 16 45 31 9 22 2 15 62 11 56 81
SP MLB AVG .246 .323 .287 .321 .246 .329 .285 .377 88.6 90.1 13.9 18.9% 38.8% 26.6%
Career .231 .311 .303 .327 .201 .297 .288 .353 89.5 90.6 7.3 27.4% 27.1% 16.7%

Lance McCullers Jr. Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 HOU - 62.5% 45.6% - 31.7% 15.6% 68.3% - - 16.9% 14.5% 31.4% 15.6% 57.8% 0.57 -
2020 HOU 42.4% 61.4% 40.6% 28.3% 29.5% 12.1% 70.5% 85.1% 48.6% 20.8% 12.0% 32.8% 16.5% 56.4% 0.55 49.4%
2021 HOU 44.6% 61.4% 41.6% 27.2% 30.2% 14.2% 69.8% 84.7% 43.7% 19.8% 12.6% 32.4% 14.8% 57.0% 0.58 51.5%
2022 HOU 42.3% 61.1% 43.2% 29.5% 27.1% 15.3% 72.9% 87.9% 49.6% 17.9% 11.7% 29.6% 16.2% 56.3% 0.49 50.6%
2025 HOU 44.2% 58.6% 39.9% 22.0% 25.1% 15.4% 74.9% 86.1% 49.6% 18.7% 10.0% 28.7% 14.5% 53.3% 0.46 45.2%
2026 HOU 43.1% 58.9% 41.8% 27.0% 27.8% 15.1% 72.2% 85.9% 48.6% 17.1% 11.6% 28.7% 15.1% 53.4% 0.45 47.4%
SP MLB Percentile 24 5 4 14 77 4 77 46 94 68 55 66 9 5 43 21
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 63.4% 47.2% 31.4% 24.3% 18.1% 75.7% 85.0% 59.8% 16.2% 11.5% 27.7% 17.7% 57.8% 0.47 49.7%
Career 32.8% 61.6% 42.4% 26.7% 29.4% 14.7% 70.6% 85.5% 46.7% 18.6% 12.5% 31.1% 15.3% 56.3% 0.54 52.8%

Lance McCullers Jr. Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 HOU - - - - - - - - - -
2020 HOU 42.4% 37.8% 23.2% 39.0% 22.1% 21.8% 56.1% 34.6% 42.2% 5.0%
2021 HOU 44.6% 34.4% 25.1% 40.4% 22.4% 25.7% 51.9% 27.9% 47.0% 6.9%
2022 HOU 42.3% 33.9% 23.3% 42.8% 24.1% 22.8% 53.1% 27.8% 48.9% 6.3%
2025 HOU 44.2% 32.2% 24.0% 43.9% 25.3% 24.9% 49.8% 31.0% 45.0% 6.4%
2026 HOU 43.1% 37.4% 24.6% 38.1% 31.8% 22.1% 46.1% 27.6% 47.8% 6.0%
SP MLB Percentile 24 56 88 60 26 55 75 30 84 29
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 35.7% 27.5% 36.8% 35.7% 22.6% 41.8% 29.2% 43.2% 6.6%
Career 32.8% 34.7% 24.4% 40.9% 24.1% 24.3% 51.6% 29.4% 46.3% 6.3%

Lance McCullers Jr. Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 HOU 58.3% 12.6% 29.1% 12.5% 59.6% 49.1% 21.6% - 23.1%
2020 HOU 60.5% 13.8% 25.7% 13.1% 57.9% 48.2% 26.4% 28.6% 24.7%
2021 HOU 57.2% 14.4% 28.4% 11.9% 55.5% 46.0% 25.7% 25.5% 23.4%
2022 HOU 60.3% 13.7% 26.0% 15.1% 53.6% 42.9% 21.0% 24.4% 25.4%
2025 HOU 56.4% 15.6% 28.0% 11.9% 54.0% 46.4% 23.2% 20.6% 19.0%
2026 HOU 58.3% 13.9% 27.7% 14.3% 54.9% 41.6% 20.9% 25.4% 22.3%
SP MLB Percentile 39 17 28 38 13 5 50 37 81
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 12.2% 29.3% 15.0% 60.9% 49.4% 20.8% 26.7% 18.8%
Career 58.1% 13.9% 28.0% 12.7% 56.4% 46.4% 23.6% 18.4% 22.9%

Lance McCullers Jr. PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 HOU 2,108 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 HOU 884 4.92 45.5% 15.3% 39.2% 6.3% 4.9% -2.0 -3 3.25
2021 HOU 2,788 5.11 49.4% 15.2% 35.5% 13.9% 4.3% 0.8 -10 3.32
2022 HOU 759 5.07 49.8% 13.2% 37.0% 12.8% 3.3% 3.0 +5 2.94
2025 HOU 1,147 4.97 46.1% 15.6% 38.3% 7.8% 5.0% 24.4 +10 4.27
2026 HOU 696 4.94 44.3% 16.2% 39.5% 4.7% 3.0% 10.7 +3 3.71
SP MLB Percentile 31 34 28 32 13 13 90 17 34 27
SP MLB AVG 872 4.98 46.4% 17.4% 36.2% 10.2% 4.8% 2.8 +1 3.34
Career 13,848 5.04 47.7% 15.1% 37.1% 10.6% 4.2% 37.0 +6 0.92
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