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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%
1-1 20.1 6.20 1.33 24.4% 10.5%
54th 1
W
79th 18.0
IP
150th 4.45
ERA
106th 1.36
WHIP
67th 22.4%
K%
128th 9.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.4 11.6% 28.1% 48.1% 2.9% 4.99 3.27
116th 94.1
FB MPH
94th 11.8%
SwStr%
94th 28.1%
CSW%
119th 49.7%
Str-ICR
33rd 4.4%
MTK%
104th 5.01
PLV
103rd 3.20
PLA

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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 - - 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 5.48 5.79 4.89 4.24 22.3% 14.2% 9.9 1.63 .327 30.3% 66.7% 46.4% 47.0% 10.0% 28.7% 0.46 5.00
2026 HOU 4 4 20.1 1-1 1 6.20 1.33 4.78 4.00 3.80 3.27 24.4% 10.5% 8.0 0.89 .308 20.0% 57.3% 42.6% 45.3% 11.6% 28.1% 0.48 4.99
SP MLB Percentile 22 38 54 36-27 43 21 42 32 49 59 44 65 32 46 51 38 35 13 34 55 50 49 52 43
SP MLB AVG 4 3 18.0 1-1 1 4.45 1.36 4.38 4.22 4.16 3.20 22.4% 9.5% 8.5 1.09 .293 17.2% 72.8% 39.2% 43.8% 11.8% 28.1% 0.48 5.01
Career 150 144 794.1 52-38 69 3.76 1.29 3.86 3.54 3.94 3.40 26.1% 10.2% 7.7 0.78 .302 26.9% 73.2% 26.8% 54.4% 12.5% 31.2% 0.54 5.05

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 4 4 20.1 1-1 1 0 0 345 212 133 86 18 11 5 0 2 21 9 2 0
SP MLB Percentile 22 38 54 36-27 43 0 0 55 52 29 48 36 40 17 22 36 68 23 6 38
SP MLB AVG 4 3 18.0 1-1 1 0 0 299 189 110 76 16 11 3 0 2 17 7 1 1
Career 150 144 794.1 52-38 69 0 1 13,497 8,335 5,161 3,377 682 430 167 16 69 882 344 47 48

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 5.48
2026 HOU 24.4% 10.5% .240 .387 .724 .332 .308 .333 .270 .354 .364 .419 91.1 90.3 12.1 4.78
SP MLB Percentile 65 32 46 44 42 42 38 37 29 32 7 28 15 47 58 32
SP MLB AVG 22.4% 9.5% .242 .391 .711 .322 .293 .322 .241 .328 .288 .377 88.6 89.8 13.7 4.38
Career 26.1% 10.2% .230 .367 .685 .313 .302 .325 .199 .298 .289 .355 89.3 90.3 7.0 3.86

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) 32.0% (82.8) - 16.3% (82.3) 16.9% (86.7) - - 30.3% 69.7%
2026 HOU 3.5% (92.3) 27.5% (91.4) 28.7% (89.4) - 15.4% (82.8) 12.5% (81.6) 12.5% (85.7) - - 31.0% 69.0%
SP MLB Percentile 1 (20) 78 (16) 88 (55) - 62 (52) 47 (69) 36 (39) - - 6.8% 92.6%
SP MLB AVG 32.7% (94.1) 20.1% (93.6) 18.4% (89.1) 18.7% (86.2) 15.3% (82.2) 14.7% (79.7) 16.7% (86.3) 21.2% (86.7) 38.3% (80.9) 45.9% 54.1%
Career 1.3% (92.3) 25.5% (93.4) 2.9% (89.1) 16.2% (85.0) 0.7% (85.0) 20.7% (83.8) 12.6% (86.4) - - 26.9% 53.0%

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) 29.7% (37) - 26.2% (26) 23.7% (16) - - 31.9% 27.3%
2026 HOU 25.0% (3) 36.8% (6) 27.3% (10) - 26.4% (7) 20.9% (8) 20.9% (6) - - 35.5% 24.8%
SP MLB Percentile 31 (14) 91 (80) 45 (75) - 40 (65) 20 (74) 37 (43) - - 93.7% 25.3%
SP MLB AVG 27.4% (10) 26.7% (3) 28.2% (7) 30.9% (9) 27.9% (6) 29.1% (6) 24.4% (9) 24.1% (12) 12.9% (1) 27.6% 28.4%
Career 26.4% (13) 30.3% (132) 25.3% (23) 33.8% (186) 26.4% (7) 34.7% (263) 24.5% (137) - - 30.1% 43.5%

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 45.3% 28.3% 18.9% 7.5% 37.7% 44.4% 33.3% 22.2% 17.7% 56.6% 26.4% 9.4% 7.5% 42.6%
SP MLB Percentile 55 15 23 29 35 62 46 35 50 27 39 21 55 34
SP MLB AVG 43.8% 21.9% 24.0% 10.3% 35.0% 41.8% 33.6% 24.6% 17.8% 60.6% 24.5% 6.6% 8.3% 39.2%
Career 54.4% 19.1% 19.0% 7.4% 29.8% 43.2% 33.7% 23.1% 14.8% 63.3% 23.6% 6.2% 6.9% 26.8%

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 .240 .332 .308 .333 .270 .354 .364 .419 91.1 90.3 12.1 20.0% 42.6% 26.7%
SP MLB Percentile 46 42 38 37 29 32 7 28 15 47 58 35 34 44
SP MLB AVG .242 .322 .293 .322 .241 .328 .288 .377 88.6 89.8 13.7 17.2% 39.2% 26.1%
Career .230 .313 .302 .325 .199 .298 .289 .355 89.3 90.3 7.0 26.9% 26.8% 16.6%

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 42.6% 61.4% 44.9% 32.8% 25.8% 17.7% 74.2% 90.0% 52.3% 16.5% 11.6% 28.1% 15.7% 56.2% 0.48 48.1%
SP MLB Percentile 29 29 32 63 58 50 58 15 72 52 50 49 28 31 52 37
SP MLB AVG 44.4% 63.0% 46.8% 31.3% 25.2% 17.8% 74.8% 84.3% 58.8% 16.3% 11.8% 28.1% 17.1% 57.6% 0.48 49.7%
Career 32.3% 61.8% 42.6% 27.0% 29.4% 14.8% 70.6% 85.8% 46.9% 18.7% 12.5% 31.2% 15.3% 56.5% 0.54 53.0%

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% 24.8% 49.9% 31.0% 45.0% 6.4%
2026 HOU 42.6% 37.4% 23.2% 39.4% 31.0% 23.5% 45.5% 29.3% 47.5% 7.5%
SP MLB Percentile 29 59 88 57 27 35 65 48 78 73
SP MLB AVG 44.4% 35.0% 27.5% 37.5% 35.2% 22.4% 42.4% 29.4% 43.1% 6.4%
Career 32.3% 34.6% 24.3% 41.1% 23.6% 24.5% 51.9% 29.6% 46.2% 6.4%

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 59.1% 12.8% 28.1% 12.7% 52.3% 38.4% 19.1% 34.0% 21.6%
SP MLB Percentile 62 44 35 28 10 4 29 88 69
SP MLB AVG 58.1% 12.5% 29.5% 14.4% 60.8% 49.6% 21.0% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 58.1% 13.9% 28.0% 12.6% 56.3% 46.5% 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 - - - - - - - - -
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 5.00 46.3% 16.1% 37.6% 8.7% 5.0% 24.6 +10 4.24
2026 HOU 345 4.99 44.9% 17.7% 37.4% 7.5% 2.9% 2.6 +1 3.27
SP MLB Percentile 55 43 30 47 31 31 82 38 49 44
SP MLB AVG 299 5.01 46.5% 18.2% 35.2% 11.3% 4.4% 1.7 +1 3.20
Career 13,497 5.05 48.0% 15.2% 36.7% 11.3% 4.3% 29.2 +4 3.40
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