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Lance McCullers Jr.

#43 - Starting Pitcher

Houston Astros

Bats / Throws Left / Right
Date of Birth 10/2/1993 (31)
Height, Weight 6'1", 200 lb
Hometown Tampa, FL

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0-1 4.0 15.75 3.00 15.4% 23.1%
157th 2
W
188th 32
IP
197th 4.77
ERA
194th 1.41
WHIP
160th 20.8%
K%
199th 9.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.6 6.5% 24.4% 42.3% 4.1% 4.70 7.82
103rd 93.6
FB MPH
195th 11.2%
SwStr%
162nd 27.4%
CSW%
190th 48.9%
Str-ICR
37th 5.7%
MTK%
195th 5.00
PLV
199th -
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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 2 2 4.0 0-1 0 15.75 3.00 10.30 10.37 7.12 7.82 15.4% 23.1% 13.5 2.25 .385 - 55.6% 57.1% 42.9% 6.5% 24.4% 0.37 4.70
SP MLB Percentile 10 10 4 0-60 0 2 2 3 3 2 1 19 1 8 9 8 - 11 3 52 3 18 20 2
SP MLB AVG 6 6 32.0 2-2 2 4.77 1.41 4.46 4.51 4.31 3.22 20.8% 9.0% 9.0 1.33 .295 20.2% 72.5% 40.3% 42.9% 11.2% 27.4% 0.46 5.00
Career 132 129 722.2 49-33 65 3.55 1.26 - - - 0.68 26.4% 9.9% 7.6 0.72 .300 27.3% 74.2% 23.2% 56.7% 12.9% 31.6% 0.56 5.06

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 2 2 4.0 0-1 0 0 0 123 68 55 26 6 3 2 0 1 4 6 2 0
SP MLB Percentile 10 10 4 0-60 0 0 0 11 11 87 10 92 92 81 33 78 7 75 12 49
SP MLB AVG 6 6 32.0 2-2 2 0 0 530 338 192 137 30 20 6 0 4 29 11 1 1
Career 132 129 722.2 49-33 65 0 1 12,128 7,519 4,609 3,043 609 384 152 15 58 804 302 40 47

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 15.4% 23.1% .333 .611 1.149 .498 .385 .429 .378 .508 .487 .540 92.3 - 5.4 10.30
SP MLB Percentile 19 1 10 6 4 4 8 5 1 3 1 4 9 - 94 3
SP MLB AVG 20.8% 9.0% .255 .421 .747 .330 .295 .329 .253 .335 .289 .384 89.3 90.6 13.8 4.46
Career 26.4% 9.9% .227 .360 .673 .303 .300 .322 .186 .279 .281 .334 88.9 89.5 5.4 -

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 7.3% (91.2) 30.1% (91.6) 0.8% (87.8) 21.1% (82.0) - 12.2% (81.5) 28.5% (87.0) - - 37.4% 62.6%
SP MLB Percentile - 81 (25) - 58 (11) - 37 (80) 92 (61) - - 14.5% 85.0%
SP MLB AVG 35.6% (93.6) 20.4% (93.0) 17.2% (88.8) 19.2% (85.3) 16.6% (81.6) 14.8% (79.5) 15.7% (85.9) 19.4% (86.2) - (-) 47.2% 52.8%
Career 0.6% (92.7) 25.7% (93.8) 1.3% (88.7) 14.4% (85.8) - 21.7% (84.0) 12.1% (86.3) - - 26.2% 49.5%

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 33.3% (0) 27.0% (2) 0.0% (0) 23.1% (3) - 20.0% (1) 22.9% (2) - - 28.3% 22.1%
SP MLB Percentile 2 (-) 41 (19) 100 (-) 18 (19) - 15 (5) 50 (8) - - 62.0% 10.0%
SP MLB AVG 26.9% (18) 26.7% (6) 26.6% (9) 28.5% (15) 28.7% (13) 30.0% (11) 22.7% (13) 22.9% (18) - (-) 27.0% 27.6%
Career 23.7% (1) 29.5% (105) 21.4% (9) 35.1% (152) - 36.1% (230) 24.8% (117) - - 29.3% 48.3%

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 42.9% 50.0% 0.0% 7.1% 50.0% 71.4% 14.3% 14.3% 19.5% 42.8% 42.9% 0.0% 14.3% 57.1%
SP MLB Percentile 52 0 0 24 3 98 1 4 74 3 1 97 7 3
SP MLB AVG 42.9% 22.4% 24.6% 10.2% 35.9% 42.2% 32.6% 25.1% 17.9% 59.5% 25.4% 6.6% 8.5% 40.3%
Career 56.7% 18.3% 18.4% 6.6% 28.5% 42.0% 34.1% 24.0% 14.6% 65.8% 23.0% 4.7% 6.5% 23.2%

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 .333 .498 .385 .429 .378 .508 .487 .540 92.3 - 5.4 - 57.1% 30.8%
SP MLB Percentile 10 4 8 5 1 3 1 4 9 - 94 - 3 25
SP MLB AVG .255 .330 .295 .329 .253 .335 .289 .384 89.3 90.6 13.8 20.2% 40.3% 27.8%
Career .227 .303 .300 .322 .186 .279 .281 .334 88.9 89.5 5.4 27.3% 23.2% 14.3%

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 41.5% 55.3% 37.4% 16.7% 17.4% 19.5% 82.6% 94.1% 50.0% 17.9% 6.5% 24.4% 11.4% 50.4% 0.37 42.3%
SP MLB Percentile 10 0 1 1 9 74 9 2 78 70 3 18 2 3 20 5
SP MLB AVG 46.7% 63.2% 47.0% 29.0% 23.7% 17.9% 76.3% 84.8% 59.1% 16.3% 11.2% 27.4% 17.9% 57.4% 0.46 48.9%
Career 29.9% 62.0% 42.8% 27.5% 30.1% 14.6% 69.9% 85.6% 45.9% 18.8% 12.9% 31.6% 15.4% 57.0% 0.56 54.5%

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 41.5% 33.3% 23.6% 43.1% 21.1% 17.9% 61.0% 32.5% 43.9% 4.1%
SP MLB Percentile 10 42 81 74 12 98 96 81 36 4
SP MLB AVG 46.7% 35.5% 26.2% 38.2% 30.4% 24.8% 44.9% 28.2% 45.5% 6.7%
Career 29.9% 35.0% 24.4% 40.6% 22.6% 24.3% 53.1% 29.3% 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 52.0% 19.5% 28.5% 10.9% 34.6% 34.6% 18.8% 20.0% 11.4%
SP MLB Percentile 2 1 37 6 0 1 22 17 9
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 12.1% 29.3% 15.4% 61.5% 49.8% 21.1% 24.0% 18.2%
Career 58.3% 13.8% 28.0% 12.6% 56.6% 46.7% 23.8% 17.3% 23.4%

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 123 4.70 47.2% 14.6% 38.2% 8.9% 4.1% 3.9 -1 7.82
SP MLB Percentile 11 2 57 8 23 23 80 43 72 1
SP MLB AVG 530 5.00 45.9% 18.4% 35.7% 10.3% 5.7% - +3 3.22
Career 12,128 5.06 48.7% 14.8% 36.5% 12.2% 4.2% 5.8 -8 0.68
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