Hunter Brown

Bats R Throws R6'2" 212 lbBorn 1998 Detroit, USADebut 2022Team HOUDraft 2019 R5 #166 Houston Astros, Wayne StateContract 1 y/$5.71M (26) 2026: $5,710,000

Awards: All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	615	25.2	8.1	2.82	21.9	6.22	107.8
2027							106.1
2028							106.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 106 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Dan Haren	2007	106.1	112.9	881
2	Yovani Gallardo	2012	105.8	101.4	773
3	Marcus Stroman	2017	105.9	96.0	449
4	Josh Beckett	2006	104.4	114.6	822
5	Gerrit Cole	2017	104.9	115.6	799
6	George Kirby	2024	106.2	101.4	524
7	Joe Blanton	2007	103.8	97.9	855
8	Logan Gilbert	2023	104.1	116.5	803
9	James Shields	2008	104.5	99.5	930
10	Jon Garland	2006	103.9	104.5	883

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									615				106.1
2026*									291				104.3	98.6	102.9
2025	HOU	12	9	2.43	31	31	0	185.3	729	17	57	206	115.8	100.4	116.2
2024	HOU	11	9	3.49	31	30	0	170.0	712	18	60	179	105.2	98.8	104.0
2023	HOU	11	13	5.09	31	29	0	155.7	665	26	55	178	92.7	98.5	91.2
2022	HOU	2	0	0.89	7	2	0	20.3	80	0	7	22	117.5	98.9	116.3
Career		36	31	3.49	100	92	0	531.3	2186	61	179	585	105.4		104.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	31	185	12	16	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2024	HOU	P	31	170	19	12	1	0	0.969	-1.0
2023	HOU	P	31	156	2	13	1	0	0.938	-1.2
2022	HOU	P	7	20	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	47	12.1 IP, 34% K	2.23
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	426	106.0 IP, 31% K	2.55
2021	AAA	Sugar Land Skeeters	Pit	216	51.0 IP, 25% K	3.88
2021	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	217	49.1 IP, 35% K	4.22

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.333	0.288	0.314	0.313
2025	0.274	0.261	0.263	0.272
2024	0.288	0.327	0.301	0.311
2023	0.332	0.362	0.366	0.331
2022	0.203	0.340	0.205	0.305

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	1.73	1	1	5.2	2	1	2	9	0.77
2023	2.57	4	0	7.0	6	1	1	6	1.00
2022	0.00	3	0	3.2	2	0	3	1	1.56
Career	1.75	8	1	15.4	10	2	6	16	1.04