Michael Fulmer

Bats R Throws R6'3" 224 lbBorn 1993 Oklahoma City, USADebut 2016Team CHC1x All-StarDraft 2011 RC-A #44 New York Mets, Deer Creek (OK) HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $235,294

Awards: Rookie of the Year

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	112	22.9	8.6	2.77	20.8	6.39	102.7
2027							102.5
2028							100.0

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 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 86 PITCH+ the next season; 4 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	Juan Cruz	2011	103.1	88.5	162
2	Drew Pomeranz	2021	102.0	did not play
3	Eric Gagne	2008	102.2	did not play
4	Brett Myers	2013	101.1	did not play
5	Danys Baez	2010	102.9	85.0	163
6	Justin Miller	2010	102.1	did not play
7	Marc Rzepczynski	2018	98.9	did not play
8	Tom Gorzelanny	2015	97.7	60.1	18
9	Tyson Ross	2019	100.7	did not play
10	Brandon McCarthy	2016	100.5	109.1	384

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	3	0	0
2023	CHC	58	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7
2022	MIN	67	0	0
2021	DET	52	0	0
2020	DET	10	0	0
2018	DET	24	7	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.5
2017	DET	25	5	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-120.5
2016	DET	26	2	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.0
Career		265	15	9	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									112				102.5
2026*									11				139.8	107.5	147.3
2025	CHC	0	0	4.76	3	0	0	5.7	23	1	2	3	76.6	99.3	75.9
2023	CHC	3	5	4.42	58	1	2	57.0	237	7	28	65	99.8	99.7	99.4
2022	MIN	5	6	3.39	67	0	3	63.7	276	4	28	61	98.9	99.3	98.2
2021	DET	5	6	2.97	52	4	14	69.7	297	7	20	73	103.0	96.2	99.1
2020	DET	0	2	8.78	10	10	0	27.7	136	8	12	20	64.9	94.6	59.5
2018	DET	3	12	4.69	24	24	0	132.3	558	19	46	110	95.7	100.8	96.5
2017	DET	10	12	3.83	25	25	0	164.7	676	13	40	114	114.5	99.1	113.6
2016	DET	11	7	3.06	26	26	0	159.0	647	16	42	132	111.9	98.9	110.7
Career		37	50	3.95	265	90	19	679.7	2850	75	218	578	103.6		102.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2023	1					25.0	100.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	7	92.7	-18.6	0.0	0.0	46.7	62.5	0.060	0.062	0.055
2017	5	75.0	-37.7	0.0	33.3	50.0	0.0	0.141	0.148	0.130
2016	2					100.0	50.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	3	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2023	CHC	P	58	57	3	3	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2022	MIN	P	67	64	1	5	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2021	DET	P	52	70	5	3	1	0	0.889	-1.4
2020	DET	P	10	28	2	3	0	2	1.000	-0.9
2018	DET	P	24	132	11	14	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2017	DET	P	25	165	9	10	1	0	0.950	-0.8
2016	DET	P	26	159	16	13	1	2	0.967	-0.9

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	179	42.1 IP, 29% K	2.99
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	182	43.0 IP, 29% K	2.93
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	48	11.2 IP, 38% K	3.21
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	100	24.1 IP, 32% K	2.99
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	80	18.1 IP, 22% K	5.97
2025	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	49	12.0 IP, 37% K	0.75
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	277	66.1 IP, 31% K	3.40
2016	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	69	15.1 IP, 29% K	4.17
2015	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	25	7.0 IP, 36% K	3.86
2015	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	349	86.1 IP, 23% K	1.88
2015	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Pit	124	31.2 IP, 27% K	2.88
2015	AA	nan	Pit	473	118.0 IP, 24% K	2.14
2014	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	435	95.1 IP, 20% K	3.97
2013	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	146	34.0 IP, 20% K	3.44

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2023		0.000		0.000
2018		0.000		0.000
2017		0.000		0.000
2016		0.000		0.000

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