Josh Hader

Bats L Throws L6'3" 180 lbBorn 1994 Millersville, USADebut 2017Team HOU5x All-StarDraft 2012 R19 #582 Baltimore Orioles, Old Mill Senior HS (MD)Contract 5 y/$95M (24-28) 2026: $19,000,000

Awards: Reliever of the Year Award x3, TSN All-Star x2, All-MLB First Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	214	31.7	8.8	2.93	20.1	6.16	112.5
2027							109.8
2028							109.7

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 100 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	Aroldis Chapman	2019	125.4	117.7	45
2	Kenley Jansen	2019	124.1	113.4	102
3	Rafael Soriano	2011	120.0	109.7	279
4	Scot Shields	2007	117.6	108.2	270
5	Greg Holland	2017	117.2	99.2	212
6	Sergio Romo	2014	120.5	112.6	230
7	Aaron Fultz	2005	123.4	96.4	317
8	Cliff Politte	2005	122.6	65.6	151
9	Giovanny Gallegos	2023	116.1	68.3	94
10	Justin Speier	2005	119.5	107.9	222

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	48	0	0	0	0
2024	HOU	71	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	61	0	0	0	0
2022	SD	56	0	0	0	0
2021	MIL	60	0	0	0	0
2020	MIL	21	0	0	0	0
2019	MIL	61	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6
2018	MIL	55	2	1	1	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	179.9
2017	MIL	35	4	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-122.1
Career		468	8	1	1	4	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-45.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									214				109.8
2026*									117				173.9	101.0	175.0
2025	HOU	6	2	2.05	48	0	28	52.7	206	8	16	76	120.5	100.2	120.7
2024	HOU	8	8	3.80	71	0	34	71.0	278	12	25	105	116.7	101.5	118.2
2023	SD	2	3	1.28	61	0	33	56.3	231	3	30	85	123.8	103.0	126.7
2022	SD	2	5	5.22	56	0	36	50.0	219	8	21	81	97.6	101.2	98.9
2021	MIL	4	2	1.23	60	0	34	58.7	224	3	24	102	136.0	100.2	136.2
2020	MIL	1	2	3.79	21	0	13	19.0	78	3	10	31	119.1	101.7	120.7
2019	MIL	3	5	2.62	61	0	37	75.7	289	15	20	138	121.3	101.5	122.8
2018	MIL	6	1	2.43	55	0	12	81.3	306	9	30	143	130.5	99.6	130.1
2017	MIL	2	3	2.08	35	0	0	47.7	188	4	22	68	122.0	101.4	123.4
Career		34	31	2.64	468	0	227	512.3	2019	65	198	829	121.3		122.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2019	2	71.4	-39.9	0.0	33.3	0.043	0.050	0.042
2018	2	94.9	11.6	66.7		0.447	0.520	0.422
2017	4	70.6	-40.8	16.7	45.5	0.025	0.028	0.024

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	48	53	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2024	HOU	P	71	71	3	6	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2023	SD	P	61	56	2	8	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2022	SD	P	56	50	1	4	1	0	0.833	+0.3
2021	MIL	P	60	59	1	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2020	MIL	P	21	19	2	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2019	MIL	P	61	76	2	5	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2018	MIL	P	55	81	4	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2017	MIL	P	35	48	2	3	0	1	1.000	+0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2017	AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pit	228	52.0 IP, 22% K	5.37
2016	AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pit	300	69.0 IP, 29% K	5.22
2016	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	223	57.0 IP, 33% K	0.95
2015	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	285	65.1 IP, 24% K	3.18
2015	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	152	38.2 IP, 33% K	2.83
2015	AA	nan	Pit	437	104.0 IP, 27% K	3.03
2014	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	94	20.0 IP, 26% K	6.30
2014	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Pit	421	103.1 IP, 27% K	2.71
2013	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Pit	369	85.0 IP, 21% K	2.65
2013	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	93	22.1 IP, 17% K	3.26
2013	A	nan	Pit	462	107.1 IP, 21% K	2.77
2012	Rk	GCL Orioles	Pit	80	20.1 IP, 44% K	2.69

Splits

Year	vs RHP	Home
2019	0.000	0.000
2018	0.450	0.900
2017	0.000	0.000

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	2	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2019	1	0	0
2018	7	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	11	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	4.29	2	0	2.1	4	0	2	0	2.86
2022	0	0.00	5	4	5.1	1	0	1	10	0.39
2021	1	4.50	2	1	2.0	2	1	1	3	1.50
2020	0	0.00	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	2	0.00
2019	1	18.00	1	0	1.0	2	0	1	2	3.00
2018	0	0.00	7	0	10.0	5	0	1	16	0.60
Career	2	1.67	18	5	21.5	14	1	6	33	0.93