Tanner Houck

Bats R Throws R6'5" 230 lbBorn 1996 Collinsville, USADebut 2020Team BOS1x All-StarDraft 2014 R12 #354 Toronto Blue Jays, Collinsville (IL) HSContract 1 y/$4.15M (26) 2026: $4,150,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	326	19.4	7.3	2.84	21.9	6.25	100.5
2027							100.8
2028							100.4

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 101 PITCH+ the next season; 6 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	Chien-Ming Wang	2009	105.3	did not play
2	Alex Wood	2020	105.3	104.9	585
3	John Maine	2010	103.9	did not play
4	Josh Johnson	2013	108.2	did not play
5	Rich Hill	2009	103.1	112.9	18
6	Drew Pomeranz	2018	102.4	92.6	455
7	John Patterson	2007	105.0	did not play
8	Tyler Wells	2024	108.2	111.5	82
9	Travis Wood	2016	101.6	79.4	436
10	Ryan Dempster	2006	106.7	106.3	282

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BOS	9	0	0
2024	BOS	30	0	0
2023	BOS	21	0	0
2022	BOS	32	0	0
2021	BOS	18	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.9
2020	BOS	3	0	0
Career		113	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									326				100.8
2026*									0
2025	BOS	0	3	8.04	9	9	0	43.7	203	10	17	32	74.8	97.0	71.9
2024	BOS	9	10	3.12	30	30	0	178.7	743	11	48	154	111.2	100.6	111.8
2023	BOS	6	10	5.01	21	21	0	106.0	463	14	41	99	101.5	100.0	101.5
2022	BOS	5	4	3.15	32	4	8	60.0	247	3	22	56	111.4	103.5	114.9
2021	BOS	1	5	3.52	18	13	1	69.0	285	4	21	87	115.6	96.9	112.5
2020	BOS	3	0	0.53	3	3	0	17.0	63	1	9	21	133.1	104.8	137.9
Career		24	32	3.97	113	80	9	474.3	2004	43	158	449	106.6		106.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	9	44	4	3	1	0	0.875	-0.7
2024	BOS	P	30	179	32	19	0	2	1.000	+0.5
2023	BOS	P	21	106	12	13	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2022	BOS	P	32	60	5	10	1	0	0.938	+1.1
2021	BOS	P	18	69	1	7	0	0	1.000	-1.1
2020	BOS	P	3	17	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.4

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	55	10.2 IP, 20% K	8.82
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	35	8.2 IP, 29% K	2.20
2021	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	90	21.0 IP, 29% K	5.14
2019	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Pit	113	25.0 IP, 24% K	3.24
2019	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Pit	362	82.2 IP, 22% K	4.27
2018	A+	Salem Red Sox	Pit	519	119.0 IP, 21% K	4.24

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	1	0	5.23	5	0	0	10.3	7	3	0	10	0.68
Career	1	0	5.23	5	0	0	10.3	7	3	0	10	0.68