Lance McCullers

Bats L Throws R6'1" 202 lbBorn 1993 Tampa, USADebut 2015Team HOU1x All-StarDraft 2012 RC-A #41 Houston Astros, Jesuit HS (FL)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	274	21.1	10.9	3.03	20.9	6.75	94.9
2027							97.3
2028							97.2

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 108 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	Michael Pineda	2020	104.7	98.6	458
2	John Thomson	2005	102.0	96.1	361
3	Eduardo Rodriguez	2024	103.3	88.0	694
4	Shaun Marcum	2013	104.1	did not play
5	James Paxton	2020	106.7	153.0	5
6	Doug Fister	2015	104.0	91.4	779
7	Gil Meche	2010	99.6	did not play
8	Hyun Jin Ryu	2018	104.1	118.6	723
9	Matt Clement	2006	98.5	did not play
10	Joe Musgrove	2024	103.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	16	0	0	0	0
2022	HOU	8	0	0	0	0
2021	HOU	30	4	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9
2020	HOU	11	0	0	0	0
2018	HOU	25	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.5
2017	HOU	22	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-108.5
2016	HOU	14	3	1	1	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	89.6
2015	HOU	22	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-122.0
Career		148	14	1	1	5	0.071	0.071	0.071	0.143	-70.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									274				97.3
2026*									195				87.8	102.5	90.3
2025	HOU	2	5	6.51	16	13	0	55.3	274	10	39	61	79.6	102.6	82.2
2022	HOU	4	2	2.27	8	8	0	47.7	195	4	22	50	107.2	98.6	105.9
2021	HOU	13	5	3.16	28	28	0	162.3	684	13	76	185	109.8	99.6	109.5
2020	HOU	3	3	3.93	11	11	0	55.0	227	5	20	56	100.8	104.3	105.1
2018	HOU	10	6	3.86	25	22	0	128.3	527	12	50	142	107.4	100.5	107.9
2017	HOU	7	4	4.25	22	22	0	118.7	512	8	40	132	104.3	102.7	107.1
2016	HOU	6	5	3.22	14	14	0	81.0	352	5	45	106	94.3	100.7	95.0
2015	HOU	6	7	3.22	22	22	0	125.7	520	10	43	129	106.9	101.6	108.5
Career		51	37	3.70	146	140	0	774.0	3291	67	335	861	103.2		104.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	4	88.4	-18.8	0.0	0.0	71.4	28.6	0.019	0.023	0.018
2018	2	95.4	-4.6	0.0	100.0	0.0		0.102	0.102	0.118
2017	3	89.3	25.6	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.287	0.509	0.338
2016	3	90.1	10.5	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.259	0.299	0.247
2015	2	82.9	-20.7		0.0	66.7	0.0	0.031	0.031	0.034

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	16	55	7	6	1	0	0.929	+0.9
2022	HOU	P	8	48	2	2	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	HOU	P	28	162	15	13	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2020	HOU	P	11	55	11	6	1	0	0.944	+1.2
2018	HOU	P	25	128	20	14	1	0	0.971	+0.3
2017	HOU	P	22	119	13	15	3	2	0.903	+1.7
2016	HOU	P	14	81	9	10	0	4	1.000	+0.3
2015	HOU	P	22	126	11	11	1	1	0.957	+1.0

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	46	11.0 IP, 24% K	2.45
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	44	11.0 IP, 30% K	2.45
2025	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	30	6.2 IP, 27% K	2.90
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	54	11.1 IP, 26% K	7.30
2015	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	129	32.0 IP, 37% K	0.56
2014	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Pit	436	97.0 IP, 26% K	5.47
2013	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	447	104.2 IP, 26% K	3.20
2012	Rk	GCL Astros	Pit	46	11.0 IP, 26% K	1.64
2012	Rk	Greeneville Astros	Pit	67	15.0 IP, 25% K	4.80
2012	Rk	nan	Pit	113	26.0 IP, 26% K	3.46

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021		0.000	0.000
2018		0.000	0.000
2017		0.300	0.300
2016	0.450	0.000	0.300
2015	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	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	2	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2018	5	0	0
2017	5	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2015	1	0	0
Career	16	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	0	1	5.96	3	3	0	15.1	16	5	4	18	1.32
2021	1	0	0.84	2	2	0	10.7	9	1	3	9	1.12
2020	0	2	4.91	3	3	0	14.7	16	7	2	23	1.23
2018	0	0	1.80	5	0	0	5.0	4	0	2	4	1.20
2017	1	0	2.61	5	3	1	20.7	13	1	9	19	1.06
2015	0	0	2.84	1	1	0	6.3	2	1	2	7	0.63
Career	2	3	3.48	19	12	1	72.4	60	15	22	80	1.13

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	HOU	$516,700

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.