Josh

Hader

PAge : 32Throws : L

#71

Josh Hader

#71PHouston Astros

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 85 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2017-06-10

Born in : Millersville, MD, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Houston Astros	45	4	2	1.01	44.2	55	0.76
2025	Houston Astros	48	6	2	2.05	52.2	76	0.85
2024	Houston Astros	71	8	8	3.80	71.0	105	0.96
2023	San Diego Padres	61	2	3	1.28	56.1	85	1.10
2022		56	2	5	5.22	50.0	81	1.28
2022	San Diego Padres	19	1	1	7.31	16.0	22	1.63
2022	Milwaukee Brewers	37	1	4	4.24	34.0	59	1.12
2021	Milwaukee Brewers	60	4	2	1.23	58.2	102	0.84
2020	Milwaukee Brewers	21	1	2	3.79	19.0	31	0.95
2019	Milwaukee Brewers	61	3	5	2.62	75.2	138	0.81
2018	Milwaukee Brewers	55	6	1	2.43	81.1	143	0.81
2017	Milwaukee Brewers	35	2	3	2.08	47.2	68	0.99
Career totals		513	38	33	2.50	557.0	884	0.92

ContractHouston Astros payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 5 yrs · 2024–2028
Total value: 95.0 M$
AAV: 19.00 M$

2026
19.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
19.00 M$
Guaranteed
2028
19.00 M$
Guaranteed

Full no-trade clause

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

1.01

FIP

1.94

xFIP

3.23

ERA-

WHIP

0.76

32.9 %

BB%

9.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

44.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.9

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

1.9

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+10)

20231.7 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20240.9 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20251.1 WAR · 1.4 per full season
20261.9 WAR · 2.8 per full season

Outlook, age included

-5 · 32 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Star

VEL: Velocity; 77
STF: Stuff; 96
CTL: Control; 75
CNT: Contact allowed; 91
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 79
EX: Experience; 81

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.9

#17 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

96 / 100

#10 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

36 / 100

Surplus $-0.4M · salary $19.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention99

Stuff94

Command54

Contact allowed96

Velocity53

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 1.94 · RA9-WAR: 2.6

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

95.1 mi/h

53th percentile

32.9 %

96th percentile

BB%

9.0 %

53th percentile

xERA

1.93

99th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.215

99th percentile

Barrels allowed

6.2 %

63th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	HOU	1.9	96	91	95.1	32.9	9.0	1.93	.215
2025	HOU	1.1	98	92	95.5	36.9	7.8	2.00	.221
2024	HOU	0.9	92	87	95.0	37.8	9.0	2.68	.259
2023	SD	1.7	96	90	96.1	36.8	13.0	2.38	.240
2022	SD	0.8	83	87	97.2	37.0	9.6	3.47	.293
2021	MIL	2.6	99	92	96.4	45.5	10.7	2.18	.229

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 23	@ SEA	1.1	2	1	4	0	1.01
Sep 17	vs KC	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.83
Sep 15	vs KC	1.0	1	0	0	1	0.85
Sep 10	@ PHI	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.87
Sep 8	@ PHI	1.0	2	1	0	0	0.89
Sep 5	vs AZ	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.69
Sep 4	vs AZ	1.0	0	0	0	3	0.70
Sep 2	vs CWS	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.72
Aug 30	@ NYM	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.74
Aug 28	@ NYM	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.76