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Pitcher · 2026

Adrian Houser

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
227 lb
Number
#12
Born
February 2, 1993 in Tahlequah, OK, USA
MLB debut
September 26, 2015
Drafted
2011, round 2
High school
Locust Grove
Salary, 2026
$7M
dbWAR
1.6
3 season(s)
IP
97.0
ERA
4.55
FIP
4.84
K/9
6.0
FIP−
116
100 = avg

Adrian Houser is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2026 he struck out 65 batters over 97.0 innings across 23 appearances, 14 of them starts, going 3-7. His ERA of 4.55 was 8.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 16 on his team, and 310th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.84 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.8% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.3%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.84
K/96.0
WHIP1.37
WAR.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB25622366122743.296.380.547.40116.8%
vs RHB168159363422.226.240.327.24513.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Adrian Houser throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SinkerFour-seamChangeupSliderCurveball

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Sinker47.0%72994.92,20542.1%9.4%
Four-Seam Fastball19.1%29695.62,28544.3%18.0%
Changeup16.3%25385.31,54342.7%34.3%
Slider10.1%15788.32,40936.3%17.3%
Curveball7.5%11782.31,92744.4%27.8%
Adrian Houser's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026231497.03701024965314.554.841.376.02.91091160.1
20252121125.08501224692383.313.811.286.62.780921.8
202423769.1151744545325.844.931.535.84.2143121-0.2

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.