Sean Doolittle

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2022)

Sean Doolittle was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2022 for 4 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 11 seasons. Across 463 career appearances, he went 26-24 with a 3.20 ERA, 522 strikeouts, and 112 saves. Sean Doolittle was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13689.9.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 26–24
ERA 3.20
WHIP 1.01
SO 522
Pitcher PIV 13689.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'2" / 227 lb
Born
9/26/1986 in Rapid City, SD, USA
MLB Debut
2012-06-05
Last Game
2022-04-19
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Sean Robert Doolittle

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sean Doolittle — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
26 24 463 0 0 0 112 450.2 354 160 48 103 522 3.20 13689.9

Career ERA 3.20 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 22.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sean Doolittle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2012 OAK AL 2 1 44 0 0 0 1 47.1 40 16 11 60 3.04 4.01 (+24%) 2310.8
2013 OAK AL 5 5 70 0 0 0 2 69.0 53 24 13 60 3.13 3.87 (+19%) 2013.6
2014 OAK AL 2 4 61 0 0 0 22 62.2 38 19 8 89 2.73 3.74 (+27%) 3219.1
2015 OAK AL 1 0 12 0 0 0 4 13.2 12 6 5 15 3.95 3.96 (avg) 333.8
2016 OAK AL 2 3 44 0 0 0 4 39.0 33 14 8 45 3.23 4.19 (+23%) 723.0
2017 OAK AL 1 0 23 0 0 0 3 21.1 12 8 2 31 3.38 4.36 (+23%) 1069.9
2017 WAS NL 1 0 30 0 0 0 21 30.0 22 8 8 31 2.40 4.36 (+45%) 1207.7
2018 WAS NL 3 3 43 0 0 0 25 45.0 21 8 6 60 1.60 4.15 (+61%) 2560.2
2019 WAS NL 6 5 63 0 0 0 29 60.0 63 27 15 66 4.05 4.51 (+10%) 391.2
2020 WAS NL 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 5 4 6 5.87 — 0.0
2021 CIN NL 3 1 45 0 0 0 1 38.1 40 19 18 41 4.46 4.27 (-5%) -275.1
2021 SEA AL 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 6 5 12 4.76 4.27 (-12%) 135.7
2022 WAS NL 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5.1 1 0 0 6 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 26 24 463 0 0 0 112 450.2 354 160 103 522 3.20 — 13,690

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Sean Doolittle — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
464 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sean Doolittle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2012 OAK AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 OAK AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 OAK AL 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 OAK AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 OAK AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 WAS NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 WAS NL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 WAS NL 63 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 WAS NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 CIN NL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 SEA AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2022 WAS NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 464 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Sean Doolittle — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Sean Doolittle — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2019 NLCS WAS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 NLDS1 WAS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 WS WAS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLDS2 WAS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALWC OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 ALDS2 OAK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 ALDS2 OAK 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sean Doolittle — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 1 20 0 3 22.1 17 6 3 23 2.42

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sean Doolittle — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2019 NLCS WAS 0 0 3 0 1 4.0 3 1 0 3 2.25
2019 NLDS1 WAS 0 0 3 0 0 3.1 1 1 0 3 2.70
2019 WS WAS 0 0 3 0 1 3.0 2 0 1 2 0.00
2017 NLDS2 WAS 0 0 3 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 4 0.00
2014 ALWC OAK 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 4.50
2013 ALDS2 OAK 0 1 4 0 0 4.1 3 2 2 6 4.15
2012 ALDS2 OAK 0 0 3 0 0 2.2 5 1 0 5 3.38

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Sean Doolittle — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home25410000.000
Away21030000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Sean Doolittle — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home253250.019882532932.95
Away210200.215678502293.50

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sean Doolittle — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2022-04-19 WASAZ — 0.2100000
2022-04-17 WASPIT — 0.2000010
2022-04-15 WASPIT — 1.0000010
2022-04-13 WASATL — 1.0000010
2022-04-10 WASNYN — 1.0000020
2022-04-08 WASNYN — 1.0000010
2021-10-03 SEALAA — 1.1000020
2021-09-27 SEAOAK — 1.0000010
2021-09-25 SEALAA — 1.0000020
2021-09-18 SEAKCR — 1.0111101

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sean Doolittle — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 463 0 9 28 2 2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sean Doolittle — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2012 OAK P 44 0 0 4 2 0
2013 OAK P 70 0 1 6 0 0
2014 OAK P 61 0 1 4 0 0
2015 OAK P 12 0 0 1 0 1
2016 OAK P 44 0 0 6 0 0
2017 OAK P 23 0 1 1 0 0
2017 WAS P 30 0 0 1 0 0
2018 WAS P 43 0 4 3 0 1
2019 WAS P 63 0 0 0 0 0
2020 WAS P 11 0 0 1 0 0
2021 CIN P 45 0 1 1 0 0
2021 SEA P 11 0 1 0 0 0
2022 WAS P 6 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Sean Doolittle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 463

Awards & Honors

Sean Doolittle — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
2018 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - MLB Player
2017 Reliever of the Month September

Salary History

Sean Doolittle — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 OAK AL $1,580,000
2015 OAK AL $780,000
2014 OAK AL $630,000
2013 OAK AL $492,500
Total Career Earnings $3,482,500

College History

Sean Doolittle — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 2005, 2006, 2007

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Sean Doolittle (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Giovanny Gallegos
    18-21, 3.49 ERA
  2. 95
    Emilio Pagan
    33-28, 3.64 ERA
  3. 93
    Chad Green
    43-30, 3.43 ERA
  4. 92
    Yimi Garcia
    23-31, 3.61 ERA
  5. 90
    Luke Gregerson
    35-36, 3.15 ERA
  6. 89
    Rafael Betancourt
    38-37, 3.36 ERA

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Sean Doolittle: the record in brief

The profile opens with Sean Doolittle's first major league game on June 5, 2012; the last one listed came on April 19, 2022. Club by club, the record runs the Oakland Athletics (2012 to 2017), the Washington Nationals (2017 through 2022), the Cincinnati Reds (2021), and the Seattle Mariners (2021). Doolittle, born on September 26, 1986, in Rapid City, SD, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw left-handed. Size on record: 6-foot-2 and 227 pounds. On the record, Sean Doolittle was born Sean Robert Doolittle.

Across 463 games (0 starts), Doolittle recorded 26 wins against 24 losses with a 3.20 ERA. Also on Doolittle's record: 522 strikeouts and 112 saves. That 3.20 ERA compares with a 4.11 league average across the same seasons, 22.3% better. The best win total was 6, in 2019. 2014 produced Doolittle's most strikeouts, 89. The most saves in one season was 29, in 2019. 2018 was Doolittle's sharpest full season, a 1.60 ERA against the league's 4.15.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sean Doolittle

What years did Sean Doolittle play?
Sean Doolittle played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2022.
Was Sean Doolittle a pitcher?
Yes. Sean Doolittle pitched in the major leagues, recording 26 wins and 522 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sean Doolittle hit?
Sean Doolittle hit 0 career home runs.
What was Sean Doolittle's career batting average?
Sean Doolittle batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 4 at bats.
What was Sean Doolittle's career ERA?
Sean Doolittle finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 26-24 with 522 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Sean Doolittle have?
Sean Doolittle recorded 522 career strikeouts.