What years did Doug Fister play?

Doug Fister played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.

Was Doug Fister a pitcher?

Yes. Doug Fister pitched in the major leagues, recording 83 wins and 970 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Doug Fister hit?

Doug Fister hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.

What was Doug Fister's career batting average?

Doug Fister batted .152 over his career, with 16 hits in 105 at bats.

How many RBI did Doug Fister have?

Doug Fister drove in 4 runs in his career.

What was Doug Fister's career ERA?

Doug Fister finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 83-92 with 970 strikeouts.

Doug Fister

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2018)

Doug Fister was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018 for 6 teams, including the Seattle Mariners, a span of 10 seasons. Across 242 career appearances, he went 83-92 with a 3.72 ERA and 970 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5867.3.

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 October 12, 2026

W–L 83–92

ERA 3.72

WHIP 1.26

SO 970

Pitcher PIV 5867.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'8" / 210 lb
Born: 2/4/1984 in Merced, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-08-08
Last Game: 2018-06-08

Full name: Douglas Wildes Fister

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Career Pitching Statistics

Doug Fister — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
83	92	242	226	8	2	1	1422.1	1,456	588	140	332	970	3.72	5867.3

Career ERA 3.72 vs. league average 4.06 across their career seasons — 8.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Doug Fister Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	SEA	AL	3	4	11	10	0	0	0	61.0	63	28	15	36	4.13	4.32 (+4%)	-1182.4
2010	SEA	AL	6	14	28	28	0	0	0	171.0	187	78	32	93	4.11	4.08 (-1%)	1918.4
2011	SEA	AL	3	12	21	21	3	0	0	146.0	139	54	32	89	3.33	3.94 (+16%)	2520.7
2011	DET	AL	8	1	11	10	0	0	0	70.1	54	14	5	57	1.79	3.94 (+55%)	2599.5
2012	DET	AL	10	10	26	26	2	1	0	161.2	156	62	37	137	3.45	4.01 (+14%)	2472.6
2013	DET	AL	14	9	33	32	1	0	0	208.2	229	85	44	159	3.67	3.87 (+5%)	3301.2
2014	WAS	NL	16	6	25	25	1	1	0	164.0	153	44	24	98	2.41	3.74 (+35%)	-780.6
2015	WAS	NL	5	7	25	15	0	0	1	103.0	120	48	24	63	4.19	3.96 (-6%)	-1518.2
2016	HOU	AL	12	13	32	32	0	0	0	180.1	195	93	62	115	4.64	4.19 (-11%)	-2521.3
2017	BOS	AL	5	9	18	15	1	0	0	90.1	87	49	38	83	4.88	4.36 (-12%)	876.8
2018	TEX	AL	1	7	12	12	0	0	0	66.0	73	33	19	40	4.50	4.15 (-8%)	-1819.4
Career · 11 seasons			83	92	242	226	8	2	1	1,422.1	1,456	588	332	970	3.72	—	5,867

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

Doug Fister — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
247	105	6	16	3	0	0	4	0	3	42	.152	.176	.181	.357	-584

Career AVG .152 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Career OBP .176 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Career SLG .181 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 55.5% below league average.

Career OPS .357 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Doug Fister Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	SEA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SEA	AL	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	21	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	DET	AL	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	DET	AL	33	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	WAS	NL	26	52	3	4	1	0	1	21	.077	.251 (-69%)	.313 (-70%)	.386 (-75%)	.700 (-73%)	-584.3
2015	WAS	NL	29	31	2	7	1	0	2	15	.226	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	32	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BOS	AL	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TEX	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			247	105	6	16	3	4	3	42	.152	—	—	—	—	-584

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

Doug Fister — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Doug Fister — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2017	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2014	NLDS1	WAS	1	3	1	.000
2013	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	.000
2013	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	WS	DET	1	2	1	.000
2011	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALDS1	DET	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Doug Fister — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	2	10	9	0	56.2	58	19	17	41	3.02

Playoff Pitching by Year

Doug Fister — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	ALDS2	BOS	0	0	1	1	1.1	4	3	1	1	20.25
2014	NLDS1	WAS	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	0	3	3	0.00
2013	ALCS	DET	1	0	1	1	6.0	8	1	1	7	1.50
2013	ALDS2	DET	0	0	1	1	6.0	7	3	1	1	4.50
2012	ALCS	DET	0	0	1	1	6.1	6	0	4	5	0.00
2012	ALDS2	DET	0	0	1	1	7.0	6	2	2	8	2.57
2012	WS	DET	0	1	1	1	6.0	4	1	1	3	1.50
2011	ALCS	DET	1	0	1	1	7.1	7	2	0	3	2.45
2011	ALDS1	DET	1	1	2	1	9.2	12	7	4	10	6.52

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Doug Fister — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	127	45	5	10	0	0	.222
Away	120	60	1	6	0	4	.100

Pitching — Home / Away

Doug Fister — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	125	757.1	749	300	166	508	3.57
Away	117	665.0	707	288	166	462	3.90

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Doug Fister — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-06-08	TEX	HOU	L	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	1
2018-06-03	TEX	LAA	L	6.0	4	3	3	0	1	1
2018-05-28	TEX	SEA	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0
2018-05-23	TEX	NYY	—	4.1	11	8	6	1	2	3
2018-05-17	TEX	CHW	—	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	0
2018-05-12	TEX	HOU	L	6.1	4	3	3	3	4	2
2018-05-06	TEX	BOS	L	6.1	9	6	6	2	5	2
2018-05-01	TEX	CLE	—	6.2	6	2	0	2	4	0
2018-04-25	TEX	OAK	—	4.2	4	2	2	3	3	1
2018-04-09	TEX	LAA	L	5.0	6	3	3	0	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Doug Fister — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	242	226	124	186	16	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Doug Fister — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	SEA	P	11	10	6	6	1	1
2010	SEA	P	28	28	17	19	1	3
2011	SEA	P	21	21	17	22	1	4
2011	DET	P	11	10	7	9	2	1
2012	DET	P	26	26	10	24	2	3
2013	DET	P	33	32	23	30	0	5
2014	WAS	P	25	25	15	21	1	0
2015	WAS	P	25	15	8	18	3	2
2016	HOU	P	32	32	11	18	2	1
2017	BOS	P	18	15	8	10	1	0
2018	TEX	P	12	12	2	9	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Doug Fister Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	242

Awards & Honors

Doug Fister — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Doug Fister — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$7,000,000
2015	WAS	NL	$11,400,000
2014	WAS	NL	$7,200,000
2013	DET	AL	$4,000,000
2012	DET	AL	$507,500
2011	SEA	AL	$436,500
2010	SEA	AL	$406,500
Total Career Earnings			$30,950,500

College History

Doug Fister — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
California State University Fresno	Fresno	CA	2005, 2006

Award Voting History

Doug Fister — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2014	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	5.0	210	0

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Doug Fister: the record in brief

Doug Fister played a first major league game on August 8, 2009 and a last one on June 8, 2018. By club, Fister's seasons break down as the Seattle Mariners (2009 through 2011), the Detroit Tigers (2011 to 2013), the Washington Nationals (2014 through 2015), the Houston Astros (2016), the Boston Red Sox (2017), and the Texas Rangers (2018). Born on February 4, 1984, in Merced, CA, USA, Fister is listed as a pitcher and batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6'8" and 210 pounds. The given name on file is Douglas Wildes Fister.

Across 242 games (226 starts), Fister recorded 83 wins against 92 losses with a 3.72 ERA. Fister had 970 strikeouts. The leagues Fister pitched in allowed 4.06 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.4% better than average. The best win total was 16, in 2014. The strikeout high was 159 in 2013.

Frequently Asked Questions about Doug Fister

What years did Doug Fister play?: Doug Fister played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.
Was Doug Fister a pitcher?: Yes. Doug Fister pitched in the major leagues, recording 83 wins and 970 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Doug Fister hit?: Doug Fister hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.
What was Doug Fister's career batting average?: Doug Fister batted .152 over his career, with 16 hits in 105 at bats.
How many RBI did Doug Fister have?: Doug Fister drove in 4 runs in his career.
What was Doug Fister's career ERA?: Doug Fister finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 83-92 with 970 strikeouts.