What years did Josh Hader play?

Josh Hader played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.

Was Josh Hader a pitcher?

Yes. Josh Hader pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 884 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Josh Hader hit?

Josh Hader hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Josh Hader's career batting average?

Josh Hader batted .125 over his career, with 1 hits in 8 at bats.

What was Josh Hader's career ERA?

Josh Hader finished with a 2.50 career ERA, going 38-33 with 884 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Josh Hader have?

Josh Hader recorded 884 career strikeouts.

Josh Hader

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2017-2026)

Josh Hader is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2017 for the Milwaukee Brewers, the San Diego Padres, and the Houston Astros, a span of 10 seasons. Across 513 career appearances, he has gone 38-33 with a 2.50 ERA, 884 strikeouts, and 253 saves. Josh Hader is a 6-time All-Star and a 3-time Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 17542.0.

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

Active Player

W–L 38–33

ERA 2.50

WHIP 0.92

SO 884

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 17542.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 180 lb
Born: 4/7/1994 in Millersville, MD, USA
MLB Debut: 2017-06-10
Awards: 6× All-Star · 3× Reliever of the Year

Full name: Josh Ronald Hader

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Career Pitching Statistics

Josh Hader — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
38	33	513	0	0	0	253	557.0	301	155	66	213	884	2.50	17542.0

Career ERA 2.50 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 40.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Josh Hader Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2017	MIL	NL	2	3	35	0	47.2	25	11	22	68	2.08	4.36 (+52%)	1595.9
2018	MIL	NL	6	1	55	12	81.1	36	22	30	143	2.43	4.15 (+41%)	3974.8
2019	MIL	NL	3	5	61	37	75.2	41	22	20	138	2.62	4.51 (+42%)	2708.6
2020	MIL	NL	1	2	21	13	19.0	8	8	10	31	3.79	4.45 (+15%)	200.2
2021	MIL	NL	4	2	60	34	58.2	25	8	24	102	1.23	4.27 (+71%)	3827.4
2022	MIL	NL	1	4	37	29	34.0	26	16	12	59	4.24	3.97 (-7%)	430.5
2022	SDN	NL	1	1	19	7	16.0	17	13	9	22	7.31	3.97 (-84%)	218.1
2023	SDN	NL	2	3	61	33	56.1	32	8	30	85	1.28	4.33 (+70%)	2343.2
2024	HOU	AL	8	8	71	34	71.0	43	30	25	105	3.80	4.08 (+7%)	1033.0
2025	HOU	AL	6	2	48	28	52.2	29	12	16	76	2.05	4.16 (+51%)	1210.4
2026	HOU	AL	4	2	45	26	44.2	19	5	15	55	1.01	4.18 (+76%)	-
Career · 11 seasons			38	33	513	253	557.0	301	155	213	884	2.50	—	17,542

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

Josh Hader — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
468	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	0

Career AVG .125 vs. league average .247 across their career seasons — 49.4% below league average.

Career OBP .125 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 60.7% below league average.

Career SLG .125 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 69.7% below league average.

Career OPS .250 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 65.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Josh Hader Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2017	MIL	NL	35	4	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIL	NL	55	2	1	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIL	NL	61	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIL	NL	21	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIL	NL	60	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	MIL	NL	37	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SDN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SDN	NL	61	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	HOU	AL	71	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	HOU	AL	48	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			468	8	1	1	4	.125	—	—	—	—	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

Josh Hader — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Josh Hader — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2024	ALWC1	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2022	NLCS	SDN	1	0	0	.000
2022	NLDS2	SDN	3	0	0	.000
2022	NLWC1	SDN	1	0	0	.000
2021	NLDS1	MIL	2	0	0	.000
2020	NLWC1	MIL	1	0	0	.000
2019	NLWC	MIL	1	0	0	.000
2018	NLCS	MIL	4	1	1	.000
2018	NLDS1	MIL	3	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Josh Hader — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	18	0	5	22.0	14	4	6	33	1.64

Playoff Pitching by Year

Josh Hader — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	ALWC1	HOU	0	2	0	2.1	4	1	2	0	3.86
2022	NLCS	SDN	0	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	3	0.00
2022	NLDS2	SDN	0	3	3	3.1	1	0	1	6	0.00
2022	NLWC1	SDN	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2021	NLDS1	MIL	1	2	1	2.0	2	1	1	3	4.50
2020	NLWC1	MIL	0	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	2	0.00
2019	NLWC	MIL	1	1	0	1.0	2	2	1	2	18.00
2018	NLCS	MIL	0	4	0	7.2	5	0	1	12	0.00
2018	NLDS1	MIL	0	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	4	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Josh Hader — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	239	4	1	1	0	0	.250
Away	228	4	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Josh Hader — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	239	265.1	140	82	100	436	2.78
Away	228	245.0	141	68	98	390	2.50

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Josh Hader — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-08-08	HOU	NYY	W	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
2025-08-05	HOU	MIA	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0
2025-08-01	HOU	BOS	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2025-07-29	HOU	WAS	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2025-07-28	HOU	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2025-07-23	HOU	AZ	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2025-07-21	HOU	AZ	SV	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2025-07-19	HOU	SEA	—	2.0	0	1	0	2	1	0
2025-07-12	HOU	TEX	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
2025-07-08	HOU	CLE	L	1.2	2	4	3	2	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Josh Hader — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	468	0	18	36	1	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Josh Hader — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2017	MIL	P	35	2	3	0	1
2018	MIL	P	55	4	2	0	0
2019	MIL	P	61	2	5	0	0
2020	MIL	P	21	2	1	0	0
2021	MIL	P	60	1	3	0	0
2022	MIL	P	37	1	3	0	0
2022	SDN	P	19	0	1	1	0
2023	SDN	P	61	2	8	0	1
2024	HOU	P	71	3	6	0	0
2025	HOU	P	48	1	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Josh Hader Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	468

Awards & Honors

Josh Hader — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2025	Reliever of the Month	June
2024	Reliever of the Month	August
2023	All-MLB Team - First Team	RP
2023	Reliever of the Month	April
2022	Reliever of the Month	April
2021	All-MLB Team - First Team	RP
2021	Reliever of the Month	June
2021	Reliever of the Year Award
2021	TSN All-Star	RP
2021	TSN Reliever of the Year
2019	All-MLB Team - First Team	RP
2019	Reliever of the Month	June
2019	Reliever of the Month	May
2019	Reliever of the Year Award
2018	Reliever of the Month	April
2018	Reliever of the Year Award
2018	TSN All-Star	RP
2018	TSN Reliever of the Year

Award Voting History

Josh Hader — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2018	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	4.0	210	0

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Josh Hader: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is June 10, 2017; Josh Hader is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. The season rows list, in order, the Milwaukee Brewers (2017 through 2022), the San Diego Padres (2022 through 2023), and the Houston Astros (2024 through 2025). Born on April 7, 1994, in Millersville, MD, USA, Hader is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw left-handed. Hader's listed size is 6'3" and 180 pounds. Hader's full given name, per the bio, is Josh Ronald Hader.

The pitching table credits Hader with a 38-33 record and a 2.50 ERA in 513 games. The same table counts 884 strikeouts and 253 saves. That 2.50 ERA compares with a 4.23 league average across the same seasons, 40.8% better. Hader won 8 games in 2024, the most of any season listed. Hader struck out 143 batters in 2018, a career high. The most saves in one season was 37, in 2019.

Frequently Asked Questions about Josh Hader

What years did Josh Hader play?: Josh Hader played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.
Was Josh Hader a pitcher?: Yes. Josh Hader pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 884 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Josh Hader hit?: Josh Hader hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Josh Hader's career batting average?: Josh Hader batted .125 over his career, with 1 hits in 8 at bats.
What was Josh Hader's career ERA?: Josh Hader finished with a 2.50 career ERA, going 38-33 with 884 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Josh Hader have?: Josh Hader recorded 884 career strikeouts.