What years did Lance McCullers play?

Lance McCullers played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2022.

Was Lance McCullers a pitcher?

Yes. Lance McCullers pitched in the major leagues, recording 53 wins and 909 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Lance McCullers hit?

Lance McCullers hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Lance McCullers's career batting average?

Lance McCullers batted .071 over his career, with 1 hits in 14 at bats.

What was Lance McCullers's career ERA?

Lance McCullers finished with a 3.85 career ERA, going 53-40 with 909 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Lance McCullers have?

Lance McCullers recorded 909 career strikeouts.

Lance McCullers

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2022)

Lance McCullers is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2015 for the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 8 seasons. Across 156 career appearances, he has gone 53-40 with a 3.85 ERA and 909 strikeouts. Lance McCullers is an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13198.8.

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 53–40

ERA 3.85

WHIP 1.30

SO 909

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 13198.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 202 lb
Born: 10/2/1993 in Tampa, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-05-18
Last Game: 2022-10-03
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Lance Graye McCullers

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Career Pitching Statistics

Lance McCullers — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
53	40	156	148	1	0	0	818.0	705	350	74	362	909	3.85	13198.8

Career ERA 3.85 vs. league average 4.17 across their career seasons — 7.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Lance McCullers (b. 1993) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	HOU	AL	6	7	22	22	1	125.2	106	45	43	129	3.22	3.96 (+19%)	2257.9
2016	HOU	AL	6	5	14	14	0	81.0	80	29	45	106	3.22	4.19 (+23%)	2453.0
2017	HOU	AL	7	4	22	22	0	118.2	114	56	40	132	4.25	4.36 (+3%)	3827.3
2018	HOU	AL	10	6	25	22	0	128.1	100	55	50	142	3.86	4.15 (+7%)	2150.9
2020	HOU	AL	3	3	11	11	0	55.0	44	24	20	56	3.93	4.45 (+12%)	1046.7
2021	HOU	AL	13	5	28	28	0	162.1	122	57	76	185	3.16	4.27 (+26%)	3121.8
2022	HOU	AL	4	2	8	8	0	47.2	37	12	22	50	2.27	3.97 (+43%)	575.5
2025	HOU	AL	2	5	16	13	0	55.1	61	40	39	61	6.51	4.16 (-56%)	-2234.4
2026	MIL	NL	2	3	10	8	0	44.0	41	32	27	48	6.55	4.18 (-57%)	-
Career · 9 seasons			53	40	156	148	1	818.0	705	350	362	909	3.85	—	13,199

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

Lance McCullers — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
148	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	0

Career AVG .071 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 71.3% below league average.

Career OBP .071 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 77.5% below league average.

Career SLG .071 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 82.6% below league average.

Career OPS .143 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 80.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Lance McCullers — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	HOU	AL	22	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	14	3	1	1	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	HOU	AL	22	3	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	HOU	AL	25	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	HOU	AL	11	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	HOU	AL	30	4	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	HOU	AL	8	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	HOU	AL	16	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			148	14	1	1	5	.071	—	—	—	—	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

Lance McCullers — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Lance McCullers — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	RBI	AVG
2022	ALCS	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2022	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2022	WS	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2021	ALDS1	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2020	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2020	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2018	ALCS	HOU	3	0	0	.000
2018	ALDS2	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2017	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2017	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2017	WS	HOU	2	1	1	.000
2015	ALDS1	HOU	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Lance McCullers — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	3	19	12	1	72.2	60	28	22	80	3.47

Playoff Pitching by Year

Lance McCullers — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	ALCS	HOU	0	0	1	1	0	5.0	8	3	1	6	5.40
2022	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	1	1	0	6.0	2	0	2	7	0.00
2022	WS	HOU	0	1	1	1	0	4.1	6	7	1	5	14.54
2021	ALDS1	HOU	1	0	2	2	0	10.2	9	1	3	9	0.84
2020	ALCS	HOU	0	2	2	2	0	10.2	8	4	1	18	3.38
2020	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	8	4	1	5	9.00
2018	ALCS	HOU	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	2	1	2	4	3.00
2018	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0.00
2017	ALCS	HOU	0	0	2	1	1	10.0	3	1	3	9	0.90
2017	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	4	6.00
2017	WS	HOU	1	0	2	2	0	7.2	7	3	4	6	3.52
2015	ALDS1	HOU	0	0	1	1	0	6.1	2	2	2	7	2.84

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Lance McCullers — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	73	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	75	14	1	1	0	0	.071

Pitching — Home / Away

Lance McCullers — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	72	411.2	321	146	161	469	3.19
Away	74	362.1	343	172	174	392	4.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Lance McCullers — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-28	HOU	LAA	—	3.0	2	1	1	1	4	1
2025-09-11	HOU	TOR	—	2.0	2	2	0	1	0	0
2025-09-05	HOU	TEX	L	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
2025-08-31	HOU	LAA	—	2.0	3	2	2	2	3	0
2025-08-22	HOU	BAL	—	4.0	5	3	3	5	4	0
2025-07-19	HOU	SEA	—	2.2	5	4	4	3	1	0
2025-07-11	HOU	TEX	L	3.0	6	5	5	2	5	1
2025-07-04	HOU	LAD	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	4	1
2025-06-28	HOU	CHC	L	3.1	7	8	8	4	1	3
2025-06-10	HOU	CHW	L	5.0	4	4	4	4	6	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Lance McCullers — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	146	140	88	77	7	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Lance McCullers — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2015	HOU	P	22	22	11	11	1	1
2016	HOU	P	14	14	9	10	0	4
2017	HOU	P	22	22	13	15	3	2
2018	HOU	P	25	22	20	14	1	0
2020	HOU	P	11	11	11	6	1	0
2021	HOU	P	28	28	15	13	0	0
2022	HOU	P	8	8	2	2	0	0
2025	HOU	P	16	13	7	6	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Lance McCullers — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	146

Awards & Honors

Lance McCullers — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2017	Pitcher of the Month	May

Salary History

Lance McCullers — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$516,700
Total Career Earnings			$516,700

Award Voting History

Lance McCullers — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2021	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	14.0	210	0

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Lance McCullers: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is May 18, 2015; Lance McCullers is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. The team column never changes: it is the Houston Astros from 2015 to 2025. McCullers played primarily as a pitcher and batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 2, 1993, in Tampa, FL, USA and a listed size of 6 feet, 1 inch and 202 pounds. McCullers's full given name, per the bio, is Lance Graye McCullers.

McCullers has pitched in 156 games, starting 148, and owns a 53-40 record and 3.85 ERA. McCullers has 909 strikeouts. Against a 4.17 league ERA for the same years, McCullers was 7.6% better. McCullers won 13 games in 2021, the most of any season listed. In 2021, one of the busiest seasons, McCullers posted a 3.16 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.27. McCullers's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 13,198.8.

Frequently Asked Questions about Lance McCullers

What years did Lance McCullers play?: Lance McCullers played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2022.
Was Lance McCullers a pitcher?: Yes. Lance McCullers pitched in the major leagues, recording 53 wins and 909 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Lance McCullers hit?: Lance McCullers hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Lance McCullers's career batting average?: Lance McCullers batted .071 over his career, with 1 hits in 14 at bats.
What was Lance McCullers's career ERA?: Lance McCullers finished with a 3.85 career ERA, going 53-40 with 909 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Lance McCullers have?: Lance McCullers recorded 909 career strikeouts.