What years did Framber Valdez play?

Framber Valdez played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.

Was Framber Valdez a pitcher?

Yes. Framber Valdez pitched in the major leagues, recording 91 wins and 1188 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Framber Valdez hit?

Framber Valdez hit 0 career home runs.

What teams has Framber Valdez played for?

Framber Valdez has played for 2 teams: the Houston Astros (2018–2025) and the Detroit Tigers (2026).

Has Framber Valdez won a Cy Young Award?

No. Framber Valdez has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Framber Valdez won?

Framber Valdez has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What are Framber Valdez's career stats?

In 219 games, Framber Valdez has gone 91-64 with a 3.46 ERA, 1,188 strikeouts, and 1,254.2 innings pitched.

What position does Framber Valdez play?

Framber Valdez plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Framber Valdez and how much does he weigh?

Framber Valdez is listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 239 pounds.

What number does Framber Valdez wear?

Framber Valdez wears number 59, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Framber Valdez's career ERA?

Framber Valdez finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 91-64 with 1,188 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Framber Valdez have?

Framber Valdez recorded 1,188 career strikeouts.

How many All-Star Games has Framber Valdez made?

Framber Valdez has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Framber Valdez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2018-2026)

Framber Valdez is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2018 for the Houston Astros and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 9 seasons. Across 219 career appearances, he has gone 91-64 with a 3.46 ERA and 1,188 strikeouts. Framber Valdez is a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 19235.5.

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 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 91–64

ERA 3.46

WHIP 1.23

SO 1,188

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 19235.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 239 lb
Born: 11/19/1993 in Palenque, San Cristóbal, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2018-08-21
Awards: 2× All-Star
Jersey: #59

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Career Pitching Statistics

Framber Valdez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
91	64	219	197	9	3	0	1254.2	1,082	482	103	456	1,188	3.46	19235.5

Career ERA 3.46 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 18.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Framber Valdez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	HOU	AL	4	1	8	5	0	0	37.0	22	9	24	34	2.19	4.15 (+47%)	-460.9
2019	HOU	AL	4	7	26	8	0	0	70.2	74	46	44	68	5.86	4.51 (-30%)	-844.3
2020	HOU	AL	5	3	11	10	0	0	70.2	63	28	16	76	3.57	4.45 (+20%)	2870.4
2021	HOU	AL	11	6	22	22	1	0	134.2	110	47	58	125	3.14	4.27 (+26%)	887.1
2022	HOU	AL	17	6	31	31	3	1	201.1	166	63	67	194	2.82	3.97 (+29%)	4772.9
2023	HOU	AL	12	11	31	31	2	2	198.0	166	76	57	200	3.45	4.33 (+20%)	4297.8
2024	HOU	AL	15	7	28	28	1	0	176.1	140	57	55	169	2.91	4.08 (+29%)	3801.8
2025	HOU	AL	13	11	31	31	2	0	192.0	171	78	68	187	3.66	4.16 (+12%)	3910.7
2026	DET	AL	10	12	31	31	0	0	174.0	170	78	67	135	4.03	4.18 (+3%)	-
Career · 9 seasons			91	64	219	197	9	3	1,254.2	1,082	482	456	1,188	3.46	—	19,235

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

Framber Valdez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
188	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .246 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .410 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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Framber Valdez — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2018	HOU	AL	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	HOU	AL	26	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	HOU	AL	11	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	HOU	AL	22	4	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	HOU	AL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	HOU	AL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	HOU	AL	28	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	HOU	AL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			188	4	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

Framber Valdez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Framber Valdez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2024	ALWC1	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2023	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2023	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2022	ALCS	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2022	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2022	WS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2021	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2021	ALDS1	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2021	WS	HOU	2	1	1	.000
2020	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2020	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2020	ALWC3	HOU	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Framber Valdez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	6	17	16	0	85.0	82	41	34	95	4.34

Playoff Pitching by Year

Framber Valdez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	ALWC1	HOU	0	1	1	1	4.1	7	3	2	3	6.23
2023	ALCS	HOU	0	2	2	2	7.2	12	7	3	12	8.22
2023	ALDS2	HOU	0	1	1	1	4.1	7	5	3	5	10.38
2022	ALCS	HOU	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	0	0	9	0.00
2022	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	1	1	5.2	4	2	3	6	3.18
2022	WS	HOU	2	0	2	2	12.1	6	2	5	18	1.46
2021	ALCS	HOU	1	0	2	2	10.2	9	3	4	7	2.53
2021	ALDS1	HOU	0	0	1	1	4.1	7	4	1	6	8.31
2021	WS	HOU	0	1	2	2	4.2	12	10	3	3	19.29
2020	ALCS	HOU	1	1	2	2	12.0	7	3	7	17	2.25
2020	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	1	1	7.0	5	2	1	4	2.57
2020	ALWC3	HOU	1	0	1	0	5.0	2	0	2	5	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Framber Valdez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	94	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	94	4	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Framber Valdez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	94	535.0	440	186	187	577	3.13
Away	94	545.2	472	218	202	476	3.60

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Framber Valdez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-25	HOU	OAK	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	10	1
2025-09-20	HOU	SEA	L	4.2	6	5	5	4	4	1
2025-09-14	HOU	ATL	L	4.0	6	5	5	4	2	1
2025-09-07	HOU	TEX	L	7.0	5	4	3	1	5	1
2025-09-02	HOU	NYY	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	8	2
2025-08-27	HOU	COL	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0
2025-08-20	HOU	DET	L	5.0	7	7	7	4	2	0
2025-08-15	HOU	BAL	L	6.2	9	4	3	1	6	1
2025-08-09	HOU	NYY	—	5.2	8	4	4	4	1	0
2025-08-03	HOU	BOS	L	6.0	7	6	5	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Framber Valdez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	188	166	31	102	7	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Framber Valdez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2018	HOU	P	8	5	2	7	0	1
2019	HOU	P	26	8	3	11	1	1
2020	HOU	P	11	10	5	5	2	1
2021	HOU	P	22	22	5	7	1	0
2022	HOU	P	31	31	6	23	1	0
2023	HOU	P	31	31	6	16	1	2
2024	HOU	P	28	28	2	16	1	3
2025	HOU	P	31	31	2	17	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Framber Valdez — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	188

Awards & Honors

Framber Valdez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2024	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-08-05
2022	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP

Award Voting History

Framber Valdez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2024	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	17.0	210
2024	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	1.0	420
2023	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	6.0	210
2022	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	14.0	210
2022	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	2.0	420
2020	Cy Young Award	AL	11th	1.0	210

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Framber Valdez: the record in brief

Active since a debut on August 21, 2018, Framber Valdez has a record on this page that is still being added to. Valdez spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the Houston Astros. Born on November 19, 1993, in Palenque, San Cristóbal, D.R., Valdez is listed as a pitcher and threw left-handed and batted right-handed. The bio gives 5-foot-11 and 239 pounds.

The pitching table credits Valdez with a 91-64 record and a 3.46 ERA in 219 games. The same table counts 1,188 strikeouts. That 3.46 ERA compares with a 4.22 league average across the same seasons, 18.0% better. No season topped the 17 wins of 2022. 2023 produced Valdez's most strikeouts, 200. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.82 in 2022, when the league's was 3.97. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Valdez's career adds up to 19,235.5.

Frequently Asked Questions about Framber Valdez

What years did Framber Valdez play?: Framber Valdez played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.
Was Framber Valdez a pitcher?: Yes. Framber Valdez pitched in the major leagues, recording 91 wins and 1188 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Framber Valdez hit?: Framber Valdez hit 0 career home runs.
What teams has Framber Valdez played for?: Framber Valdez has played for 2 teams: the Houston Astros (2018–2025) and the Detroit Tigers (2026).
Has Framber Valdez won a Cy Young Award?: No. Framber Valdez has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Framber Valdez won?: Framber Valdez has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What are Framber Valdez's career stats?: In 219 games, Framber Valdez has gone 91-64 with a 3.46 ERA, 1,188 strikeouts, and 1,254.2 innings pitched.
What position does Framber Valdez play?: Framber Valdez plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Framber Valdez and how much does he weigh?: Framber Valdez is listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 239 pounds.
What number does Framber Valdez wear?: Framber Valdez wears number 59, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Framber Valdez's career ERA?: Framber Valdez finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 91-64 with 1,188 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Framber Valdez have?: Framber Valdez recorded 1,188 career strikeouts.
How many All-Star Games has Framber Valdez made?: Framber Valdez has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.