Doug Fister
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 8" 210LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 7, #201, Seattle Mariners | Fresno State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 12 13 4.64 32 32 0 180.1 115 1.43
2017 5 9 4.88 18 15 0 90.1 83 1.38
2018 1 7 4.50 12 12 0 66 40 1.39
10 Seasons 83 92 3.72 242 226 1 1,422.1 970 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 32 12-13 4.64 180.1 115 1.43
2017 18 5-9 4.88 90.1 83 1.38
2018 12 1-7 4.50 66 40 1.39
10 Seasons 242 83-92 3.72 1,422.1 970 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 31 1654 356 19 5.3 4.2 88.2 112.5 10.5 36.0 .273 .434 .341 .329 .361 32.6 14.0 5.3 4.19 4.52
2016 32 3000 594 27 4.5 3.5 87.5 114.3 10.7 34.2 .268 .429 .340 .331 .354 35.7 14.8 8.0 4.64 4.68
2017 33 1531 268 13 4.9 3.3 86.8 113.2 7.4 29.9 .246 .380 .312 .310 .353 34.8 21.2 9.7 4.88 4.12
2018 34 1116 224 17 7.6 5.9 87.6 114.2 8.7 34.4 .287 .453 .344 .353 .377 41.1 13.8 6.6 4.50 5.44
Player 7301 1442 76 5.3 4.0 87.5 114.3 9.7 33.8 .268 .424 .335 .330 .359 35.6 15.8 7.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Fister relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(62.1%) ,
Cutter
(14.6%) ,
Curveball
(13.2%) ,
Changeup
(9.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 46.6 18.0 30.3 5.1 40.7 37.1 22.2 3.9 31.5 24.2 27.8 3.4 5.3 4.2
2016 46.6 23.2 24.2 5.9 33.7 38.7 26.8 4.9 34.7 22.4 24.4 8.1 4.5 3.5
2017 53.0 18.7 23.5 4.9 35.4 42.2 22.0 7.1 35.4 18.7 26.9 6.3 4.9 3.3
2018 50.9 19.2 25.4 4.5 41.1 39.3 18.8 7.6 36.6 19.2 25.4 3.6 7.6 5.9
Player 48.5 20.5 25.8 5.3 36.9 39.0 23.5 5.5 34.3 21.6 25.9 5.9 5.3 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 Sinker TEX R 691 88.4 26.8 2.2 9 16.4 2.8 21
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 7 87.5 23.3 -4.6 -25 8.2 2.7 50
2018 Curveball TEX R 147 73.0 65.6 0.9 1 8.1 -1.9 -19
2018 Changeup TEX R 106 82.1 33.5 0.8 3 15.9 2.9 22
2018 Cutter TEX R 162 84.8 31.1 -0.1 0 2.5 -0.7 -22
2017 Cutter BOS R 250 85.1 31.2 -1.4 -5 2.6 0.2 7
2017 Changeup BOS R 107 82.6 31.4 1.6 5 14.8 1.8 14
2017 Curveball BOS R 256 73.4 63.6 2.1 3 7.0 -3.2 -31
2017 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 11 88.3 19.9 -2.7 -15 6.6 0.4 6
2017 Sinker BOS R 905 89.8 22.9 1.1 5 15.1 1.3 9
2016 Changeup HOU R 190 79.5 37.3 3.6 11 11.0 -0.5 -4
2016 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 659 87.5 22.0 -3.0 -16 8.0 2.9 58
2016 Sinker HOU R 1,284 87.5 25.7 1.3 5 12.1 -0.2 -2
2016 Cutter HOU R 395 83.4 33.3 1.4 4 5.7 0.3 5
2016 Curveball HOU R 437 70.9 69.7 4.0 6 11.7 -0.1 -1
2015 Cutter WSH R 177 82.3 36.8 -2.5 -7 4.2 0.2 4
2015 Sinker WSH R 1,036 86.7 26.9 1.4 6 13.8 0.9 7
2015 Curveball WSH R 111 71.6 69.1 2.0 3 7.9 -3.1 -28
2015 Changeup WSH R 204 79.0 38.4 4.1 12 13.9 1.4 11
2015 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 101 86.9 22.2 -3.4 -18 8.4 2.6 44
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 Sinker -0.4 -3 691 61.9 176 .269 .455 .366 10.0 15.3 16.7 .296 .482 .377 43.8
2018 Cutter -1.2 -2 162 14.5 48 .267 .422 .358 15.4 8.3 8.7 .292 .475 .354 46.3
2018 Curveball -1.1 -2 147 13.2 33 .242 .303 .267 26.9 24.2 16.7 .212 .254 .206 24.0
2018 Changeup -4.2 -4 106 9.5 30 .357 .571 .418 11.1 3.3 4.5 .308 .447 .350 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -13.1 -1 7 0.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .433 1.570 .814 100.0
2017 Sinker -0.4 -4 905 59.1 231 .282 .406 .343 14.9 22.9 20.3 .270 .423 .337 42.2
2017 Curveball -0.4 -1 256 16.7 63 .214 .464 .324 29.7 23.8 17.4 .212 .336 .277 23.8
2017 Cutter 1.0 3 250 16.3 70 .169 .292 .225 23.3 21.4 20.5 .194 .288 .234 23.5
2017 Changeup -1.7 -2 107 7.0 23 .333 .444 .387 19.0 0.0 0.0 .240 .347 .357 31.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 0 11 0.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .620 .693 .577 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 254 957 9 -1 -4 -3 1
2010 718 2,691 18 -5 -13 -6 -6
2011 943 3,465 8 24 0 -9 23
2012 753 2,840 14 16 -10 -9 12
2013 930 3,542 17 12 -10 -12 6
2014 689 2,566 10 22 -8 -6 18
2015 446 1,644 2 -1 -3 -5 -7
2016 777 2,998 4 11 -15 -11 -10
2017 397 1,567 2 10 -12 -7 -7
2018 289 1,114 -2 6 -10 -6 -12
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,654 49.9 58.0 90.0 30.9 78.1 43.7 62.4 44.4 12.8 6.8 62.8
2016 3,000 45.0 55.8 90.2 27.9 72.9 44.4 59.6 40.5 15.6 5.4 58.9
2017 1,531 47.1 58.6 85.5 27.1 68.5 42.1 60.2 41.9 19.3 6.3 71.9
2018 1,116 46.6 59.2 89.3 26.1 78.7 44.7 59.2 41.4 13.6 5.1 66.7
Player 7,301 46.8 57.4 89.0 28.1 74.1 43.8 60.3 41.8 15.4 5.9 63.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 21 14 17 26 30 35 41 46 52 10 83 1 65 3 6 14 92
2016 26 21 32 44 27 25 76 77 38 9 47 4 38 3 7 9 77
2017 53 50 66 74 36 54 70 59 35 45 28 15 44 11 8 9 85
2018 7 3 11 34 8 46 26 71 6 2 78 1 27 4 2 3 76
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.0 24 23.6 0 13 20 8 33.3
2017 22.3 10 7.8 2 8 7 2 20.0
2018 22.9 11 10.0 1 4 11 1 9.1
Player 22.8 45 41.4 4 25 38 11 24.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 24 25 17 27 26 20 27 25 21 17 20 29 23 18 24 24 14 21 26 27 22 19 30 33 23 23 24 35 28 25 16
2017 10 8 7 10 12 8 10 8 7 5 7 12 6 6 8 9 6 6 6 9 6 10 10 10 6 7 8 10 8 7 2
2018 11 12 8 12 12 10 12 10 8 8 9 13 12 8 9 15 9 10 7 12 8 7 15 11 8 7 9 11 12 9 6
Player 45 45 32 49 50 38 49 43 36 30 36 54 41 32 41 48 29 37 39 48 36 36 55 54 37 37 41 56 48 41 24
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 86.1 86.8 0.7 ↑ 88.7 1.9 ↑ 87.7 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 79.0 79.5 0.5 ↑ 82.6 3.1 ↑ 82.1 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 71.6 70.9 -0.7 ↓ 73.4 2.5 ↑ 73.0 -0.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 87.5 -0.7 ↓ 86.8 -0.7 ↓ 87.6 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 10.5 10.7 0.2 ↑ 7.4 -3.3 ↓ 8.7 1.3 ↑
Barrel % 5.3 4.5 -0.8 ↓ 4.9 0.4 ↑ 7.6 2.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.6 35.7 3.1 ↑ 34.8 -0.9 ↓ 41.1 6.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.0 34.2 -1.8 ↓ 29.9 -4.3 ↓ 34.4 4.5 ↑
xBA .273 .268 -0.005 ↓ .246 -0.022 ↓ .287 0.041 ↑
BA .295 .276 -0.019 ↓ .254 -0.022 ↓ .278 0.024 ↑
xwOBA .329 .331 0.002 ↑ .310 -0.021 ↓ .353 0.043 ↑
wOBA .341 .340 -0.001 ↓ .312 -0.028 ↓ .344 0.032 ↑
xSLG .434 .429 -0.005 ↓ .380 -0.049 ↓ .453 0.073 ↑
SLG .457 .449 -0.008 ↓ .397 -0.052 ↓ .456 0.059 ↑
K% 14.0 14.8 0.8 ↑ 21.2 6.4 ↑ 13.8 -7.4 ↓
BB% 5.3 8.0 2.7 ↑ 9.7 1.7 ↑ 6.6 -3.1 ↓
Swing % 44.4 40.5 -3.9 ↓ 41.9 1.4 ↑ 41.4 -0.5 ↓
Whiff% 12.8 15.6 2.8 ↑ 19.3 3.7 ↑ 13.6 -5.7 ↓
In Zone % 49.9 45.0 -4.9 ↓ 47.1 2.1 ↑ 46.6 -0.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.1 55.0 4.9 ↑ 52.9 -2.1 ↓ 53.4 0.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 27.9 -3.0 ↓ 27.1 -0.8 ↓ 26.1 -1.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.3 22.4 -1.9 ↓ 22.4 0.0 21.1 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.4 59.6 -2.8 ↓ 60.2 0.6 ↑ 59.2 -1.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 764 .343 348 65 18.7 416 218 52.4
2017 Shifts 388 .313 193 1 0.5 195 54 27.7
2018 Shifts 289 .344 158 1 0.6 131 18 13.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 930 14.0 66.5% 0.9% 462 18.6 9.7% 4.8%
2011 938 13.6 65.9% 0.6% 488 18.8 11.5% 6.4%
2012 804 14.6 54.9% 0.5% 431 19.3 7.4% 5.8%
2013 1060 14.9 51.3% 0.7% 595 19.7 5.9% 5.4%
2014 815 14.1 62.3% 0.9% 332 18.0 12.3% 2.1%
2015 518 14.3 54.2% 1.5% 276 19.9 17.4% 14.1%
2016 979 15.3 47.4% 3.3% 578 20.6 13.8% 10.4%
2017 474 13.4 69.8% 0.4% 280 18.8 10.0% 6.8%
2018 330 13.1 74.8% 0.0% 214 18.3 12.1% 5.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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