Josh Hader
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 188LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 19, #582, Baltimore Orioles | Old Mill Senior HS (MD)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 5 5.22 56 0 36 50 81 1.28
2023 2 3 1.28 61 0 33 56.1 85 1.10
2024 8 8 3.80 71 0 34 71 105 0.96
8 Seasons 28 29 2.70 420 0 199 459.2 753 0.95
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 56 2-5 5.22 50 81 1.28
2023 61 2-3 1.28 56.1 85 1.10
2024 71 8-8 3.80 71 105 0.96
8 Seasons 420 28-29 2.70 459.2 753 0.95
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 23 779 94 5 5.3 2.7 86.1 109.9 22.4 25.5 .158 .265 .251 .249 .312 25.5 36.2 11.7 2.08 2.61
2018 24 1316 132 14 10.6 4.6 87.5 113.9 20.4 39.4 .149 .271 .219 .231 .375 32.6 46.7 9.8 2.43 2.22
2019 25 1181 127 16 12.6 5.5 90.8 110.0 26.0 33.1 .154 .322 .247 .235 .422 42.0 47.8 6.9 2.62 2.39
2020 26 372 34 5 14.7 6.4 85.4 108.0 23.9 26.5 .144 .285 .259 .268 .345 26.5 39.7 12.8 3.79 2.99
2021 27 964 96 6 6.3 2.7 87.5 115.1 22.0 40.6 .154 .239 .200 .229 .349 30.2 45.5 10.7 1.23 2.18
2022 28 943 113 13 11.5 5.9 87.7 113.2 16.4 45.1 .196 .358 .313 .291 .411 36.3 37.0 9.6 5.22 3.49
2023 29 1042 113 5 4.4 2.2 87.0 112.0 20.5 33.6 .156 .229 .239 .238 .291 28.3 36.8 13.0 1.28 2.34
2024 30 1166 147 15 10.2 5.4 89.7 111.0 21.2 33.3 .173 .328 .261 .257 .364 38.8 37.8 9.0 3.80 2.72
Player 7763 856 79 9.2 4.4 88.1 115.1 21.3 35.5 .161 .290 .246 .247 .362 33.6 41.5 10.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hader relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(71.5%) ,
Slider
(27.4%) ,
Changeup
(1.0%) ,


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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
2017 36.2 28.7 20.2 14.9 33.0 35.1 31.9 6.4 21.3 39.4 20.2 5.3 5.3 2.7
2018 31.1 28.0 28.0 12.9 31.8 35.6 32.6 6.8 22.7 34.1 20.5 3.8 10.6 4.6
2019 22.0 33.1 26.0 18.9 31.5 33.9 34.6 0.8 15.7 37.0 22.0 5.5 12.6 5.5
2020 26.5 29.4 20.6 23.5 41.2 35.3 23.5 5.9 14.7 47.1 14.7 2.9 14.7 6.4
2021 32.3 32.3 22.9 12.5 36.5 34.4 29.2 3.1 17.7 36.5 27.1 7.3 6.3 2.7
2022 31.0 31.9 30.1 7.1 36.3 32.7 31.0 3.5 23.0 29.2 26.5 6.2 11.5 5.9
2023 37.2 31.9 20.4 10.6 31.9 33.6 34.5 6.2 24.8 37.2 23.0 4.4 4.4 2.2
2024 29.9 38.1 21.1 10.9 36.1 40.8 23.1 4.8 25.2 35.4 19.7 4.8 10.2 5.4
Player 30.8 32.1 24.1 13.0 34.1 35.4 30.5 4.6 21.4 35.9 22.2 5.1 9.2 4.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Slider HOU L 320 85.5 35.4 -0.4 1.3GLV -3.8 2.3 -0.8 1.3GLV -3.8
2024 Changeup HOU L 12 89.3 27.9 -2.3 11.9ARM -2.7 6.5 -0.6 11.9ARM -2.2
2024 Sinker HOU L 834 96.1 10.4 -10.4 7.1ARM -7.8 19.5 -11.4 7.1ARM -8.1
2023 Slider SD L 242 85.7 35.8 0.2 2.0GLV -2.8 1.7 0.1 2.0GLV -3.2
2023 Sinker SD L 765 96.1 11.0 -9.8 7.5ARM -7.7 18.8 -10.5 7.5ARM -7.6
2023 Changeup SD L 35 88.5 25.9 -5.3 13.5ARM -1.1 9.2 -2.9 13.5ARM -0.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Sinker -0.5 -4 834 71.5 194 .192 .372 .291 32.6 35.1 23.9 .168 .321 .260 37.1
2024 Slider 1.7 6 320 27.4 81 .117 .234 .186 60.2 44.4 33.3 .175 .310 .233 41.5
2024 Changeup -7.7 -1 12 1.0 2 .500 2.000 1.000 75.0 50.0 20.0 .449 1.683 .877 100.0
2023 Sinker 1.5 12 765 73.4 165 .190 .270 .282 27.9 29.1 19.3 .184 .264 .276 26.7
2023 Slider 3.0 7 242 23.2 54 .100 .120 .131 51.7 61.1 38.4 .079 .125 .121 33.3
2023 Changeup -0.4 0 35 3.4 10 .111 .111 .160 21.4 40.0 15.4 .172 .264 .238 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 10 89.4 94 15.1 10:00 9:45 15
2024 Sinker 807 96.1 99 20.5 11:00 11:15 -15
2024 Slider 311 85.5 15 3.2 1:30 1:45 -15
2023 Changeup 34 88.6 94 16.3 9:45 10:00 -15
2023 Sinker 739 96.0 99 20.0 11:00 11:15 -15
2023 Slider 232 85.7 14 3.6 2:45 2:45 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 187 778 9 11 -4 -2 13
2018 341 1,450 17 16 -6 -3 24
2019 279 1,169 6 16 0 -8 14
2020 82 391 6 4 -3 -4 2
2021 233 995 13 19 -4 -5 24
2022 237 1,023 8 4 -10 -4 -2
2023 229 1,042 15 16 -7 -5 19
2024 289 1,216 -1 12 -9 -3 -1
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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 %
2017 779 53.5 68.8 65.4 27.6 53.0 43.4 58.5 49.6 37.0 6.0 85.1
2018 1,316 51.6 73.0 66.3 29.8 45.3 45.4 60.5 52.1 39.2 8.7 86.0
2019 1,181 52.4 80.6 61.7 34.9 48.1 42.9 63.4 59.0 41.8 7.8 86.5
2020 372 46.8 69.0 70.0 24.7 38.8 37.4 52.6 45.4 38.5 6.7 80.0
2021 964 47.1 73.1 65.7 31.2 32.1 42.4 60.3 50.9 45.2 6.2 90.0
2022 943 46.8 68.3 67.8 28.3 52.8 41.9 52.5 47.0 36.6 5.9 82.1
2023 1,042 44.4 70.5 75.2 33.6 50.8 42.8 57.6 50.1 33.1 6.7 72.9
2024 1,166 49.4 75.7 67.0 33.4 41.6 44.1 64.0 54.4 40.5 6.8 82.3
Player 7,763 49.2 73.1 66.8 31.1 45.5 43.1 59.6 51.9 39.3 7.0 83.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2017 70 19 94
2018 99 99 97 79 99 56 2 73 73 100 25 99 71 74 11 94
2019 99 100 94 51 100 51 1 6 9 100 70 100 95 82 20 94
2020 87 99 95 63 76 56 1 92 96 98 14 96 22 71 12 88
2021 99 100 100 97 97 96 72 78 95 100 20 100 81 89 17 80
2022 66 90 64 27 69 62 4 69 63 98 25 97 37 94 9 86
2023 99 100 100 99 91 97 92 87 97 99 5 91 92 85 25 80
2024 94 99 87 40 98 54 9 25 49 99 34 100 92 81 54 77
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 19.6 4 3.6 0 4 1 3 75.0
2018 22.9 9 9.7 -1 4 8 3 33.3
2019 22.9 15 12.6 2 2 10 6 40.0
2020 23.6 3 2.3 1 0 2 1 33.3
2021 24.3 4 3.3 1 2 0 3 75.0
2022 23.3 8 7.6 0 6 4 5 62.5
2023 22.9 3 4.1 -1 2 4 1 33.3
2024 23.9 12 11.1 1 5 11 2 16.7
Player 23.1 58 54.3 4 25 40 24 41.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 6 4 3 3 3 6 4 3 3
2018 9 11 6 11 10 10 12 8 7 7 10 14 11 8 10 12 10 9 9 13 9 9 13 9 8 7 10 12 10 10 6
2019 15 14 10 11 13 13 13 12 12 9 12 13 16 11 13 14 12 12 10 12 12 14 16 14 12 12 12 16 15 13 10
2020 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2021 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
2022 8 6 5 9 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 6 8 9 7 6 8 7 8 8 12 7 6 6 10 13 8 8 7
2023 3 1 3 4 6 3 5 3 4 3 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 5 3 3 5 4 4 3 6 5 4 4 3
2024 12 7 12 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 12 14 11 11 12 10 11 9 11 12 12 11 14 12 10 11 11 12 12 12 11
Player 58 48 45 56 56 55 60 47 44 43 54 64 62 48 55 61 55 48 52 57 54 54 73 57 48 47 57 69 60 55 45
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.3 94.5 0.2 ↑ 95.5 1.0 ↑ 94.5 -1.0 ↓ 96.4 1.9 ↑ 97.4 1.0 ↑ 96.1 -1.3 ↓ 96.1 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 85.2 -0.1 ↓ 86.8 1.6 ↑ 0.0 0.0 87.7 0.0 88.6 0.9 ↑ 88.5 -0.1 ↓ 89.3 0.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.3 81.9 1.6 ↑ 81.9 0.0 80.3 -1.6 ↓ 83.6 3.3 ↑ 84.0 0.4 ↑ 85.7 1.7 ↑ 85.5 -0.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.1 87.5 1.4 ↑ 90.8 3.3 ↑ 85.4 -5.4 ↓ 87.5 2.1 ↑ 87.7 0.2 ↑ 87.0 -0.7 ↓ 89.7 2.7 ↑
Launch Angle 22.4 20.4 -2.0 ↓ 26.0 5.6 ↑ 23.9 -2.1 ↓ 22.0 -1.9 ↓ 16.4 -5.6 ↓ 20.5 4.1 ↑ 21.2 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 5.3 10.6 5.3 ↑ 12.6 2.0 ↑ 14.7 2.1 ↑ 6.3 -8.4 ↓ 11.5 5.2 ↑ 4.4 -7.1 ↓ 10.2 5.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 25.5 32.6 7.1 ↑ 42.0 9.4 ↑ 26.5 -15.5 ↓ 30.2 3.7 ↑ 36.3 6.1 ↑ 28.3 -8.0 ↓ 38.8 10.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.5 39.4 13.9 ↑ 33.1 -6.3 ↓ 26.5 -6.6 ↓ 40.6 14.1 ↑ 45.1 4.5 ↑ 33.6 -11.5 ↓ 33.3 -0.3 ↓
xBA .158 .149 -0.009 ↓ .154 0.005 ↑ .144 -0.010 ↓ .154 0.010 ↑ .196 0.042 ↑ .156 -0.040 ↓ .173 0.017 ↑
BA .156 .132 -0.024 ↓ .155 0.023 ↑ .123 -0.032 ↓ .127 0.004 ↑ .225 0.098 ↑ .163 -0.062 ↓ .171 0.008 ↑
xwOBA .249 .231 -0.018 ↓ .235 0.004 ↑ .268 0.033 ↑ .229 -0.039 ↓ .291 0.062 ↑ .238 -0.053 ↓ .257 0.019 ↑
wOBA .251 .219 -0.032 ↓ .247 0.028 ↑ .259 0.012 ↑ .200 -0.059 ↓ .313 0.113 ↑ .239 -0.074 ↓ .261 0.022 ↑
xSLG .265 .271 0.006 ↑ .322 0.051 ↑ .285 -0.037 ↓ .239 -0.046 ↓ .358 0.119 ↑ .229 -0.129 ↓ .328 0.099 ↑
SLG .281 .265 -0.016 ↓ .366 0.101 ↑ .292 -0.074 ↓ .193 -0.099 ↓ .403 0.210 ↑ .224 -0.179 ↓ .343 0.119 ↑
K% 36.2 46.7 10.5 ↑ 47.8 1.1 ↑ 39.7 -8.1 ↓ 45.5 5.8 ↑ 37.0 -8.5 ↓ 36.8 -0.2 ↓ 37.8 1.0 ↑
BB% 11.7 9.8 -1.9 ↓ 6.9 -2.9 ↓ 12.8 5.9 ↑ 10.7 -2.1 ↓ 9.6 -1.1 ↓ 13.0 3.4 ↑ 9.0 -4.0 ↓
Swing % 49.6 52.1 2.5 ↑ 59.0 6.9 ↑ 45.4 -13.6 ↓ 50.9 5.5 ↑ 47.0 -3.9 ↓ 50.1 3.1 ↑ 54.4 4.3 ↑
Whiff% 37.0 39.2 2.2 ↑ 41.8 2.6 ↑ 38.5 -3.3 ↓ 45.2 6.7 ↑ 36.6 -8.6 ↓ 33.1 -3.5 ↓ 40.5 7.4 ↑
In Zone % 53.5 51.6 -1.9 ↓ 52.4 0.8 ↑ 46.8 -5.6 ↓ 47.1 0.3 ↑ 46.8 -0.3 ↓ 44.4 -2.4 ↓ 49.4 5.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.5 48.4 1.9 ↑ 47.6 -0.8 ↓ 53.2 5.6 ↑ 52.9 -0.3 ↓ 53.2 0.3 ↑ 55.6 2.4 ↑ 50.6 -5.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 29.8 2.2 ↑ 34.9 5.1 ↑ 24.7 -10.2 ↓ 31.2 6.5 ↑ 28.3 -2.9 ↓ 33.6 5.3 ↑ 33.4 -0.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.7 37.6 8.9 ↑ 43.9 6.3 ↑ 24.4 -19.5 ↓ 31.7 7.3 ↑ 26.9 -4.8 ↓ 30.1 3.2 ↑ 41.4 11.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 60.5 2.0 ↑ 63.4 2.9 ↑ 52.6 -10.8 ↓ 60.3 7.7 ↑ 52.5 -7.8 ↓ 57.6 5.1 ↑ 64.0 6.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 186 .248 114 6 5.3 72 6 8.3
2018 Shifts 306 .219 204 0 0.0 102 6 5.9
2019 Shifts 287 .247 221 1 0.5 66 6 9.1
2020 Shifts 78 .259 62 9 14.5 16 10 62.5
2021 Shifts 224 .200 174 3 1.7 50 11 22.0
2022 Shifts 219 .313 170 14 8.2 49 13 26.5
2023 Shades 225 .241 178 3 1.7 47 13 27.7
2024 Shades 270 .245 218 63 28.9 52 12 23.1
! 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 %
2017 221 17.8 21.7% 2.3% 116 23.0 0.0% 9.5%
2018 408 19.6 6.6% 2.0% 134 23.4 0.0% 16.4%
2019 273 23.4 0.0% 9.5% 147 27.8 0.0% 33.3%
2020 106 18.3 12.3% 1.9% 65 23.0 0.0% 12.3%
2021 266 20.9 3.4% 8.6% 138 25.1 0.0% 21.7%
2022 251 22.1 1.2% 8.8% 180 25.2 0.0% 14.4%
2023 265 15.4 44.2% 0.0% 183 17.1 20.8% 0.5%
2024 308 15.9 34.7% 0.0% 132 18.0 11.4% 0.8%

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Pitch Distribution

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