Doug Fister
2009–2018 · P

Doug Fister

6' 8", 210 lbs·Lived to 42·Bats L / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2018 · 7,310 pitches · 87.2 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.41
Best ERA · 2014
16
Most W · 2014
159
Most K · 2013
1.063
Best WHIP · 2011
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

10 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2009SEA11000
2010SEA28200.000.0000
2011SEA32601.333.833116
2012DET26200.000.0000
2013DET33501.400.800112
2014WSH265200.077.19027
2015WSH293100.226.53174
2016HOU32502.200.40054
2017BOS18200.000.0000
2018TEX12000
Career24710504.152

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2009SEA1161.0344.13104361.279
2010SEA28171.06144.1199931.281
2011SEA32216.311132.831391461.063
2012DET26161.710103.451161371.194
2013DET33208.71493.671051591.308
2014WSH25164.01662.41155981.079
2015WSH25103.0574.1994631.398
2016HOU32180.312134.64901151.425
2017BOS1890.3594.8889831.384
2018TEX1266.0174.5092401.394
Career2421422.38392970
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 7,280 pitches · 2015–2018
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFCCUFFCH
SI · Sinker54.1% · 88.0 mph
FC · Cutter13.7% · 83.8 mph
CU · Curveball13.1% · 72.0 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball10.8% · 87.4 mph
CH · Changeup8.4% · 80.4 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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