Lance McCullers Jr.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: October 2, 1993 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (41st) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: May 18, 2015 (Age 21-228d, 20,870th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 5 yrs/$85M (22-26)

Service Time (01/2024): 8.140 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Lance Graye McCullers

Nicknames: Snap Dragon 1 or Perdomo

Twitter: @LMcCullers43

Instagram: @lancemccullers43

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Relatives: Son of Lance McCullers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

ERA

3.48

130

127

718.2

800

WHIP

1.251

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 24 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	57

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	21

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	27

Outs
0	26
1	17
2	14

16 Opps
LAA	9
SEA	9
KCR	6
OAK	5
TEX	5
MIN	4
NYY	3
CLE	3
ARI	2
TBR	2
BAL	2
CHW	2
TOR	2
ATL	1
PHI	1
BOS	1

48 Batters
Salvador Perez	3
Kyle Seager	3
Mike Trout	3
Edwin Encarnación	2
Mike Napoli	2
Hunter Dozier	2
Kyle Schwarber	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Mike Moustakas	1
Ketel Marte	1
Khris Davis	1
Max Kepler	1
Kyle Lewis	1
Robinson Canó	1
Justin Upton	1
Avisaíl García	1
Isaac Paredes	1
Miguel Sanó	1
Jason Kipnis	1
Jonathan Schoop	1
Evan White	1
Denard Span	1
Chad Pinder	1
Adolis García	1
Brandon Lowe	1
Brandon Phillips	1
Albert Pujols	1
Stephen Vogt	1
Elvis Andrus	1
Jake Lamb	1
AJ Pollock	1
Mitch Moreland	1
José Bautista	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Jed Lowrie	1
Juan Lagares	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Eduardo Núñez	1
Austin Riley	1
Kole Calhoun	1
Taylor Ward	1
Clint Frazier	1
Mark Trumbo	1
Yonder Alonso	1
Jorge Polanco	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Brian McCann	1
Trevor Plouffe	1

14 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	30
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Progressive (CLE)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	20
9	17
78	8
8	7
89	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	13
4	12
6	7
3	7
2	7
5	6
7+	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	16
12-	4
-2-	4
-23	1

87 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	32
1 on	20
2 on	5
Any on	25

Inning
1	9
2	5
3	7
4	18
5	7
6	6
7	4
8	1

1-3	21
4-6	31
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	22
-1	9
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	14
Tied	22
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	13
3-2	9
2-1	8
2-2	7
1-0	5
1-1	4
0-2	3
1-2	3
3-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
RF	8
3B	8
2B	7
DH	7
CF	6
LF	6
C	4
SS	2

OrderPos
3rd	10
5th	10
4th	8
2nd	8
7th	7
1st	5
6th	4
8th	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-06-08	Avisaíl García	CHW		HOU	tied 1-1	b 4	1	-2-	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	5	9	20%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Abreu Scores
2	2	2	1	2015-06-29	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	HOU	behind 0-6	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2015-07-23	Mike Napoli	BOS	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 2	2	---	6,(3-2) BFBSBX	1	8	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2015-08-03	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX		HOU	ahead 4-2	b 1	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	7	9	12%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Moreland Scores
5	5	5	1	2015-08-30	Eduardo Núñez	MIN		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	1--	7,(3-2) BCSFBB>X	2	6	5	18%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Sanó Scores
6	6	6	1	2015-09-17	Mitch Moreland	TEX		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	7,(3-2) BFBBS>F>X	3	5	3	27%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Choo Scores; P. Fielder Scores
7	7	7	1	2015-09-22	Mike Trout	LAA	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Aybar Scores
8	8	8	2	2015-09-22	Albert Pujols	LAA	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	DH	8%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	2015-09-28	Ketel Marte	SEA		HOU	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	1	6	19%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	10	1	2015-10-04	AJ Pollock	ARI		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	3	8	11%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2016-05-26	Mark Trumbo	BAL	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	2	1	2016-07-09	Stephen Vogt	OAK	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	5	2	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	2016-07-27	Brian McCann	NYY	@	HOU	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	4	1	2016-08-02	José Bautista	TOR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	DH	12%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
15	15	5	2	2016-08-02	Edwin Encarnación	TOR	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	3	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2017-04-09	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	2	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	2	2	2017-04-09	Mike Moustakas	KCR	@	HOU	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	2	5	12%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	2017-04-15	Trevor Plouffe	OAK		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	4	2	2017-04-15	Khris Davis	OAK		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	5	1	2017-05-01	Mike Napoli	TEX	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	6	1	2017-05-28	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	6,(2-2) BFFFBX	2	2	4	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Smith Scores
22	22	7	1	2017-09-06	Kyle Seager	SEA		HOU	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	13%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	8	1	2017-09-24	Brandon Phillips	LAA	@	HOU	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---	7,(3-2) BCBFFBX	1	5	4	8%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2018-03-31	Elvis Andrus	TEX		HOU	behind 0-4	b 3	2	---	8,(3-2) CBSFFBBX	1	1	6	7%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	2	1	2018-04-11	Max Kepler	MIN		HOU	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	6	9	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. Morrison Scores
26	26	3	1	2018-04-17	Robinson Canó	SEA		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	4	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	4	1	2018-05-26	Yonder Alonso	CLE		HOU	behind 1-2	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	21%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); E. Encarnación Scores
28	28	5	2	2018-05-26	Jason Kipnis	CLE		HOU	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	-2-	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	7	4	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Cabrera Scores
29	29	6	3	2018-05-26	Edwin Encarnación	CLE		HOU	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	11%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Ramírez Scores
30	30	7	1	2018-06-06	Nelson Cruz	SEA	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
31	31	8	2	2018-06-06	Denard Span	SEA	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	19%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	9	1	2018-06-17	Hunter Dozier	KCR		HOU	tied 2-2	b 3	2	1--	6,(3-2) BS.SBB>X	2	5	3	21%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Pérez Scores
33	33	10	1	2018-06-23	Hunter Dozier	KCR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	7	3	30%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Pérez Scores; A. Gordon Scores
34	34	11	1	2018-07-11	Chad Pinder	OAK	@	HOU	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	12-	4,(0-2) CSFX	3	8	7	9%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Chapman Scores; M. Canha Scores
35	35	12	1	2018-07-22	Justin Upton	LAA		HOU	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) S111S1BX	2	4	7	14%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Trout Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2020-07-25	Kyle Lewis	SEA	@	HOU	behind 1-6	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	8	3%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	2020-07-31	Brian Goodwin	LAA		HOU	behind 2-5	b 4	1	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	9	16%	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); D. Fletcher Scores
38	38	3	1	2020-08-05	Kole Calhoun	ARI		HOU	behind 0-4	b 4	0	1--	7,(3-2) F*BCBFBX	2	2	9	13%	32%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Marte Scores
39	39	4	1	2020-09-04	Mike Trout	LAA		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	8	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Simmons Scores
40	40	5	1	2020-09-21	Evan White	SEA		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	-23	5,(2-2) BBSFX	3	8	3	17%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Seager Scores/unER; T. France Scores/unER; E. White Scores/unER
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2021-04-09	Jed Lowrie	OAK	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	3	4	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	2021-05-06	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	2	DH	11%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	3	2	2021-05-06	Clint Frazier	NYY		HOU	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) BS+1CBX	2	9	7	21%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Hicks Scores
44	44	4	1	2021-05-11	Taylor Ward	LAA	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	25%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	5	1	2021-05-22	Adolis García	TEX		HOU	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	13%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	6	1	2021-06-20	Jake Lamb	CHW	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	7	9	20%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Y. Grandal Scores
47	47	7	1	2021-07-27	Kyle Seager	SEA		HOU	behind 0-3	b 1	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	3	5	14%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Crawford Scores
48	48	8	1	2021-08-08	Miguel Sanó	MIN	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Arráez Scores
49	49	9	2	2021-08-08	Jorge Polanco	MIN	@	HOU	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	4	11%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	10	1	2021-08-20	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	HOU	behind 0-7	t 4	2	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	3	5	1%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	11	1	2021-08-25	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	DH	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	12	1	2021-09-12	Juan Lagares	LAA	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	9	9	14%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	13	1	2021-09-30	Brandon Lowe	TBR	@	HOU	behind 0-3	t 6	2	1--	6,(2-2) BSBFFX	2	1	4	17%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Zunino Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2022-08-19	Austin Riley	ATL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	5	23%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Acuña Scores; D. Swanson Scores
55	55	2	1	2022-09-09	Mike Trout	LAA	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) .FX	2	2	8	27%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Stassi Scores
56	56	3	1	2022-09-21	Isaac Paredes	TBR		HOU	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	7	5	22%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
57	57	4	1	2022-10-03	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)