Josh Hader

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PITCHER · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 2017–2025 BORN: MILLERSVILLE, USA
Houston Astros
All-Star ×6 All-MLB ×3
Career
34 W · 2.64 ERA · 829 K
512.1 IP · 0.94 WHIP · 468 G
2025 Season
6-2 · 2.05 ERA
52.2 IP · 76 K · 0.85 WHIP
Salary / Contract
2026: $19M
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2026 Salary Note Josh Hader's 2026 salary is $19M. Salary History →
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Josh Hader was a pitcher in MLB. Across 468 career appearances, with a 2.64 ERA and 829 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2017 MIL 2 3 2.08 35 0 0 47.2 25 11 22 68 0.99
2018 MIL 6 1 2.43 55 0 12 81.1 36 22 30 143 0.81
2019 MIL 3 5 2.62 61 0 37 75.2 41 22 20 138 0.81
2020 MIL 1 2 3.79 21 0 13 19.0 8 8 10 31 0.95
2021 MIL 4 2 1.23 60 0 34 58.2 25 8 24 102 0.84
2022 MIL 1 4 4.24 37 0 29 34.0 26 16 12 59 1.12
2022 SD 1 1 7.31 19 0 7 16.0 17 13 9 22 1.63
2023 SD 2 3 1.28 61 0 33 56.1 32 8 30 85 1.10
2024 HOU 8 8 3.80 71 0 34 71.0 43 30 25 105 0.96
2025 HOU 6 2 2.05 48 0 28 52.2 29 12 16 76 0.85
Career Totals 34 31 2.64 468 0 227 512.1 282 150 198 829 0.94
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 MIL 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 MIL 55 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
2019 MIL 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 MIL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 MIL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 MIL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 SD 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 SD 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 HOU 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 HOU 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 468 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250
Awards & Achievements
  • All-MLB Team - First Team (3): 2019, 2021, 2023
  • Reliever of the Month (8): 2018, 2019, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Reliever of the Year Award (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
  • TSN All-Star (2): 2018, 2021
  • TSN Reliever of the Year (2): 2018, 2021
All-Star Selections

2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2018$556,500
2019$687,600
2020$4,100,000
2021$6,675,000
2022$11,000,000
2023$14,100,000
2024$19,000,000
2025$19,000,000
2026$19,000,000

Career Total: $94,119,100 (9 seasons)

Average: $10,457,678

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.