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Doug Fister

Douglas Wildes Fister

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 4, 1984 in Merced, CA
High School: Golden Valley HS (Merced, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 2009
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$508k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.058, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2009 25 SEA AL 3 4 .429 4.13 11 10 1 0 0 0 61.0 63 29 28 11 15 0 36 2 0 1 256 103 1.279 9.3 1.6 2.2 5.3 2.40
2010 26 SEA AL 6 14 .300 4.11 28 28 0 0 0 0 171.0 187 85 78 13 32 2 93 6 3 8 720 96 1.281 9.8 0.7 1.7 4.9 2.91
2011 27 TOT AL 11 13 .458 2.83 32 31 0 3 0 0 216.1 193 76 68 11 37 2 146 12 1 3 875 138 1.063 8.0 0.5 1.5 6.1 3.95
2011 27 SEA AL 3 12 .200 3.33 21 21 0 3 0 0 146.0 139 57 54 7 32 2 89 9 1 3 602 114 1.171 8.6 0.4 2.0 5.5 2.78
2011 27 DET AL 8 1 .889 1.79 11 10 0 0 0 0 70.1 54 19 14 4 5 0 57 3 0 0 273 229 0.839 6.9 0.5 0.6 7.3 11.40
2012 28 DET AL 0 3 .000 3.15 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 37 13 12 4 8 0 24 0 0 0 146 131 1.311 9.7 1.0 2.1 6.3 3.00
4 Yrs 20 34 .370 3.47 77 75 1 3 0 0 482.2 480 203 186 39 92 4 299 20 4 12 1997 115 1.185 9.0 0.7 1.7 5.6 3.25
162 Game Avg. 9 15 .370 3.47 34 34 0 1 0 0 216 215 91 83 17 41 2 134 9 2 5 893 115 1.185 9.0 0.7 1.7 5.6 3.25
SEA (3 yrs) 12 30 .286 3.81 60 59 1 3 0 0 378.0 389 171 160 31 79 4 218 17 4 12 1578 104 1.238 9.3 0.7 1.9 5.2 2.76
DET (2 yrs) 8 4 .667 2.24 17 16 0 0 0 0 104.2 91 32 26 8 13 0 81 3 0 0 419 184 0.994 7.8 0.7 1.1 7.0 6.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 25 SEA AL 61.0 11 10 29 4.28 5.01 0.50 0.19 93.1 4.38 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.5 8 .502 .500 $
2010 26 SEA AL 171.0 28 28 85 4.47 4.55 0.07 0.16 93.0 4.32 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.0 17 .484 .497 $406,500
2011 27 SEA AL 146.0 21 21 57 3.51 4.48 0.07 0.16 94.3 4.32 13 1.4 -0.1 2.6 30 .567 .509 $436,500
2011 27 DET AL 70.1 11 10 19 2.43 4.52 0.10 0.14 97.6 4.46 16 1.8 1.3 -0.0 2.4 24 .665 .511 $
2012 28 DET AL 34.1 6 6 13 3.41 4.56 -0.45 0.17 97.4 5.05 6 0.7 -0.0 1.0 10 .619 .504 $
4 Seasons 482.2 77 75 203 3.79 4.59 0.09 0.16 94.4 4.40 31 3.5 .7 -0.3 7.5 88 .546 .504 $843,000
SEA (3 yrs) 378.0 60 59 171 4.07 4.60 0.14 0.17 93.5 4.33 9 1.0 .0 -0.2 4.1 54 .516 .502 $843,000
DET (2 yrs) 104.2 17 16 32 2.75 4.53 -0.08 0.15 97.6 4.66 22 2.5 1.3 -0.1 3.4 34 .649 .508 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 27 DET AL ALDS W NYY 1 1 .500 6.52 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 12 7 7 1 4 0 10 0 1 0 45 1.655 11.2 0.9 3.7 9.3 2.50
2011 27 DET AL ALCS L TEX 1 0 1.000 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 27 0.955 8.6 0.0 0.0 3.7
1 Yr (2 Series) 2 1 .667 4.76 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 19 9 9 1 4 0 13 1 1 0 72 1.353 10.1 0.5 2.1 6.9 3.25
1 ALDS 1 1 .500 6.52 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 12 7 7 1 4 0 10 0 1 0 45 1.655 11.2 0.9 3.7 9.3 2.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 27 0.955 8.6 0.0 0.0 3.7

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2009 25 SEA AL 11 256 239 29 63 12 2 11 0 1 15 36 .264 .313 .469 .781 .271 112 7 2 0 0 0 2
2010 26 SEA AL 28 720 676 85 187 34 0 13 2 3 32 93 .277 .313 .385 .698 .303 260 16 6 2 4 2 9
2011 27 TOT AL 32 875 813 76 193 40 5 11 4 2 37 146 .237 .278 .339 .617 .274 276 19 12 4 9 2 9
2011 27 DET AL 11 273 262 19 54 11 0 4 2 0 5 57 .206 .228 .294 .522 .246 77 4 3 1 2 0 4
2011 27 SEA AL 21 602 551 57 139 29 5 7 2 2 32 89 .252 .301 .361 .662 .286 199 15 9 3 7 2 5
2012 28 DET AL 6 146 138 13 37 9 0 4 0 1 8 24 .268 .308 .420 .729 .300 58 4 0 0 0 0 3
4 Yrs 77 1997 1866 203 480 95 7 39 6 7 92 299 .257 .297 .378 .676 .286 706 46 20 6 13 4 23
162 Game Avg. 34 893 835 91 215 43 3 17 3 3 41 134 .257 .297 .378 .676 .286 316 21 9 3 6 2 10
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 25 SEA AL 1.8 0.2 258 0.5 5.2 -4.7 1.04 -0.2 0.7 3.6 0.4 1.04 -1.8 0 0 1
2010 26 SEA AL -3.7 -0.4 736 -0.6 12.4 -13.0 .98 0.5 -1.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.98 4.7 0 0 0
2011 27 TOT AL 26.3 2.8 885 2.4 15.4 -13.0 .95 2.8 -0.3 25.8 2.8 0.95 29.4 0 1 0
2011 27 SEA AL 9.9 1.0 609 0.4 10.4 -10.0 .95 1.0 -0.5 9.7 1.0 0.95 10.7 0 0 0
2011 27 DET AL 16.4 1.8 276 2.0 5.0 -3.0 .94 1.9 0.2 16.1 1.8 0.94 18.7 0 1 0
2012 28 DET AL 3.7 0.4 147 0.3 2.7 -2.4 .96 -0.5 0.9 2.8 0.3 0.96 -4.7 0 0 0
4 Yrs 28.2 3.0 2026 2.7 35.7 -33.0 .97 2.6 0.1 29.9 3.2 0.97 27.7 0 1 1

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2009 25 SEA AL 11 10 3 4 3 0 0 3 7 .300 3 0 0 0 5 50% 49.9 70 19 7 3 1 5 2.9 2.8 6.0 94 1 5 4 0 107
2010 26 SEA AL 28 28 6 14 8 2 4 9 19 .321 3 1 0 0 13 46% 49.4 80 18 9 4 0 15 3.1 3.5 6.1 96 0 17 11 0 108
2011 27 TOT AL 32 31 10 13 8 1 5 13 18 .419 2 2 3 0 20 65% 58.1 85 21 20 3 0 16 3.2 2.7 6.9 102 1 8 22 0 113
2011 27 SEA AL 21 21 3 12 6 1 5 5 16 .238 2 1 3 0 12 57% 55.3 77 22 16 2 0 11 2.4 1.9 7.0 105 0 4 17 0 113
2011 27 DET AL 11 10 7 1 2 0 0 8 2 .800 0 1 0 0 8 80% 64.0 85 21 4 1 0 5 4.8 4.4 6.7 95 1 4 5 0 109
2012 28 DET AL 6 6 0 3 3 0 2 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 4 67% 52.5 72 22 4 0 0 3 3.7 2.4 5.7 90 2 1 3 0 111
4 Yrs 77 75 19 34 22 3 11 26 49 .347 9 3 3 0 42 56% 53 85 18 40 10 1 39 3.2 3.0 6.4 98 4 31 40 0 113
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2009 25 SEA AL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.039 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 19
2011 27 TOT AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 39
2011 27 DET AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .938 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 39
2 Yrs 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 29

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2009 25 SEA AL 256 43% 4.3% 14.1% 5.9% 9.8% 40% 0.67 0.95 75% 22% 10.0% 8% 47 7 15%
2010 26 SEA AL 720 46% 1.8% 12.9% 4.4% 6.5% 25% 0.87 1.09 80% 22% 4.8% 13% 116 16 14%
2011 27 TOT AL 875 44% 1.3% 16.7% 4.2% 6.4% 29% 0.90 1.21 76% 20% 3.5% 12% 156 19 12%
2011 27 SEA AL 602 45% 1.2% 14.8% 5.3% 6.8% 30% 0.85 1.19 77% 20% 3.1% 12% 116 15 13%
2011 27 DET AL 273 41% 1.5% 20.9% 1.8% 5.5% 28% 1.01 1.23 74% 22% 4.5% 15% 40 4 10%
2012 28 DET AL 146 36% 2.7% 16.4% 5.5% 8.9% 35% 1.09 1.69 75% 24% 8.2% 9% 31 4 13%
4 Yrs 1997 44% 2.0% 15.0% 4.6% 7.1% 29% 0.87 1.15 77% 21% 5.3% 12% 350 46 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 25 SEA AL 256 962 3.76 624 65% 33% 11% 24% 33% 67% 0% 44% 84% 60% 3% 8 5 23% 58 28 3 39% 7 3 0 0 0
2010 26 SEA AL 720 2699 3.75 1753 65% 35% 8% 24% 34% 65% 1% 42% 88% 64% 4% 31 22 28% 199 106 12 40% 19 7 0 0 0
2011 27 TOT AL 876 3195 3.65 2158 68% 32% 11% 26% 32% 68% 1% 46% 83% 65% 3% 28 16 26% 232 122 16 33% 30 10 -1 0 0
2011 27 SEA AL 603 2209 3.66 1476 67% 32% 11% 26% 32% 68% 1% 46% 85% 64% 4% 23 14 27% 163 81 11 30% 20 7 -1 0 0
2011 27 DET AL 273 986 3.61 682 69% 32% 13% 25% 30% 68% 0% 47% 81% 66% 2% 5 2 25% 69 41 5 37% 10 3 0 0 0
2012 28 DET AL 146 538 3.68 345 64% 31% 11% 25% 33% 69% 0% 44% 84% 64% 4% 6 4 19% 28 15 1 58% 5 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1998 7394 3.70 4880 66% 33% 10% 25% 33% 67% 0% 44% 85% 64% 4% 73 47 26% 517 271 32 38% 61 22 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2009 25 SEA AL 256 63 8 1 11 0 3 2 9 6 5 9 4 1 44% 2 1 0 86 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 26 SEA AL 720 187 24 1 13 0 13 5 8 9 4 41 20 9 49% 9 8 0 241 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 21 0
2011 27 TOT AL 875 193 29 0 11 0 15 3 8 3 8 52 25 6 48% 9 3 1 294 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2011 27 SEA AL 602 139 19 0 7 0 14 2 5 2 5 42 20 5 48% 5 3 1 207 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2011 27 DET AL 273 54 10 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 3 10 5 1 50% 4 0 0 87 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 28 DET AL 146 37 7 1 4 0 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 1 75% 3 0 0 57 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
4 Yrs 1997 480 68 3 39 0 33 11 28 20 19 106 52 17 49% 23 12 1 678 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 39 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2009 25 3 4 .429 4.13 11 10 1 0 0 0 61.0 63 29 28 11 15 0 36 2 0 1 256 103 1.279 9.3 1.6 2.2 5.3 2.40 103
2010 26 9 18 .333 4.11 39 38 1 0 0 0 232.0 250 114 106 24 47 2 129 8 3 9 976 98 1.280 9.7 0.9 1.8 5.0 2.74 98
2011 27 20 31 .392 3.49 71 69 1 3 0 0 448.1 443 190 174 35 84 4 275 20 4 12 1851 114 1.175 8.9 0.7 1.7 5.5 3.27 114
2012 28 20 34 .370 3.47 77 75 1 3 0 0 482.2 480 203 186 39 92 4 299 20 4 12 1997 115 1.185 9.0 0.7 1.7 5.6 3.25 115

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2009 25 3 3 .500 4.50 58.0 64 32 29 11 15 34 2 1.362 9.9 2.3 5.3 2.27 1.7 11
2010 26 7 10 .412 4.86 161.0 197 97 87 14 34 88 6 1.435 11.0 1.9 4.9 2.59 0.8 28
2011 27 13 9 .591 3.32 206.0 204 84 76 12 39 139 13 1.180 8.9 1.7 6.1 3.56 0.5 32
2012 28 2 1 .667 3.55 33.0 38 14 13 4 8 23 0 1.394 10.4 2.2 6.3 2.88 1.1 6
4 Yrs 25 23 .521 4.03 458.0 503 227 205 41 96 284 21 1.308 9.9 5.6 2.96 0.8 77

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.0 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 AL  2.83 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2011 AL  1.063 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  1.684 (3rd)
2011 AL  1.539 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  3.946 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL  0.458 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
2010 AL  14 (5th)
2011 AL  13 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2011 AL  139 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  26 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  2.8 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.8 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.8 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1624), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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