Adrian Houser #12

He and his wife, Megan, have two children: a boy and a girl...The number 12 is special for him. He wore it all through Little League and high school...Both his brother and dad wore No. 12 when they played. When he saw it was available with SF, he was excited to wear it in the big leagues for the first time...His cousin, Bob Davis, was a Major League catcher with San Diego (1973, 1975-78), Toronto (1979- 80) and California (1981)...Did the "carnivore diet" during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 offseasons (one to start the offseason and one in January after the holidays)...He's one of three active Major Leaguers that are a part of the Cherokee Nation, with the others being Ryan Helsley and Jon Gray...Houser grew up speaking some Cherokee in school.

2025

Turned in one of the better seasons of his career between the White Sox and Rays, making 21 starts at the Major League level...Was a non-roster invite for Texas in the spring and started the year at their Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock...Appeared in nine games (eight starts) for the Express and went 2-2 with a 5.03 ERA...Released by Texas on May 15 and signed a Major League deal with the White Sox five days later...Had a 2.10 ERA (16 ER, 68.2 IP) in 11 starts with the White Sox with a 1.22 WHIP...Chicago went 8-3 in his 11 starts, while Houser himself was 6-2...Was acquired by Tampa Bay at the trade deadline in exchange for IF Curtis Mead, RHP Duncan Davitt and RHP Ben Peoples...Went 2-3 with a 4.79 ERA (30 ER, 56.1 IP) in 10 starts with the Rays following the trade...Turned in one of his best starts as a Ray against the Giants at Oracle Park on Aug. 16, firing 5.0 scoreless innings with no walks, six strikeouts and four hits allowed...For the year, Houser had a 2.19 ERA (13 ER, 53.1 IP) in nine starts against National League opponents while owning a 4.14 ERA (33 ER, 71.2 IP) in 12 starts versus AL foes.

2024

Made 23 appearances (seven starts) with the Mets in his lone season with the club, owning a career-high 5.84 ERA (45 ER/69.1 IP)…Began campaign in Mets rotation but shouldered an 8.16 ERA (26 ER/28.2 IP) through six starts, preceding a shift to the bullpen…Made 16 relief appearances (3.28 ERA) and one start (5.0 IP, six ER on 5/21 at CLE) from 5/10-7/24…Earned first career save on 6/26 vs. NYY with 3.0 scoreless innings to close out a 12-2 Mets victory…Was designated for assignment on 7/26 and released on 7/31…Signed a Minor League contract with the Cubs on 8/6, posting a 3.86 ERA (eight ER/18.2 IP) in four starts with Triple-A Iowa before being released on 8/31…Subsequently signed by Baltimore to a Minor League deal on 8/31 and spent the balance of the year with Triple-A Norfolk, going 0-2 with a 9.18 ERA (17 ER/16.2 IP) in three starts…Elected free agency following the season and signed a Minor League contract with Texas on 12/3, with an invite to Major League Spring Training.

2023

Pitched to an 8-5 record with a 4.12 ERA (51 ER/111.1 IP), tallying 96 strikeouts and 34 walks in 23 games (21 starts) and posted a 3.99 FIP... Missed time with two stints on the injured list...His season debut was delayed after suffering a groin injury which sidelined him until May...Missed time again from Aug. 28-Sept. 13 (right elbow effusion)...Tied his career-high after striking out 10 batters on July 22 vs. Atlanta.

2022

Went 6-10 with a 4.73 ERA in 22 games (21 starts) with Milwaukee... The team went 9-12 in his starts.....produced six quality starts... Posted a 2.98 ERA over his first eight starts (42.1ip, 14er) and a 6.17 ERA over his last 13 starts (58.1ip, 40er)... Was on the 15-day injured list from 7/1-8/23 with a right flexor strain and from 9/28 through the remainder of the season with a right groin strain... Signed a one-year contract on 11/18, avoiding arbitration.

2021

Went 10-6 with a 3.22 ERA in 28 games (26 starts) with Milwaukee...The team went 18-8 in his starts...produced seven quality starts...Held opponents to a .228 batting average...Went 7-1 with a 2.65 ERA in his last 19 games / 17 starts (98.2ip, 29er), including 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last five games, all starts (30ip, 5er)...Was on the injured list (COVID-19) from 8/7-8/21...Hit his first career home run on 4/27 vs. Miami with a solo shot off Daniel Castano...On 5/8 at Miami became the 15th pitcher (17x) in the Modern Era (since 1900) to hit a home run, walk nobody and have 10+ strikeouts in a game...hit a solo homer off Daniel Castano in the 6-2 win (6ip, 10k)...his 10 strikeouts tied a career-high...On 9/4 vs. St. Louis threw his first career complete game in a 4-0 win (9ip, 3h, 0bb, 7k)...snapped the Brewers’ streak of 612 consecutive games without a nine-inning complete game and streak of 1,011 games without a complete game shutout, which was a Major League record...Earned a win in Game 1 of the NLDS vs. Atlanta (2ip, 1h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 1k, 1hr)...allowed a Joc Pederson PH solo homer...Took the loss in Game 3 of the NLDS at Atlanta (1ip, 3h, 3r, 3er, 1bb, 0k, 1hr)...allowed a Joc Pederson PH three-run homer.

2020

Went 1-6 with a 5.30 ERA in 12 games (11 starts) with Milwaukee...His first 11 appearances of the season came as a starter...The team went 5-6 in his starts...produced 1 quality start...Went 1-0 with a 0.75 ERA in his first two starts (12ip, 1er) and 0-6 with a 6.70 ERA in his last 9 starts (43ip, 32er)...Induced a 5-4-3 triple play (Yadier Molina) on 9/27 at St. Louis...was the ninth triple play in franchise history...was his lone relief appearance of the season...Appeared in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series at Los Angeles (2ip, 1h, 1bb, 1k).

2019

Went 6-7 with a 3.72 ERA in 35 games (18 starts) with Milwaukee... Had two stints with the team (4/22 and 5/3-end)... Went 2-7 with a 4.57 ERA as a starter (80.2ip, 41er) and 4-0 with a 1.47 ERA in relief (30.2ip, 5er)... The team went 6-12 in his starts...produced two quality starts... Made his first Major League start on 4/22 at St. Louis and took a 13-5 defeat (4ip, 9h, 5r, 5er, 1bb, 3k, 2hr)... Notched his first Major League win on 6/1 at Pittsburgh, coming in relief... His first career win as a starter came in a 3-2 victory on 8/10 vs. Texas...struck out a career-high 10 batters over 6.0 innings in that outing... Recorded his first Major League hit on 8/16 at Washington with a double off Patrick Corbin... Went 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA in 4 starts at Triple-A San Antonio, all coming in April.

2018

Went 0-0 with a 3.29 ERA in seven relief appearances with Milwaukee... Had five stints with the team (4/6-4/8, 5/25-5/26, 6/17-6/27, 7/12 and 8/10)... Combined to go 2-4 with a 5.03 ERA in 21 starts between Double-A Biloxi (8gs) and Triple-A Colorado Springs (13gs).

2017

Combined to go 1-1 with a 1.02 ERA in 9 games (8 starts) between Rookie Arizona and Class-A Wisconsin as he recovered from "Tommy John" surgery... Began his season on rehab assignment at Arizona and went 0-1 with a 1.04 ERA in 6 starts... Was reinstated from the Double-A Biloxi disabled list and transferred on 8/23 to Wisconsin, where he went 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA in 3 games (2 starts)... Following the season pitched for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League and went 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 4 starts (10.2ip, 13h, 5r, 4er, 2bb, 11k)

2016

Went 3-7 with a 5.25 ERA in 13 starts at Double-A Biloxi...Did not start after 6/23 ...underwent "Tommy John" surgery on his right elbow on 7/21, performed by Dr. William Raasch.

2015

Began the season in the Astros organization, where he went 3-4 with a 5.10 ERA in 19 games (13 starts) between Class-A Lancaster (12g/8gs) and Double-A Corpus Christi (7g/5gs)…Was traded to Milwaukee as part of a six-player deal on 7/30…Went 4-1 with a 2.92 ERA in 7 starts at Double-A Biloxi...threw a shutout in the first round of the Southern League playoffs, earning a 6-0 victory on 9/11 vs. Pensacola (9ip, 3h, 0bb, 10k)…Contract was selected by Milwaukee on 9/22…Made 2 scoreless relief appearances with the Brewers…His Major League debut came on 9/26 at St. Louis (1ip, 1h, 1bb)…His other appearance with Milwaukee came on 10/2 vs. Chicago-NL (1ip, 1bb)…Following the season pitched for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League and went 2-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 7 starts (25.2ip, 26h, 10r, 10er, 10bb, 19k, .271ba).