Adrian David Houser is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently pitches for the Milwaukee Brewers (MLB). Houser was born on February 2, 1993, and is currently 29 years old. The Milwaukee pitcher comes from Tahlequah in Oklahoma of the United States.
Houser was drafted 69th overall in the second round of the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft by the Houston Astros. Houser had played baseball with Dylan Bundy and Archie Bradley before high school, and they had been taken earlier in the draft.
Houser signed a contract with Houston three days after being picked and was then assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League (GCL) Astros.
Houser was traded to with the Milwaukee Brewers on July 30, 2015, along with Brett Phillips, Domingo Santana, and Josh Hader, for Carlos Gómez and Mike Fiers. He was allocated to the Biloxi Shuckers by Milwaukee.
He was 7–5 with a 4.43 ERA in 26 games (20 starts) between Lancaster, Corpus Christi, and Biloxi. For the annual September call-ups, Houser was promoted to Milwaukee. On September 26, 2015, he made his big league debut.
Houser is the nephew of James Knott, a pitcher who was drafted in the 11th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the New York Mets.
Michael Houser, Houser’s elder brother, was a baseball player at Northeastern State University. Houser is of Cherokee ancestry and a Cherokee Nation member. Ryan Helsley, a Cherokee Nation member, and MLB pitcher is a good buddy of his.