Major League Baseball

Right-hander Doug Fister, Astros agree to 1-year contract

Published Jan. 28, 2016 12:55 p.m. ET

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HOUSTON (AP) Right-hander Doug Fister and the Houston Astros have agreed to a one-year contract.

The 31-year-old was 5-7 with a 4.19 ERA in 15 starts and 10 relief appearances last season for Washington. He was 16-6 with a 2.41 ERA for the Nationals in 2014, when he finished eighth in NL Cy Young Award voting.

Fister is 65-63 with a 3.42 ERA 167 starts and 13 relief appearances in seven major league seasons that also included time with Seattle (2009-11) and Detroit (2011-13). His 1.77 walks per nine innings is the lowest among active pitchers with 1,000 or more innings.