What years did Marco Estrada play?

Marco Estrada played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2019.

Was Marco Estrada a pitcher?

Yes. Marco Estrada pitched in the major leagues, recording 62 wins and 1094 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Marco Estrada hit?

Marco Estrada hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.

What teams did Marco Estrada play for?

Marco Estrada played for 4 teams: the Washington Nationals (2008–2009), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2014), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015–2018), and the Oakland Athletics (2019).

Did Marco Estrada win a Cy Young Award?

No. Marco Estrada did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Marco Estrada win?

Marco Estrada was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Marco Estrada's career stats?

In 283 games, Marco Estrada went 62-68 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,094 strikeouts, and 1,251.1 innings pitched.

What was Marco Estrada's salary?

Marco Estrada's last recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $486,000, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.

What position did Marco Estrada play?

Marco Estrada played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Marco Estrada and how much did he weigh?

Marco Estrada was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.

What was Marco Estrada's career ERA?

Marco Estrada finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 62-68 with 1,094 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Marco Estrada have?

Marco Estrada recorded 1,094 career strikeouts.

Is Marco Estrada in the Hall of Fame?

No. Marco Estrada has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Marco Estrada

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2019)

Marco Estrada was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2019 for 4 teams, including the Washington Nationals, a span of 12 seasons. Across 283 career appearances, he went 62-68 with a 4.29 ERA and 1,094 strikeouts. Marco Estrada was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 62–68

ERA 4.29

WHIP 1.21

SO 1,094

Pitcher PIV -12183.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 180 lb
Born: 7/5/1983 in Sonora, Sonora, México
MLB Debut: 2008-08-20
Last Game: 2019-04-16
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Marco Rene Estrada

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Career Pitching Statistics

Marco Estrada — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
62	68	283	194	0	0	0	1251.1	1,125	596	199	395	1,094	4.29	-12183.6

Career ERA 4.29 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Marco Estrada Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	WAS	NL	0	0	11	0	12.2	17	11	5	10	7.82	4.32 (-81%)	-947.6
2009	WAS	NL	0	1	4	1	7.1	6	5	4	9	6.14	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	0	0	7	1	11.1	14	12	6	13	9.53	4.08 (-134%)	-566.5
2011	MIL	NL	4	8	43	7	92.2	83	42	29	88	4.08	3.94 (-3%)	636.4
2012	MIL	NL	5	7	29	23	138.1	129	56	29	143	3.64	4.01 (+9%)	2372.0
2013	MIL	NL	7	4	21	21	128.0	109	55	29	118	3.87	3.87 (avg)	16.8
2014	MIL	NL	7	6	39	18	150.2	137	73	44	127	4.36	3.74 (-17%)	-4308.4
2015	TOR	AL	13	8	34	28	181.0	134	63	55	131	3.13	3.96 (+21%)	-2003.8
2016	TOR	AL	9	9	29	29	176.0	132	68	65	165	3.48	4.19 (+17%)	197.6
2017	TOR	AL	10	9	33	33	186.0	186	103	71	176	4.98	4.36 (-14%)	-1168.3
2018	TOR	AL	7	14	28	28	143.2	155	90	50	103	5.64	4.15 (-36%)	-4625.6
2019	OAK	AL	0	2	5	5	23.2	23	18	8	11	6.85	4.51 (-52%)	-1786.2
Career · 12 seasons			62	68	283	194	1,251.1	1,125	596	395	1,094	4.29	—	-12,184

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Marco Estrada — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
283	135	4	19	4	0	0	7	0	7	64	.141	.183	.170	.353	0

Career AVG .141 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 44.9% below league average.

Career OBP .183 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 43.2% below league average.

Career SLG .170 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 58.4% below league average.

Career OPS .353 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 51.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Marco Estrada Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	WAS	NL	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	WAS	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	MIL	NL	43	12	1	3	1	0	0	5	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIL	NL	29	40	1	4	2	3	2	21	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	MIL	NL	21	34	1	7	1	2	1	16	.206	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	MIL	NL	39	32	0	3	0	2	3	13	.094	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TOR	AL	34	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TOR	AL	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TOR	AL	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TOR	AL	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			283	135	4	19	4	7	7	64	.141	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Marco Estrada — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Marco Estrada — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2016	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
2016	ALDS1	TOR	1	.000
2015	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
2015	ALDS2	TOR	1	.000
2011	NLCS	MIL	2	.000
2011	NLDS2	MIL	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Marco Estrada — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	3	10	6	0	47.2	36	14	4	43	2.64

Playoff Pitching by Year

Marco Estrada — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	ALCS	TOR	0	2	2	2	14.0	11	4	1	13	2.57
2016	ALDS1	TOR	1	0	1	1	8.1	4	1	0	6	1.08
2015	ALCS	TOR	1	1	2	2	13.0	9	4	1	11	2.77
2015	ALDS2	TOR	1	0	1	1	6.1	5	1	0	4	1.42
2011	NLCS	MIL	0	0	2	0	3.0	4	4	2	4	12.00
2011	NLDS2	MIL	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	0	0	5	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Marco Estrada — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	141	55	3	9	0	5	.164
Away	142	80	1	10	0	2	.125

Pitching — Home / Away

Marco Estrada — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	141	600.0	530	267	187	551	4.00
Away	142	651.1	595	329	208	543	4.55

Last 10 Games — Batting

Marco Estrada — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2019-04-16	OAK	HOU	L	0	0
2019-04-08	OAK	BAL	L	0	0
2019-04-03	OAK	BOS	L	0	0
2019-03-29	OAK	LAA	L	0	0
2019-03-21	OAK	SEA	L	0	0
2018-09-24	TOR	HOU	L	0	0
2018-09-19	TOR	BAL	L	0	0
2018-09-14	TOR	NYY	L	0	0
2018-09-07	TOR	CLE	W	0	0
2018-09-01	TOR	MIA	L	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Marco Estrada — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-04-16	OAK	HOU	L	3.1	5	7	7	3	1	2
2019-04-08	OAK	BAL	L	4.0	9	6	6	1	3	2
2019-04-03	OAK	BOS	—	5.1	2	3	2	2	3	1
2019-03-29	OAK	LAA	—	6.0	2	0	0	2	3	0
2019-03-21	OAK	SEA	—	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	2
2018-09-24	TOR	HOU	L	4.2	8	4	4	1	1	2
2018-09-19	TOR	BAL	L	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1
2018-09-14	TOR	NYY	L	2.2	6	8	8	3	2	0
2018-09-07	TOR	CLE	—	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	1
2018-09-01	TOR	MIA	L	4.1	8	6	6	3	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Marco Estrada — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	283	194	46	114	3	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Marco Estrada — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	WAS	P	11	0	1	2	0	0
2009	WAS	P	4	1	0	0	0	0
2010	MIL	P	7	1	1	2	0	0
2011	MIL	P	43	7	4	12	0	0
2012	MIL	P	29	23	4	16	0	1
2013	MIL	P	21	21	5	9	1	1
2014	MIL	P	39	18	6	21	0	0
2015	TOR	P	34	28	10	8	1	0
2016	TOR	P	29	29	8	14	0	1
2017	TOR	P	33	33	5	17	1	0
2018	TOR	P	28	28	2	12	0	0
2019	OAK	P	5	5	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Marco Estrada Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	283

Salary History

Marco Estrada's recorded salaries total $21,166,000 over 5 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Estrada's career ran from 2008 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Marco Estrada — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	TOR	AL	$11,500,000
2015	TOR	AL	$3,900,000
2014	MIL	NL	$3,325,000
2013	MIL	NL	$1,955,000
2012	MIL	NL	$486,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$21,166,000

College History

Marco Estrada — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Glendale Community College	Glendale	CA	2003
California State University Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	2005

Award Voting History

Marco Estrada — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	3.0	210	0

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Marco Estrada: the record in brief

According to the bio, Marco Estrada debuted on August 20, 2008 and played a final game on April 16, 2019. The season rows list, in order, the Washington Nationals (2008 to 2009), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010 to 2014), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015 through 2018), and the Oakland Athletics (2019). Born on July 5, 1983, in Sonora, Sonora, México, Estrada is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6-foot-0 and 180 pounds. Marco Estrada was the playing name; the full given name is Marco Rene.

The pitching table credits Estrada with a 62-68 record and a 4.29 ERA in 283 games. Estrada had 1,094 strikeouts. Estrada's 4.29 ERA was close to the 4.12 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 13, in 2015. Estrada struck out 176 batters in 2017, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.13 in 2015, when the league's was 3.96.

Frequently Asked Questions about Marco Estrada

What years did Marco Estrada play?: Marco Estrada played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2019.
Was Marco Estrada a pitcher?: Yes. Marco Estrada pitched in the major leagues, recording 62 wins and 1094 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Marco Estrada hit?: Marco Estrada hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.
What teams did Marco Estrada play for?: Marco Estrada played for 4 teams: the Washington Nationals (2008–2009), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2014), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015–2018), and the Oakland Athletics (2019).
Did Marco Estrada win a Cy Young Award?: No. Marco Estrada did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Marco Estrada win?: Marco Estrada was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Marco Estrada's career stats?: In 283 games, Marco Estrada went 62-68 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,094 strikeouts, and 1,251.1 innings pitched.
How much did Marco Estrada earn in his career?: Marco Estrada's recorded salaries total $21,166,000 over 5 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Estrada's career ran from 2008 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
What was Marco Estrada's salary?: Marco Estrada's last recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $486,000, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.
What position did Marco Estrada play?: Marco Estrada played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Marco Estrada and how much did he weigh?: Marco Estrada was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.
What was Marco Estrada's career ERA?: Marco Estrada finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 62-68 with 1,094 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Marco Estrada have?: Marco Estrada recorded 1,094 career strikeouts.
Is Marco Estrada in the Hall of Fame?: No. Marco Estrada has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.