Stephen Strasburg

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2022)

W–L 113–62
ERA 3.24
WHIP 1.10
SO 1,723
Pitcher PIV 41363.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 239 lb
Born
7/20/1988 in San Diego, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2010-06-08
Last Game
2022-06-09
Awards
3× All-Star · World Series MVP · Silver Slugger · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Stephen James Strasburg

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
113 62 247 247 2 2 0 1470.0 1,217 530 149 394 1,723 3.24 41363.7

Career ERA 3.24 vs. league average 4.10 across their career seasons — 20.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2010 WAS NL 5 3 12 12 0 0 0 68.0 56 22 17 92 2.91 4.08 (+29%) 3448.9
2011 WAS NL 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 24.0 15 4 2 24 1.50 3.94 (+62%) 1608.1
2012 WAS NL 15 6 28 28 0 0 0 159.3 136 56 48 197 3.16 4.01 (+21%) 4894.7
2013 WAS NL 8 9 30 30 1 1 0 183.0 136 61 56 191 3.00 3.87 (+22%) 3103.2
2014 WAS NL 14 11 34 34 0 0 0 215.0 198 75 43 242 3.14 3.74 (+16%) 4485.1
2015 WAS NL 11 7 23 23 0 0 0 127.3 115 49 26 155 3.46 3.96 (+13%) 3756.4
2016 WAS NL 15 4 24 24 0 0 0 147.7 119 59 44 183 3.60 4.19 (+14%) 4818.7
2017 WAS NL 15 4 28 28 1 1 0 175.3 131 49 47 204 2.52 4.36 (+42%) 7445.9
2018 WAS NL 10 7 22 22 0 0 0 130.0 118 54 38 156 3.74 4.15 (+10%) 1757.5
2019 WAS NL 18 6 33 33 0 0 0 209.0 161 77 56 251 3.32 4.51 (+26%) 6826.8
2020 WAS NL 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 1 2 10.80 — 0.0
2021 WAS NL 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 21.7 16 11 14 21 4.57 4.27 (-7%) -781.6
2022 WAS NL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.7 8 7 2 5 13.50 — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 113 62 247 247 2 2 0 1,470.0 1,217 530 394 1,723 3.24 — 41,364

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
248 440 23 67 10 0 4 29 0 24 153 .152 .198 .202 .400 -2,070

Career AVG .152 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 39.5% below league average.

Career OBP .198 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 38.0% below league average.

Career SLG .202 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 50.4% below league average.

Career OPS .400 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 44.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2010 WAS NL 12 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .050 — — — — 0.0
2011 WAS NL 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 WAS NL 28 47 4 13 4 0 1 7 0 3 13 .277 — — — — 39.1
2013 WAS NL 30 49 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 23 .143 — — — — -383.8
2014 WAS NL 34 60 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 7 26 .100 .251 (-60%) .313 (-38%) .386 (-70%) .700 (-56%) -504.0
2015 WAS NL 23 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .132 — — — — 0.0
2016 WAS NL 24 48 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 11 .208 — — — — -278.1
2017 WAS NL 28 54 5 7 0 0 2 3 0 2 14 .130 .254 (-49%) .324 (-50%) .425 (-43%) .750 (-46%) -417.9
2018 WAS NL 22 41 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .122 — — — — 0.0
2019 WAS NL 34 72 4 12 1 0 1 10 0 3 25 .167 .252 (-34%) .322 (-38%) .434 (-49%) .757 (-44%) -525.0
2020 WAS NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 WAS NL 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
2022 WAS NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 248 440 23 67 10 0 4 29 0 24 153 .152 — — — — -2,070

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2019 NLCS WAS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2019 NLDS1 WAS 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
2019 NLWC WAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 WS WAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLDS2 WAS 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLDS1 WAS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
6 2 9 8 0 55.3 44 9 8 71 1.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2019 NLCS WAS 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 7 0 0 12 0.00
2019 NLDS1 WAS 1 0 2 2 0 12.0 9 4 1 17 3.00
2019 NLWC WAS 1 0 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 4 0.00
2019 WS WAS 2 0 2 2 0 14.3 12 4 3 14 2.51
2017 NLDS2 WAS 1 1 2 2 0 14.0 6 0 3 22 0.00
2014 NLDS1 WAS 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 8 1 1 2 1.80

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1292241740214.179
Away119216627215.125

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home128774.06282671729143.10
Away119696.05892632228093.40

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2022-06-09 WASMIAL 000000000
2021-06-01 WASATLW 100000001
2021-05-27 WASCINL 100000001
2021-05-21 WASBALW 000000010
2021-04-13 WASSTLL 200000000
2021-04-07 WASATLL 101100000
2020-08-14 WASBALW 000000000
2020-08-09 WASBALL 000000000
2019-09-26 WASPHIW 300000002
2019-09-21 WASMIAW 301000101

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2022-06-09 WASMIA L 4.2877251
2021-06-01 WASATL — 1.1111210
2021-05-27 WASCIN L 5.0533151
2021-05-21 WASBAL W 5.1100440
2021-04-13 WASSTL L 4.0887533
2021-04-07 WASATL — 6.0100280
2020-08-14 WASBAL — 0.2111001
2020-08-09 WASBAL L 4.1755120
2019-09-26 WASPHI W 6.04110101
2019-09-21 WASMIA — 7.0300360

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 247 247 97 131 11 5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2010 WAS P 12 12 4 3 1 0
2011 WAS P 5 5 0 3 0 0
2012 WAS P 28 28 15 13 0 0
2013 WAS P 30 30 9 19 0 0
2014 WAS P 34 34 13 25 4 2
2015 WAS P 23 23 3 9 2 0
2016 WAS P 24 24 8 9 1 1
2017 WAS P 28 28 13 10 1 0
2018 WAS P 22 22 10 13 0 0
2019 WAS P 33 33 21 24 2 2
2020 WAS P 2 2 0 0 0 0
2021 WAS P 5 5 1 3 0 0
2022 WAS P 1 1 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 247

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2019 All-MLB Team - First Team SP
2019 Babe Ruth Award
2019 Pitcher of the Month July
2019 World Series MVP
2017 Pitcher of the Month September
2016 Pitcher of the Month July
2015 Player of the Week Week of 2015-09-20
2012 Pitcher of the Month April
2012 Silver Slugger P
2010 Player of the Week Week of 2010-06-13

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 WAS NL $10,400,000
2015 WAS NL $7,400,000
2014 WAS NL $3,975,000
2013 WAS NL $3,900,000
2012 WAS NL $4,875,000
2011 WAS NL $4,375,000
Total Career Earnings $34,925,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
San Diego State University San Diego CA 2007, 2008, 2009

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2019 Cy Young Award NL 5th 53.0 210 0
2019 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 4.0 420 0
2017 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 81.0 210 0
2014 Cy Young Award NL 9th 3.0 210 0

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Stephen Strasburg (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Zack Wheeler
    123-80, 3.29 ERA
  2. 95
    Corey Kluber
    116-77, 3.44 ERA
  3. 80
    Gerrit Cole
    160-87, 3.18 ERA
  4. 78
    Yu Darvish
    115-93, 3.65 ERA
  5. 77
    Aaron Nola
    114-99, 3.92 ERA
  6. 76
    Luis Castillo
    88-94, 3.69 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Stephen Strasburg

What years did Stephen Strasburg play?
Stephen Strasburg played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2022.
Was Stephen Strasburg a pitcher?
Yes. Stephen Strasburg pitched in the major leagues, recording 113 wins and 1723 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Stephen Strasburg hit?
Stephen Strasburg hit 4 career home runs with 67 hits.