What years did Marcus Stroman play?

Marcus Stroman played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2025.

Was Marcus Stroman a pitcher?

Yes. Marcus Stroman pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 1230 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Marcus Stroman hit?

Marcus Stroman hit 1 career home runs with 9 hits.

What was Marcus Stroman's career batting average?

Marcus Stroman batted .101 over his career, with 9 hits in 89 at bats.

How many RBI did Marcus Stroman have?

Marcus Stroman drove in 2 runs in his career.

What was Marcus Stroman's career ERA?

Marcus Stroman finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 90-87 with 1,230 strikeouts.

Marcus Stroman

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2014-2025)

Marcus Stroman is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2014 for 4 teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 12 seasons. Across 270 career appearances, he has gone 90-87 with a 3.79 ERA and 1,230 strikeouts. Marcus Stroman is an All-Star and a Gold Glove. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 16444.6.

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 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 90–87

ERA 3.79

WHIP 1.28

SO 1,230

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 16444.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'7" / 180 lb
Born: 5/1/1991 in Medford, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 2014-05-04
Awards: All-Star · Gold Glove

Full name: Marcus Earl Stroman

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Career Pitching Statistics

Marcus Stroman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
90	87	270	261	4	2	2	1497.1	1,468	630	145	452	1,230	3.79	16444.6

Career ERA 3.79 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 8.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Marcus Stroman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2014	TOR	AL	11	6	26	20	1	1	1	130.2	125	53	28	111	3.65	3.74 (+2%)	3016.4
2015	TOR	AL	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	27.0	20	5	6	18	1.67	3.96 (+58%)	285.4
2016	TOR	AL	9	10	32	32	0	0	0	204.0	209	99	54	166	4.37	4.19 (-4%)	2548.7
2017	TOR	AL	13	9	33	33	2	0	0	201.0	201	69	62	164	3.09	4.36 (+29%)	2402.2
2018	TOR	AL	4	9	19	19	0	0	0	102.1	115	63	36	77	5.54	4.15 (-34%)	615.9
2019	TOR	AL	6	11	21	21	0	0	0	124.2	118	41	35	99	2.96	4.51 (+34%)	3178.0
2019	NYN	NL	4	2	11	11	0	0	0	59.2	65	25	23	60	3.77	4.51 (+16%)	532.1
2021	NYN	NL	10	13	33	33	0	0	0	179.0	161	60	44	158	3.02	4.27 (+29%)	3579.6
2022	CHN	NL	6	7	25	25	0	0	0	138.2	123	54	36	119	3.50	3.97 (+12%)	737.6
2023	CHN	NL	10	9	27	25	1	1	0	136.2	120	60	52	119	3.95	4.33 (+9%)	2651.2
2024	NYA	AL	10	9	30	29	0	0	1	154.2	167	74	60	113	4.31	4.08 (-6%)	-2100.1
2025	NYA	AL	3	2	9	9	0	0	0	39.0	44	27	16	26	6.23	4.16 (-50%)	-1002.2
Career · 12 seasons			90	87	270	261	4	2	2	1,497.1	1,468	630	452	1,230	3.79	—	16,445

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

Marcus Stroman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
277	89	9	9	3	0	1	2	1	4	42	.101	.140	.169	.308	-481

Career AVG .101 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 59.4% below league average.

Career OBP .140 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 56.0% below league average.

Career SLG .169 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 58.8% below league average.

Career OPS .308 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 57.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Marcus Stroman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2014	TOR	AL	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TOR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TOR	AL	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TOR	AL	34	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TOR	AL	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TOR	AL	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	NYN	NL	11	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	.048	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYN	NL	33	51	2	5	2	0	1	1	4	24	.098	.243 (-60%)	.317 (-48%)	.410 (-67%)	.727 (-59%)	-480.9
2022	CHN	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	CHN	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	NYA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	NYA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			277	89	9	9	3	1	2	1	4	42	.101	—	—	—	—	-481

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

Marcus Stroman — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Marcus Stroman — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2016	ALCS	TOR	1	.000
2016	ALWC	TOR	1	.000
2015	ALCS	TOR	1	.000
2015	ALDS2	TOR	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Marcus Stroman — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	5	5	0	30.2	29	15	7	21	4.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Marcus Stroman — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	ALCS	TOR	0	1	1	1	5.1	3	4	3	5	6.75
2016	ALWC	TOR	0	0	1	1	6.0	4	2	0	6	3.00
2015	ALCS	TOR	1	0	1	1	6.1	11	4	1	1	5.68
2015	ALDS2	TOR	0	0	2	2	13.0	11	5	3	9	3.46

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Marcus Stroman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	142	31	2	2	0	0	.065
Away	135	58	7	7	1	2	.121

Pitching — Home / Away

Marcus Stroman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	141	793.2	753	346	240	667	3.92
Away	129	703.2	715	284	212	563	3.63

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Marcus Stroman — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-07-31	NYY	TBR	W	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	0
2025-07-26	NYY	PHI	L	3.2	5	4	4	4	4	1
2025-07-20	NYY	ATL	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	1
2025-07-10	NYY	SEA	—	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	0
2025-07-04	NYY	NYN	—	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	1
2025-06-29	NYY	OAK	W	5.0	3	1	1	2	1	1
2025-04-11	NYY	SFG	L	0.2	4	5	5	3	1	1
2025-04-05	NYY	PIT	—	4.0	3	4	4	3	3	0
2025-03-30	NYY	MIL	—	4.2	5	3	3	1	3	1
2024-09-25	NYY	BAL	L	3.1	10	6	6	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Marcus Stroman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	270	261	126	239	12	18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Marcus Stroman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2014	TOR	P	26	20	7	19	0	0
2015	TOR	P	4	4	5	5	0	0
2016	TOR	P	32	32	12	29	4	2
2017	TOR	P	33	33	9	37	1	6
2018	TOR	P	19	19	10	28	0	1
2019	TOR	P	21	21	11	20	3	1
2019	NYN	P	11	11	10	10	1	1
2021	NYN	P	33	33	20	29	2	1
2022	CHN	P	25	25	12	21	0	2
2023	CHN	P	27	25	14	19	0	2
2024	NYA	P	30	29	13	18	1	1
2025	NYA	P	9	9	3	4	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Marcus Stroman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	270
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Marcus Stroman — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-06-03
2017	Gold Glove	P

Salary History

Marcus Stroman — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	TOR	AL	$515,900
2015	TOR	AL	$514,700
Total Career Earnings			$1,030,600

College History

Marcus Stroman — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Duke University	Durham	NC	2010, 2011, 2012

Award Voting History

Marcus Stroman — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2017	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	2.0	210	0

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Marcus Stroman: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is May 4, 2014; Marcus Stroman is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. By club, Stroman's seasons break down as the Toronto Blue Jays (2014 to 2019), the New York Mets (2019 through 2021), the Chicago Cubs (2022 through 2023), and the New York Yankees (2024 through 2025). Stroman, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. Stroman is listed at 5 feet, 7 inches and 180 pounds. Stroman was born on May 1, 1991, in Medford, NY, USA. Marcus Stroman was the playing name; the full given name is Marcus Earl.

The pitching table credits Stroman with a 90-87 record and a 3.79 ERA in 270 games. Also on Stroman's record: 1,230 strikeouts. The leagues Stroman pitched in allowed 4.16 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.9% better than average. The best win total was 13, in 2017. Stroman struck out 166 batters in 2016, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Marcus Stroman

What years did Marcus Stroman play?: Marcus Stroman played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2025.
Was Marcus Stroman a pitcher?: Yes. Marcus Stroman pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 1230 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Marcus Stroman hit?: Marcus Stroman hit 1 career home runs with 9 hits.
What was Marcus Stroman's career batting average?: Marcus Stroman batted .101 over his career, with 9 hits in 89 at bats.
How many RBI did Marcus Stroman have?: Marcus Stroman drove in 2 runs in his career.
What was Marcus Stroman's career ERA?: Marcus Stroman finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 90-87 with 1,230 strikeouts.