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Stephen Strasburg

Stephen James Strasburg (twitter: @stras37)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 20, 1988 in San Diego, CA
High School: West Hills HS (Santee, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 2010
Team: Nationals 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 4 yrs/$15.4M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.118, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2010	21	WSN-min	AAA,AA	7	2	.778	1.30	11	11	55.1	31	14	8	1	13	65	1	1	1	210		0.795	5.0	0.2	2.1	10.6	5.00	SYR,HRB · IL,EL
2010	21	WSN	NL	5	3	.625	2.91	12	12	68.0	56	25	22	5	17	92	0	0	2	274	139	1.074	7.4	0.7	2.3	12.2	5.41
2011	22	WSN-min	A,AA,AAA,A+	1	1	.500	3.54	6	6	20.1	14	9	8	1	3	29	2	0	1	81		0.836	6.2	0.4	1.3	12.8	9.67	HGR,HRB,SYR,POT · SALL,EL,IL,CARL
2011	22	WSN	NL	1	1	.500	1.50	5	5	24.0	15	5	4	0	2	24	0	0	0	88	261	0.708	5.6	0.0	0.8	9.0	12.00
2012	23	WSN	NL	5	1	.833	2.64	10	10	58.0	47	20	17	4	17	70	3	0	1	234	149	1.103	7.3	0.6	2.6	10.9	4.12
3 Yrs				11	5	.688	2.58	27	27	150.0	118	50	43	9	36	186	3	0	3	596	155	1.027	7.1	0.5	2.2	11.2	5.17
162 Game Avg.				14	6	.688	2.58	34	34	189	149	63	54	11	45	234	4	0	4	751	155	1.027	7.1	0.5	2.2	11.2	5.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2010	21	WSN	NL	68.0	12	12	25	3.31	4.36	-0.01	0.16	99.4	4.52	9	1.0	-0.0	1.5	15	.584	.506	$
2011	22	WSN	NL	24.0	5	5	5	1.88	3.92	0.02	0.15	102.5	4.15	6	0.7	-0.0	0.9	8	.643	.504	$4,375,000
2012	23	WSN	NL	58.0	10	10	20	3.10	4.19	-0.33	0.15	98.4	4.61	9	1.1	-0.1	1.4	15	.606	.507	$
3 Seasons				150.0	27	27	50	3.00	4.23	-0.13	0.16	99.5	4.49	24	2.8	-0.1	3.8	39	.603	.506	$4,375,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2010	21	WSN	NL	12	274	253	25	56	10	1	5	2	1	17	92	.221	.268	.328	.596	.323	83	3	0	2	2	0	3
2011	22	WSN	NL	5	88	84	5	15	2	0	0	1	0	2	24	.179	.195	.202	.398	.246	17	2	0	1	1	0	1
2012	23	WSN	NL	10	234	211	20	47	4	1	4	7	1	17	70	.223	.290	.308	.598	.314	65	7	3	3	0	0	3
3 Yrs				27	596	548	50	118	16	2	9	10	2	36	186	.215	.266	.301	.567	.306	165	12	3	6	3	0	7
162 Game Avg.				34	751	690	63	149	20	3	11	13	3	45	234	.215	.266	.301	.567	.306	208	15	4	8	4	0	9
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2010	21	WSN	NL	8.1	0.9	279	1.1	4.9	-3.8	.97	1.2	-0.1	8.6	0.9	0.97	12.8
2011	22	WSN	NL	6.1	0.7	89	0.6	1.5	-0.9	.88	0.9	-0.1	6.0	0.7	0.88	8.3
2012	23	WSN	NL	7.7	0.8	244	0.5	5.0	-4.4	1.16	0.5	-0.1	6.3	0.7	1.16	6.1
3 Yrs				22.0	2.4	612	2.3	11.4	-9.2	1.03	2.6	-0.4	20.9	2.2	1.03	27.2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2010	21	WSN	NL	12	12	5	3	4	2	2	8	4	.667	0	2	0	0	6	50%	59.1	75	29	7	3	0	5	4.7	4.5	5.7	89	1	11	0	0	99
2011	22	WSN	NL	5	5	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	.400	1	0	0	0	2	40%	61.2	78	45	0	0	0	3	3.6	3.6	4.8	66	5	0	0	0	79
2012	23	WSN	NL	10	10	5	1	4	2	0	8	2	.800	1	2	0	0	7	70%	59.5	74	35	0	0	0	6	4.4	2.9	5.8	92	1	6	3	0	108
3 Yrs				27	27	11	5	11	4	2	18	9	.667	2	4	0	0	15	56%	60	78	29	7	3	0	14	4.4	3.7	5.6	86	7	17	3	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-13					4.4	4.3	6.0	97

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2010	21	WSN	NL	274	56%	1.8%	33.6%	6.2%	5.8%	29%	0.85	1.27	58%	24%	6.6%	13%	42	3	7%
2011	22	WSN	NL	88	52%	0.0%	27.3%	2.3%	2.3%	13%	0.69	0.92	69%	18%	0.0%	11%	10	2	20%
2012	23	WSN	NL	234	49%	1.7%	29.9%	7.3%	3.9%	19%	0.83	1.24	59%	22%	5.8%	10%	39	7	18%
3 Yrs				596	53%	1.5%	31.2%	6.0%	4.5%	23%	0.82	1.18	60%	22%	5.1%	12%	91	12	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	21	WSN	NL	274	1070	3.91	704	66%	29%	21%	27%	23%	71%	0%	47%	71%	60%	3%	9	6	31%	84	45	4	20%	21	3	0	0	0
2011	22	WSN	NL	88	328	3.73	224	68%	27%	19%	26%	28%	73%	0%	50%	74%	72%	3%	3	3	28%	25	13	1	13%	4	0	0	0	0
2012	23	WSN	NL	236	923	3.91	589	64%	28%	19%	28%	24%	72%	0%	46%	73%	60%	3%	7	5	29%	68	41	1	24%	12	2	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				598	2321	3.88	1517	65%	29%	20%	27%	24%	71%	0%	47%	72%	62%	3%	19	14	30%	177	99	6	20%	37	5	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2010	21	WSN	NL	274	56	6	0	5	0	2	1	4	4	1	9	6	2	67%	3	2	0	85	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2011	22	WSN	NL	88	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012	23	WSN	NL	234	47	3	0	4	0	5	4	0	3	1	11	2	4	18%	3	1	1	77	7	1	88%	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				596	118	12	0	9	0	7	5	4	7	2	22	10	6	45%	7	3	1	187	10	2	83%	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2010	21	5	3	.625	2.91	12	12	68.0	56	25	22	5	17	92	0	2	274	139	1.074	7.4	0.7	2.3	12.2	5.41	139
2011	22	6	4	.600	2.54	17	17	92.0	71	30	26	5	19	116	0	2	362	158	0.978	6.9	0.5	1.9	11.3	6.11	158
2012	23	11	5	.688	2.58	27	27	150.0	118	50	43	9	36	186	3	3	596	155	1.027	7.1	0.5	2.2	11.2	5.17	155

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2010	21	4	3	.571	3.09	67.0	57	26	23	5	17	90	0	1.104	7.7	2.3	12.1	5.29	0.7	12
2011	22	2	0	1.000	1.57	23.0	16	4	4	0	2	23	0	0.783	6.3	0.8	9.0	11.50	0.0	5
2012	23	4	2	.667	2.95	55.0	48	20	18	4	17	67	3	1.182	7.9	2.8	11.0	3.94	0.7	10
3 Yrs		10	5	.667	2.79	145.0	121	50	45	9	36	180	3	1.083	7.5		11.2	5.00	0.6	27

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 NL .833 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 10.862 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 NL 70 (3rd)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2012 NL 4.118 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2012 NL 3 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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