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Stephen Strasburg

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 239 lb
Number: #37

Born: July 20, 1988 in San Diego, CA, United States
MLB debut: June 8, 2010

dbWAR: 21.2
IP: 4.2
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 5.68
K/9: 9.6
FIP−: 143

Stephen Strasburg was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2022 he struck out 5 batters over 4.2 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 13.50 was 240.2% higher than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 5.68 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.0% of swings (7.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.7%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2022.

FIP5.68

K/99.6

WHIP2.14

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	WSH	1	1	4.2	0	1	8	7	5	2	13.50	5.68	2.14	9.6	3.9	340	143	-0.0
2021	WSH	5	5	21.2	1	2	16	11	21	14	4.57	5.71	1.38	8.7	5.8	107	134	-0.1
2020	WSH	2	2	5.0	0	1	8	6	2	1	10.80	5.59	1.80	3.6	1.8	243	126	-0.0
2019	WSH	33	33	209.0	18	6	161	77	251	56	3.32	3.25	1.04	10.8	2.4	74	72	5.6
2018	WSH	22	22	130.0	10	7	118	54	156	38	3.74	3.62	1.20	10.8	2.6	90	87	2.5
2017	WSH	28	28	175.1	15	4	131	49	204	47	2.52	2.72	1.02	10.5	2.4	58	62	5.4
2016	WSH	24	24	147.2	15	4	119	59	183	44	3.60	2.92	1.10	11.2	2.7	86	70	3.9
2015	WSH	23	23	127.1	11	7	115	49	155	26	3.46	2.81	1.11	11.0	1.8	87	71	3.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	WSH	5	7	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.200	.333	14.3%	28.6%	.329	+0.1	111	0.1
2019	WSH	33	80	12	1	10	3	25	.167	.200	.222	.056	.239	3.8%	31.3%	.187	-9.3	8	0.3
2018	WSH	21	51	5	0	1	2	12	.122	.163	.122	.000	.172	3.9%	23.5%	.135	-7.6	-26	-0.1
2017	WSH	25	60	7	2	3	2	14	.130	.161	.241	.111	.132	3.3%	23.3%	.175	-7.5	-2	0.1
2016	WSH	22	57	10	0	2	2	11	.208	.240	.229	.021	.270	3.5%	19.3%	.211	-5.0	26	0.3
2015	WSH	20	46	5	0	0	2	17	.132	.175	.132	.000	.238	4.3%	37.0%	.146	-6.2	-20	0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	6	6	4	1	0	1	.667	.667	1.333	.851	16.7%
vs RHB	17	14	4	0	2	4	.286	.412	.429	.381	23.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Stephen Strasburg throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	27.7%	23	90.3	1,936	39.1%	12.5%	4	—	—
Curveball	26.5%	22	77.4	2,602	50.0%	25.0%	5	—	—
Sinker	22.9%	19	90.4	1,890	42.1%	0.0%	5	—	—
Changeup	22.9%	19	85.4	1,544	52.6%	37.5%	6	—	—

Stephen Strasburg's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.