Players · S · Pitcher · 2025
Chris Stratton
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- August 22, 1990 in Tupelo, MS, United States
- MLB debut
- May 30, 2016
- Drafted
- 2012, round 1
- College
- Mississippi State
- High school
- Tupelo
- Salary, 2025
- $4.5M
- dbWAR
- 5.7 15 season(s)
- IP
- 21.0
- ERA
- 7.71
- FIP
- 4.94
- K/9
- 9.4
- FIP−
- 119 100 = avg
Chris Stratton was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2025 he struck out 22 batters over 21.0 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.71 was 85.5% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the worst on his team, and 529th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.94 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.2%. His -0.1 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, 2025.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KC/LAD | 15 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 7.71 | 4.94 | 2.00 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 186 | 119 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | KC | 57 | 0 | 58.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 36 | 44 | 33 | 5.55 | 4.62 | 1.47 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 136 | 113 | 0.0 | |
| 2023 | STL/TEX | 64 | 0 | 82.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 36 | 81 | 25 | 3.92 | 3.53 | 1.14 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 90 | 82 | 1.3 | |
| 2022 | PIT/STL | 60 | 1 | 63.1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 30 | 60 | 25 | 4.26 | 3.32 | 1.53 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 107 | 84 | 0.9 | |
| 2021 | PIT | 68 | 0 | 79.1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 70 | 32 | 86 | 33 | 3.63 | 3.76 | 1.30 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 85 | 88 | 1.0 | |
| 2020 | PIT | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 13 | 3.90 | 3.19 | 1.30 | 11.7 | 3.9 | 88 | 72 | 0.6 | |
| 2019 | PIT/LAA | 35 | 5 | 76.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 47 | 69 | 33 | 5.57 | 4.92 | 1.66 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 124 | 109 | 0.2 | |
| 2018 | SF | 28 | 26 | 145.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 153 | 82 | 112 | 54 | 5.09 | 4.48 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 123 | 108 | 1.1 | |
| 2017 | SF | 13 | 10 | 58.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 24 | 51 | 28 | 3.68 | 4.01 | 1.48 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 84 | 92 | 0.8 | |
| 2016 | SF | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3.60 | 4.75 | 1.60 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 86 | 113 | -0.0 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -120 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | PIT/LAA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -119 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | SF | 25 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .140 | .136 | .163 | .023 | .333 | 0.0% | 52.0% | .129 | -7.7 | -31 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | SF | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .000 | .182 | 0.0% | 18.8% | .125 | -2.7 | -38 | 0.0 | |
| 2016 | SF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -117 | -0.0 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 49 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .333 | .408 | .381 | .357 | 22.4% |
| vs RHB | 55 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .360 | .400 | .740 | .467 | 20.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Stratton throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
Select a count to see exactly what Chris Stratton throws in it.
Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 166 | 91.2 | 2,426 | 47.0% | 25.4% | 32 | .375 | 1.105 | |
| Curveball | 86 | 80.4 | 3,056 | 44.2% | 21.1% | 20 | .350 | .900 | |
| Changeup | 75 | 84.7 | 2,147 | 41.3% | 47.4% | 20 | .300 | .800 | |
| Slider | 68 | 85.8 | 2,773 | 39.7% | 13.9% | 19 | .316 | .932 | |
| Sinker | 11 | 91.4 | 2,319 | 45.5% | 33.3% | 1 | — | — |
Head to head
Put Chris Stratton beside up to three others.
Or read one already written — Chris Stratton against:
Similar players
Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.