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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
2013 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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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	24	0	0	0	88	259	0.708	5.6	0.0	0.8	9.0	12.00
2012	23	WSN	NL	15	6	.714	3.16	28	28	159.1	136	62	56	15	48	1	197	4	0	5	653	125	1.155	7.7	0.8	2.7	11.1	4.10	AS
3 Yrs				21	10	.677	2.94	45	45	251.1	207	92	82	20	67	1	313	4	0	7	1015	135	1.090	7.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	4.67
162 Game Avg.				16	8	.677	2.94	34	34	190	156	70	62	15	51	1	236	3	0	5	767	135	1.090	7.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	4.67

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	Awards
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	159.1	28	28	62	3.50	4.18	-0.06	0.16	100.6	4.43	14	1.6	-0.1	2.7	31	.557	.510	$3,000,000	AS
3 Seasons				251.1	45	45	92	3.29	4.21	-0.04	0.16	100.5	4.43	29	3.3	-0.1	5.1	55	.574	.507	$7,375,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
2010	21	WSN-min	AA,AAA	11	12	10	2	4	1	0	4	0	1	.400	.400	.500	.900		5	0	2		HRB,SYR · EL,IL
2010	21	WSN	NL	12	22	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	.050	.050	.050	.100	-73	1	0	2	1
2011	22	WSN-min	A,AAA,AA,A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		HGR,SYR,HRB,POT · SALL,IL,EL,CARL
2011	22	WSN	NL	5	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	2	/1
2012	23	WSN	NL	28	53	47	4	13	4	1	7	3	13	.277	.333	.426	.759	105	20	1	2	1	AS
3 Yrs				45	83	73	5	14	4	1	8	3	23	.192	.234	.288	.521	41	21	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	299	263	18	50	14	4	29	11	83	.192	.234	.288	.521	41	76	4	22

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	21	WSN	NL	12	22	-5	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	-1	$	1
2011	22	WSN	NL	5	8	-1	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0	$4,375,000	/1
2012	23	WSN	NL	26	53	0	-1	0	8	7	0.8	2	9	0.8	.529	.505	0.8	9	$3,000,000	1	AS
3 Seasons				43	83	-6	-1	1	12	5	0.6	2	8	0.6	.513	.501	0.6	8	$7,375,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2010	WSN	NL	21	P	12	12	68.0	8	4	3	1	.875	-2	-6	0.93	0.58	.954	1.73	1.72	2	1	33%	29%	0
2011	WSN	NL	22	P	5	5	24.0	3	0	3	0	1.000	0	0	1.12	0.60	.953	1.80	1.80	1	0	0%	28%	0
2012	WSN	NL	23	P	28	28	159.1	28	15	13	0	1.000	-2	-3	1.58	1.00	.950	1.77	1.75	14	2	13%	27%	1	AS
	3 Seasons			P	45	45	251.1	39	19	19	1	.974	-4	-3	1.36	0.84	.951	1.76	1.75	17	3	15%	27%	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	45	45	251.1	39	19	19	1	.974	-4	-19	1.36	0.84	.951	1.76	1.75	17	3	15%	27%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2012 *	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 NL .714 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 NL 197 (7th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2012 NL 1.000 (1st)

All-Star Games
2012 *

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2012 NL .714 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL 197 (7th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2012 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1680), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1156), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 9, 2009: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2011	22	Washington Nationals	$4,375,000
2012	23	Washington Nationals	$3,000,000	contracts
2013 Status		Pre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,375,000

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