Shawn Armstrong

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: September 11, 1990 in New Bern, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 33rd round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Craven HS (Vanceboro, NC) and the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: West Craven HS (Vanceboro, NC)

School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Debut: August 8, 2015 (Age 24-331d, 20,984th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2022 Contract Status: Signed thru 2022, 1 yr/$700k (22)

Service Time (01/2022): 3.129 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Shawn Michael Armstrong

Nicknames: Armie

Twitter: @SArmstrong90

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

-0.4

0.5

ERA

10.80

4.87

160

6.2

173.2

179

WHIP

1.950

1.382

2022 Spring Training

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2011	20	CLE-min	A-	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		MHV NYPL
2012	21	CLE-min	A+,AA,A	2	3	.400	1.60	45	0	20	0	0	4	67.2	44	12	12	0	37	1	78	7	1	4	277			1.197	5.9	0.0	4.9	10.4	2.11	CAR,AKR,LCO CARL,EL,MIDW
2013	22	CLE-min	AA,Rk	2	3	.400	4.14	33	0	5	0	0	0	37.0	35	20	17	3	21	0	48	2	0	3	168			1.514	8.5	0.7	5.1	11.7	2.29	AKR,INS EL,ARIZ
2014	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	2	.750	2.41	49	0	35	0	0	15	56.0	43	15	15	4	22	1	72	1	0	4	229			1.161	6.9	0.6	3.5	11.6	3.27	AKR,CLB EL,IL
2015	24	CLE-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.36	46	0	27	0	0	16	49.2	37	15	13	0	26	2	80	2	0	4	210			1.268	6.7	0.0	4.7	14.5	3.08	CLB IL
2015	24	CLE	AL	0	0		2.25	8	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	11	0	0	0	30	199	2.76	0.875	5.6	1.1	2.3	12.4	5.50
2016	25	CLE-min	AAA,A	3	1	.750	1.76	49	0	23	0	0	9	51.0	27	11	10	0	29	1	77	3	0	3	211			1.098	4.8	0.0	5.1	13.6	2.66	CLB,LCO IL,MIDW
2016	25	CLE	AL	0	0		2.53	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	9	3	3	1	5	2	7	0	0	1	44	184	4.46	1.313	7.6	0.8	4.2	5.9	1.40
2017	26	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.07	28	0	14	0	0	10	29.1	27	10	10	3	11	0	36	2	0	3	126			1.295	8.3	0.9	3.4	11.0	3.27	CLB IL
2017	26	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	4.38	21	0	14	0	0	0	24.2	23	12	12	5	10	0	20	1	0	1	108	105	5.51	1.338	8.4	1.8	3.6	7.3	2.00
2018	27	SEA-min	AAA	2	5	.286	1.77	49	0	30	0	0	15	56.0	38	17	11	3	26	0	82	0	0	2	230			1.143	6.1	0.5	4.2	13.2	3.15	TAC PCL
2018	27	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	1.23	14	0	3	0	0	1	14.2	9	2	2	1	3	1	15	3	0	0	57	339	3.23	0.818	5.5	0.6	1.8	9.2	5.00
2019	28	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		TAC PCL
2019	28	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	5.74	55	0	10	0	0	4	58.0	66	38	37	8	29	1	63	4	1	4	271	83	4.54	1.638	10.2	1.2	4.5	9.8	2.17
2019	28	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	14.73	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	8	6	6	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	23	32	8.40	3.000	19.6	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00
2019	28	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	5.13	51	0	9	0	0	4	54.1	58	32	31	7	26	0	60	3	1	4	248	92	4.28	1.546	9.6	1.2	4.3	9.9	2.31
2020	29	BAL	AL	2	0	1.000	1.80	14	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	9	6	3	1	3	0	14	1	0	2	57	264	2.99	0.800	5.4	0.6	1.8	8.4	4.67
2021	30	BAL-TBR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.90	29	0	9	0	0	2	31.0	29	14	10	4	8	0	41	1	1	0	132			1.194	8.4	1.2	2.3	11.9	5.13	NFK,DHM AAAE
2021	30	TOT	AL	1	0	1.000	6.75	31	0	11	0	0	0	36.0	39	28	27	10	15	0	44	2	0	0	165	64	5.75	1.500	9.8	2.5	3.8	11.0	2.93
2021	30	BAL	AL	0	0		8.55	20	0	8	0	0	0	20.0	28	20	19	5	10	0	22	1	0	0	100	54	5.87	1.900	12.6	2.3	4.5	9.9	2.20
2021	30	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	4.50	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	11	8	8	5	5	0	22	1	0	0	65	90	5.61	1.000	6.2	2.8	2.8	12.4	4.40
2022	31	TBR-min	AAA	0	0		6.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	12.0		DHM IL
2022	31	MIA	NL	0	0		10.80	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	34	39	4.90	1.950	13.5	1.4	4.1	6.8	1.67
8 Yrs				5	2	.714	4.87	160	0	48	0	0	5	173.2	170	101	94	28	70	4	179	11	1	9	766	93	4.61	1.382	8.8	1.5	3.6	9.3	2.56
162 Game Avg.				2	1	.714	4.87	68	0	20	0	0	2	74	72	43	40	12	30	2	76	5	0	4	326	93	4.61	1.382	8.8	1.5	3.6	9.3	2.56

CLE (3 yrs)				1	0	1.000	3.53	39	0	21	0	0	0	43.1	37	17	17	7	17	2	38	1	0	2	182	130	4.74	1.246	7.7	1.5	3.5	7.9	2.24
BAL (3 yrs)				3	0	1.000	5.34	85	0	19	0	0	4	89.1	95	58	53	13	39	0	96	5	1	6	405	88	4.42	1.500	9.6	1.3	3.9	9.7	2.46
SEA (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.93	18	0	4	0	0	1	18.1	17	8	8	2	6	2	18	4	0	0	80	109	4.26	1.255	8.3	1.0	2.9	8.8	3.00
TBR (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.50	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	11	8	8	5	5	0	22	1	0	0	65	90	5.61	1.000	6.2	2.8	2.8	12.4	4.40
MIA (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	34	39	4.90	1.950	13.5	1.4	4.1	6.8	1.67

AL (7 yrs)				5	2	.714	4.63	153	0	47	0	0	5	167.0	160	91	86	27	67	4	174	11	1	8	732	98	4.60	1.359	8.6	1.5	3.6	9.4	2.60
NL (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	34	39	4.90	1.950	13.5	1.4	4.1	6.8	1.67

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

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