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birth
Stephen strasburg was born July 20th 1988 i San Diego California. attended West Hills highs school. 6 foot 4 220 lbs
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college
Attended San Diego State University. In his sophomore season he went 8-3 with a 1.58 earned run average. also had 134 strike outs in 98 innings pitched. On April 11 that year he struck out a Mountion West Conference record 23 batters in one game Against Utah university. -
USA
in the summer of 2008 he played for the USA baseball team. durring his time for team USA he had a record of 1-1. and had an era of 1.67. his win came against Japen in the first round. his lose came in the third round to cuba. -
College World Series
lead his team to the college word series. in the second round they faced the virginia cavilers. he had 15 strike outs in the 5 to 3 lose. -
Drafted
on June 9 2009 he was drafted to the washington nationals. On Agu. 17 2009 he signed with them for 15.1 million dollers over 4 years. -
Minor League
Strasburg made his professional debut on October 16, 2009, starting for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.Before the 2010 season started, Baseball America named Strasburg was the top pitching prospect. #2 overall behind Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward in baseball. -
Minor Leage
Strasburg was assigned to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators to begin his minor league career. There was so much anticipation and hype surrounding Strasburg that there were about 70 credentialed media members in attendance at his April 11, 2010 debut and ESPN nationally broadcast portions of the game only the half-innings in which Strasburg was pitching. He won that debut in Altoona, Pennsylvania, versus the Altoona Curve, allowing four hits and four runs one earned, while striking out eight bat -
Minor Leagues
his first home start on April 16, he yielded two hits and an unearned run with three strikeouts in 2⅓ innings in a loss to the New Britain Rock Cats.Harrisburg set an attendance record in Strasburg's home debut and then topped the previous mark two weeks later in Strasburg's Double-A finale. He completed his Double-A stint with a 1.64 . -
Minor Leagues
On May 4, 2010, he was promoted to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs. In his first game with the Chiefs, he pitched six scoreless innings, striking out six batters while allowing one hit and one walk.That game had the highest attendance in the 135-year history of baseball in Syracuse.In his second start, Strasburg was removed after pitching six no-hit innings. -
Major League debut
Strasburg made his major-league debut on June 8, 2010, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. A Sports Illustrated columnist termed it "the most hyped pitching debut the game has ever seen.Strasburg picked up the win in his debut, pitching seven innings, allowing two earned runs and no walks and 14 strikeouts, setting a new team strikeout record.Further, he was the first pitcher in history to strike out at least eleven batters without issuing any walks in his pro debut.
