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, 20,977th 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

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.05M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.113 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Shawn Michael Armstrong

Nicknames: Armie

Twitter: @SArmstrong90

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

2.6

ERA

4.35

3.99

249

10.1

291.0

306

WHIP

1.161

1.268

Summary of 36 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 6 go ahead

5 Tms
TBR	13
BAL	13
CLE	7
SEA	2
MIA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	16

Outs
1	15
2	11
0	10

18 Opps
BAL	4
BOS	4
TBR	3
NYY	3
DET	3
KCR	3
COL	2
SDP	2
PHI	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
OAK	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

34 Batters
Rafael Devers	2
Nick Castellanos	2
Jesús Sucre	1
Luis Urías	1
Starlin Castro	1
Robbie Grossman	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Todd Frazier	1
Mike Moustakas	1
Jose Altuve	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Bryce Harper	1
Eduardo Núñez	1
Aaron Judge	1
Trey Mancini	1
Eric Hosmer	1
Ryan Mountcastle	1
Franmil Reyes	1
Michael Massey	1
Tim Beckham	1
Whit Merrifield	1
Matt Chapman	1
Jiman Choi	1
Byron Buxton	1
Nolan Arenado	1
Cedric Mullins	1
Víctor Reyes	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Jo Adell	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Trevor Story	1
Mitch Haniger	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Ryan O'Hearn	1

13 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	7
TropicanaFld (STP)	6
Progressive (CLE)	6
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	10
9	9
78	7
8	5
89	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
2	9
1	6
4	6
6	2
5	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
1--	9
-2-	6
12-	3
123	2
--3	2
-23	1

67 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	13
1 on	17
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	23

Inning
1	1
5	6
6	7
7	5
8	11
9	6

1-3	1
4-6	13
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	4
-1	3
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	9

Ahead	18
Tied	4
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
0-1	6
0-2	4
1-1	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-0	3
2-0	3
2-1	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	8
2B	5
CF	5
RF	5
1B	4
DH	4
SS	3
C	1
LF	1

OrderPos
3rd	8
2nd	7
1st	6
4th	5
5th	4
7th	2
9th	2
8th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-09-30 (1)	Byron Buxton	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 6-1	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BFBX	1	9	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2016-09-24	Todd Frazier	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	7,(3-2) .CBSBFBX	1	5	5	8%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2017-05-16	Tim Beckham	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	6	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Souza Scores
4	4	2	1	2017-05-17	Jesús Sucre	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 6-3	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	2017-05-27	Mike Moustakas	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	5	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	4	1	2017-07-02	Nick Castellanos	DET		CLE	behind 6-11	b 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) .FX	2	5	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. den Dekker Scores
7	7	5	1	2017-08-22	Eduardo Núñez	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 6-1	t 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	1	4	2%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); S. León Scores; C. Young Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2018-09-24	Matt Chapman	OAK	@	SEA	tied 3-3	t 7	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	5	32%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); J. Lucroy Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2019-04-12	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	SEA	behind 2-3	t 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	4	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Chirinos Scores; J. Reddick Scores; G. Springer Scores
10	10	2	1	2019-05-24	Trevor Story	COL		BAL	behind 3-6	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) .1BBX	2	2	6	19%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Tapia Scores
11	11	3	2	2019-05-24	Nolan Arenado	COL		BAL	behind 5-6	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	22%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	4	1	2019-06-26	Franmil Reyes	SDP	@	BAL	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	1--	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	2	5	9	18%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Machado Scores
13	13	5	2	2019-06-26	Eric Hosmer	SDP	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 6	2	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	3	9%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Margot Scores
14	14	6	1	2019-08-18	Rafael Devers	BOS		BAL	ahead 10-6	b 7	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	2	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. Moreland Scores
15	15	7	1	2019-09-01	Whit Merrifield	KCR		BAL	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	8	1	2019-09-18	Teoscar Hernández	TOR	@	BAL	behind 2-7	t 7	0	12-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	6	8	11%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Guerrero Scores; R. McGuire Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2020-08-09	Starlin Castro	WSN		BAL	behind 0-5	b 5	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	4	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Eaton Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2021-04-05	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	4	DH	15%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. LeMahieu Scores; A. Judge Scores; A. Hicks Scores
19	19	2	1	2021-04-11	Rafael Devers	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 11-7	t 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) TX	2	5	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); X. Bogaerts Scores
20	20	3	1	2021-05-03	Mitch Haniger	SEA		BAL	behind 1-5	b 8	1	1--	3,(0-2) CS1X	2	1	9	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Trammell Scores
21	21	4	1	2021-05-18	Jiman Choi	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 11-4	t 8	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Meadows Scores
22	22	5	1	2021-05-29 (1)	Yoán Moncada	CHW		BAL	ahead 5-4	b 6	1	-2-	3,(1-1) C1>B.X	2	3	5	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Anderson Scores
23	23	6	1	2021-08-18	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	@	TBR	behind 3-7	t 8	1	---	6,(3-2) FBSBBX	1	3	3	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	7	1	2021-08-25	Bryce Harper	PHI		TBR	behind 1-3	b 5	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	9	27%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Segura Scores
25	25	8	1	2021-08-29	Cedric Mullins	BAL		TBR	behind 6-12	b 8	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	1	8	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Wynns Scores
26	26	9	1	2021-09-10	Víctor Reyes	DET		TBR	ahead 7-4	b 8	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	8	9	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Haase Scores; N. Goodrum Scores
27	27	10	1	2021-09-11	Robbie Grossman	DET		TBR	behind 1-7	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-04-15	Nick Castellanos	PHI	@	MIA	behind 0-7	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	4	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
29	29	2	1	2022-06-16	Anthony Rizzo	NYY		TBR	tied 1-1	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	3	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	3	1	2022-06-29	Luis Urías	MIL	@	TBR	behind 1-2	t 5	2	1--	3,(0-2) C1SX	2	4	4	30%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. McCutchen Scores
31	31	4	1	2022-07-28	Trey Mancini	BAL		TBR	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	-2-	4,(0-2) CSFX	2	2	DH	9%	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Hays Scores
32	32	5	1	2022-08-18	Michael Massey	KCR	@	TBR	behind 0-6	t 8	0	---	3,(0-2) ..CSX	1	1	4	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
33	33	6	1	2022-08-26	Xander Bogaerts	BOS		TBR	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	-23	4,(1-2) FSBX	3	4	6	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Verdugo Scores; J. Martinez Scores
34	34	7	1	2022-09-04	Aaron Judge	NYY	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2023-06-20	Ryan O'Hearn	BAL	@	TBR	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	2	1	2023-09-21	Jo Adell	LAA	@	TBR	tied 2-2	t 6	1	1--	4,(1-2) SBS.X	2	7	8	26%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Walsh Scores