Shawn Armstrong stats
Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 2026
Relief Pitcher · #43
60-Day ILLeft Calf · due back September 23
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2011Rd 18, Pk 548
- College
- East Carolina
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2011Rd 18, Pk 548
- College
- East Carolina
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 409
- W
- 17
- L
- 12
- ERA
- 3.90
- IP
- 454.1
- K
- 467
- BB
- 159
- WHIP
- 1.25
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 11 | 2 | 0.88 |
| 2016 | CLE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 10.2 | 7 | 5 | 1.31 |
| 2017 | CLE | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 24.2 | 20 | 10 | 1.34 |
| 2018 | SEA | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 14.2 | 15 | 3 | 0.82 |
| 2019 |  SEA/BAL | 56 | 1 | 1 | 5.74 | 58.0 | 63 | 29 | 1.64 |
| 2020 | BAL | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 | 15.0 | 14 | 3 | 0.80 |
| 2021 |  BAL/TB | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 36.0 | 44 | 15 | 1.50 |
| 2022 | MIA/TB | 50 | 2 | 3 | 4.38 | 61.2 | 66 | 17 | 1.35 |
| 2023 | TB | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1.38 | 52.0 | 54 | 11 | 0.90 |
| 2024 |  TB/STL/CHC | 57 | 3 | 3 | 4.86 | 66.2 | 66 | 25 | 1.53 |
| 2025 | TEX | 71 | 4 | 3 | 2.31 | 74.0 | 74 | 20 | 0.81 |
| 2026 | CLE | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 33.0 | 33 | 19 | 1.45 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 2.1
- K
- 4
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 0.86
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.3
- GB
- 473
- FB
- 730
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 16
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 6 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 17 | 15 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2017 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 31 | 46 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2018 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 16 | 20 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | SEA/BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 32 | 77 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 16 | 14 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2021 | BAL/TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 33 | 71 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | MIA/TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 89 | 93 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 54 | 84 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2024 | TB/STL/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 72 | 130 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2025 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 66 | 118 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2026 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 41 | 51 | 0.8 | 1 |
Latest performance
Shawn Armstrong
Jul 24 · @ TB · L 11-3
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 1
- R
- 3
- ER
- 3
- BB
- 2
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 4.91
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jul 24 | atTBL 11-3 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tue, Jul 21 | vs MINW 5-2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mon, Jul 20 | vsMINW 13-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat, Jul 18 | vs PITW 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun, Jul 12 | at MIAW 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jul 11 | atMIAW 4-1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Shawn Armstrong's career stats?
Shawn Armstrong played 12 seasons for the Guardians, the Mariners, the Orioles, the Rays and the Rangers. He had 17 wins and 467 strikeouts with a 3.90 ERA over 454.1 innings. His best season was 2025: 4 wins, a 2.31 ERA and 74 strikeouts.
More on Shawn Armstrong
Playoff series
Shawn Armstrong played 2 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 2 series — 0 won, 2 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  TEX | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 |  CLE | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Shawn Armstrong against each club
- vs New York Yankees (21)
- vs Boston Red Sox (16)
- vs Kansas City Royals (15)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (14)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (14)
- vs Seattle Mariners (14)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (13)
- vs Athletics (11)
- vs Minnesota Twins (11)
- vs Texas Rangers (11)
- vs Chicago White Sox (10)
- vs Houston Astros (10)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (9)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs Miami Marlins (8)
- vs Detroit Tigers (7)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Atlanta Braves (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (5)
- vs New York Mets (5)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (5)
- vs San Diego Padres (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Washington Nationals (5)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (4)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (3)
- vs San Francisco Giants (3)
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