Marcus Earl Stroman was born on May 1,1991 and is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball.
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51 Facts About Marcus Stroman
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Marcus Stroman previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets.
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Marcus Stroman attended Patchogue-Medford High School in Medford, where he enjoyed a high school rivalry with Steven Matz, a friend and future New York Mets teammate, who was pitcher for the nearby Ward Melville High School.
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Matz and Marcus Stroman were teammates on the same elite travel team, the Paveco Storm, for several years in junior high and high school.
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Marcus Stroman was drafted in the 18th round of the 2009 MLB draft by the Washington Nationals.
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Marcus Stroman opted to not sign, and instead entered Duke University, where he played college baseball for the Duke Blue Devils baseball team.
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Marcus Stroman was a position player for Duke, making 97 appearances, mostly at second base and shortstop.
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On May 15,2016, Marcus Stroman graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
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Marcus Stroman was suspended for 50 games on August 28,2012, for testing positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant.
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Marcus Stroman was ranked as the number three prospect in the Blue Jays organization on July 26,2013, when the revised Top 100 Prospects list was released.
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Marcus Stroman attended the Blue Jays' 2014 major league spring training camp, and was assigned to the minor league camp on March 19.
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Marcus Stroman was the 2014 Opening Day starting pitcher for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
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Marcus Stroman was called up to the Blue Jays on May 3,2014, after Brandon Morrow was transferred to the 60-day injured list.
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Marcus Stroman pitched six innings and surrendered only one earned run on five hits, striking out six and issuing no walks to earn the win over the Kansas City Royals.
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Marcus Stroman yielded only three hits, and at one point had retired 19 consecutive batters.
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On October 6,2014, Marcus Stroman announced through his Twitter account that he would change his uniform number from 54 to 6 in honor of his grandmother.
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Marcus Stroman underwent a successful surgery, performed by Dr James Andrews, to repair his ACL.
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Marcus Stroman pitched five innings and earned the win, yielding three runs before being removed due to a rain delay.
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Marcus Stroman played his first career postseason game in Game 2 of the 2015 American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers.
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Marcus Stroman gave up three earned runs and struck out five, retiring 14 consecutive batters at one point.
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Marcus Stroman pitched seven innings and received a no-decision in the loss.
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On March 23,2016, Marcus Stroman was named the Opening Day starter for the Blue Jays.
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Marcus Stroman set a Blue Jays franchise-record for strikeouts on a pitcher's birthday, surpassing David Price, Marc Rzepczynski, and Roy Halladay, who each had 8 strikeouts in starts on their birthdays.
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Marcus Stroman was scheduled to start the fourth game of the ALDS against the Rangers, however the Blue Jays swept Texas and advanced to play the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series.
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On February 14,2017, it was announced that Marcus Stroman had won his arbitration case and would receive a $3.
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In doing so, Marcus Stroman became just the second Blue Jays pitcher to hit a home run, joining Mark Hendrickson, who did so on June 21,2003.
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Marcus Stroman's home run followed Luke Maile's solo shot, making the batterymates the first to hit back-to-back home runs since 1970.
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Marcus Stroman finished the 2017 season with 13 wins, 164 strikeouts, and a 3.
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Marcus Stroman gave up the longest home run of all major league pitchers in 2017, at 496 feet.
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On February 15,2018, Marcus Stroman announced through his Twitter account that he had lost his arbitration case and would make $6.
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On March 13,2019, Marcus Stroman was announced as the Opening Day starter by Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo.
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On June 30, Marcus Stroman was named to the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, his first all-star nomination of his career.
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Marcus Stroman first met her in 2015 at Duke University where she helped him recover from a torn ACL ahead of schedule.
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Marcus Stroman missed the beginning of the 2020 season with a torn left calf muscle.
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In 2021, Marcus Stroman led the Mets' starting rotation with 10 wins, 158 strikeouts and 179 innings pitched.
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In December 2016, Marcus Stroman announced that he would play for the United States national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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Marcus Stroman will represent Puerto Rico at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
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Marcus Stroman's repertoire includes six pitches: his four-seam fastball and two-seam fastball average 93 miles per hour and 92 miles per hour respectively.
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Marcus Stroman has relied more on his two-seam fastball since the 2015 season.
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Marcus Stroman was born in Medford, New York, to Earl Marcus Stroman and Adlin Auffant, who divorced when he was in the 5th grade.
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Marcus Stroman's mother is Puerto Rican, making him eligible to represent Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
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Marcus Stroman has several tattoos, including a large tribute on his left shoulder to his grandmother, Gloria Major, who would regularly attend his high school games and died while he was attending Duke University.
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In 1997, a six-year-old Marcus Stroman made an appearance on the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out.
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On January 9,2015, Marcus Stroman completed the legal process for trademarking "Height Doesn't Measure Heart" and "HDMH".
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Marcus Stroman has partnered with Nike, Jordan Brand, BioSteel, and Rogers to create apparel featuring the HDMH logo.
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Marcus Stroman appeared on the remix of the title track of rapper Mike Stud's 2016 album These Days.
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Marcus Stroman has appeared in concert with Stud, who was his teammate at Duke.
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