Born: (1988-06-19) June 19, 1988 (age 36) DeLand, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 15, 2014, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics (through 2023 season)
Win–loss record
84–57
Earned run average
2.53
Strikeouts
1,652
Teams
New York Mets (2014–2022)
Texas Rangers (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
2× All-MLB First Team (2019, 2020)
2× NL Cy Young Award (2018, 2019)
NL Rookie of the Year (2014)
NL ERA leader (2018)
2× NL strikeout leader (2019, 2020)
Jacob Anthony deGrom (born June 19, 1988)[1] is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets. Prior to playing professionally, deGrom attended Stetson University and played college baseball for the Stetson Hatters.
DeGrom began playing baseball as a shortstop and was converted into a pitcher during his junior year at Stetson. The Mets selected him in the ninth round of the 2010 MLB draft, and he made his major league debut with the Mets on May 15, 2014. In the same year, deGrom was named the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Month twice, and the NL Rookie of the Year. In 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2021 deGrom was selected as an MLB All-Star. In 2018, deGrom was the NL leader in earned run average and won the Cy Young Award. In 2019, he led the NL in strikeouts and won the Cy Young Award for the second year in a row. In 2020, he again led the National League in strikeouts.
DeGrom currently has the lowest career WHIP and the second lowest earned run average of any starting pitcher in the live-ball era (min. 1000 IP).[2][3]
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Jacob Anthony deGrom (born June 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously...
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throw over 95 miles per hour (153 km/h)—Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, JacobdeGrom, and Steven Matz—the Royals had the best team batting average against...
winning streak was broken in the first game of the Subway Series, where JacobdeGrom lost to Michael Pineda. The next day, in the second game of the series...
Pedro Martínez, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, R. A. Dickey, Matt Harvey, JacobDeGrom, Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard all lost their no-hit bids in the 7th...
Megill was named the team's Opening Day starter due to injuries to JacobdeGrom and Max Scherzer. He was described in the New York Post as "maybe the...
row (no relief appearances) from September 12, 1967 to July 30, 1968. JacobdeGrom tied Gibson by throwing 26 quality starts from May 18, 2018 to April...
Marcus Semien, and Nathan Eovaldi. Mid-season injuries to staff-aces JacobdeGrom and Eovaldi and subpar performance in the bullpen led the Rangers to...
MLB All-Star Game selection in 2021. When Mets ace and former teammate JacobdeGrom announced that he would not attend the All-Star Game, some fans speculated...
2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "Mets' JacobdeGrom cruises to landslide victory to take 2nd straight Cy Young Award – BBWAA"...
appearance since 2006 with help from their starting pitchers Matt Harvey, JacobdeGrom and Noah Syndergaard as well the late season acquisition of hitter Yoenis...
against the New York Mets. JacobdeGrom (NYM): After his 15-strikeout performance against the Washington Nationals on April 23, deGrom set the Major League...
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Angeles Dodgers. Bumgarner finished the season with 219 strikeouts. JacobdeGrom (NYM): Tied the Major League record for most consecutive strikeouts to...
starting rotation with Hansel Robles, Luis Mateo, Domingo Tapia, and JacobdeGrom. He went 2–3 with a 2.81 ERA in his first 11 starts for St. Lucie, striking...
1,000 IP): Blake Snell - 11.09 Chris Sale – 11.06 Robbie Ray – 11.03 JacobdeGrom – 10.96 Max Scherzer – 10.68 Yu Darvish – 10.61 Randy Johnson – 10.60...
home and won their home opener 7–2 against the Philadelphia Phillies. JacobdeGrom pitched six strong innings, while Walker and Michael Conforto both had...
23 October 2023. Passan, Jeff (2 December 2022). "Sources: Rangers, JacobdeGrom agree to 5-year, $185M deal". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on...
the Savannah Sand Gnats. Among their notable alumni are Adrián Beltré, JacobDeGrom, Éric Gagné, Edwin Encarnación, Michael Fulmer, Travis Hafner, Hank Blalock...
alumni play in Major League Baseball, including New York Mets pitcher JacobdeGrom, Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, Miami Marlins second baseman...
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