1992
Born December 4, 1992
Seattle, WA, USA
Blake Snell Marquee
b. December 4, 1992 · Tampa Bay Rays 2016–2020, San Diego Padres 2021–2023, San Francisco Giants 2024, Los Angeles Dodgers 2025
He went 21-5 with a 1.89 earned run average for Tampa Bay in 2018 — the most wins and the lowest earned run average in the American League — and took the Cy Young Award with 169 points of 210. In 2023, for San Diego, he had the lowest earned run average in the National League at 2.25 and won it again, this time with 204 of 210 and 28 of the 30 first-place votes, while also walking 99 batters, more than anyone else in the league.
Ten seasons have given him 81 wins against 62, a 3.15 earned run average, 1,440 strikeouts in 1,158 innings and one complete game, which was Blake Snell's No-Hitter for San Francisco. He has never thrown 200 innings in a season and has averaged better than eleven strikeouts a game across his career; the two facts belong to the same pitcher.
He signed with Los Angeles before the 2025 season, made eleven starts around a shoulder injury with a 2.35 earned run average, and the Dodgers won the World Series. He is thirty-three and still pitching.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 2018 |
| Pitcher of the Month | 3 | 2018, 2023, 2024 |
| Cy Young Award | 2 | 2018, 2023 |
| MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher | 2 | 2018, 2023 |
| All-MLB Team - First Team | 1 | 2023 |
| Player of the Week | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sporting News All-Star | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year | 1 | 2023 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TBR | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2017 | TBR | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2018 | TBR | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2019 | TBR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | TBR | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | SDP | 27 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .118 |
| 2022 | SDP | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | SDP | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | SFG | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | LAD | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 223 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .095 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TBR | 6 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 89.0 | 93 | 35 | 51 | 98 | 3.54 |
| 2017 | TBR | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 129.1 | 113 | 58 | 59 | 119 | 4.04 |
| 2018 | TBR | 21 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 180.2 | 112 | 38 | 64 | 221 | 1.89 |
| 2019 | TBR | 6 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 107.0 | 96 | 51 | 40 | 147 | 4.29 |
| 2020 | TBR | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 63 | 3.24 |
| 2021 | SDP | 7 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 128.2 | 101 | 60 | 69 | 170 | 4.20 |
| 2022 | SDP | 8 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 128.0 | 103 | 48 | 51 | 171 | 3.38 |
| 2023 | SDP | 14 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.0 | 115 | 45 | 99 | 234 | 2.25 |
| 2024 | SFG | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 104.0 | 65 | 36 | 44 | 145 | 3.12 |
| 2025 | LAD | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 61.1 | 51 | 16 | 26 | 72 | 2.35 |
| Career | — | 81 | 62 | 222 | 222 | 0 | 1158.0 | 891 | 405 | 521 | 1440 | 3.15 |
On this day & linked events
2016
Major-league debut: Blake Snell
Blake Snell made a major-league debut on April 23, 2016.
2024
Blake Snell's No-Hitter
Blake Snell threw a no-hitter for the San Francisco Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on August 2, 2024, winning 3–0.
Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0