BIOGRAPHY
Ross Stripling was born on November 23, 1989, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Stripling played in high school at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas and then played college baseball at Texas A&M University. He threw a no-hitter for the Aggies against San Diego State on May 12, 2012. He finished his 2012 senior season with a 10–4 record and a 3.08 ERA in 16 starts.
Stripling was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the ninth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign.
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Stripling in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He was promoted to Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts in May 2013 and was selected to the mid-season Southern League All-Star Game. He finished the season 6–4 with a 2.78 ERA in 21 games (16 starts).
In 2019, he again alternated between starting and relieving, appearing in 32 games, 15 of them starts, and was 4–4 with a 3.47 ERA and 93 strikeouts. Stripling agreed with the Dodgers on a one-year, $2.1 million, contract for 2020, avoiding arbitration. In seven starts for the Dodgers in 2020, Stripling was 3–1.
With the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays, Stripling appeared in five games, compiling a 0–2 record with 6.32 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 15+2⁄3 innings pitched. In 2021, he recorded a 5–7 record with a 4.80 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 101+1⁄3 innings.
Stripling earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Texas A&M, and is a FINRA-licensed stockbroker and investment advisor. He passed the Series 7 exam in 2016 and Series 66 exam in 2017. On January 31, 2019, Stripling appeared on Fox Business Network and contributed commentary regarding the markets before fielding questions regarding his major league debut and baseball analytics. He trades stocks regularly, even during the baseball season.
In 2022, he was 10–4 with a 3.01 ERA in 32 games (24 starts) covering a career-high 134.1 innings, in which he gave up 20 walks (1.3 walks/9 innings) and struck out 111 batters. He had a WHIP of 1.020, and a strikeout/walk ratio of 5.55. His walk rate was in the lowest 2% among major league pitchers.
On December 13, 2022, Stripling signed a two-year $25 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, with an opt-out after the 2023 season.
