Brent Strom

Brent Strom
Strom as pitching coach of the Albuquerque Dukes c. 1987
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitcher
Born: (1948-10-14) October 14, 1948 (age 76)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 31, 1972, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
May 17, 1977, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
Win–loss record22–39
Earned run average3.95
Strikeouts278
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As player
As coach
Career highlights and awards
Medals
International Amateur Tournament
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team

Brent Terry Strom (born October 14, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach who currently serves as the assistant pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). His MLB playing career spanned from 1972 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977 for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres.[1] He served as pitching coach for the Houston Astros in 1996 and from 2014[2] to 2021, helping guide the club to the 2017 World Series championship. He also coached the Kansas City Royals from 2000 to 2001, and the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2022 to 2024. According to an interview with Tommy John, Strom was the second pitcher to receive Tommy John surgery.[3]

College and the draft

Prior to playing professionally, Strom attended San Diego High School then the University of Southern California, leading them to two NCAA championships.[4] He was originally drafted in the sixth round by the California Angels in the June secondary phase of the 1967 amateur draft. In the January regular phase of the 1967 draft, he was drafted in the second round by the San Francisco Giants, but did not sign either time. He finally did sign when the Mets drafted him third overall in the 1970 draft.[5]

Professional career

Strom began his professional career as a starting pitcher in 1970 with the Visalia Mets. That season, his record was four wins and five losses with a 3.75 earned run average and 79 strikeouts in 72 innings of work. The following year, he split time between the Memphis Blues and the Tidewater Tides, going a combined 13–5 with a 2.85 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 180 innings of work.

He earned a call-up to the majors in 1972 after doing well with the Tidewater Tides. With Tidewater, he had gone 6–7 with a 3.30 ERA in 142 innings of work. He made his big league debut on July 31, pitching well against the Montreal Expos. In his first game, he pitched 6+23 innings of work, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks, striking out seven in the process. Although he pitched well, he did not get the decision. The rest of his season did not turn out well; overall, he appeared in 11 games, starting five of them. He went 0–3 with a 6.82 ERA.

Strom with the Cleveland Indians in 1973

Strom was traded with Bob Rauch from the Mets to the Indians for Phil Hennigan at the Winter Meetings on November 27, 1972.[6] He played only one season with the Indians, 1973, going 2–10 with a 4.61 ERA in 27 games (18 starts).

He did not play in the major leagues in 1974, but on June 21 of that year he was sent (with fellow pitcher Terry Ley) to the Padres to complete an earlier trade that occurred on June 15. The Indians received pitcher Steve Arlin in return. Strom played on the AAA level in 1974 for both the Cleveland and San Diego organizations.

He went 8–8 in 18 games for the San Diego Padres in 1975. His 2.54 ERA was second on the team among all pitchers with at least 15 starts; he trailed only Randy Jones' 2.24 ERA. He had another respectable year in 1976, although his record was 12–16. In 210+23 innings, he posted a 3.29 ERA, and his 103 strikeouts led the team. 1977 was his final season in the majors. He appeared in eight games, making three starts. He went 0–2 with a 12.42 ERA. He played his final game on May 17, a game in which the Padres were routed by the Chicago Cubs 23–6.

Although he did not play in the majors after the 1977 season, he remained active in the minors for a few more years. He did not play ball at all in 1978 after being released by the Padres in March of that year. After he was released, Strom became the second person to have Tommy John surgery, performed by Drs. Frank Jobe and Robert Kerlan.[7] He was signed by the Houston Astros in March 1979. In his first year in the Astros' farm system, he pitched for the Daytona Beach Astros, the Columbus Astros and the Charleston Charlies. He went a combined 10–7 with a 3.63 ERA in 139 innings of work. In 1980, he pitched for the Tucson Toros, Houston’s top farm team, and went 11–6 with a 4.37 ERA in 136 innings. Strom played his final year in 1981 with the Albuquerque Dukes in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Overall, Strom went 22–39 with a 3.95 ERA in 100 big league appearances (75 starts). He pitched 501 innings, striking out 278 batters and walking 180. As a batter, he hit .078 in 102 career at-bats.[1][8]

In the minors, he went 46–30 with a 3.65 ERA.

Post-playing career

Since 1992, Strom has served as the pitching coach for the Tucson Toros, Houston Astros, the Kansas City Royals, and then another stint with the Astros. He has also served as the minor league pitching coordinator in the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals organization. He also served as the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league pitching instructor.[9] He became the Astros' pitching coach before the 2014 season. He served as the pitching coach for the Astros in 2017, when they won their first-ever World Series championship. [10]

Strom conducting a mound visit with the Houston Astros in 2014

As of June 2018, Strom was the oldest pitching coach in MLB,[11] but he had developed a reputation for marrying an old-school baseball mentality with an open-minded approach to new-age analytics. This philosophy resulted in huge success for the Houston pitching staff.[11] The Astros ranked sixth in MLB in team ERA in 2015, 11th in 2016 and 2017, and first overall in the 2018 season.[12]

"He's one of the few people who's really been able to keep that old-school mentality and take the best things he learned from that era and bring it to the analytical age," said Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. "When you have a guy that can kind of blend both, you can really rely on his opinions and advice to make you a better pitcher."[11]

In particular, Strom embraced the idea of throwing fastballs high in the zone and curveballs down and used data to convince Astros pitchers to buy into the approach.[11] "With Strom and the methodology the Astros have here, you create room for error by using the entire zone, elevating above the zone, expanding east and west," said Astros pitcher Charlie Morton. "It makes it a lot easier to pitch.”[11]

Following the Astros' 2021 World Series defeat to the Atlanta Braves, Strom announced that he was leaving the organization to retire from professional baseball. Heralded as an essential architect of an era of increasingly-dominant Astros pitching,[13] he ably blended his experience and teaching with analytics. Strom coached Dallas Keuchel and Justin Verlander in their Cy Young-winning seasons (2015 and 2019, respectively) and was credited with assisting Gerrit Cole and Morton in elevating their own success. During their World Series run of 2021, the Astros relied heavily on young pitchers Framber Valdez, Luis García and José Urquidy following losses by injury to Verlander (for the season) and McCullers Jr. (in the American League Division Series), and the departures of Cole and Morton to free agency in seasons prior.[14] For over 30 Years Strom was a Co-Director of The San Diego School of Baseball along with Tony Gwynn, Alan Trammell and others.

Notwithstanding his announcement that he was retiring following the 2021 World Series, Strom was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 12, 2021, to serve as the team's pitching coach for the 2022 season.[15] On October 3, 2024, Strom was fired by the Diamondbacks.[16]

On November 13, 2024, Strom was hired to serve as the assistant pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brent Strom Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  2. ^ By Jose de Jesus Ortiz on October 7, 2013 at 12:29 PM (October 7, 2013). "Astros name Strom pitching coach – Ultimate Astros". Blog.chron.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ BP Radio June 14, 2009 – Jobe & John
  4. ^ Brent Strom Baseball Biography
  5. ^ The Baseball Cube Archived September 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Durso, Joseph. "Mets Send Agee to the Astros for Pair; Yanks Trade Four to Get Graig Nettles," The New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1972. Retrieved October 24, 2020
  7. ^ Drellich, Evan (March 7, 2014). "Brent Strom, second to undergo Tommy John surgery, recalls Dr. Frank Jobe – Ultimate Astros". Blog.chron.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Baseball Reference minors
  9. ^ "Scout.com". Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  10. ^ McTaggart, Brian; Gurnick, Ken (November 1, 2017). "Houston Strongest! Astros rule the World: Houston Astros win 2017 World Series". MLB.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d e Kepner, Tyler (June 1, 2018). "At 69, this coach lives on the front line of baseball's revolution". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 MLB Team Pitching Stats – Major League Baseball – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  13. ^ Young, Matt (November 3, 2021). "Astros pitching coach Brent Strom announces his departure after World Series loss". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  14. ^ McTaggart, Brian (November 2, 2021). "Strom won't return as Astros pitching coach". MLB.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  15. ^ "Diamondbacks hire Brent Strom as pitching coach". November 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "D-backs pitching coaches Brent Strom, Dan Carlson and Mike Fetters will not return". arizonasports.com. October 3, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  17. ^ "Pirates To Hire Brent Strom As Assistant Pitching Coach". mlbtraderumors.com. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
Preceded by Houston Astros pitching coach
1996
2014–2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Kansas City Royals pitching coach
2000–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach
2022–2024
Succeeded by

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