What years did Trevor Bauer play?

Trevor Bauer played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021.

Was Trevor Bauer a pitcher?

Yes. Trevor Bauer pitched in the major leagues, recording 83 wins and 1416 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Trevor Bauer hit?

Trevor Bauer hit 0 career home runs with 5 hits.

What was Trevor Bauer's career batting average?

Trevor Bauer batted .068 over his career, with 5 hits in 73 at bats.

How many RBI did Trevor Bauer have?

Trevor Bauer drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Trevor Bauer's career ERA?

Trevor Bauer finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 83-69 with 1,416 strikeouts.

Trevor Bauer

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2021)

Trevor Bauer was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021 for 4 teams, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 10 seasons. Across 222 career appearances, he went 83-69 with a 3.79 ERA and 1,416 strikeouts. Trevor Bauer was an All-Star and a Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 10907.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 83–69

ERA 3.79

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,416

Pitcher PIV 10907.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 205 lb
Born: 1/17/1991 in North Hollywood, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2012-06-28
Last Game: 2021-06-28
Awards: All-Star · Cy Young

Full name: Trevor Andrew Bauer

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Career Pitching Statistics

Trevor Bauer — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
83	69	222	212	6	3	1	1297.2	1,122	547	160	491	1,416	3.79	10907.8

Career ERA 3.79 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 8.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Trevor Bauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	ARI	NL	1	2	4	4	0	0	0	16.1	14	11	13	17	6.06	4.01 (-51%)	-474.4
2013	CLE	AL	1	2	4	4	0	0	0	17.0	15	10	16	11	5.29	3.87 (-37%)	-1352.5
2014	CLE	AL	5	8	26	26	0	0	0	153.0	151	71	60	143	4.18	3.74 (-12%)	-1047.9
2015	CLE	AL	11	12	31	30	1	0	0	176.0	152	89	79	170	4.55	3.96 (-15%)	-1632.3
2016	CLE	AL	12	8	35	28	1	0	0	190.0	179	90	70	168	4.26	4.19 (-2%)	967.2
2017	CLE	AL	17	9	32	31	0	0	0	176.1	181	82	60	196	4.19	4.36 (+4%)	2167.5
2018	CLE	AL	12	6	28	27	0	0	1	175.1	134	43	57	221	2.21	4.15 (+47%)	7777.6
2019	CLE	AL	9	8	24	24	1	1	0	156.2	127	66	63	185	3.79	4.51 (+16%)	1425.8
2019	CIN	NL	2	5	10	10	0	0	0	56.1	57	40	19	68	6.39	4.51 (-42%)	-481.9
2020	CIN	NL	5	4	11	11	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	100	1.73	4.45 (+61%)	2921.1
2021	LAN	NL	8	5	17	17	1	0	0	107.2	71	31	37	137	2.59	4.27 (+39%)	637.6
Career · 11 seasons			83	69	222	212	6	3	1	1,297.2	1,122	547	491	1,416	3.79	—	10,908

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Trevor Bauer — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
222	73	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	35	.068	.117	.068	.185	0

Career AVG .068 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 72.8% below league average.

Career OBP .117 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 63.4% below league average.

Career SLG .068 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 83.3% below league average.

Career OPS .185 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 74.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Trevor Bauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	ARI	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CLE	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CLE	AL	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CLE	AL	31	6	0	1	0	1	1	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CLE	AL	35	5	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CLE	AL	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CLE	AL	28	3	1	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CLE	AL	24	5	0	1	0	0	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CIN	NL	10	14	1	2	0	2	9	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAN	NL	17	30	0	1	1	1	11	.033	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			222	73	2	5	1	4	35	.068	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Trevor Bauer — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Trevor Bauer — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
2020	NLWC4	CIN	1	0	.000
2018	ALDS2	CLE	3	0	.000
2017	ALDS1	CLE	2	0	.000
2016	ALCS	CLE	1	0	.000
2016	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	.000
2016	WS	CLE	3	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Trevor Bauer — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	4	11	7	0	33.2	33	11	8	44	2.94

Playoff Pitching by Year

Trevor Bauer — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	NLWC4	CIN	0	0	1	1	7.2	2	0	0	12	0.00
2018	ALDS2	CLE	0	1	3	0	4.0	7	3	1	4	6.75
2017	ALDS1	CLE	1	1	2	2	8.1	6	0	3	11	0.00
2016	ALCS	CLE	0	0	1	1	0.2	0	0	2	1	0.00
2016	ALDS2	CLE	0	0	1	1	4.2	6	3	0	6	5.79
2016	WS	CLE	0	2	3	2	8.1	12	5	2	10	5.40

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Trevor Bauer — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	111	22	1	1	0	0	.045
Away	111	51	1	4	0	1	.078

Pitching — Home / Away

Trevor Bauer — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	111	668.2	593	292	231	736	3.93
Away	111	629.0	529	255	260	680	3.65

Last 10 Games — Batting

Trevor Bauer — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
2021-06-28	LAD	SFG	W	2	0	1
2021-06-23	LAD	SDP	L	2	0	1
2021-06-18	LAD	AZ	W	2	0	0
2021-06-12	LAD	TEX	L	2	1	0
2021-06-06	LAD	ATL	L	2	0	0
2021-05-31	LAD	STL	W	3	0	2
2021-05-26	LAD	HOU	L	0	0	0
2021-05-21	LAD	SFG	W	3	0	1
2021-05-15	LAD	MIA	W	3	0	1
2021-05-09	LAD	LAA	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Trevor Bauer — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-06-28	LAD	SFG	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	8	2
2021-06-23	LAD	SDP	—	6.0	5	3	3	4	10	3
2021-06-18	LAD	AZ	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	8	0
2021-06-12	LAD	TEX	L	6.1	9	6	4	2	8	1
2021-06-06	LAD	ATL	L	6.0	6	3	3	4	7	0
2021-05-31	LAD	STL	W	6.2	5	4	3	1	5	3
2021-05-26	LAD	HOU	L	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	2
2021-05-21	LAD	SFG	W	6.1	2	1	0	4	11	0
2021-05-15	LAD	MIA	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0
2021-05-09	LAD	LAA	L	6.0	4	2	2	2	9	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Trevor Bauer — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	222	212	78	101	6	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Trevor Bauer — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2012	ARI	P	4	4	1	3	2	1
2013	CLE	P	4	4	2	2	0	0
2014	CLE	P	26	26	9	12	1	4
2015	CLE	P	31	30	12	13	1	3
2016	CLE	P	35	28	17	19	0	0
2017	CLE	P	32	31	9	10	1	3
2018	CLE	P	28	27	8	15	0	1
2019	CLE	P	24	24	5	13	0	1
2019	CIN	P	10	10	7	2	0	0
2020	CIN	P	11	11	5	6	0	0
2021	LAN	P	17	17	3	6	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Trevor Bauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	222

Awards & Honors

Trevor Bauer — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2020	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2020	Cy Young Award
2020	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2020	Pitcher of the Month	September
2019	Player of the Week	Week of 2019-06-15

Salary History

Trevor Bauer — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CLE	AL	$1,697,500
2015	CLE	AL	$1,940,000
2014	CLE	AL	$1,183,333
Total Career Earnings			$4,820,833

College History

Trevor Bauer — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	2009, 2010, 2011

Award Voting History

Trevor Bauer — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2020	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	201.0	210	27
2020	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	32.0	420	0
2018	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	13.0	210	0
2018	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	1.0	420	0

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Trevor Bauer: the record in brief

Trevor Bauer's major league career runs from a debut on June 28, 2012 to a final game on June 28, 2021. Club by club, the record runs the Arizona Diamondbacks (2012), the Cleveland Indians (2013 to 2019), the Cincinnati Reds (2019 to 2020), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2021). Listed as a pitcher, Bauer both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 1 inch and 205 pounds. The birth record reads January 17, 1991, in North Hollywood, CA, USA. The given name on file is Trevor Andrew Bauer.

Bauer pitched in 222 games, starting 212, and finished with a 83-69 record and 3.79 ERA. Also on Bauer's record: 1,416 strikeouts. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same years, Bauer was 8.1% better. 2017 brought Bauer a season-high 17 wins. 2018 produced Bauer's most strikeouts, 221. 2018 was Bauer's sharpest full season, a 2.21 ERA against the league's 4.15.

Frequently Asked Questions about Trevor Bauer

What years did Trevor Bauer play?: Trevor Bauer played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021.
Was Trevor Bauer a pitcher?: Yes. Trevor Bauer pitched in the major leagues, recording 83 wins and 1416 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Trevor Bauer hit?: Trevor Bauer hit 0 career home runs with 5 hits.
What was Trevor Bauer's career batting average?: Trevor Bauer batted .068 over his career, with 5 hits in 73 at bats.
How many RBI did Trevor Bauer have?: Trevor Bauer drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Trevor Bauer's career ERA?: Trevor Bauer finished with a 3.79 career ERA, going 83-69 with 1,416 strikeouts.