What years did Corey Kluber play?

Corey Kluber played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2023.

Was Corey Kluber a pitcher?

Yes. Corey Kluber pitched in the major leagues, recording 116 wins and 1725 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Corey Kluber hit?

Corey Kluber hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What was Corey Kluber's career batting average?

Corey Kluber batted .107 over his career, with 3 hits in 28 at bats.

What was Corey Kluber's career ERA?

Corey Kluber finished with a 3.44 career ERA, going 116-77 with 1,725 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Corey Kluber have?

Corey Kluber recorded 1,725 career strikeouts.

Corey Kluber

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2023)

Corey Kluber was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2023 for 5 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 13 seasons. Across 271 career appearances, he went 116-77 with a 3.44 ERA and 1,725 strikeouts. Corey Kluber was a 3-time All-Star and a 2-time Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 36049.0.

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 September 9, 2026

W–L 116–77

ERA 3.44

WHIP 1.13

SO 1,725

Pitcher PIV 36049.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 215 lb
Born: 4/10/1986 in Birmingham, AL, USA
MLB Debut: 2011-09-01
Last Game: 2023-06-20
Awards: 3× All-Star · 2× Cy Young

Full name: Corey Scott Kluber

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Career Pitching Statistics

Corey Kluber — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
116	77	271	260	18	8	1	1641.7	1,486	627	177	368	1,725	3.44	36049.0

Career ERA 3.44 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 16.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Corey Kluber Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2011	CLE	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	4	3	5	8.31	—	0.0
2012	CLE	AL	2	5	12	12	0	0	0	63.0	76	36	18	54	5.14	4.01 (-28%)	-426.1
2013	CLE	AL	11	5	26	24	0	0	0	147.3	153	63	33	136	3.85	3.87 (avg)	2149.8
2014	CLE	AL	18	9	34	34	3	1	0	235.7	207	64	51	269	2.44	3.74 (+35%)	8607.5
2015	CLE	AL	9	16	32	32	4	0	0	222.0	189	86	45	245	3.49	3.96 (+12%)	5745.8
2016	CLE	AL	18	9	32	32	3	2	0	215.0	170	75	57	227	3.14	4.19 (+25%)	5229.5
2017	CLE	AL	18	4	29	29	5	3	0	203.7	141	51	36	265	2.25	4.36 (+48%)	9858.4
2018	CLE	AL	20	7	33	33	2	1	0	215.0	179	69	34	222	2.89	4.15 (+30%)	5755.6
2019	CLE	AL	2	3	7	7	0	0	0	35.7	44	23	15	38	5.80	4.51 (-29%)	404.1
2020	TEX	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00	—	0.0
2021	NYA	AL	5	3	16	16	1	1	0	80.0	74	34	33	82	3.83	4.27 (+10%)	854.9
2022	TBA	AL	10	10	31	31	0	0	0	164.0	178	79	21	139	4.34	3.97 (-9%)	1689.3
2023	BOS	AL	3	6	15	9	0	0	1	55.0	69	43	21	42	7.04	4.33 (-62%)	-3819.6
Career · 13 seasons			116	77	271	260	18	8	1	1,641.2	1,486	627	368	1,725	3.44	—	36,049

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

Corey Kluber — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
273	28	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	.107	.138	.143	.281	0

Career AVG .107 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 57.3% below league average.

Career OBP .138 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 56.7% below league average.

Career SLG .143 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 65.0% below league average.

Career OPS .281 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 61.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Corey Kluber Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2011	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CLE	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CLE	AL	26	2	1	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CLE	AL	36	5	0	1	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CLE	AL	32	6	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CLE	AL	32	4	1	1	1	0	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CLE	AL	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CLE	AL	33	6	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CLE	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYA	AL	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	TBA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	BOS	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			273	28	2	3	1	1	15	.107	—	—	—	—	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

Corey Kluber — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Corey Kluber — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
2022	ALWC1	TBA	1	0	0	0	.000
2018	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	0	0	.000
2017	ALDS1	CLE	2	0	0	0	.000
2016	ALCS	CLE	2	0	0	0	.000
2016	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	0	0	.000
2016	WS	CLE	3	2	1	1	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Corey Kluber — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	4	10	9	0	47.0	45	21	13	48	4.02

Playoff Pitching by Year

Corey Kluber — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	ALWC1	TBA	0	1	1	0	1.7	1	1	0	1	5.40
2018	ALDS2	CLE	0	1	1	1	4.7	6	4	2	2	7.71
2017	ALDS1	CLE	0	1	2	2	6.3	10	9	3	10	12.79
2016	ALCS	CLE	1	1	2	2	11.3	10	2	4	13	1.59
2016	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	0	3	7	0.00
2016	WS	CLE	2	0	3	3	16.0	15	5	1	15	2.81

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Corey Kluber — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	139	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	134	28	2	3	0	0	.107

Pitching — Home / Away

Corey Kluber — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	139	861.2	725	283	199	916	2.96
Away	132	780.0	761	344	169	809	3.97

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Corey Kluber — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2023-06-20	BOS	MIN	SV	3.0	5	4	4	1	2	3
2023-06-16	BOS	NYY	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1
2023-06-13	BOS	COL	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2023-06-08	BOS	CLE	—	3.1	11	7	7	1	1	2
2023-06-04	BOS	TBR	—	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0
2023-06-03	BOS	TBR	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2023-05-21	BOS	SDP	L	2.1	3	5	1	3	1	0
2023-05-14	BOS	STL	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	5	2
2023-05-06	BOS	PHI	W	5.0	7	3	3	0	1	1
2023-05-01	BOS	TOR	—	5.1	5	3	3	4	7	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Corey Kluber — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	271	260	117	131	6	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Corey Kluber — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2011	CLE	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2012	CLE	P	12	12	9	5	0	1
2013	CLE	P	26	24	12	18	1	1
2014	CLE	P	34	34	14	17	0	1
2015	CLE	P	32	32	16	25	0	2
2016	CLE	P	32	32	19	17	1	1
2017	CLE	P	29	29	15	16	1	1
2018	CLE	P	33	33	19	13	0	0
2019	CLE	P	7	7	0	3	0	0
2020	TEX	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
2021	NYA	P	16	16	4	5	1	0
2022	TBA	P	31	31	7	9	1	1
2023	BOS	P	15	9	2	3	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Corey Kluber Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	271

Awards & Honors

Corey Kluber — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	Player of the Week	Week of 2021-05-01
2021	Player of the Week	Week of 2021-05-22
2018	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2017	Cy Young Award
2017	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2017	Pitcher of the Month	August
2017	Pitcher of the Month	June
2017	Pitcher of the Month	September
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-06-24
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-09-16
2017	This Year in Baseball Best Pitcher	Esurance
2016	Pitcher of the Month	August
2016	TSN All-Star	SP
2016	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2014	Cy Young Award
2014	Pitcher of the Month	September
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-09-21
2014	This Year in Baseball Breakout Pitcher of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2013	Player of the Week	Week of 2013-06-16

Salary History

Corey Kluber — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CLE	AL	$4,700,000
2015	CLE	AL	$1,200,000
2014	CLE	AL	$514,000
Total Career Earnings			$6,414,000

College History

Corey Kluber — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Stetson University	DeLand	FL	2005, 2006, 2007

Award Voting History

Corey Kluber — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2018	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	71.0	210	0
2017	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	204.0	210	28
2017	Most Valuable Player	AL	7th	101.0	420	0
2016	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	98.0	210	3
2016	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	1.0	420	0
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	4.0	210	0
2014	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	169.0	210	17
2014	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	45.0	420	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Corey Kluber

What years did Corey Kluber play?: Corey Kluber played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2023.
Was Corey Kluber a pitcher?: Yes. Corey Kluber pitched in the major leagues, recording 116 wins and 1725 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Corey Kluber hit?: Corey Kluber hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What was Corey Kluber's career batting average?: Corey Kluber batted .107 over his career, with 3 hits in 28 at bats.
What was Corey Kluber's career ERA?: Corey Kluber finished with a 3.44 career ERA, going 116-77 with 1,725 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Corey Kluber have?: Corey Kluber recorded 1,725 career strikeouts.