Corey Kluber stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 2023

Starting Pitcher · #28

Age 40 · 6' 4"

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Corey Kluber played 13 MLB seasons, 2011 to 2023.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
271
W
116
L
77
ERA
3.44
IP
1,641.2
K
1,725
BB
368
WHIP
1.13

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2011CLE3008.314.1532.08
2012CLE12255.1463.054181.49
2013CLE261153.85147.1136331.26
2014CLE341892.44235.2269511.09
2015CLE329163.49222.0245451.05
2016CLE321893.14215.0227571.06
2017CLE291842.25203.2265360.87
2018CLE332072.89215.0222340.99
2019CLE7235.8035.238151.65
2020TEX1000.001.0111.00
2021NYY16533.8380.082331.34
2022TB3110104.34164.0139211.21
2023BOS15367.0455.042211.64

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
10
W
4
L
4
ERA
4.02
IP
47.0
K
48
BB
13
WHIP
1.23

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
151
CG
18
SHO
8
K/9
9.5
GB
2,018
FB
2,509
G/F
0.80
WP
31

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2011CLE00010.4690.71
2012CLE5007.7941110.82
2013CLE10008.32092250.91
2014CLE263110.331031313
2015CLE19409.92603250.86
2016CLE22329.52623070.95
2017CLE225311.72182530.94
2018CLE25219.32673150.82
2019CLE2009.646660.71
2020TEX0009.00100
2021NYY4119.2971240.83
2022TB15007.61913280.62
2023BOS1006.9581320.41

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
40 yearsApr 10, 1986
Height
6' 4"
Debut
2011
Birthplace
Birmingham, OH
Draft
2007Rd 4, Pk 134
College
Stetson
AL Cy Young
2x

Latest performance

Corey Kluber

Jun 20 · @ MIN · W 10-4

IP
3.0
H
5
R
4
ER
4
BB
1
K
2
HR
3
ERA
7.04
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Tue, Jun 20atMINW 10-435442
Fri, Jun 16vsNYYW 15-523111
Tue, Jun 13vsCOLL 7-6 F/1022002
Thu, Jun 08atCLEL 10-33.111771
Sun, Jun 04vsTBL 6-222221
Sat, Jun 03vsTBW 8-510001

What were Corey Kluber's career stats?

Corey Kluber played 13 seasons for the Guardians, the Rangers, the Yankees, the Rays and the Red Sox. He had 116 wins and 1,725 strikeouts with a 3.44 ERA over 1,641.2 innings. His best season was 2018: 20 wins, a 2.89 ERA and 222 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2011 to 2023

Corey Kluber led MLB in wins (2017), ERA (2017) and WHIP (2017); finished top 10 in a stat 13 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 148th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,725)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Corey Kluber

Playoff series

Corey Kluber played 10 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 2 won, 4 lost.

Corey Kluber's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2022CLELost 0-111.2111
2018HOULost 0-114.2642
2017NYYLost 1-126.110910
2016BOSWon 1-017.0307
2016TORLost 1-1211.110213
2016CHCWon 2-1316.015515

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Corey Kluber’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.