Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2011Rd 4, Pk 135
- College
- Seminole State (FL)
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2011Rd 4, Pk 135
- College
- Seminole State (FL)
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 164
- W
- 60
- L
- 44
- ERA
- 3.55
- IP
- 809.2
- K
- 822
- BB
- 299
- WHIP
- 1.22
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CLE | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5.26 | 53.0 | 50 | 29 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | CLE | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3.11 | 121.2 | 137 | 60 | 1.25 |
| 2018 | CLE | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3.02 | 200.0 | 207 | 67 | 1.16 |
| 2019 | CLE | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2.71 | 126.0 | 169 | 37 | 1.06 |
| 2020 |  CLE/SD | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3.02 | 41.2 | 40 | 14 | 1.15 |
| 2022 | SD | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4.33 | 114.1 | 91 | 35 | 1.20 |
| 2023 | CHW | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3.77 | 131.1 | 110 | 40 | 1.23 |
| 2024 | CHW | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6.75 | 16.0 | 15 | 9 | 1.94 |
| 2025 | CHW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | 5.2 | 3 | 8 | 2.29 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 7.47
- IP
- 15.2
- K
- 19
- BB
- 18
- WHIP
- 2.23
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 65
- CG
- 4
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 9.1
- GB
- 838
- FB
- 1,359
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 23
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 62 | 92 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2017 | CLE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 123 | 178 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2018 | CLE | 21 | 1 | 1 | 9.3 | 219 | 312 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2019 | CLE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 120 | 171 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2020 | CLE/SD | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8.6 | 37 | 70 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | SD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 126 | 223 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2023 | CHW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 122 | 268 | 0.5 | 6 |
| 2024 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 19 | 35 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2025 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Latest performance
Mike Clevinger
Apr 15 · vs ATH · L 12-3
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 2
- R
- 3
- ER
- 3
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 7.94
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 15 | vs ATHL 12-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sun, Apr 13 | vs BOSL 3-1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Apr 10 | at CLEL 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Apr 08 | atCLEL 1-0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Apr 06 | at DETL 4-3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Apr 02 | vs MINL 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Mike Clevinger's career stats?
Mike Clevinger played 9 seasons for the Guardians, the Padres and the White Sox. He had 60 wins and 822 strikeouts with a 3.55 ERA over 809.2 innings. His best season was 2018: 13 wins, a 3.02 ERA and 207 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2016 to 2025
Mike Clevinger finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
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 Mike Clevinger
Playoff series
Mike Clevinger played 2 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 0 won, 2 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  LAD | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 |  PHI | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Mike Clevinger against each club
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs Detroit Tigers (5)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (3)
- vs New York Yankees (3)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (3)
- vs Seattle Mariners (3)
- vs Athletics (2)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (2)
- vs Boston Red Sox (2)
- vs Chicago Cubs (2)
- vs Kansas City Royals (2)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (2)
- vs Washington Nationals (2)
- vs Chicago White Sox (1)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (1)
- vs Houston Astros (1)
- vs Miami Marlins (1)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (1)
- vs Minnesota Twins (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
- vs San Diego Padres (1)
- vs San Francisco Giants (1)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (1)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (1)
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