Nestor Cortes stats
Starting Pitcher · #65
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2018
- Draft
- 2013Rd 36, Pk 1
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2018
- Draft
- 2013Rd 36, Pk 1
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 143
- W
- 35
- L
- 25
- ERA
- 3.94
- IP
- 602.1
- K
- 604
- BB
- 180
- WHIP
- 1.19
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BAL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 2019 | NYY | 33 | 5 | 1 | 5.67 | 66.2 | 69 | 28 | 1.55 |
| 2020 | SEA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15.26 | 7.2 | 8 | 6 | 2.35 |
| 2021 | NYY | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2.90 | 93.0 | 103 | 25 | 1.08 |
| 2022 | NYY | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2.44 | 158.1 | 163 | 38 | 0.92 |
| 2023 | NYY | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4.97 | 63.1 | 67 | 20 | 1.25 |
| 2024 | NYY | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3.77 | 174.1 | 162 | 39 | 1.15 |
| 2025 |  MIL/SD | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6.29 | 34.1 | 29 | 20 | 1.63 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 5.14
- IP
- 14.0
- K
- 8
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.43
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 35
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 1
- K/9
- 9.0
- GB
- 543
- FB
- 1,146
- G/F
- 0.50
- WP
- 6
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 9 | 10 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 70 | 130 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 10 | 17 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2021 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 71 | 173 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2022 | NYY | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9.3 | 141 | 271 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 46 | 130 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2024 | NYY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 161 | 344 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2025 | MIL/SD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 35 | 71 | 0.5 | 0 |
Latest performance
Nestor Cortes
Sep 03 · vs BAL · L 7-5
- IP
- 2.1
- H
- 7
- R
- 6
- ER
- 6
- BB
- 3
- K
- 2
- HR
- 4
- ERA
- 6.29
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sep 03 | vs BALL 7-5 | 2.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Fri, Aug 29 | at MINL 7-4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Sat, Aug 23 | vs LADW 5-1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mon, Aug 18 | vs SFL 4-3 | 5.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Tue, Aug 12 | atSFW 5-1 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Wed, Aug 06 | at ARIW 3-2 | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
What were Nestor Cortes's career stats?
Nestor Cortes played 8 seasons for the Orioles, the Yankees and the Mariners. He had 35 wins and 604 strikeouts with a 3.94 ERA over 602.1 innings. His best season was 2022: 12 wins, a 2.44 ERA and 163 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2018 to 2025
Nestor Cortes finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
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 Nestor Cortes
Playoff series
Nestor Cortes played 5 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 0 won, 3 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LAD | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 |  CLE | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 |  HOU | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Nestor Cortes against each club
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (9)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (8)
- vs Boston Red Sox (6)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (6)
- vs Minnesota Twins (5)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (5)
- vs Chicago White Sox (4)
- vs Houston Astros (4)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (4)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs Kansas City Royals (3)
- vs San Francisco Giants (3)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (2)
- vs Athletics (2)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (2)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (2)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (2)
- vs Texas Rangers (2)
- vs Atlanta Braves (1)
- vs Chicago Cubs (1)
- vs Detroit Tigers (1)
- vs Miami Marlins (1)
- vs New York Yankees (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
- vs Washington Nationals (1)
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