Corey Kluber

Q: When was Corey Kluber born?

Corey Kluber was born on April 10, 1986.

Q: Where was Corey Kluber born?

Corey Kluber was born in Birmingham, AL .

Q: How tall is Corey Kluber?

Corey Kluber is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Corey Kluber weigh when playing?

Corey Kluber weighed 210 lbs (95 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Corey Kluber play?

Corey Kluber played 13 seasons.

Q: Is Corey Kluber in the Hall of Fame?

Corey Kluber has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Corey Kluber drafted?

Corey Kluber was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stetson University (DeLand, FL) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Corey Kluber have?

Corey Kluber had 1,725 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Corey Kluber played for?

Corey Kluber played for 5 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox.

Q: How many World Series has Corey Kluber won?

Corey Kluber has never won a World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: April 10, 1986 in Birmingham, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stetson University (DeLand, FL).

High School: Coppell HS (Coppell, TX)

School: Stetson University (DeLand, FL)

Debut: September 1, 2011 (Age 25-144d, 20,060th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 20, 2023 (Age 37-071d)
vs. MIN 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Jet Sports Management

Full Name: Corey Scott Kluber

Nicknames: Klubot, Hans Kluber or Klubes

Pronunciation: \CLUE-burr\

Instagram: @ckluber28

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2x Cy Young
3x All-Star
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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.0

116

ERA

3.44

271

260

1641.2

1725

WHIP

1.129

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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2007	21	SDP-min	A-	1	1	.500	3.51	10	7	0	0	0	0	33.1	28	16	13	1	15	0	33	2	0	0	143			1.290	7.6	0.3	4.1	8.9	2.20	EUG NORW
2008	22	SDP-min	A+,A	6	8	.429	4.90	29	26	0	0	0	0	141.1	142	87	77	17	47	1	147	8	0	9	611			1.337	9.0	1.1	3.0	9.4	3.13	LEL,FWA CALL,MIDW
2009	23	SDP-min	A+,AA	9	13	.409	4.56	28	28	0	0	0	0	154.0	155	90	78	14	70	0	159	8	1	9	679			1.461	9.1	0.8	4.1	9.3	2.27	LEL,SAN CALL,TL
2010	24	SDP-CLE-min	AA,AAA	9	9	.500	3.49	29	28	0	0	0	0	160.0	169	75	62	8	56	0	165	13	0	6	696			1.406	9.5	0.5	3.2	9.3	2.95	SAN,AKR,CLB TL,EL,IL
2011	25	CLE-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.56	27	27	0	0	0	0	150.2	153	101	93	19	70	0	143	8	0	12	667			1.480	9.1	1.1	4.2	8.5	2.04	CLB IL
2011	25	CLE	AL	0	0		8.31	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	0	3	0	5	2	0	1	25	51	4.18	2.077	12.5	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67
2012	26	CLE-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.59	21	21	0	1	0	0	125.1	121	62	50	9	49	3	128	5	0	6	545			1.356	8.7	0.6	3.5	9.2	2.61	CLB IL
2012	26	CLE	AL	2	5	.286	5.14	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.0	76	44	36	9	18	0	54	4	0	2	281	76	4.28	1.492	10.9	1.3	2.6	7.7	3.00
2013	27	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	14	9	9	2	3	0	12	0	0	0	52			1.378	10.2	1.5	2.2	8.8	4.00	CLB IL
2013	27	CLE	AL	11	5	.688	3.85	26	24	1	0	0	0	147.1	153	67	63	15	33	0	136	5	0	1	608	99	3.30	1.262	9.3	0.9	2.0	8.3	4.12
2014	28	CLE	AL	18	9	.667	2.44	34	34	0	3	1	0	235.2	207	72	64	14	51	3	269	6	0	3	951	160	2.35	1.095	7.9	0.5	1.9	10.3	5.27	CYA-1,MVP-11
2015	29	CLE	AL	9	16	.360	3.49	32	32	0	4	0	0	222.0	189	92	86	22	45	3	245	11	1	6	886	123	2.97	1.054	7.7	0.9	1.8	9.9	5.44	CYA-9
2016	30	CLE	AL	18	9	.667	3.14	32	32	0	3	2	0	215.0	170	82	75	22	57	1	227	7	1	5	860	144	3.26	1.056	7.1	0.9	2.4	9.5	3.98	AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2017	31	CLE-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15			0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.8		AKR EL
2017	31	CLE	AL	18	4	.818	*2.25*	29	29	0	5	3	0	203.2	141	56	51	21	36	2	265	5	0	4	777	*202*	2.50	*0.869*	6.2	0.9	1.6	11.7	*7.36*	AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2018	32	CLE	AL	20	7	.741	2.89	33	33	0	2	1	0	215.0	179	75	69	25	34	0	222	3	0	2	842	150	3.12	0.991	7.5	1.0	1.4	9.3	6.53	AS,CYA-3
2019	33	CLE-min	AAA,AA	0	0		3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	8	0	0	0	32			1.000	4.5	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.00	CLB,AKR IL,EL
2019	33	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	5.80	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	44	26	23	4	15	0	38	3	0	1	168	82	4.06	1.654	11.1	1.0	3.8	9.6	2.53
2020	34	TEX	AL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3		4.19	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2021	35	NYY-min	AA,AAA	1	0	1.000	11.25	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	10	10	1	7	0	9	3	0	1	42			2.000	10.1	1.1	7.9	10.1	1.29	SOM,SWB AANE,AAAE
2021	35	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	3.83	16	16	0	1	1	0	80.0	74	37	34	8	33	0	82	5	0	3	341	112	3.85	1.338	8.3	0.9	3.7	9.2	2.48
2022	36	TBR	AL	10	10	.500	4.34	31	31	0	0	0	0	164.0	178	82	79	20	21	0	139	10	0	2	689	84	3.57	1.213	9.8	1.1	*1.2*	7.6	6.62
2023	37	BOS-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	3.52	4	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	30			0.913	7.0	1.2	1.2	7.0	6.00	WOR,PRT IL,EL
2023	37	BOS	AL	3	6	.333	7.04	15	9	1	0	0	1	55.0	69	47	43	17	21	0	42	4	0	1	257	65	7.11	1.636	11.3	2.8	3.4	6.9	2.00
13 Yrs				116	77	.601	3.44	271	260	4	18	8	1	1641.2	1486	684	627	177	368	9	1725	65	2	31	6688	122	3.23	1.129	8.1	1.0	2.0	9.5	4.69
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.601	3.44	35	33	1	2	1	0	210	190	88	80	23	47	1	221	8	0	4	856	122	3.23	1.129	8.1	1.0	2.0	9.5	4.69

CLE (9 yrs)				98	58	.628	3.16	208	203	3	17	7	0	1341.2	1165	518	471	132	292	9	1461	46	2	25	5398	134	2.99	1.086	7.8	0.9	2.0	9.8	5.00
TBR (1 yr)				10	10	.500	4.34	31	31	0	0	0	0	164.0	178	82	79	20	21	0	139	10	0	2	689	84	3.57	1.213	9.8	1.1	1.2	7.6	6.62
BOS (1 yr)				3	6	.333	7.04	15	9	1	0	0	1	55.0	69	47	43	17	21	0	42	4	0	1	257	65	7.11	1.636	11.3	2.8	3.4	6.9	2.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3		4.19	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
NYY (1 yr)				5	3	.625	3.83	16	16	0	1	1	0	80.0	74	37	34	8	33	0	82	5	0	3	341	112	3.85	1.338	8.3	0.9	3.7	9.2	2.48

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2013	27	CLE	AL	0.0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	6	.232	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2014	28	CLE	AL	0.0	4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	.182	-26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1/H	CYA-1,MVP-11
2015	29	CLE	AL	-0.1	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-148	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-9
2016	30	CLE	AL	0.1	3	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	89	.308	67	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2017	31	CLE	AL	0.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	164	.446	179	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2018	32	CLE	AL	-0.1	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-3
2019	33	CLE	AL	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-131	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2021	35	NYY	AL	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				0.0	16	32	28	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.107	.138	.143	.281	-24	.129	-51	4	1	0	3	0	0	1/H
162 Game Avg				-0.4	162	324	284	20	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	152	.107	.138	.143	.281	-24	.129	-51	41	10	0	30	0	0

CLE (7 Yrs)				0.0	15	30	26	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.115	.148	.154	.302	-18	.138	-45	4	1	0	3	0	0	1/H
NYY (1 Yr)				0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2016	30	CLE	AL,WS	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2017	31	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	32	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

2022	36	TBR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	32	32	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.500	.500	.500	1.000	16	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (3 Yrs)				9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
TBR (1 Yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 Yrs)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
WS (1 Yr)				3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2011	25	CLE	AL	P	3	0	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	1.66	0.00	1.60	1	0	0			0
2012	26	CLE	AL	P	12	12	0	63.0	14	9	5	0	1	1.000	.954	-2	-38	2.00	1.57	1.17	1.56	2	15	3	16.7	25.4	0
2013	27	CLE	AL	P	26	24	0	147.1	31	12	18	1	1	.968	.957	1	8	1.83	1.54	1.15	1.53	1	6	3	33.3	26.1	0
2014	28	CLE	AL	P	34	34	3	235.2	31	14	17	0	1	*1.000*	.950	1	5	1.18	1.46	0.91	1.46	3	8	9	52.9	26.6	0	CYA-1,MVP-11
2015	29	CLE	AL	P	32	32	4	222.0	41	16	25	0	2	*1.000*	.954	1	5	1.66	1.52	1.28	1.51	6	16	7	30.4	31.7	0	CYA-9
2016	30	CLE	AL	P	32	32	3	215.0	37	19	17	1	1	.973	.950	3	17	1.51	1.41	1.13	1.39	5	4	7	63.6	29.4	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2017	31	CLE	AL	P	29	29	5	203.2	32	15	16	1	1	.969	.948	-2	-12	1.37	1.33	1.07	1.32	4	15	5	25.0	26.5	0	AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2018	32	CLE	AL	P	33	33	2	215.0	32	19	13	0	0	*1.000*	.952	4	22	1.34	1.31	0.97	1.30	2	4	7	63.6	28.1	0	AS,CYA-3
2019	33	CLE	AL	P	7	7	0	35.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	.943	-2	-67	0.76	1.21	0.43	1.21	1	3	2	40.0	27.2	0
2020	34	TEX	AL	P	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	0.90	0.00	1.20	0	0	1	100.0	26.0	0
2021	35	NYY	AL	P	16	16	1	80.0	10	4	5	1	0	.900	.946	-3	-45	1.01	1.16	0.56	1.13	3	12	2	14.3	23.4	0
2022	36	TBR	AL	P	31	31	0	164.0	17	7	9	1	1	.941	.943	-1	-7	0.88	1.13	0.52	1.12	2	5	5	50.0	25.2	0
2023	37	BOS	AL	P	15	9	0	55.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	.958	-1	-22	0.82	1.26	0.33	1.25	1	3	0	0.0	20.7	0
13 Yrs					271	260	18	1641.2	254	117	131	6	8	.976	.951	-1	-1	1.36	1.38	0.92	1.36	31	91	51	35.9	27.0	1

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
2016	30	CLE	AL,WS	P	6	6	34.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.59	1.00	0	0
2017	31	CLE	AL	P	2	2	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.50	0	1	100.0
2018	32	CLE	AL	P	1	1	4.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0

2022	36	TBR	AL	P	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0
4 Yrs					10	9	46.2	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.35	0.70	0	1	100.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Corey Kluber?

Corey Kluber is 38 years old.

When was Corey Kluber born?

Corey Kluber was born on April 10, 1986.

Where was Corey Kluber born?

Corey Kluber was born in Birmingham, AL.

How tall is Corey Kluber?

Corey Kluber is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Corey Kluber weigh when playing?

Corey Kluber weighed 210 lbs (95 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Corey Kluber play?

Corey Kluber played 13 seasons.

Is Corey Kluber in the Hall of Fame?

Corey Kluber has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Corey Kluber drafted?

Corey Kluber was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stetson University (DeLand, FL).

What position did Corey Kluber play?

Corey Kluber was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Corey Kluber have?

Corey Kluber had 1,725 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Corey Kluber played for?

Corey Kluber played for 5 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox.

How many World Series has Corey Kluber won?

Corey Kluber has never won a World Series.

When did Corey Kluber retire?

Corey Kluber last played in 2023.

What is Corey Kluber's Instagram account?

Corey Kluber is on Instagram at ckluber28.

What are Corey Kluber's nicknames?

Klubot, Hans Kluber, Klubes are nicknames for Corey Kluber.

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