Corey Kluber
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 4, #134, San Diego Padres | Stetson
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 2 4.55 6 6 0 29.2 27 1.31
12 Seasons 104 63 3.22 231 226 0 1452.1 1571 1.10
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 6 1-2 4.55 29.2 27 1.31
12 Seasons 231 104-63 3.22 1452.1 1571 1.10

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 3273 585 33 5.6 3.7 87.9 112.9 11.5 33.2 .228 .367 .283 .284 .368 32.1 27.7 5.1 3.49 3.29
2016 30 3189 569 34 6 4 86.7 113.6 12.0 34.4 .223 .361 .275 .281 .349 30.4 26.4 6.6 3.14 3.31
2017 31 2945 471 25 5.3 3.2 85.3 111.6 10.5 33.8 .205 .324 .240 .248 .352 29.2 34.1 4.6 2.25 2.59
2018 32 3181 583 37 6.3 4.4 87.9 116.7 11.3 32.1 .227 .369 .270 .277 .359 34.5 26.4 4.0 2.89 3.20
2019 33 611 112 10 8.9 6 86.9 113.4 13.6 34.8 .254 .449 .353 .335 .392 38.4 22.6 8.9 5.80 5.02
2020 34 18 1 0 0 0 80.5 80.5 56.6 0.0 .010 .015 .233 .239 .019 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.00 2.36
2021 35 1338 221 15 6.8 4.4 86.9 116.6 13.9 34.8 .240 .372 .310 .309 .357 34.4 24.0 9.7 3.83 4.03
2022 36 450 91 7 7.7 5.6 88.6 110.0 15.2 38.5 .317 .561 .334 .386 .476 39.6 21.6 4.8 4.55 5.55
Player 15005 2633 161 6.1 4 87.1 116.7 11.8 33.7 .227 .367 .277 .282 .363 32.4 27.7 5.7
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 169.8 12.1 32.9 .246 .408 .317 .316 .370 35.6 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kluber relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(33.3%) ,
Curveball
(29.1%) ,
Sinker
(27.3%) ,
Changeup
(9.8%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(0.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2022 Cutter 150 68 82 33.3 85.9 44 41 13 11 0 0 2 6 36 .317 .334 .463 .618 .353 .410 87.1 17 2454 6.4 22.5 23.1
2022 Curveball 131 86 45 29.1 80.6 48 47 13 9 2 1 1 12 35 .277 .313 .426 .563 .315 .373 89.7 18 2466 6.4 25.6 18.8
2022 Sinker 123 77 46 27.3 89.0 21 17 6 3 2 0 1 4 13 .353 .381 .647 .643 .486 .481 93.2 8 2079 6.5 10.8 17.4
2022 Changeup 44 5 39 9.8 83.4 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 .100 .175 .100 .202 .090 .163 78.9 0 1671 6.5 44.4 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2 1 1 0.4 90.3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .210 .000 .452 .000 .269 98.3 22 2203 6.5 0.0 50.0
2021 Curveball 393 275 118 29.4 81.9 109 97 18 14 1 0 3 40 59 .186 .209 .289 .320 .243 .267 85.2 19 2506 6.4 39.1 25.5
2021 Cutter 364 175 189 27.2 87.6 81 67 19 13 5 0 1 6 62 .284 .246 .403 .358 .354 .327 85.5 17 2454 6.5 26.0 9.8
2021 Sinker 336 268 68 25.1 90.7 90 78 26 16 5 1 4 16 62 .333 .303 .577 .508 .425 .393 90.1 5 2113 6.6 9.6 16.0
2021 Changeup 184 65 119 13.8 84.7 48 47 9 8 1 0 0 17 30 .191 .195 .213 .273 .187 .213 82.0 12 1638 6.6 40.2 28.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 61 27 34 4.6 89.9 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 8 .200 .215 .200 .387 .262 .325 93.5 7 2263 6.5 12.0 10.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 44.3 22.7 27.2 5.8 36.9 35.2 27.9 2.2 34.2 23.2 25.5 6.0 5.6 3.7
2016 45.7 20.7 27.1 6.5 36.4 33.6 30.1 3.2 36.7 24.3 23.2 4.7 6.0 4.0
2017 45.9 19.5 27.2 7.4 32.9 42.7 24.2 6.4 34.4 23.6 24.0 4.9 5.3 3.2
2018 45.6 22.3 26.2 5.7 37.2 36.7 25.9 2.4 34.6 23.7 23.0 5.7 6.3 4.4
2019 41.1 27.7 24.1 7.1 26.8 41.1 32.1 8.0 28.6 25.0 21.4 8.0 8.9 6.0
2020 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 43.9 24.9 23.5 7.7 41.6 34.8 23.5 5.9 28.5 25.3 26.7 6.3 6.8 4.4
2022 41.8 27.5 24.2 6.6 38.5 46.2 15.4 3.3 29.7 17.6 28.6 13.2 7.7 5.6
Player 44.9 22.2 26.4 6.5 36.2 37.1 26.6 3.8 34.0 23.7 24.2 5.8 6.1 4.0
MLB 45.0 22.8 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 Sinker TB R 123 89.0 26.3 0.7 3 15.7 0.2 1
2022 Changeup TB R 44 83.4 33.1 -1.3 -4 13.2 -1.3 -9
2022 Cutter TB R 150 85.9 30.0 -0.3 -1 3.6 0.9 35
2022 Curveball TB R 131 80.6 42.6 -7.7 -15 17.6 6.6 60
2022 4-Seamer TB R 2 90.3 18.8 -1.4 -8 7.1 -0.5 -6
2021 Changeup NYY R 184 84.7 33.5 -0.2 -1 13.6 -0.9 -6
2021 Curveball NYY R 393 81.9 40.7 -8.2 -17 16.9 5.8 52
2021 Sinker NYY R 336 90.7 24.8 0.1 0 15.5 0.4 3
2021 Cutter NYY R 364 87.6 27.9 0.4 2 3.8 1.6 73
2021 4-Seamer NYY R 61 89.9 18.6 -0.4 -2 5.3 -2.4 -31
2020 Curveball TEX R 5 83.4 34.7 -12.4 -26 15.0 5.2 53
2020 Changeup TEX R 1 83.6 34.5 0.6 2 17.4 3.5 25
2020 Sinker TEX R 8 91.6 22.9 -0.8 -3 16.7 1.6 10
2020 Cutter TEX R 3 88.4 24.8 2.0 8 0.4 -1.4 -79
2020 4-Seamer TEX R 1 91.5 17.4 -0.5 -3 10.1 1.9 23
2019 Cutter CLE R 177 88.1 29.3 -0.7 -2 3.4 1.3 62
2019 Sinker CLE R 163 91.3 24.4 -0.4 -2 15.7 0.4 2
2019 Changeup CLE R 52 84.9 32.8 0.4 1 14.8 0.2 1
2019 Curveball CLE R 140 82.9 41.2 -5.8 -12 18.1 8.5 88
2019 4-Seamer CLE R 79 92.0 18.0 -0.2 -1 8.5 0.0 -1
2018 Sinker CLE R 1,005 92.0 24.9 0.6 2 15.2 0.2 1
2018 4-Seamer CLE R 273 92.0 18.1 -0.2 -1 6.7 -1.9 -22
2018 Cutter CLE R 905 88.5 29.7 -2.7 -10 3.2 1.5 82
2018 Curveball CLE R 691 83.8 38.2 -7.0 -16 15.2 4.9 48
2018 Changeup CLE R 202 85.2 34.1 0.8 2 12.3 -2.2 -15
2017 Sinker CLE R 837 92.5 21.6 -0.1 -1 14.3 -0.7 -5
2017 Changeup CLE R 180 85.8 30.8 1.0 3 12.8 -1.4 -10
2017 Curveball CLE R 824 84.4 35.2 -8.8 -20 13.6 5.0 59
2017 Cutter CLE R 670 89.0 28.0 -2.1 -8 3.0 1.1 58
2017 4-Seamer CLE R 423 92.7 16.0 -0.1 0 6.2 -2.5 -29
2016 Sinker CLE R 1,120 93.1 19.0 -1.0 -5 13.7 -1.2 -8
2016 Slider CLE R 761 89.4 26.0 -1.6 -6 3.2 1.9 138
2016 Changeup CLE R 143 85.8 28.8 -0.6 -2 11.6 -2.3 -16
2016 4-Seamer CLE R 543 92.9 15.0 0.3 2 5.2 -3.9 -43
2016 Curveball CLE R 587 83.9 37.6 -6.2 -14 15.1 7.5 98
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 Cutter 0.9 1 150 33.3 44 .317 .463 .348 22.5 13.6 23.1 .334 .618 .411 33.3
2022 Curveball -0.1 0 131 29.1 48 .277 .426 .310 25.6 25.0 18.8 .313 .563 .373 42.9
2022 Sinker 1.2 2 123 27.3 21 .353 .647 .476 10.8 19.0 17.4 .381 .643 .481 46.2
2022 Changeup -3.1 -1 44 9.8 10 .100 .100 .090 44.4 40.0 50.0 .175 .202 .163 33.3
2022 4-Seamer -36.9 -1 2 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .210 .452 .269 100.0
2021 Curveball -0.7 -3 393 29.4 109 .186 .289 .255 39.1 36.7 25.5 .209 .320 .267 20.3
2021 Cutter -1.4 -5 364 27.2 81 .284 .403 .359 26.0 7.4 9.8 .246 .358 .327 32.3
2021 Sinker 2.7 9 336 25.1 90 .333 .577 .444 9.6 17.8 16.0 .303 .508 .393 51.6
2021 Changeup -2.7 -5 184 13.8 48 .191 .213 .191 40.2 35.4 28.3 .195 .273 .213 23.3
2021 4-Seamer -0.4 0 61 4.6 13 .200 .200 .267 12.0 23.1 10.0 .215 .387 .326 62.5
2020 Sinker 0.1 0 8 44.4 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2020 Curveball 1.4 0 5 27.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Cutter -2.5 0 3 16.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Changeup -12.8 0 1 5.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .020 .029 .019 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.0 0 1 5.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Cutter -2.0 -4 177 29.0 58 .286 .367 .353 32.0 25.9 39.5 .242 .344 .307 17.1
2019 Sinker 4.2 7 163 26.7 46 .390 .732 .500 16.9 10.9 16.7 .346 .788 .488 61.1
2019 Curveball -0.8 -1 140 22.9 34 .176 .176 .185 36.7 44.1 30.0 .117 .161 .121 31.6
2019 4-Seamer 4.1 3 79 12.9 19 .385 .538 .483 20.0 15.8 11.5 .351 .605 .480 54.5
2019 Changeup 3.4 2 52 8.5 11 .273 .545 .341 25.0 0.0 0.0 .272 .367 .278 27.3
2018 Sinker 0.9 9 1,005 31.6 255 .304 .494 .364 9.2 22.7 21.9 .262 .440 .328 41.1
2018 Cutter -1.2 -11 905 28.5 250 .263 .390 .311 29.2 20.0 23.8 .247 .364 .287 32.6
2018 Curveball -2.7 -19 691 21.7 196 .104 .219 .157 37.6 39.3 25.4 .178 .316 .223 27.6
2018 4-Seamer -0.8 -2 273 8.6 67 .154 .292 .207 21.1 31.3 17.4 .189 .335 .237 38.6
2018 Changeup -0.6 -1 202 6.4 46 .222 .378 .261 41.4 21.7 20.0 .237 .336 .248 27.8
2017 Sinker 0.8 7 837 28.4 194 .301 .489 .373 9.2 24.7 22.7 .274 .439 .335 42.3
2017 Curveball -4.2 -35 824 28.0 267 .099 .141 .120 49.0 54.7 38.0 .121 .177 .135 18.8
2017 Cutter -1.1 -7 670 22.8 175 .250 .470 .324 37.9 24.6 28.1 .244 .418 .293 28.6
2017 4-Seamer -1.1 -5 423 14.4 89 .182 .312 .280 18.8 20.2 13.2 .249 .400 .332 32.2
2017 Changeup -4.2 -8 180 6.1 47 .109 .109 .111 33.3 19.1 29.0 .211 .260 .214 13.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 177 84.7 77 15.0 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Curveball 389 81.9 54 18.0 8:00 8:45 -45
2021 Cutter 360 87.6 36 7.9 12:00 10:45 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 60 89.9 75 15.6 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Sinker 315 90.7 80 17.9 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Changeup 42 83.5 70 15.7 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Curveball 130 80.6 59 18.8 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Cutter 149 85.9 31 7.2 12:00 10:45 75
2022 Sinker 117 88.9 76 18.2 1:15 2:15 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 280 1,082 4 -1 5 4 12
2013 606 2,287 -6 -8 15 6 7
2014 948 3,488 -13 -28 9 5 -27
2015 883 3,262 -7 -21 3 8 -17
2016 996 3,703 -13 -45 13 10 -35
2017 804 3,077 -17 -34 2 7 -42
2018 837 3,163 -11 -24 1 11 -22
2019 168 611 4 -3 2 5 7
2021 341 1,338 1 -19 8 6 -4
2022 125 450 0 -2 2 1 1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,273 50.6 67.4 81.9 34.6 52.2 45.3 63.5 51.1 26.9 7.0 76.1
2016 3,189 48.6 65.7 81.8 32.3 51.4 42.0 62.6 48.5 28.1 7.5 74.1
2017 2,945 51.2 64.0 78.8 33.3 40.9 43.5 64.6 49.1 33.6 7.9 70.8
2018 3,181 48.2 64.3 85.4 33.6 50.0 43.3 63.3 48.2 26.9 6.3 75.3
2019 611 42.7 66.3 82.1 33.1 55.2 41.2 64.9 47.3 28.4 5.9 75.0
2020 18 38.9 57.1 100.0 36.4 75.0 38.9 33.3 44.4 12.5 5.6 100.0
2021 1,338 46.5 65.6 84.1 31.0 48.2 41.0 64.5 47.1 28.1 7.2 77.3
2022 450 47.6 71.0 82.2 31.8 61.3 46.7 61.6 50.4 24.2 8.4 81.6
Player 15,005 49.0 65.6 82.2 33.1 49.5 43.3 63.5 49.0 28.5 7.2 74.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.3 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015 76 70 64 53 83 6 33 56 57 87 88 80 76 62 63 67
2016 81 79 73 65 87 12 49 88 80 84 69 83 81 55 70 74
2017 96 89 88 84 98 24 63 91 80 97 96 93 96 30 84 68
2018 84 64 62 58 95 8 51 63 58 72 98 66 84 20 89 70
2019 14 71 54
2021 54 49 64 76 37 57 63 84 82 54 31 66 54 9 62 58
2022 16 7 13 18 28 19 46 55 47 48 82 41 17 2 62 46
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.2 4 4.9 -1.0 4 4 2 50.0
2021 22.9 8 9.3 -1.0 2 8 4 50.0
2022 25.4 4 5.1 -1.0 3 4 2 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 4 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 4 8 6 4 4 4 6 3 6 4 4 2 4 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 7
2021 8 8 13 7 12 7 10 11 9 10 12 9 6 10 10 12 9 11 11 11 4 7 7 9 7 12 8 6 11 6 13
2022 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 3 4 5 5 5 7 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 5 6 5 7 3 6
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.4 93 -0.4 ↓ 91.3 -1.7 ↓ 90.5 -0.8 ↓ 90.1 -0.4 ↓ 90.8 0.7 ↑ 89.2 -1.6 ↓ 87.3 -1.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 85.8 0.2 ↑ 85.8 0 85.2 -0.6 ↓ 84.9 -0.3 ↓ 83.6 -1.3 ↓ 84.7 1.1 ↑ 83.4 -1.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.9 87 0.1 ↑ 84.4 -2.6 ↓ 83.8 -0.6 ↓ 82.9 -0.9 ↓ 83.4 0.5 ↑ 81.9 -1.5 ↓ 80.6 -1.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.9 86.7 -1.2 ↓ 85.3 -1.4 ↓ 87.9 2.6 ↑ 86.9 -1 ↓ 80.5 -6.4 ↓ 86.9 6.4 ↑ 88.6 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle 11.5 12 0.5 ↑ 10.5 -1.5 ↓ 11.3 0.8 ↑ 13.6 2.3 ↑ 56.6 43 ↑ 13.9 -42.7 ↓ 15.2 1.3 ↑
Barrel % 5.6 6 0.4 ↑ 5.3 -0.7 ↓ 6.3 1 ↑ 8.9 2.6 ↑ 0 -8.9 ↓ 6.8 6.8 ↑ 7.7 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.1 30.4 -1.7 ↓ 29.2 -1.2 ↓ 34.5 5.3 ↑ 38.4 3.9 ↑ 0 -38.4 ↓ 34.4 34.4 ↑ 39.6 5.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.2 34.4 1.2 ↑ 33.8 -0.6 ↓ 32.1 -1.7 ↓ 34.8 2.7 ↑ 0 -34.8 ↓ 34.8 34.8 ↑ 38.5 3.7 ↑
xBA .228 .223 -0.005 ↓ .205 -0.018 ↓ .227 0.022 ↑ .254 0.027 ↑ .01 -0.244 ↓ .24 0.23 ↑ .317 0.077 ↑
BA .231 .216 -0.015 ↓ .193 -0.023 ↓ .223 0.03 ↑ .297 0.074 ↑ 0 -0.297 ↓ .247 0.247 ↑ .282 0.035 ↑
xwOBA .284 .281 -0.003 ↓ .248 -0.033 ↓ .277 0.029 ↑