BIOGRAPHY
Corbin Burnes was born on October 22, 1994, in Bakersfield, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Burnes attended Centennial High School in Bakersfield, California and played college baseball at Saint Mary's College of California. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.
Burnes made his professional debut with the Arizona League Brewers and was later promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. In 35.2 innings pitched between Arizona and Wisconsin Burnes posted a 3-0 record with a 2.02 ERA. He started the 2017 season with the Carolina Mudcats was later promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers after recording a 1.05 earned run average (ERA) after ten starts. Burnes finished 2017 with a combined 8-3 record and 1.67 ERA between both teams. The Brewers named him their minor league pitcher of the year after the season.
MLB.com ranked Burnes as Milwaukee's second-best prospect going into the 2018 season. He began the season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Burnes was called up to the majors for the first time on July 8, 2018 and made his major league debut on July 10, 2018, pitching two scoreless innings, striking out one, and recording his first major league save. In the NLDS against the Rockies, he pitched four scoreless innings in relief across two appearances, earning the win in the clinching 6-0 Game 3 victory. He got the last six outs of NLCS game six win against the Dodgers.
In the shortened 2020 season, Burnes pitched to a 4–1 record and recorded an ERA of 2.11 while striking out 88 batters in 59 2⁄3 innings. He finished 6th in the NL Cy Young voting that year.
Burnes struck out 40 batters without issuing a walk in his first four starts of 2021, an unprecedented four game stretch for an MLB starting pitcher. On May 13, Burnes set the MLB record for the most strikeouts to begin a season before issuing a walk, with 58, surpassing the previous record held by Kenley Jansen. On September 11, Burnes pitched the first eight innings of a combined no-hitter with Josh Hader against the Cleveland Indians, in which he struck out 14 batters. He held a perfect game until a seventh-inning walk to Myles Straw. Burnes finished the 2021 season with an 11–5 record and led the major leagues in ERA (2.43), strikeouts per nine innings (12.6), and strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.88).
On September 11, Burnes pitched the first eight innings of a combined no-hitter with Josh Hader against the Cleveland Indians, in which he struck out 14 batters. He held a perfect game until a seventh-inning walk to Myles Straw. Burnes finished the 2021 season with an 11–5 record and led the major leagues in ERA (2.43), strikeouts per nine innings (12.6), and strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.88). He allowed the fewest home runs per 9 innings of any major leaguer, at 0.38. He won the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the third Brewers pitcher to win the award.
On March 22, 2022, Burnes signed a $6.5 million contract with the Brewers, avoiding salary arbitration.
In 2022 he was 12-8 with a 2.94 ERA in 202 innings, and struck out a league-high 243 batters. On defense, he had a .961 fielding percentage. He was a finalist for the NL Gold Glove Award at pitcher, but it was won for the third straight season by Max Fried.
Burnes signed with the Orioles prior to the 2024 season.
