BIOGRAPHY
Corey Kluber was born April 10, 1986, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
A three-time MLB All-Star, Kluber is a two-time winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League (AL) including in 2014, his second full season in the major leagues, and in 2017. In 2016, he was named the Sporting News AL Starting Pitcher of the Year. He led the major leagues in earned run average (ERA) in 2017 and has twice led the AL in wins. On May 13, 2015, Kluber became one of 20 pitchers in major league history to strike out at least 18 batters in a nine-inning game, doing so versus the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2018, Kluber notched his first 20-win season.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Kluber played high school baseball for Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas. He then attended Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, where he was named Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2007 and was inducted into the Stetson Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. The San Diego Padres selected Kluber in the fourth round of the 2007 draft and traded him to the Indians in 2010 as part of a three-team transaction. Kluber established himself in the Indians' starting rotation in 2013. He was signed through 2020, with a club option for 2021, after agreeing to a five-year, $38.5 million contract extension with the Indians in April 2015. The Indians traded Kluber to the Rangers in December 2019, and he signed with the Yankees in January 2021. He earned his first win for the Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles. He earned his 100th career win pitching eight scoreless innings against the Detroit Tigers.
On May 19, 2021, Kluber pitched the 12th no-hitter in Yankees history against the Texas Rangers, throwing 71 of 101 pitches for strikes and striking out nine batters in a 2–0 win. A third-inning walk to Charlie Culberson was the only blemish in an otherwise perfect game. It was the Yankees' first no-hitter since David Cone's perfect game in 1999, as well as the first Yankees no-hitter pitched in the 21st century. Moreover, the no-hitter occurred one day after another no-hitter had been thrown by Spencer Turnbull of the Detroit Tigers, and was the sixth no-hitter overall of the 2021 MLB season.
On December 1, 2021, Kluber signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, with an $8 million guaranteed salary and $5 million in achievable incentives.
