Former Cleveland Pitcher Corey Kluber Announces Retirement
The Cleveland Guardians have had five pitchers in franchise history win the American League Cy Young Award.
Only one of these pitchers, however, won the award multiple times in a Cleveland uniform.
On Friday, former Cleveland ace and two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber announced his retirement from baseball via Instagram.
The 37-year-old retires with a career 116-77 record, 3.44 ERA, 1,725 strikeouts, 18 complete games, eight shutouts, 1.13 WHIP, and .240 opposing batting average in 13 MLB seasons.
Kluber was acquired by Cleveland from the San Diego Padres on July 31, 2010 as part of a three-team trade.
He eventually made his Major League debut with Cleveland in 2011, but became a mainstay in the team’s starting rotation in 2013. That season, the right-hander went 11-5 with a 3.85 ERA, 136 strikeouts, and a 1.26 WHIP in 26 appearances (24 starts).
But the following year was a breakout season for Kluber. After leading the American League with 18 wins, while also tallying a 2.44 ERA and a career-high 269 strikeouts, he won the 2014 AL Cy Young Award. The right-hander eventually won his second Cy Young Award in 2017, when he led MLB with 18 wins, and career-bests of a 2.25 ERA, five complete games, and three shutouts, while also throwing 265 strikeouts.
Jun 29, 2017; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Corey Kluber (28) delivers in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Progressive Field.
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Kluber was an AL All-Star for three consecutive years from 2016 through 2018.
From 2014 through 2018, he ranked top-three in MLB in complete games (17, first), wins (83, second), shutouts (seven, second), innings pitched (1,091.1, second), and strikeouts (1,228, third).
Kluber pitched for Cleveland for nine seasons, and ranks top-five in franchise history in WHIP (1.086, second), strikeouts (1,461, third), and strikeouts per nine innings pitched (9.80, fourth).
