Corey Kluber

Corey Scott Kluber (born April 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2011. His nickname is "KluBot."

After playing college baseball for Stetson University, the San Diego Padres drafted Kluber in 2007, and traded him to the Indians in 2010. Kluber established himself in the Indians' starting rotation in 2013. He led the American League in wins and won the American League Cy Young Award in 2014. Kluber signed a 5-year $38.5 million contract extension with the Indians in April 2015.

Amateur career

Kluber attended Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas. While pitching for the school's baseball team, Kluber broke his elbow, requiring surgery and the insertion of two screws. He went unselected in the 2004 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.

Coaches at Stetson University became aware of Kluber when he pitched in a tournament in Florida, where his parents owned a condominium. He enrolled at Stetson, where he played college baseball for the Stetson Hatters baseball team in the Atlantic Sun Conference. As a freshman in 2005, Kluber was used as a relief pitcher. He compiled a 2–2 win–loss record with a 7.82 earned run average (ERA) in 25 innings pitched. As a sophomore, he had a 6–5 win–loss record and a 3.61 ERA in 17 games, 14 of which he started. In 2007, Kluber had a 12–2 win–loss record and a 2.05 ERA with 117 strikeouts. That year, he was named both the Atlantic Sun Conference's Pitcher of the Year and a member the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Atlantic Region Second Team in 2007.