Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin | |
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Washington Nationals – No. 46 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Clay, New York, U.S. | July 19, 1989|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 30, 2012, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
MLB statistics (through April 23, 2024) | |
Win–loss record | 97–121 |
Earned run average | 4.43 |
Strikeouts | 1,608 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Patrick Alan Corbin (born July 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He won the 2019 World Series with the Nationals.
At
Corbin made his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2012, and was named an
Early life
Corbin is from
Corbin's father built a
Amateur career
High school
Corbin attended Cicero–North Syracuse High School (C-NS) in Cicero, New York.[2][3] His father suggested that he sign up for the school's baseball team during his freshman year, but Corbin declined, preferring to play with his friends.[1] However, he did play for the basketball and football teams. His friends on the basketball team convinced him to try out for the baseball team in his junior year, and with little training, he was able to throw over 80 miles per hour (130 km/h).[1]
In 2007, his senior season at C-NS, Corbin had an 8–0 win–loss record, allowing only 33 hits and 16 runs while striking out 76 batters in 47 innings pitched. C-NS became the top ranked team in the state of New York, and Corbin was named to the All-League team and first team All-Central New York.[4][5] He graduated from C-NS with a record of 14–0 and 139 strikeouts.[4]
For the C-NS basketball team, Corbin broke the school's record for most three-point field goals in a single game. He was named to the All Section Basketball team after completing his senior season.
College
Corbin's grades at C-NS were not good enough for him to enroll at a
Corbin transferred to
Following the 2009 season, Corbin signed a
Professional career
Scouts from every
Los Angeles Angels
Corbin signed with the Angels, receiving a $450,000 signing bonus, forgoing his commitment to Southern Miss.
Arizona Diamondbacks
At the
The Diamondbacks invited Corbin to spring training in 2012, where he pitched to a 0.57 earned run average.[23][24] Corbin began the 2012 season with Mobile,[3] pitching to a 2–0 record and 1.67 ERA in four starts.[25]
Major leagues
On April 30, 2012, the Diamondbacks promoted Corbin to the major leagues to start in place of
During the 2012–13 offseason, Corbin gained 10 pounds (4.5 kg) and added 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h) to his fastball.
During spring training in 2014, Diamondbacks manager
Corbin returned to the Diamondbacks on July 4, 2015.
In 2017, Corbin and the Diamondbacks agreed to a $3.95 million salary.[46] Corbin returned to the starting rotation.[47] He finished the 2017 season with a 4.03 ERA in 189+2⁄3 innings pitched; his ERA during the final three months of the season was 2.90.[48][49] Though the Diamondbacks made it to the 2017 National League Division Series, Corbin did not appear.[48] Torey Lovullo, the team's manager had decided Corbin would start Game 4,[50] but the Diamondbacks were eliminated after Game 3.[48]
Corbin and the Diamondbacks agreed to a $7.5 million salary for 2018.
Corbin finished the season 11–7 in 200 innings pitched across 33 starts. He had a 3.15 ERA and 246 strikeouts, which were both career bests. Corbin had the lowest zone percentage of all major league pitchers, with only 34.4% of his pitches being in the strike zone.[56] He became a free agent after the season.[57]
Washington Nationals
On December 7, 2018, the Washington Nationals announced a six-year deal with Corbin worth $140 million.[58][59]
On July 2, 2019, Corbin chose to wear number 45 in his start against the Miami Marlins to honor the late Tyler Skaggs who died the day before. In 2019, he was 14–7 with a 3.25 ERA (8th in the NL) in 33 starts, in which he struck out 238 batters in 202.0 innings.[60]
In Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, Corbin was the winning pitcher, leading to the Nationals' first championship in franchise history.[61] Corbin's 13.886 strikeouts per nine innings pitched in the 2019 playoffs was the third highest by a pitcher in a single MLB postseason.[62] Corbin won the 2019 Warren Spahn Award.
In 2020, Corbin was 2–7 with a 4.66 ERA.[60] He led the NL in hits allowed (85), and had the highest WHIP of all NL qualified pitchers (1.569).[63][64]
In 2021, Corbin had what was up to that point the worst season of his career. His ERA of 5.82 was the worst among qualified pitchers, and he led the National League in home runs allowed (37) and the majors in losses (16), earned runs allowed (111), and OPS against (.855). He gave up the most home runs per 9 innings pitched of all major leaguers, at 1.94.[65]
In 2022, his ERA of 6.31 was the worst among major league starting pitchers, and with his 6–19 record he led the NL in losses, while giving up a major-league-leading 210 hits in 152.2 innings, a major-league-leading batting average against of .321, a major league slugging percentage against of .513, and gave up the highest percentage of hard-hit balls (39.9%).[66]
Scouting report
Corbin is listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg).
Corbin improved his changeup after pitching in Instructional League during the 2009–10 offseason, which led Corbin to consider it a better pitch than his slider.[5] However, Todd Helton, after striking out twice against Corbin early in the 2013 season, dubbed Corbin's slider "the best I've ever seen."[68] In 2011, he developed a knuckle curve, which he believes contributed to his consecutive scoreless innings streak.[67]
Personal life
Former Diamondbacks teammate Paul Goldschmidt described Corbin as "humble" about his success. With his signing bonus, Corbin bought a used car instead of a new one. He lived in his parents' basement during the 2012–13 winter and officiates youth basketball games during the offseason.[1]
Corbin met his wife, Jen, when they were classmates at C-NS.[1] They married in November 2018.[69] They live in Phoenix, Arizona, during the offseason.[70]
Corbin was friends with former teammate Tyler Skaggs, who died on July 1, 2019. They played rookie ball together as well as Class AA baseball.[71] Skaggs was a groomsman in Corbin's 2018 offseason wedding.[72] On July 2, Corbin honored Skaggs by wearing 45 for a game against the Miami Marlins.[73]
Corbin endorsed Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election by tweeting a picture of the two of them on a golf course captioned "#Vote #Trump2020."[74]
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External links
- Media related to Patrick Corbin at Wikimedia Commons
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Patrick Corbin on Twitter