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Korey
Mathison		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 2, 1992 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Cy Young Award 2019    2021   
All-Star Selections 2018    2019    2020    2021    2022   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 18 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5
2012 19 CLE AL   9 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 7
2013 20 CLE AL   9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
2014 21 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 10 9
2015 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10
2016 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
2017 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
2018 25 CLE AL $ 3,250,000 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
2019 26 CLE AL $ 5,092,857 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
2020 27 CLE AL $ 8,192,857 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10
2021 28 CLE AL $ 18,700,000 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
2022 29 CLE AL $ 18,700,000 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,700,000 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2011 18 BOS AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.3 12 8 2 1 2 8.64 .316 .350 .500 .850 0.0
    AA   0 3 .000 5 5 0 0 0 26.3 36 22 1 13 19 7.52 .336 .408 .495 .904  
    A   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 39.3 34 19 4 13 23 4.35 .228 .290 .383 .673  
2012 19 AAA   2 2 .500 7 7 0 0 0 44.3 39 19 7 15 32 3.86 .234 .297 .437 .734  
    AA   8 5 .615 17 17 0 0 0 108.3 130 51 8 30 64 4.24 .307 .353 .461 .814  
2013 20 AAA   5 5 .500 13 13 0 0 0 71.7 78 26 7 22 45 3.27 .273 .325 .416 .741  
2014 21 CLE AL 0 5 .000 6 6 0 0 0 32.7 50 27 4 7 31 7.44 .342 .374 .466 .840 0.0
    AAA   13 5 .722 21 21 0 0 0 131.3 150 53 10 41 86 3.63 .292 .345 .413 .758  
2015 22 CLE AL 14 14 .500 36 36 3 2 0 225.7 246 98 3 58 181 3.91 .272 .325 .324 .648 16.9
2016 23 CLE AL 16 17 .485 41 41 3 1 0 270.3 325 133 14 46 193 4.43 .296 .341 .384 .725 18.2
2017 24 CLE AL 14 9 .609 33 33 5 2 0 233.0 231 91 10 45 163 3.52 .260 .306 .337 .643 20.0
2018 25 CLE AL 16 12 .571 33 33 8 3 0 231.0 233 71 11 24 198 2.77 .256 .296 .329 .625 21.9
2019 26 CLE AL 26 6 .813 35 35 7 4 0 261.7 214 59 6 38 234 2.03 .219 .263 .280 .543 31.4
2020 27 CLE AL 19 9 .679 36 36 7 1 0 286.3 234 78 8 27 238 2.45 .221 .251 .290 .541 31.3
2021 28 CLE AL 25 7 .781 36 36 11 4 0 290.7 217 56 4 32 284 1.73 .204 .250 .250 .500 37.9
2022 29 CLE AL 18 12 .600 38 38 8 3 0 287.3 229 71 5 27 244 2.22 .215 .248 .293 .541 33.1
10 Years Sim 148 92 .617 296 296 52 20 0 2127.0 1991 692 67 305 1768 2.93 .244 .286 .314 .600 210.7
3 Years AAA 20 12 .625 41 41 0 0 0 247.3 267 98 24 78 163 3.57 .276 .330 .418 .749  
2 Years AA 8 8 .500 22 22 0 0 0 134.7 166 73 9 43 83 4.88 .313 .365 .468 .833  
1 Years A 2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 39.3 34 19 4 13 23 4.35 .228 .290 .383 .673  
6 Years Minors 30 23 .566 70 70 0 0 0 421.3 467 190 37 134 269 4.06 .284 .338 .431 .769  
Season Average 14 9 .609 29 29 5 2 0 212.7 199 69 6 30 176 2.93 .244 .286 .314 .600  
Career Highs 26 17 .813 41 41 11 4 0 290.7 325 133 14 58 284 8.64 .342 .374 .500 .850  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1016 370 35 164 958   .234 .261 .300 .562
vs LH   975 322 32 141 810   .257 .283 .330 .613
Home 71 45 .612 143 143 24 12 0 1020.0 947 333 27 148 865 2.94 .242 .270 .310 .580
Away 77 47 .621 153 153 28 8 0 1107.0 1044 359 40 157 903 2.92 .246 .273 .318 .591
Mar/Apr 20 15 .571 44 44 10 4 0 313.3 311 104 9 39 231 2.99 .254 .277 .327 .604
May 27 17 .614 51 51 11 3 0 371.0 323 124 11 51 277 3.01 .231 .258 .293 .551
June 29 10 .744 48 48 5 2 0 355.6 321 103 7 45 330 2.61 .238 .263 .295 .557
July 24 17 .585 46 46 12 4 0 333.6 295 109 9 46 269 2.94 .235 .262 .308 .570
August 23 15 .605 49 49 6 2 0 354.3 334 109 15 61 310 2.77 .246 .278 .325 .603
Sep/Oct 25 18 .581 58 58 8 5 0 399.0 407 143 16 63 351 3.23 .261 .290 .335 .625
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2011 18 BOS AL P 2 2 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08    
2014 21 CLE AL P 6 6 32.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2015 22 CLE AL P 36 36 225.7 12 17 1 1 .967 1.16    
2016 23 CLE AL P 41 41 270.3 13 36 0 2 1.000 1.63    
2017 24 CLE AL P 33 33 233.0 14 19 1 0 .971 1.27    
2018 25 CLE AL P 33 33 231.0 10 20 0 0 1.000 1.17    
2019 26 CLE AL P 35 35 261.7 8 24 2 0 .941 1.10    
2020 27 CLE AL P 36 36 286.3 15 31 1 1 .979 1.45    
2021 28 CLE AL P 36 36 290.7 10 26 1 1 .973 1.11    
2022 29 CLE AL P 38 38 287.3 18 28 1 3 .979 1.44    
Career Totals   296 296 2127.0 100 202 7 8 .977 1.28    
Career Highs   41 41 290.7 18 36 2 3 1.000 1.63    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2017-8-3.52
2018-4-2.77
2019-3-2.03
2020-2-2.45
2021-1-1.73
2022-3-2.22
CAR-14-2.93
 Wins
2016-10-16
2018-6-16
2019-1-26
2020-4-19
2021-1-25
2022-5-18
CAR-32-148
 Losses
2015-6-14
2016-4-17
 Winning Pct
2019-2-.813
2020-7-.679
2021-2-.781
CAR-37-.617
 Games Started
2015-2-36
2016-1-41
2019-6-35
2020-2-36
2021-2-36
2022-2-38
 Complete Games
2015-8-3
2016-5-3
2017-2-5
2018-1-8
2019-4-7
2020-2-7
2021-1-11
2022-1-8
CAR-4-52
Shutouts
2015-3-2
2016-8-1
2017-3-2
2018-2-3
2019-1-4
2020-9-1
2021-1-4
2022-1-3
CAR-6-20
 Innings Pitched
2015-4-225.7
2016-1-270.3
2017-6-233.0
2018-5-231.0
2019-4-261.7
2020-1-286.3
2021-1-290.7
2022-1-287.3
 Hits Allowed
2015-4-246
2016-1-325
2022-8-229
 Strikeouts
2018-10-198
2019-3-234
2020-4-238
2021-1-284
2022-3-244
 Walks per 9IP
2016-6-1.5
2017-8-1.7
2018-1-0.9
2019-3-1.3
2020-2-0.8
2021-1-1.0
2022-1-0.8
CAR-6-1.3
 Hits per 9IP
2019-8-7.4
2020-4-7.4
2021-1-6.7
2022-3-7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
2021-4-8.8
 WHiP
2017-5-1.18
2018-5-1.11
2019-1-0.96
2020-1-0.91
2021-1-0.86
2022-1-0.89
CAR-11-1.08
 OAVG
2019-7-.219
2020-4-.221
2021-1-.204
2022-3-.215
 OOBP
2018-10-.296
2019-2-.263
2020-1-.251
2021-1-.250
2022-1-.248
CAR-21-.286
 OSLG
2015-6-.324
2017-6-.337
2018-6-.329
2019-3-.280
2020-3-.290
2021-1-.250
2022-4-.293
CAR-13-.314
 OOPS
2015-10-.648
2017-6-.643
2018-7-.625
2019-2-.543
2020-1-.541
2021-1-.500
2022-2-.541
CAR-14-.600
 
   Black Ink Test: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 155    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Moved to the US and entered the free agent pool in 2009
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/14/2009 to a 3-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Had first career hit on 4/16/2009, off Carlos Zambrano (CHN)
Earned first career win on 5/1/2009
Released by San Diego on 10/15/2009
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Boston in 2011
Injured on 7/15/2011 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/29/2014 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/20/2015
Injured on 9/6/2015 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
1/29/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2018, going 5-1, 1.45
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
1/29/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,092,857 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2019, going 5-0, 0.83
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Injured on 7/20/2019 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Cy Young Award in 2019, going 26-6, 2.03 ERA
1/29/2020: Gets a new one-year contract worth $8,192,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game
9/18/2020: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $18,700,000 per year, for 6 years
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2021, going 5-0, 0.76
Won Cy Young Award in 2021, going 25-7, 1.73 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2022, going 4-1, 1.07
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
 
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