Michael Anthony Clevinger...Is a 2009 graduate of Wolfson (Fla.) High School...Pitched collegiately at The Citadel (S.C.) in 2010...Was named to the Southern Conference all-freshman team before transferring to Seminole State (Fla.) College for 2011...Was signed by Angels scout Tom Kotchman.
2025
Pitched in six spring games as a non-roster invitee with Chicago (AL)…Made his fifth career Opening Day roster after being selected on 3/27...Made eight appearances with the White Sox from 3/27-4/15...Was designated for assignment on 4/16...Cleared waivers and was outrighted to Charlotte (White Sox’ Triple-A) on 4/18...Was on the seven-day injured list from 5/27-6/6...Went 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA (21.0 IP/4 ER) and 24 strikeouts across his four starts in June.
2024
Made just four starts in his second season with the White Sox due to right elbow and neck injuries...Agreed to terms on a one-year contract on 4/4 and was assigned to the Arizona Complex League White Sox…was transferred to Class AAA Charlotte on 4/25...Was recalled on 5/6 following two starts with the Knights and made his debut that night at Tampa Bay…suffered the loss after allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits over two IP...Worked 4.2 IP in each of his next three starts on 5/11 vs. Cleveland, 5/17 at the Yankees and 5/23 vs. Baltimore...Was placed on the injured list on 5/25 with right elbow inflammation...made six rehab starts with Charlotte...Was diagnosed with a disc issue in his neck on 7/27 and underwent disc replacement surgery on 8/1, ending his season...Was transferred to the 60-day injured list on 8/17.
2023
Led the White Sox with nine wins and made 24 starts in his first season with the club...Made 24 starts, his most since 2018 with Cleveland (32), despite two stints on the injured list...His 3.27 road ERA (26 ER/71.2 IP) over 12 starts would have tied for fifth-best in the American League with the necessary IP...Recorded monthly lows in ERA (2.70), average (.202), on-base percentage (.294) and OPS (.592) over five August starts...Limited opponents to the following slash lines: .225/.301/.385 (45-for-200) with runners on base, .169/.263/.305 (20-for-118) with RISP and .130/.277/.148 (7-for-54) with RISP/two outs...Made 10 quality starts, worked 6.0-plus IP nine times, and Chicago went 12-12 in his starts...Threw 5.0 scoreless IP and earned the win in his team debut on 4/2 at Houston, allowing just three hits with three walks and eight strikeouts … became the third pitcher since 2000 to throw 5.0-plus scoreless IP in his Sox debut, joining Johnny Cueto on 5/16/22 at Kansas City (6.0), Mat Latos on 4/17/16 at Oakland (6.0) and José Quintana on 5/7/12 at Cleveland (5.2) … his eight strikeouts were the most by pitcher in his White Sox debut since Francisco Liriano on 7/31/12 at Minnesota (eight)...Received a ND on 4/14 vs. Baltimore despite allowing just one hit over 6.0 scoreless IP...Suffered his first loss of the season on 4/19 vs. Philadelphia … surrendered three runs on six hits over 3.0 IP (75 pitches)...Snapped his six-start winless stretch 5/17 vs. Cleveland after allowing two runs on six hits with five strikeouts in 6.0 IP...Was placed on the 15-day injured list on 5/21 (retroactive to 5/18) with right wrist inflammation...Was reinstated from the IL on 6/2 and made the start that night vs. Detroit … earned a ND despite allowing just three hits with six strikeouts over 5.0 scoreless IP … lowered his career ERA vs. the Tigers to 1.63...Went 6-6 with a 3.32 ERA (31 ER/84.0 IP), .237 opponents average, 18 walks and 70 strikeouts over his final 15 starts from 6/1 through the end of the season … the 3.32 mark was the ninth-lowest in the AL during that span (minimum 80.0 IP)...Threw 4.2 scoreless IP and allowed three hits with two walks and five strikeouts before leaving the game in the fifth with right biceps soreness on 6/14 at the Dodgers...Was on the IL from 6/15-7/28 with right biceps inflammation … worked 5.0 scoreless IP with just two hits allowed in a win in his first start back on 7/29 vs. Cleveland...Earned the win on 8/9 vs. the Yankees after allowing just one run on three hits over 6.0 IP … received a ND in his next outing on 8/16 at the Cubs despite working 7.0 scoreless IP … Christopher Morel hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth...Made five consecutive starts without a walk from 9/2-24 , going 3-2 with a 3.66 ERA (13 ER/32.0 IP), 1.00 WHIP and 23 strikeouts … tied Seattle's George Kirby and San Francisco's Ross Stripling for the longest walkless start streak in MLB in 2023, and the longest by a White Sox since LaMarr Hoyt from 7/13-8/7/1983 (six) … did not issue a walk over 141 batters faced from 8/27-9/30, the most by a Sox since Hoyt faced 167 straight in 1983 … Stripling (169 from 7/2/-8/16/23) owned the longest streak in MLB this season (Elias)...Worked 7.0 scoreless IP in a victory on 9/8 at Detroit...Threw his third complete game, and first by a in 2023, on 9/18 at Washington … marked his second career CG of 9.0 IP (also 4/21/18 at Baltimore) … surrendered one run on six hits with zero walks and seven strikeouts for his first CG since 9/13/20 vs. S.F. (7.0 IP) … lost his shutout bid on Dominic Smith's homer with two outs in the ninth … marked the Sox first CG since Dylan Cease on 9/3/22 vs. Minnesota, and first on the road since Lucas Giolito on 8/21/19 at the Twins...Threw his second straight complete game (6.0 IP) in a rain-shortened win on 9/24 at Boston … allowed two runs on five hits with zero walks and two strikeouts … recorded back-to-back CGs for the first time in his career, and was the White Sox to accomplish the feat since RHP Lucas Giolito from 5/18-23/19 … was the only MLB pitcher to throw consecutive CGs in 2023...Suffered the loss in his final start of the season on 9/30 vs. San Diego (6 ER/1.2 IP), his shortest outing since 9/23/20 vs. the Angels (1.0 scoreless IP) … walked Juan Soto in the first to snap his streak of hitters faced without a walk at 141... Declined his $12-million mutual option on 11/3.
2022
Went 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA (55 ER/114.1 IP), .233 (102-437) opponents average and 91 strikeouts over 23 appearances (22 starts) with San Diego...Home and Road: Went 3-3 with a 2.88 ERA (16 ER/50.0 IP) and .204 (38-186) opponents average in nine starts at Petco Park and 4-4 with a 5.46 ERA (39 ER/64.1 IP) and .255 (64-251) opponents average over 14 games (13 starts) on the road...Get Your Rest: Was a combined 7-4 with a 3.18 ERA (28 ER/79.1 IP) in 15 starts with five-plus days of rest, compared to 0-3 with a 6.82 ERA (25 ER/33.0 IP) in seven starts on four days of rest...Began the season on the 15-day injured list with a sprained right knee suffered during spring training...made one rehab start at Class A Lake Elsinore (4/14) and two with Class AAA El Paso (4/19 and 4/27), combining to go 0-0 with a 2.08 ERA (2 ER/8.2 IP) and 15 strikeouts...Was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the injured list on 5/3...made his Padres season debut on 5/4 at Cleveland, his former team, allowing three runs on four hits over 4.2 IP (ND)...Went 3-3 with a 2.81 ERA (16 ER/51.1 IP) and 49 strikeouts in 10 games (nine starts) from 5/17-8/11...earned his first win on 5/17 at Philadelphia, allowing one hit over five scoreless IP...Was placed on the 15-day injured list for the second time on 5/22 (retro to 5/21) with a right triceps strain...was reinstated on 6/5 and started that day at Milwaukee (ND, 1 ER/3.0 IP, 5 SO) before going on the COVID-19 related IL from 6/11-16...Pitched in relief on 6/17 at Colorado (2 ER/2.0 IP)...threw six scoreless IP in a win on 6/29 at Arizona, allowing two hits...Threw a season-high seven IP in back-to-back starts on 7/26 at Detroit (2 ER) and 8/1 vs. Colorado (1 ER)...Earned his 50th career victory on 9/20 vs. St. Louis, allowing three hits over 5.2 scoreless IP...won his final regular-season start on 10/1 vs. the White Sox, giving up one run on three hits and no walks over 6.0 IP...Started Game 1 of the National League Division Series at the Dodgers (L; 4 ER/2.2 IP) and Game 4 of the NLCS at Philadelphia, allowing three runs without recording an out.
2021
Missed the entire campaign recovering from Tommy John surgery, performed Nov. 17, 2021, by Dr. Timothy Kremcheck in Cincinnati, Ohio...Progressed through his throwing program in San Diego and on the road with the big league club, serving as sounding board for the pitchers on the staff and his teammates.
2020
Acquired by the Padres in a 9-player trade with CLE on August 31, making 4 starts for SD with a 2.84 ERA and .212 opponent AVG... Between SD and CLE, he posted a 3.02 ERA in 8 starts with 40 SO against 14 BB... After receiving zero runs of support in his SD debut on Sept. 3 @ LAA (6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER), he received 19 runs of support across his final 3 outings...the 9.00 run support average from his SD debut until the end of the regular season T-3rd highest among all NL pitchers (min. 4 starts)...Between both CLE and SD, 9 of his 14 earned runs and 5 of his 6 HR allowed came in the 1st inning, posting a 10.13 ERA (9 ER, 8.0 IP) in the 1st frame...he had sub-3.00 ERAs in every other frame, including a 2.57 ERA in the 2nd, a 1.29 ERA in both the 3rd and 4th, a 1.50 ERA in the 5th and was scoreless when he worked into the 6th (4.2 IP) and 7th (2.0 IP) innings... At the time of the acquisition and since the beginning of the 2018 season, Clevinger was 27-13 with a 2.92 ERA (113 ER, 348.2 IP), the 4th-lowest mark among all qualifying American League starters behind Justin Verlander (2.56), Gerrit Cole (2.76) and Blake Snell (2.82)... Among all ML pitchers who tossed at least 300.0 IP from 2018-20, his 154 ERA+ ranked 6th, behind Jacob deGrom (187), Hyun-Jin Ryu (179), Justin Verlander (172), Gerrit Cole (162) and Max Scherzer (155)...ERA+ is an adjusted Earned Run Average that takes a player's ERA and normalizes it across the entire league, accounting for external factors like ballparks and opponents...it then adjusts, so a score of 100 is league average, and 150 is 50% better than the league average... He was diagnosed with a right posterior elbow impingement following his final regular season start on September 23 vs. LAA.
POSTSEASON: Was not a part of the Padres Wild Card Series roster due to the injury...added to the NLDS roster and made his sole Postseason appearance vs. LAD on Oct. 6, starting Game 1 but was removed in the 2nd inning after pitching a hitless, scoreless first frame...signed a two-year contract through 2022 in the offseason on Nov. 16 before undergoing Tommy John surgery on Nov. 17 by Dr. Timothy Kremchek in Cincinnati.
2019
Enjoyed a stellar season despite missing two and a half months and over a dozen starts due to injury, posting a career-best equaling 13 wins while recording a 2.71 ERA, the sixth-lowest ERA in MLB and sixth-lowest by a Cleveland pitcher since 1983 (min. 125IP)...Using the same metric, his 12.07 strikeouts per 9.0IP were highest in franchise history and sixth-highest in MLB in 2019...Excelled in the second half, finishing tied for first in the AL in wins (11), second in innings (101.2) and third in strikeouts (129) and ERA (2.30)...Recorded 18.0 consecutive innings from Sept. 14-24, marking the longest run by an Indians starter in 2019...Dating back to July 3, Clevinger was 12-2 with a 2.17 ERA (26ER/107.2IP/86H) with 27 walks and 138 strikeouts over his final 17 starts...Won a career-best and 2019 club-high 10 straight decisions, July 3-Sept. 8 and did not record a loss over 13 consecutive starts over the span...Allowed 2-or-fewer runs in 16 of his 21 starts...The right-hander won 8 consecutive road starts from July 3-Sept. 24, the longest streak in the Majors since Rich Hill won 8 straight road starts from April 9-Sept. 10, 2016 with Oakland and Los Angeles-NL... Only 3 Cleveland pitchers have won 8-or-more straight road starts since 1908 with the last being Bob Lemon winning 8 consecutive road starts from June 11-Aug. 24, 1950... Lemon (Sept. 3, 1946-May 7, 1948) and Addie Joss (Sept. 14, 1908-July 31, 1909) hold the franchise record at 11, while Guy Morton also has a run of 8 straight road victories (Sept. 17, 1915-May 24, 1916)...Combined over the last two seasons, Clevinger is 26-12 with a 2.90 ERA (326.0IP, 260H, 105ER, 376), the third-lowest ERA in the AL and sixth-lowest in MLB over the span among hurlers with at least 300.0 innings of work...Right-handed batters have hit just .199 (169-for-850) against Clevinger since the start of 2017, the best mark in the American League (min. 200.0IP)...Righties hit just .198 (44-222) against him, the 4th-best mark in the AL (min. 20 starts)...Combined over the last two seasons, Clevinger is 26-12 with a 2.90 ERA (326.0IP, 260H, 105ER, 376), the third-lowest ERA in the AL and sixth-lowest in MLB over the span among hurlers with at least 300.0 innings of work...Right-handed batters have hit just .199 (169-for-850) against Clevinger since the start of 2017, the best mark in the American League (min. 200.0IP)...Righties hit just .198 (44-222) against him, the 4th-best mark in the AL (min. 20 starts).,.Following two straight scoreless starts to begin the season, April 1 vs. CWS and April 7 vs. Toronto (12.0 scoreless IP, 2 hits, 22 strikeouts), Mike was placed on the 60-day Injured List with a strained muscle in his upper back (right Teres major)...Was on the IL, April 8-June 16, for the first time in his career and upon returning on June 17 at Texas, suffered a left ankle sprain covering first base and was placed on the 10-day IL, June 18-27...Rehabbed in Columbus and Akron, June 6-12...Clevinger was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August after posting a 5-0 record with a 1.96 ERA (8ER/36.2IP), 11 walks and 51 strikeouts over 6 starts... The right-hander ranked 2nd in the AL in wins and strikeouts for the month, 3rd in ERA and strikeouts-per-nine innings (12.52), 4th in innings pitched, 5th in opponent batting average (.207) and T6th in WHIP (1.06)...According to Fangraphs, his 1.7 WAR was the highest among any MLB pitcher for the month ... Marked the first weekly or monthly award of Clevinger's career...Also led the AL in July ERA (1.74) and was 12th in September ERA (2.30)...Was second in the AL in the month of Sept. in innings (40) and fourth in strikeouts (46)...Opponents hit just .212 against Clevinger with runners on(36-for-170) in 2019, the 8th-lowest batting average in the AL ... His .331 season slugging pct. allowed was third-lowest in MLB behind deGrom (.323) and Sonny Gray (.325, min. 125IP) ...Had an ERA of 1.78 (12ER/60.2 IP) at home this season -- best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP...Using the same 80 IP metric, his season OPS of .602 was fifth-best among MLB starters and 40.8% (95/233) SO pct. of right-handed batters faced was highest in MLB...
2018
Enjoyed a career season, establishing career-bests in every pitching category, eclipsing the 200-strikeout mark and 200.0 innings bench mark as well...With Corey Kluber, became just the fourth duo in the 118-year history of the club to record 200 strikeouts and top the 200.0 inning mark...Recorded his 200th strikeout on Sept. 22 vs. Boston, becoming the fourth member of the club's rotation to do so, establishing a Major League record...Was arguably the best pitcher in the American League in the second half, going 6-3 with a 2.31 ERA in 13 starts after the break (78.0IP, 53H, 20ER, 27BB, 89SO)...Recorded the lowest average against (.189) after the break and was second in ERA, second in on-base pct. allowed (.264) and slugging pct. allowed (.345) and fourth in strikeouts and innings...Recorded a record of 8-1 with a 1.95 ERA in 14 starts vs. A.L. Central opponents (20ER/92.1IP), the lowest ERA in the A.L. vs. Central (min. 60IP)...Recorded six pickoffs, second-most in the A.L. behind Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales (7; tied for third in MLB behind Atlanta's Julio Tehéran)...Most pickoffs by an Indians pitcher in a single season since 1989...Allowed 18 steals, tied for eighth-most allowed in the league. Enjoyed some outstanding starts, tossing his first career shutout on April 21 at Baltimore (9.0IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 3SO)...Marked the fewest such hits in a shutout by an Indians starting pitcher since Carlos Carrasco allowed one hit in a shutout at Kansas City on September 25, 2015 (9.0IP, 2BB, 15K)...Set a career-high with 11 strikeouts, done twice, the last of which came on July 9 vs. Cincinnati (also, June 14 at Chicago-AL)...Recorded his first five double-digit strikeout games of his career...Clevinger posted a 3-0 record and 2.21 ERA (9ER/36.2IP) in six August starts...His 39 punchouts also tied his most in a single month, alongside May and July 2018...Bested that in September, going 3-1 with a 2.12 ERA in five starts (7ER/29.2IP)...From August 30 on he was 4-1 with a 1.73 ERA to end the year (36.1IP, 18H, 7ER, 12BB, 44SO, .142 avg)...Right-handed batters are hitting just .198 (127-for-640) against Clevinger since the start of 2017, tied for second best in MLB among pitchers with at least 160 IP...Clevinger walked 127 of 1,312 batters (9.7%) since the start of 2017, fourth worst among qualified starters in MLB...His 27 assists were the second-most of any pitcher in the A.L....For the year batters hit .195 (55-for-282) off him with men on base, the sixth-lowest mark in the league.
2017
Had an outstanding season for the Indians, posting new career-highs in virtually every category, finishing fourth on the club with 12 wins and recording a B-R WAR of 3.2 ...His 3.11 ERA was the 8th-lowest ERA of any American League pitcher with at least 100.0 IP on the season while his .211 average against was 5th-lowest...Walked 4 of 11 batters faced in the ALDS vs. New York. In four starts during Cleveland's historic win streak (Aug. 24-Sept. 14), Clevinger went 4-0 with a 0.38 ERA (1ER/23.2 IP) and held the opposition to a .186 (16-for-86) average against...Over his last 5 starts, August 26-Sept. 19, he went 5-0 with a 0.61 ERA (29.2IP, 19H, 2ER, 10BB, 34S0, .184 avg) to lower his ERA from 3.97 to 3.13...5-game winning streak set a new career high. Following his final start at the LA Angels on Sept. 19 (W#11, 6.0IP, 3H, 1R/ER,2BB, 6SO), he made his last 3 appearances of the season out of the bullpen, Sept. 26-30 (3.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 4SO)...Overall on the year he posted an ERA as a starter of 2.84 (114.0IP, 84H, 36ER, .205 avg) and 7.04 (7.2IP, 8H, 6ER, 6BB, 11SO) in relief. Had particular success against right-handed hitters, holding them to a .180 average (48/266), the second-best mark in the American League & fourth-lowest in MLB... Right-handed hitters batted just .133 (14/105) against Clevinger over his last 11 outings dating back to August 6...Struck out 28.3 percent of righties he's faced (87/307), as 87 of his 137 strikeouts were against right-handers. Worked a career-high 7.0 innings on May 20 at Houston with a then- career-high eight strikeouts...Struck out a career-high nine batters on June 27 vs. Texas, a total he would match on August 12 at Tampa Bay and August 26 vs. Kansas City.... Posted three straight, 6.0 IP scoreless starts, August 26-Sept. 8, becoming the first Indians pitcher since John Denny (3 CG SHO), August 28-Sept. 6, 1981, to post three straight scoreless starts of at least 6.0 IP...Recorded a least 6 strikeouts in each of his last five starts. Overall on the year he made 7 starts at AAA Columbus...At the time of his first recall (May 7), he ranked 5th in the International League in ERA...Overall spent three stints with the Indians (May 7-June 6; June 17; June 22-remainder) and made just one start in Columbus following May 7 on June 11 at Indianapolis...Overall on the year limited right-handed hitters to a .206 (13/63) average against as batters hit just .228 (28/123) overall and .107 (3/28) with RISP...Was named the International League (AAA) Pitcher of the Week for April 10-16 (2-0, 13IP, 7H, 0R, 17SO). Posted a 2.17 ERA (11ER/45.2IP) with Roberto Pérez behind the plate...Went 7-3 with 2.45 ERA in 12 road games/11 starts (62.1IP, 40H, 17ER, 69SO, 3HR)...Went 5-1 with a 0.99 ERA in 7 September games/4 starts (27.1IP, 18H, 3ER, 10BB, 29SO) and did not allow a home run over his last 32.2 IP...Batters hit .213 (37/174) with runners on base, .190 (16/84) with RISP and .143 (20/140) when behind in the count...Opponents hit .105 against (25/238) him as a starter with two strikes this season.
2016
Split the season between AAA Columbus and Cleveland, going 11-1 with a 3.00 ERA in 17 starts for Columbus and appearing in his first 17 Major League games throughout the season ... At the time of his final August 4 recall from Columbus he ranked tied for first among International League pitchers in wins (11), 7th in ERA (3.00) and 8th in strikeouts (97)...Limited Triple-A left-handed batters to a .201 (36-179) average against and has yielded a mark of .187 (26-139) with runners on base...Started the year 9-0 for the Clippers and did not lose his first game until July 18 (15th start)... Pitched a scoreless inning in the Triple-A All-Star Game.Spent three stints with the Indians at the Major League level (5/18-6/1; 7/4-6; 8/4-remainder) and made his Major League debut on May 18 at Cincinnati (ND, 5.1IP, 5H, 4R/ER, 1BB, 5SO, HR)...First career strike out was Joey Votto in the first inning...Made 3 starts during his first stint (0-1, 8.79 ERA, 14ER/14.1IP) before being shipped back to Columbus on June 2...Recalled on July 5 for bullpen help following the 19.0IP game in Toronto on July 1...Recalled on August 4 for the remainder of the season and notched his first Major League win on August 13 vs. the team that drafted him, the Los Angeles Angels (5.2IP, 1H, 1R/ER, 4BB, 3SO, hitless first 5.2IP)...Pitched in a relief role from August 18-28 before entering the rotation again on Sept. 5 due to Josh Tomlin ineffectiveness and Danny Salazar's arm injury...Overall in relief his ERA was 3.00 in 7 appearances (12.0IP, 8H, 4R/ER, 5BB, 14SO, .182 avg)...In Sept/ Oct he went 1-2 with a 5.19 ERA in 5 starts/6 games (17.1IP, 18H, 10ER) after being re-inserted back into the roation after injuries to Danny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco...Won in relief in the penultimate game of the season on Oct. 1 at KC...ERA as a starter was 5.93 on the year at the Major League level (41.0IP, 42H, 27ER)...Worked 2.0-or-more innings in three of his seven relief appearances, including 4.0 innings on August 18 vs. Chicago-AL (2H, 1ER, 1BB, 4K)...ERA in Progressive Field was 3.54 (11ER/28.0IP) compared to 7.20 (20ER/25.0IP) away from home...Major League hitters batted .246 (52-203, 8HR), including a mark of .178 (16-90, 1 homer) against left-handed batters (.505 OPS compared to a .976 OPS/7HR allowed to RHB)...Struck out 8.5 per 9.0IP but also walked 4.9 per 9.0IP.
2015
Was named Cleveland's organizational Pitcher of the Year after going 9-8 with a 2.73 ERA (48 ER/158.0 IP) and 145 strikeouts in 27 games (26 starts) with Akron...Ranked second among all Class AA pitchers in WHIP (1.06), third in strikeouts and fourth in opponents average (.219) … his 145 strikeouts led the Indians system...Posted a 1.40 ERA (6 ER/38.2 IP) over his final six regular-season starts … was promoted to Columbus for postseason play, going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (15.1 IP) over two starts.
2014
Assigned to A Carolina following 9/7 trade...Combined on the year he went 4-4 w/a 5.24 ERA in 23 games/22 starts (99.2IP, 94H, 49ER, 43BB, 100K).
2013
Debuted in August after rehabbing from reconstructive right elbow surgery the previous year (made last start of 2012 on 5/21)...Was LA Angels #4 organizational prospect according to Baseball America.
