Patrick Alan Corbin (born July 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born on July 19, 1989 and as of 2022, he is 33 years old.
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Corbin previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Corbin made his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2012, and was named an All-Star in 2013.
Sadly, he missed the 2014 season due to an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.
Corbin returned to the Diamondbacks in 2015, but struggled, and was removed from the starting rotation in 2016.
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He returned to the rotation in 2017, and he started for the Diamondbacks on Opening Day in 2018.
He had a great season in 2018 which led to him being named named an All-Star for the second time in his career before joining the Washington Nationals for the 2019 season.
The Washington Nationals announced a six-year deal with Corbin worth $140 million on December 7, 2018.
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.
Corbin is from Clay, New York and his father, Dan Sr., worked as a driver for a sausage company, while his mother, Patty, works as a nurse at a rehabilitation center for the elderly.
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