Patrick Alan Corbin (born July 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

He played Pop Warner football, basketball in the Catholic Youth Organization, and Little League baseball.

[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] 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.

[4] For the C-NS basketball team, Corbin broke the school's record for most three-point field goals in a single game.

[1] After the season, he joined a travel baseball team, where scouts took notice of Corbin after recording his fastball above 90 miles per hour (140 km/h).

[6] Competing for the Chipola Indians, who play in the Panhandle Conference of the Florida State College Activities Association (FSCAA), a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 8, Corbin pitched to a 5–2 record with a 4.32 earned run average (ERA) and 86 strikeouts in 74+1⁄3 innings pitched.

[7][8] Chipola reached the FJCAA/NJCAA Gulf District Tournament, but lost to Santa Fe College in the championship game.

Corbin had a 1–0 record and a 2.77 ERA in 13 innings pitched during the tournament, resulting in his being named to the All-Tournament team.

[1][13] Corbin pitched for the Orem Owlz of the Rookie-level Pioneer League in 2009, where Kotchman served as his manager.

[5] Baseball America ranked Corbin the Angels' 12th best prospect prior to the 2010 season, projecting him as a mid-rotation starting pitcher.

Corbin had an 8–0 record and 3.86 ERA, allowing 25 earned runs in 58+1⁄3 innings in nine starts for Cedar Rapids.

[5] During the season, the Angels promoted Corbin to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League.

With Rancho Cucamonga, Corbin had a 5–3 record and 3.88 ERA, allowing 26 earned runs in 60+1⁄3 innings in 11 starts.

[17] Combined, Corbin had a 3.87 ERA, 106 strikeouts, and 28 walks in 118+2⁄3 innings pitched with Cedar Rapids and Rancho Cucamonga.

[20] In 2011, while pitching for the Double-A Mobile Bay Bears, he set a franchise record with 27+1⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings.

[25] On April 30, 2012, the Diamondbacks promoted Corbin to the major leagues to start in place of Josh Collmenter, who was moved to the bullpen.

Joe Martinez was optioned to the Reno Aces of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League to make room for Corbin on the roster.

[27] The Diamondbacks again optioned Corbin to Reno in July so that he could continue to work as a starting pitcher when they activated Saunders off of the disabled list.

[30] He won the National League (NL) Pitcher of the Month Award for May 2013, after he pitched to a 5–0 record and 1.53 ERA in five games started.

[36] During spring training in 2014, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson decided that Corbin would start on Opening Day.

[51] On April 17, against the San Francisco Giants, he threw 7+2⁄3 no-hit innings in a complete game shutout.

[52] He made the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game,[53] after pitching to a 6–3 record and a 3.05 ERA with 140 strikeouts in 112 innings.

[57][58] On July 2, 2019, Corbin chose to wear number 45 in his start against the Miami Marlins to honor Tyler Skaggs, who died the day before.

[59] In Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, Corbin was the winning pitcher, leading to the Nationals' first championship in franchise history.

[64] In 2022, his 6.31 ERA 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] On August 22, 2024, Corbin recorded his 100th career win after pitching 6 innings and allowing just 1 run in a start against the Colorado Rockies.

His usage of this pitch declined throughout his career until he began to throw it again during the 2024 season to offset hitters’ timing.

[78] 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.