Born: (1990-09-08) September 8, 1990 (age 33) Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 11, 2013, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics (through 2023 season)
Win–loss record
145–75
Earned run average
3.17
Strikeouts
2,152
WHIP
1.10
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2017)
Houston Astros (2018–2019)
New York Yankees (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021–2023)
AL Cy Young Award (2023)
3× All-MLB First Team (2019, 2021, 2023)
All-MLB Second Team (2020)
2× AL ERA leader (2019, 2023)
2× MLB strikeout leader (2019, 2022)
AL wins leader (2021)
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the baseball team at Orange Lutheran High School, and was selected by the Yankees in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft. Cole opted not to sign, and instead attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.
After his college baseball career the Pirates made Cole the first overall selection in the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2013, and was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month in September 2013. He was named the NL Pitcher of the Month for April 2015, and an MLB All-Star in 2015. The Pirates traded Cole to the Astros in the 2017–18 offseason. On September 18, 2019, Cole became the 18th pitcher in major league history to strike out at least 300 batters in a season.[1] On December 16, 2019, the Yankees signed Cole to a franchise record nine-year, $324 million contract, the largest contract total in major league history for a pitcher.[2]
Cole is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. He also is the franchise record-holder for strikeouts in a single season for both the Astros (2019) and the Yankees (2022), with 326 and 257 respectively. Cole won the 2023 American League Cy Young Award via unanimous vote.
^"Cole in rare air with 300-K season". MLB.com. September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
^"Cole joins Yankees on 9-year deal". MLB.com. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously...
the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He and fellow ace GerritCole helped lead the UCLA Bruins to a 22-game winning streak and a College...
Tigers batters, giving him 258 strikeouts this season. Verlander and GerritCole became the first teammates to strike out at least 250 batters in the...
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all-time historically dominant season alongside strikeout and ERA leader GerritCole. Yordan Alvarez also won Rookie of the Year after a history-making season...
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Johnson, Johnny Damon, Nick Swisher, Jason Giambi, Kevin Youkilis, and GerritCole. One of the most drastic changes caused by this policy was to Oscar Gamble...
MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected GerritCole out of the University of California, Los Angeles, with the first overall...
teammate Evan Gattis. Max Scherzer started for the Nationals, while GerritCole started for the Astros. With two outs in the bottom of the first inning...
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ALDS for the Rays; both times he faced off against his former teammate GerritCole. Glasnow became the second pitcher since 1980 to start a game on two...
Nationals. Yankees ace GerritCole made his debut for his new team after his offseason signing where he departed from the Houston Astros. Cole recorded his first...
player to reach this mark. GerritCole (HOU): With his 200th strikeout of the season on July 22 against the Oakland Athletics, Cole became the second fastest...
signing of GerritCole, Voit announced on Twitter he would change his number from No. 45 to No 59, in honor of his brother, so that Cole could wear No...
York Giants – April 11 – July 3, 1912 (streak began on Opening Day) GerritCole, Houston Astros – May 27 – October 15, 2019 Consecutive complete games...
Yankee Stadium for the next three games. Game 3 starting pitchers were GerritCole for the Astros and Luis Severino for the Yankees. The Astros scored first...
gymnast Jamie Dantzscher. Crawford's sister Amy is married to pitcher GerritCole. His sister-in-law, Jennifer Pippin, died in 2017 due to an asthma attack...
with 372 strikeouts and 181 hits, and later also accomplished by both GerritCole and Justin Verlander in 2019). Incredibly Scherzer barely missed accomplishing...
the sinker. The change was similar to that of New York Yankees pitcher GerritCole, whose pitching performance improved after abandoning his sinker. Among...
Ryan (June 10, 2021). "The Athletic's Eno Sarris talks Spider Tack, GerritCole with Moose & Maggie". WFAN. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via MSN.com. "2014...
2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022. Pickman, Ben (11 December 2019). "Report: GerritCole Signs Record-Breaking Contract with Yankees". si.com. Archived from the...
In Game 1 of the World Series, Soto hit a home run off of Astros' ace GerritCole to start the fourth inning and became the fourth youngest player in MLB...
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