Gerrit Cole

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: September 8, 1990 in Newport Beach, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (28th) of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)

School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 11, 2013 (Age 22-276d, 18,041st in MLB history)
vs. SFG 6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2028, 9 yrs/$324M (20-28)

Service Time (01/2021): 7.111 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Scott Boras

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Gerrit Alan Cole

Pronunciation: \GAIR-it\

Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Brandon Crawford

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

2.2

26.0

W

101

L

ERA

2.84

3.19

G

204

GS

204

SV

IP

73.0

1268.0

SO

1430

WHIP

0.959

1.119

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	21	PIT-min	A+,AA,AAA	9	7	.563	2.80	26	26	0	0	0	0	132.0	113	55	41	7	45	0	136	5	2	6	549			1.197	7.7	0.5	3.1	9.3	3.02	BDT,ATO,INA FLOR,EL,IL
2013	22	PIT-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.91	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	44	23	22	4	28	0	47	4	1	4	268			1.059	5.8	0.5	3.7	6.2	1.68	INA IL
2013	22	PIT	NL	10	7	.588	3.22	19	19	0	0	0	0	117.1	109	43	42	7	28	0	100	3	0	4	469	111	2.91	1.168	8.4	0.5	2.1	7.7	3.57
2014	23	PIT-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.01	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.1	21	5	5	1	5	0	16	1	0	0	91			1.164	8.5	0.4	2.0	6.4	3.20	INA IL
2014	23	PIT	NL	11	5	.688	3.65	22	22	0	0	0	0	138.0	127	58	56	11	40	1	138	9	1	9	571	99	3.23	1.210	8.3	0.7	2.6	9.0	3.45
2015	24	PIT	NL	19	8	.704	2.60	32	32	0	0	0	0	208.0	183	71	60	11	44	1	202	10	0	7	832	149	2.66	1.091	7.9	0.5	1.9	8.7	4.59	AS,CYA-4,MVP-19
2016	25	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	28			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		INA IL
2016	25	PIT	NL	7	10	.412	3.88	21	21	0	1	0	0	116.0	131	57	50	7	36	3	98	6	1	5	506	107	3.33	1.440	10.2	0.5	2.8	7.6	2.72
2017	26	PIT	NL	12	12	.500	4.26	33	33	0	0	0	0	203.0	199	98	96	31	55	1	196	4	0	7	849	100	4.08	1.251	8.8	1.4	2.4	8.7	3.56
2018	27	HOU	AL	15	5	.750	2.88	32	32	0	1	1	0	200.1	143	68	64	19	64	0	276	7	0	9	799	144	2.70	1.033	6.4	0.9	2.9	*12.4*	4.31	AS,CYA-5
2019	28	HOU	AL	20	5	.800	2.50	33	33	0	0	0	0	212.1	142	66	59	29	48	0	*326*	3	3	4	817	*185*	2.64	0.895	6.0	1.2	2.0	*13.8*	6.79	AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
2020	29	NYY	AL	7	3	.700	2.84	12	12	0	2	1	0	73.0	53	27	23	14	17	0	94	2	0	2	288	151	3.89	0.959	6.5	1.7	2.1	11.6	5.53	CYA-4
8 Yrs				101	55	.647	3.19	204	204	0	4	2	0	1268.0	1087	488	450	129	332	6	1430	44	5	47	5131	128	3.11	1.119	7.7	0.9	2.4	10.1	4.31
162 Game Avg.				17	9	.647	3.19	34	34	0	1	0	0	211	181	81	75	22	55	1	238	7	1	8	855	128	3.11	1.119	7.7	0.9	2.4	10.1	4.31

PIT (5 yrs)				59	42	.584	3.50	127	127	0	1	0	0	782.1	749	327	304	67	203	6	734	32	2	32	3227	112	3.27	1.217	8.6	0.8	2.3	8.4	3.62
HOU (2 yrs)				35	10	.778	2.68	65	65	0	1	1	0	412.2	285	134	123	48	112	0	602	10	3	13	1616	164	2.67	0.962	6.2	1.0	2.4	13.1	5.38
NYY (1 yr)				7	3	.700	2.84	12	12	0	2	1	0	73.0	53	27	23	14	17	0	94	2	0	2	288	151	3.89	0.959	6.5	1.7	2.1	11.6	5.53

NL (5 yrs)				59	42	.584	3.50	127	127	0	1	0	0	782.1	749	327	304	67	203	6	734	32	2	32	3227	112	3.27	1.217	8.6	0.8	2.3	8.4	3.62
AL (3 yrs)				42	13	.764	2.71	77	77	0	3	2	0	485.2	338	161	146	62	129	0	696	12	3	15	1904	162	2.85	0.962	6.3	1.1	2.4	12.9	5.40

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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