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Gerrit Cole

Position: Starting 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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2028, 9 yrs/$324M (20-28)

Service Time (01/2024): 10.111 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Gerrit Alan Cole

Nicknames: Cole Train

Pronunciation: \GAIR-it\

Instagram: @gerritcole45

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Brandon Crawford

Cy Young
6x All-Star
2x ERA Title

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

2.0

43.3

153

ERA

3.41

3.18

317

95.0

1954.0

2251

WHIP

1.126

1.089

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	20		UCLA	P10	NCAA					3.29	3.60		16			1		115.0	103	46	42		24		119					1.104	8.1		1.9	9.3	4.96
2011	20	-3.3	Mesa	AZFL	Fal		2	0	1.000	3.00	3.60	5	5	0	0	0	0	15.0	10	6	5	1	4	0	16	0	0	0	60	0.933	6.0	0.6	2.4	9.6	4.00
2012	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	PIT	9	7	.563	2.80	3.75	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
2012	21	-6.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	24	1.167	9.0	0.0	1.5	10.5	7.00
2012	21	-3.7	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	3	6	.333	2.90	4.27	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.0	54	28	19	2	23	0	60	2	1	3	252	1.305	8.2	0.3	3.5	9.2	2.61
2012	21	-2.0	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	5	1	.833	2.55	3.22	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	53	24	19	5	21	0	69	3	1	3	273	1.104	7.1	0.7	2.8	9.3	3.29
2013	22	-5.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	5	3	.625	2.91	3.04	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
2013	22	-6.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	7	.588	3.22	3.30	19	19	0	0	0	0	117.1	109	43	42	7	28	0	100	3	0	4	469	1.168	8.4	0.5	2.1	7.7	3.57
2014	23	-3.9	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	3	1	.750	2.01	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
2014	23	-5.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	5	.688	3.65	3.78	22	22	0	0	0	0	138.0	127	58	56	11	40	1	138	9	1	9	571	1.210	8.3	0.7	2.6	9.0	3.45
2015	24	-4.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	19	8	.704	2.60	3.07	32	32	0	0	0	0	208.0	183	71	60	11	44	1	202	10	0	7	832	1.091	7.9	0.5	1.9	8.7	4.59
2016	25	-1.7	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	0	0		0.00	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
2016	25	-3.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	10	.412	3.88	4.42	21	21	0	1	0	0	116.0	131	57	50	7	36	3	98	6	1	5	506	1.440	10.2	0.5	2.8	7.6	2.72
2017	26	-2.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	12	.500	4.26	4.34	33	33	0	0	0	0	203.0	199	98	96	31	55	1	196	4	0	7	849	1.251	8.8	1.4	2.4	8.7	3.56
2018	27	-1.6	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	15	5	.750	2.88	3.05	32	32	0	1	1	0	200.1	143	68	64	19	64	0	276	7	0	9	799	1.033	6.4	0.9	2.9	12.4	4.31
2019	28	-0.4	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	20	5	.800	2.50	2.80	33	33	0	0	0	0	212.1	142	66	59	29	48	0	326	3	3	4	817	0.895	6.0	1.2	2.0	13.8	6.79
2020	29	0.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	3	.700	2.84	3.33	12	12	0	2	1	0	73.0	53	27	23	14	17	0	94	2	0	2	288	0.959	6.5	1.7	2.1	11.6	5.53
2021	30	1.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	16	8	.667	3.23	3.42	30	30	0	2	1	0	181.1	151	69	65	24	41	0	243	2	1	5	726	1.059	7.5	1.2	2.0	12.1	5.93
2022	31	2.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	8	.619	3.50	3.63	33	33	0	0	0	0	200.2	154	81	78	33	50	0	257	2	2	2	793	1.017	6.9	1.5	2.2	11.5	5.14
2023	32	3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	4	.789	2.63	2.76	33	33	0	2	2	0	209.0	157	64	61	20	48	0	222	7	1	4	821	0.981	6.8	0.9	2.1	9.6	4.63
2024	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYY	0	0		0.73	1.46	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	6	2	1	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	44	0.486	4.4	0.7	0.0	13.9
2024	33	6.0	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		0.00	2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	16	0.462	4.2	0.0	0.0	20.8
2024	33	8.5	Somerset	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		1.13	1.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	28	0.500	4.5	1.1	0.0	10.1
2024	33	4.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	5	.615	3.41	3.60	17	17	0	0	0	0	95.0	78	38	36	11	29	1	99	6	0	0	390	1.126	7.4	1.0	2.7	9.4	3.41
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		153	80	.657	3.18	3.41	317	317	0	8	5	0	1954.0	1627	740	690	217	500	7	2251	61	9	58	7861	1.089	7.5	1.0	2.3	10.4	4.50
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		17	11	.607	2.56	3.15	47	47	0	0	0	0	242.2	188	85	69	13	78	0	230	11	3	10	980	1.096	7.0	0.5	2.9	8.5	2.95
College (1 season)					College					3.29	3.60		16			1		115.0	103	46	42		24		119					1.104	8.1		1.9	9.3	4.96
Other (1 season)					Other		2	0	1.000	3.00	3.60	5	5	0	0	0	0	15.0	10	6	5	1	4	0	16	0	0	0	60	0.933	6.0	0.6	2.4	9.6	4.00
All Levels (14 Seasons)							172	91		3.12	3.39	369	385	0	8	6	0	2326.2	1928	877	806	231	606	7	2616	72	12	68	8901	1.089	7.5		2.3	10.1	4.32

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		9	4	.692	2.48	2.65	20	20	0	0	0	0	108.2	77	32	30	5	34	0	92	6	1	4	427	1.021	6.4	0.4	2.8	7.6	2.71
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		3	6	.333	2.69	3.90	14	14	0	0	0	0	67.0	58	29	20	3	23	0	69	2	1	3	280	1.209	7.8	0.4	3.1	9.3	3.00
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	1	.833	2.55	3.22	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	53	24	19	5	21	0	69	3	1	3	273	1.104	7.1	0.7	2.8	9.3	3.29