Jharel Cotton

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Team: Texas Rangers (majors, non-roster invite)

Born: January 19, 1992 in St. Thomas vi

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 28th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: Menchville HS (Newport News, VA)

Schools: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: September 7, 2016 (Age 24-232d, 18,894th in MLB history)
vs. LAA 6.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 2.158 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: VC Sports Group • Previously: Beverly Hills Sports Council (Nate Heisler)

Full Name: Jharel Leandre Cotton

Pronunciation: \juh-RELL\

Twitter: @JharelCotton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

W

L

ERA

4.95

G

GS

SV

IP

158.1

SO

128

WHIP

1.326

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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
2012	20	-0.6	East Carolina	CUSA	NCAA		8	3	.727	3.65	4.74	15	15			0	0	74.0	76	39	30	0	24		62	0	0	0	0	1.351	9.2	0.0	2.9	7.5	2.58
2012	20	-1.5	Ogden	PION	Rk	LAD	1	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	5	1	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	20	0	0	1	55	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	12.0	6.67
2013	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA-A+	LAD	2	7	.222	4.01	4.38	21	11	4	1	1	0	74.0	61	36	33	4	23	1	72	1	0	5	302	1.135	7.4	0.5	2.8	8.8	3.13
2013	21	-3.3	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	LAD	0	2	.000	8.10	10.80	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	15	12	9	0	3	0	11	0	0	1	48	1.800	13.5	0.0	2.7	9.9	3.67
2013	21	-2.2	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		1.59	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	24	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00
2013	21	-0.8	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	2	5	.286	3.55	3.55	11	9	1	1	1	0	58.1	42	23	23	4	17	1	58	1	0	4	230	1.011	6.5	0.6	2.6	8.9	3.41
2014	22	-1.1	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	6	10	.375	4.05	4.97	25	20	4	1	1	0	126.2	113	70	57	18	34	0	138	1	0	5	519	1.161	8.0	1.3	2.4	9.8	4.06
2015	23		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA-A	LAD	6	2	.750	2.45	2.63	21	11	0	0	0	0	95.2	76	28	26	5	31	0	114	0	0	8	380	1.118	7.1	0.5	2.9	10.7	3.68
2015	23	-3.8	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		4.91	4.91	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	4	4	0	2	0	9	0	0	3	32	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	11.0	4.50
2015	23	-1.4	Tulsa	TL	AA	LAD	5	2	.714	2.30	2.59	11	8	0	0	0	0	62.2	49	18	16	4	21	0	71	0	0	3	248	1.117	7.0	0.6	3.0	10.2	3.38
2015	23	-0.2	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	1	0	1.000	1.61	1.61	4	2	0	0	0	0	22.1	14	4	4	1	7	0	28	0	0	2	85	0.940	5.6	0.4	2.8	11.3	4.00
2015	23	1.1	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	15	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	16.2	6.00
2015	23	-0.1	Glendale	AZFL	Fal		0	2	.000	3.77	4.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.1	16	7	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	66	1.674	10.0	0.6	5.0	10.7	2.13
2016	24		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	LAD-OAK	11	6	.647	4.31	4.71	28	22	2	2	2	0	135.2	108	71	65	20	39	1	155	0	0	12	550	1.084	7.2	1.3	2.6	10.3	3.97
2016	24	-4.6	OAK	AL	MLB	OAK	2	0	1.000	2.15	3.07	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.1	20	10	7	4	4	0	23	0	0	1	112	0.818	6.1	1.2	1.2	7.1	5.75
2016	24	-2.7	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	8	5	.615	4.90	5.46	22	16	2	1	1	0	97.1	80	59	53	17	32	0	119	0	0	10	403	1.151	7.4	1.6	3.0	11.0	3.72
2016	24	-2.7	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	1	.750	2.82	2.82	6	6	0	1	1	0	38.1	28	12	12	3	7	1	36	0	0	2	147	0.913	6.6	0.7	1.6	8.5	5.14
2017	25	-3.6	OAK	AL	MLB	OAK	9	10	.474	5.58	6.35	24	24	0	0	0	0	129.0	133	91	80	28	53	1	105	4	2	9	566	1.442	9.3	2.0	3.7	7.3	1.98
2017	25	-1.6	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	0	1.000	2.95	3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.1	15	8	7	3	4	0	28	0	0	1	81	0.891	6.3	1.3	1.7	11.8	7.00

2019	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	OAK	1	3	.250	7.16	7.48	18	3	1	0	0	0	27.2	30	23	22	8	12	0	33	0	0	1	125	1.518	9.8	2.6	3.9	10.7	2.75
2019	27	0.3	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	2	.000	7.71	8.20	14	1	1	0	0	0	18.2	23	17	16	5	10	0	24	0	0	1	88	1.768	11.1	2.4	4.8	11.6	2.40
2019	27	3.8	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	1	1	.500	6.00	6.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	37	1.000	7.0	3.0	2.0	9.0	4.50
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
MLB (2 seasons)					MLB		11	10	.524	4.95	5.74	29	29	0	0	0	0	158.1	153	101	87	32	57	1	128	4	2	10	678	1.326	8.7	1.8	3.2	7.3	2.25
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		30	28	.517	3.85	4.32	122	71	11	4	4	0	496.0	412	238	212	58	146	2	560	2	0	33	2012	1.125	7.5	1.1	2.6	10.2	3.84
NCAA (1 season)					NCAA		8	3	.727	3.65	4.74	15	15			0	0	74.0	76	39	30	0	24		62	0	0	0	0	1.351	9.2	0.0	2.9	7.5	2.58
Other (1 season)					Other		0	2	.000	3.77	4.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.1	16	7	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	66	1.674	10.0	0.6	5.0	10.7	2.13
All Levels (7 Seasons)							49	43	.533	4.06	4.67	171	120	11	4	4	0	742.2	657	385	335	91	235	3	767	6	2	43	2756	1.201	8.0	1.1	2.8	9.3	3.26

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		14	8	.636	4.52	4.92	51	26	3	2	2	0	183.0	155	100	92	28	55	1	216	0	0	17	751	1.148	7.6	1.4	2.7	10.6	3.93
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.10	3.72	19	8	3	0	0	0	72.2	64	30	25	4	24	0	82	0	0	4	296	1.211	7.9	0.5	3.0	10.2	3.42
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		8	11	.421	3.74	4.45	35	26	4	1	1	0	163.2	138	81	68	22	46	0	178	1	0	7	665	1.124	7.6	1.2	2.5	9.8	3.87
A (2 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	3.65	3.65	12	10	1	1	1	0	61.2	46	25	25	4	18	1	64	1	0	4	245	1.038	6.7	0.6	2.6	9.3	3.56
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	5	1	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	20	0	0	1	55	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	12.0	6.67