What years did Gerrit Cole play?

Gerrit Cole played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.

Was Gerrit Cole a pitcher?

Yes. Gerrit Cole pitched in the major leagues, recording 163 wins and 2382 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Gerrit Cole hit?

Gerrit Cole hit 3 career home runs with 41 hits.

What teams has Gerrit Cole played for?

Gerrit Cole has played for 3 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2017), the Houston Astros (2018–2019), and the New York Yankees (2020–2024, 2026).

How many Cy Young Awards has Gerrit Cole won?

Gerrit Cole has won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2023.

What awards has Gerrit Cole won?

Gerrit Cole has won the Cy Young Award (2023). He has been selected to 6 All-Star Games.

What are Gerrit Cole's career stats?

In 339 games, Gerrit Cole has gone 163-89 with a 3.20 ERA, 2,382 strikeouts, and 2,081.0 innings pitched. At the plate he has 41 hits and 3 home runs.

What was Gerrit Cole's salary?

Gerrit Cole's last recorded salary was $548,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $548,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $512,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position does Gerrit Cole play?

Gerrit Cole plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Gerrit Cole and how much does he weigh?

Gerrit Cole is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.

What number does Gerrit Cole wear?

Gerrit Cole wears number 45, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Gerrit Cole's career ERA?

Gerrit Cole finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 163-89 with 2,382 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Gerrit Cole have?

Gerrit Cole recorded 2,382 career strikeouts.

Gerrit Cole

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2026)

Gerrit Cole is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2013 for 4 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 14 seasons. Across 339 career appearances, he has gone 163-89 with a 3.20 ERA and 2,382 strikeouts. He has also batted .163 with 3 home runs. Gerrit Cole is a 6-time All-Star and a Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 50909.3.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

Active Player

W–L 163–89

ERA 3.20

WHIP 1.09

SO 2,382

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 50909.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 220 lb
Born: 9/8/1990 in Newport Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-06-11
Awards: 6× All-Star · Cy Young
Jersey: #45

Full name: Gerrit Alan Cole

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Career Pitching Statistics

Gerrit Cole — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
163	89	339	339	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	239	525	2,382	3.20	50909.3

Career ERA 3.20 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 22.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Gerrit Cole Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	PIT	NL	10	7	19	19	0	0	117.1	109	42	28	100	3.22	3.87 (+17%)	2865.9
2014	PIT	NL	11	5	22	22	0	0	138.0	127	56	40	138	3.65	3.74 (+2%)	1798.6
2015	PIT	NL	19	8	32	32	0	0	208.0	183	60	44	202	2.60	3.96 (+34%)	7070.2
2016	PIT	NL	7	10	21	21	1	0	116.0	131	50	36	98	3.88	4.19 (+7%)	2560.4
2017	PIT	NL	12	12	33	33	0	0	203.0	199	96	55	196	4.26	4.36 (+2%)	1450.0
2018	HOU	AL	15	5	32	32	1	1	200.1	143	64	64	276	2.88	4.15 (+31%)	7548.2
2019	HOU	AL	20	5	33	33	0	0	212.1	142	59	48	326	2.50	4.51 (+44%)	10335.5
2020	NYA	AL	7	3	12	12	2	1	73.0	53	23	17	94	2.84	4.45 (+36%)	1043.3
2021	NYA	AL	16	8	30	30	2	1	181.1	151	65	41	243	3.23	4.27 (+24%)	6318.6
2022	NYA	AL	13	8	33	33	0	0	200.2	154	78	50	257	3.50	3.97 (+12%)	2622.7
2023	NYA	AL	15	4	33	33	2	2	209.0	157	61	48	222	2.63	4.33 (+39%)	6363.0
2024	NYA	AL	8	5	17	17	0	0	95.0	78	36	29	99	3.41	4.08 (+16%)	933.0
2026	NYY	AL	10	9	22	22	0	0	127.0	115	51	25	131	3.61	4.18 (+13%)	-
Career · 13 seasons			163	89	339	339	8	5	2,081.0	1,742	741	525	2,382	3.20	—	50,909

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Gerrit Cole — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
320	251	17	41	2	0	3	15	0	6	112	.163	.186	.207	.393	-917

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 34.6% below league average.

Career OBP .186 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 41.5% below league average.

Career SLG .207 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career OPS .393 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 45.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Gerrit Cole Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	PIT	NL	19	34	3	7	0	0	5	1	14	.206	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	PIT	NL	23	46	3	8	0	1	2	2	17	.174	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	PIT	NL	33	60	5	9	0	0	2	2	28	.150	.254 (-41%)	.316 (-44%)	.404 (-63%)	.721 (-55%)	-510.8
2016	PIT	NL	21	40	3	8	1	1	3	0	19	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PIT	NL	34	55	3	9	1	1	3	1	21	.164	.254 (-36%)	.324 (-45%)	.425 (-45%)	.750 (-45%)	-406.4
2018	HOU	AL	32	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	HOU	AL	33	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	NYA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	NYA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	NYA	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			320	251	17	41	2	3	15	6	112	.163	—	—	—	—	-917

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Gerrit Cole — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
22	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.125

Playoff Batting by Year

Gerrit Cole — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2024	ALCS	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2024	ALDS2	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2024	WS	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2022	ALCS	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2022	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2021	ALWC	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2020	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2020	ALWC2	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	ALCS	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	ALDS1	HOU	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	WS	HOU	2	3	0	0	1	.000
2018	ALCS	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2018	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLWC	PIT	1	1	0	0	1	.000
2013	NLDS1	PIT	2	4	1	1	2	.250

Playoff Career Pitching

Gerrit Cole — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
11	6	22	22	0	133.1	100	41	36	156	2.77

Playoff Pitching by Year

Gerrit Cole — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	ALCS	NYA	0	0	1	1	4.1	6	2	4	4	4.15
2024	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	2	2	12.0	13	4	2	8	3.00
2024	WS	NYA	0	0	2	2	12.2	8	1	4	10	0.71
2022	ALCS	NYA	0	1	1	1	5.0	5	3	2	7	5.40
2022	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	2	2	13.1	10	3	2	16	2.02
2021	ALWC	NYA	0	1	1	1	2.0	4	3	2	3	13.50
2020	ALDS1	NYA	1	0	2	2	11.1	7	4	4	17	3.18
2020	ALWC2	NYA	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	2	0	13	2.57
2019	ALCS	HOU	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	0	5	7	0.00
2019	ALDS1	HOU	2	0	2	2	15.2	6	1	3	25	0.57
2019	WS	HOU	1	1	2	2	14.0	11	6	3	15	3.86
2018	ALCS	HOU	0	1	1	1	6.0	6	4	2	5	6.00
2018	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	1	0	12	1.29
2015	NLWC	PIT	0	1	1	1	5.0	6	4	1	4	7.20
2013	NLDS1	PIT	1	1	2	2	11.0	5	3	2	10	2.45

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Gerrit Cole — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	162	119	9	23	1	5	.193
Away	158	132	8	18	2	10	.136

Pitching — Home / Away

Gerrit Cole — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	159	988.1	815	354	238	1134	3.22
Away	158	965.2	812	336	262	1117	3.13

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Gerrit Cole — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2024-09-26	NYY	BAL	W	6.2	2	0	0	1	5	0
2024-09-20	NYY	OAK	W	9.0	2	1	1	1	7	0
2024-09-14	NYY	BOS	L	4.1	5	7	7	3	2	0
2024-09-08	NYY	CHC	L	6.0	3	2	0	1	7	0
2024-09-02	NYY	TEX	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	0
2024-08-27	NYY	WAS	L	5.0	6	3	3	1	7	2
2024-08-22	NYY	CLE	W	6.0	1	0	0	5	2	0
2024-08-16	NYY	DET	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	8	0
2024-08-10	NYY	TEX	—	5.1	6	1	1	2	10	0
2024-08-04	NYY	TOR	—	5.2	6	2	2	0	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Gerrit Cole — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	317	317	116	209	10	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Gerrit Cole — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	PIT	P	19	19	7	13	1	2
2014	PIT	P	22	22	7	24	2	1
2015	PIT	P	32	32	10	37	0	1
2016	PIT	P	21	21	11	24	2	1
2017	PIT	P	33	33	16	30	2	5
2018	HOU	P	32	32	10	15	1	2
2019	HOU	P	33	33	14	12	0	0
2020	NYA	P	12	12	5	2	0	0
2021	NYA	P	30	30	10	11	0	1
2022	NYA	P	33	33	12	16	0	0
2023	NYA	P	33	33	10	19	2	0
2024	NYA	P	17	17	4	6	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Gerrit Cole Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	317

Awards & Honors

Gerrit Cole — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2023	Cy Young Award
2023	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2023	Pitcher of the Month	April
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-04-15
2023	TSN All-Star	SP
2023	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2021	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2021	Pitcher of the Month	April
2021	TSN All-Star	SP
2021	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2020	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2019	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2019	Pitcher of the Month	July
2019	Pitcher of the Month	June
2019	Pitcher of the Month	September
2019	Player of the Week	Week of 2019-09-28
2019	TSN All-Star	SP
2019	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2015	Pitcher of the Month	April
2013	Rookie of the Month	September

Salary History

Gerrit Cole's recorded salaries total $1,591,500 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Cole's career ran from 2013 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Gerrit Cole — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	PIT	NL	$548,000
2015	PIT	NL	$531,000
2014	PIT	NL	$512,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,591,500

College History

Gerrit Cole — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	2009, 2010, 2011

Award Voting History

Gerrit Cole — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2023	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	210.0	210	30
2023	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	30.0	420	0
2022	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	1.0	210	0
2021	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	123.0	210	1
2021	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	4.0	420	0
2020	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	50.0	210	0
2019	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	159.0	210	13
2019	Most Valuable Player	AL	10th	61.0	420	0
2018	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	26.0	210	0
2015	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	40.0	210	0
2015	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	3.0	420	0

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Gerrit Cole: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is June 11, 2013; Gerrit Cole is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. The team column moves through the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013 to 2017), the Houston Astros (2018 through 2019), and the New York Yankees (2020 through 2024). Listed as a pitcher, Cole both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds. The birth record reads September 8, 1990, in Newport Beach, CA, USA. Gerrit Cole was the playing name; the full given name is Gerrit Alan.

Cole has gone 163-89 with a 3.20 ERA in 339 games, 339 of them starts. The same table counts 2,382 strikeouts and 5 shutouts. The leagues Cole pitched in allowed 4.14 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 22.6% better than average. 2019 brought Cole a season-high 20 wins. In 2019, one of the busiest seasons, Cole posted a 2.50 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.51.

Frequently Asked Questions about Gerrit Cole

What years did Gerrit Cole play?: Gerrit Cole played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.
Was Gerrit Cole a pitcher?: Yes. Gerrit Cole pitched in the major leagues, recording 163 wins and 2382 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Gerrit Cole hit?: Gerrit Cole hit 3 career home runs with 41 hits.
What teams has Gerrit Cole played for?: Gerrit Cole has played for 3 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2017), the Houston Astros (2018–2019), and the New York Yankees (2020–2024, 2026).
How many Cy Young Awards has Gerrit Cole won?: Gerrit Cole has won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2023.
What awards has Gerrit Cole won?: Gerrit Cole has won the Cy Young Award (2023). He has been selected to 6 All-Star Games.
What are Gerrit Cole's career stats?: In 339 games, Gerrit Cole has gone 163-89 with a 3.20 ERA, 2,382 strikeouts, and 2,081.0 innings pitched. At the plate he has 41 hits and 3 home runs.
How much has Gerrit Cole earned in his career?: Gerrit Cole's recorded salaries total $1,591,500 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Cole's career ran from 2013 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Gerrit Cole's salary?: Gerrit Cole's last recorded salary was $548,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $548,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $512,500, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position does Gerrit Cole play?: Gerrit Cole plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Gerrit Cole and how much does he weigh?: Gerrit Cole is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.
What number does Gerrit Cole wear?: Gerrit Cole wears number 45, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Gerrit Cole's career ERA?: Gerrit Cole finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 163-89 with 2,382 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Gerrit Cole have?: Gerrit Cole recorded 2,382 career strikeouts.