Gerrit Alan Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.

Born on September 8, 1990 (age 31 years), in Newport Beach, California, United States of America Gerrit is married to his beautiful wife  Amy Crawford.

Cole attended Orange Lutheran High School. In his sophomore year, Cole pitched for the school’s junior varsity baseball team, allowing no runs in 45 innings pitched.

He gained national attention while pitching for the varsity team in his junior year, as his fastball reached 94 miles per hour (151 km/h).

Gerrit Cole Teams

  • Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2017)
  • Houston Astros (2018–2019)
  • New York Yankees (2020–present)

Gerrit Cole Career Highlight And Awards

  • 4× All-Star (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
  • 2× All-MLB First Team (2019, 2021)
  • All-MLB Second Team (2020)
  • AL ERA leader (2019)
  • MLB strikeout leader (2019)
  • AL wins leader (2021)

Gerrit Cole Stats

Year
Team
GP
CG
ER
SO
W
L
Sv
WHIP
ERA
2021
Yankees
30
2
65
243
16
8
0
1.06
3.23
2020
Yankees
12
2
23
94
7
3
0
0.96
2.84
2019
Astros
33
0
59
326
20
5
0
0.89
2.50
2018
Astros
32
1
64
276
15
5
0
1.03
2.88
2017
Pirates
33
0
96
196
12
12
0
1.25
4.26
2016
Pirates
21
1
50
98
7
10
0
1.44
3.88
2015
Pirates
32
0
60
202
19
8
0
1.09
2.60
2014
Pirates
22
0
56
138
11
5
0
1.21
3.65
2013
Pirates
19
0
42
100
10
7
0
1.17
3.22
Career
234
6
515
1,673
117
63
0
1.11
3.20

Gerrit Cole Salary: How Much Does Gerrit Cole Earn As Take Home Salary?

pitcher Cole signed a record-setting nine-year, $324 million contract with the Yankees following the 2019 season. The entire dollar amount is guaranteed and will include an annual average salary of $36 million, which comes out to just over $1 million per start.