Gerrit Cole
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #1, Pittsburgh Pirates | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 13 8 3.50 33 33 0 200.2 257 1.02
2023 15 4 2.63 33 33 0 209 222 0.98
2024 8 5 3.41 17 17 0 95 99 1.13
12 Seasons 153 80 3.18 317 317 0 1,954 2,251 1.09
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 33 13-8 3.50 200.2 257 1.02
2023 33 15-4 2.63 209 222 0.98
2024 17 8-5 3.41 95 99 1.13
12 Seasons 317 153-80 3.18 1,954 2,251 1.09
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 24 3238 576 25 4.3 3.0 88.2 114.8 8.7 34.7 .241 .370 .274 .294 .361 34.7 24.3 5.3 2.60 3.56
2016 25 1938 366 11 3.0 2.2 87.7 110.8 8.0 36.1 .268 .378 .326 .308 .351 31.0 19.4 7.1 3.88 3.99
2017 26 3298 594 45 7.6 5.3 86.3 111.7 11.1 34.0 .257 .427 .315 .317 .386 34.4 23.1 6.5 4.26 4.33
2018 27 3257 452 28 6.2 3.5 89.1 110.8 15.8 35.8 .198 .337 .265 .271 .371 39.8 34.5 8.0 2.88 3.06
2019 28 3362 440 26 5.9 3.2 87.6 115.2 14.0 33.2 .181 .315 .246 .237 .361 35.5 39.9 5.9 2.50 2.43
2020 29 1203 175 16 9.1 5.6 90.4 114.0 16.4 32.0 .198 .381 .279 .274 .376 44.6 32.6 5.9 2.84 3.13
2021 30 2969 440 43 9.8 5.9 88.7 114.1 12.5 33.0 .209 .369 .276 .274 .384 38.6 33.5 5.6 3.23 3.13
2022 31 3274 483 46 9.5 5.8 89.4 112.4 12.6 32.5 .214 .383 .283 .284 .393 40.2 32.4 6.3 3.50 3.31
2023 32 3281 543 41 7.6 5.0 89.2 114.9 14.8 33.7 .232 .379 .256 .289 .366 39.2 27.0 5.8 2.63 3.48
2024 33 1534 256 19 7.4 4.9 89.7 111.0 17.0 31.6 .226 .376 .286 .296 .358 39.5 25.4 7.4 3.41 3.64
Player 27354 4325 300 6.9 4.4 88.4 115.2 12.7 33.8 .222 .370 .279 .284 .372 37.2 29.5 6.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cole relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(45.2%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(18.7%) ,
Cutter
(15.8%) ,
Slider
(15.1%) ,
Changeup
(4.0%) ,
Sinker
(1.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.0 19.3 27.6 4.2 32.8 41.5 25.3 3.3 39.2 19.8 25.7 5.4 4.3 3.0
2016 47.8 17.5 29.2 5.5 32.5 39.9 27.6 3.0 35.2 21.3 30.1 4.6 3.0 2.2
2017 46.6 20.7 25.1 7.6 35.2 35.2 29.3 5.7 30.8 22.4 27.1 4.0 7.6 5.3
2018 37.6 26.5 26.5 9.3 29.0 42.5 27.0 3.1 28.3 28.8 23.5 9.3 6.2 3.5
2019 40.7 26.8 24.3 8.2 31.4 39.5 29.1 3.0 31.8 27.7 22.0 8.9 5.9 3.2
2020 37.7 30.3 25.1 6.9 40.0 34.9 25.1 3.4 29.1 29.1 15.4 12.0 9.1 5.6
2021 42.7 28.2 22.5 6.6 31.4 42.5 26.1 3.6 31.1 26.8 24.5 3.9 9.8 5.9
2022 42.0 28.6 22.2 7.2 33.1 37.5 29.4 3.1 30.6 24.8 22.8 7.7 9.5 5.8
2023 40.3 27.4 24.9 7.4 32.4 43.5 24.1 3.7 26.9 28.2 27.1 5.9 7.6 5.0
2024 38.3 27.0 23.8 10.9 34.0 35.2 30.9 2.3 28.1 30.1 24.6 7.4 7.4 4.9
Player 42.9 24.7 25.2 7.2 32.8 39.7 27.3 3.6 31.4 25.3 24.9 6.5 6.9 4.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Slider NYY R 231 88.3 33.6 0.7 5.5GLV 1.7 1.4 0.2 5.5GLV 0.4
2024 Changeup NYY R 62 88.2 24.5 -5.5 11.5ARM -2.8 10.6 -5.7 11.5ARM -2.7
2024 Curveball NYY R 287 82.5 55.4 5.9 8.9GLV 0.9 -14.7 4.8 8.9GLV -0.5
2024 Sinker NYY R 17 95.7 14.8 -6.2 14.1ARM -0.8 15.3 -8.0 14.1ARM -0.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 694 95.9 12.3 1.5 6.6ARM -0.9 17.6 1.8 6.6ARM -0.9
2024 Cutter NYY R 243 91.4 23.6 0.5 3.3GLV 1.3 8.9 0.6 3.3GLV 0.6
2023 Cutter NYY R 231 92.7 20.8 1.6 2.8GLV 0.7 10.8 2.9 2.8GLV 0.2
2023 Curveball NYY R 396 82.9 53.9 4.9 10.1GLV 2.7 -13.7 3.8 10.1GLV 1.2
2023 Slider NYY R 682 89.1 32.6 0.7 4.7GLV 0.8 1.7 -0.2 4.7GLV -0.6
2023 Changeup NYY R 233 89.1 24.4 -4.8 14.2ARM -0.5 10.1 -4.7 14.2ARM -0.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 1737 96.7 12.0 1.6 8.4ARM 0.5 17.4 1.6 8.4ARM 1.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 7 694 45.2 181 .189 .365 .295 23.5 30.4 22.6 .196 .371 .297 38.5
2024 Curveball 1.5 4 287 18.7 71 .209 .239 .239 30.1 25.4 23.1 .242 .342 .278 42.9
2024 Cutter -1.0 -2 243 15.8 54 .320 .560 .399 22.0 18.5 16.7 .280 .477 .351 37.5
2024 Slider 0.2 1 231 15.1 64 .222 .270 .224 26.4 21.9 17.5 .240 .335 .257 36.7
2024 Changeup -3.0 -2 62 4.0 12 .333 .667 .421 28.0 8.3 7.7 .291 .516 .343 54.5
2024 Sinker 1.8 0 17 1.1 6 .000 .000 .233 11.1 16.7 16.7 .081 .103 .284 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 29 1,738 53.0 428 .201 .332 .276 23.0 28.3 21.6 .224 .401 .303 45.9
2023 Slider 1.4 9 683 20.8 175 .186 .251 .220 32.7 29.1 18.3 .233 .319 .255 32.5
2023 Curveball 1.0 4 396 12.1 97 .215 .269 .243 24.4 27.8 19.3 .223 .305 .242 40.3
2023 Changeup 0.7 2 233 7.1 54 .235 .510 .343 28.6 13.0 11.3 .279 .556 .358 26.7
2023 Cutter 0.2 0 231 7.0 65 .262 .377 .308 31.1 23.1 24.6 .265 .369 .299 28.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 59 88.3 98 15.9 1:15 1:45 -30
2024 Curveball 287 82.5 79 19.8 7:15 7:00 15
2024 Cutter 243 91.4 47 9.1 12:00 11:00 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 690 95.9 91 18.5 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 17 95.7 94 20.8 1:00 1:30 -30
2024 Slider 231 88.3 29 6.2 10:15 9:00 75
2023 Changeup 233 89.1 99 17.6 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 396 82.9 77 19.6 7:15 7:00 15
2023 Cutter 231 92.7 54 10.6 12:15 11:30 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,737 96.7 94 19.1 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 683 89.1 27 5.7 10:30 9:00 90
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 507 1,882 6 15 -4 -6 11
2014 570 2,192 4 14 -8 -5 5
2015 852 3,310 16 26 -4 -10 28
2016 502 1,926 6 11 -9 -6 2
2017 843 3,276 10 19 -14 -10 5
2018 850 3,444 15 44 -14 -10 35
2019 954 3,911 36 48 -14 -9 61
2020 361 1,499 5 18 -4 -6 13
2021 738 3,019 13 36 -12 -12 25
2022 870 3,581 3 34 -16 -10 11
2023 819 3,281 39 31 -16 -10 45
2024 512 1,986 14 13 -11 -7 9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,238 50.4 66.4 85.3 30.1 55.1 42.0 61.7 48.3 23.1 8.1 81.7
2016 1,938 51.2 66.0 88.5 29.6 62.5 42.8 60.3 48.2 18.9 7.1 79.6
2017 3,298 51.1 66.5 82.6 25.6 64.9 41.8 63.5 46.5 21.9 8.4 79.4
2018 3,257 53.4 67.5 74.9 29.2 52.3 43.8 63.6 49.6 30.9 8.3 79.6
2019 3,362 52.2 66.0 71.4 32.3 43.0 43.5 64.3 49.9 37.2 9.1 78.4
2020 1,203 48.5 67.1 75.3 33.1 47.3 43.0 63.5 49.6 34.2 7.6 78.3
2021 2,969 48.6 66.8 75.2 32.0 53.8 42.4 66.8 48.9 31.9 8.4 77.1
2022 3,274 47.1 65.8 76.8 32.4 46.2 42.9 61.5 48.2 34.1 7.5 78.7
2023 3,281 49.6 70.5 80.6 29.9 57.9 42.8 67.7 50.1 26.2 7.5 76.7
2024 1,534 50.8 68.5 81.7 27.3 56.8 43.2 67.2 48.3 24.8 8.1 72.6
Player 27,354 50.4 67.1 78.9 30.2 53.4 42.8 64.0 48.8 28.6 8.1 78.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 66 52 61 63 71 19 70 46 34 74 83 53 57 92 41 75 64
2016 53 21 62 88 33 65 93 71 76 38 61 16 60 88 37 77 55
2017 45 35 35 39 62 2 18 71 39 61 81 31 27 88 34 79 56
2018 88 91 83 62 90 22 55 25 13 95 53 82 64 93 84 92 57
2019 98 97 95 84 99 30 70 75 59 99 81 98 81 95 97 92 65
2020 82 84 57 34 95 4 25 15 14 89 82 87 89 92 95 81 71
2021 86 83 65 49 95 5 16 53 51 95 88 84 87 97 93 86 72
2022 71 76 46 22 89 3 15 25 29 92 75 93 80 96 92 86 61
2023 79 66 67 66 86 10 54 43 49 76 87 50 63 90 87 86 36
2024 64 67 59 49 69 42 56 25 42 70 59 44 33 79 78 81 33
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.4 7 5.8 1 7 4 2 28.6
2017 21.9 31 29.5 2 17 25 10 32.3
2018 23.0 20 17.8 2 10 13 8 40.0
2019 22.1 33 25.0 8 12 20 11 33.3
2020 22.9 18 16.8 1 3 12 8 44.4
2021 23.9 26 26.0 0 11 18 12 46.2
2022 24.3 36 33.6 2 11 20 17 47.2
2023 24.2 20 18.6 1 8 16 6 30.0
2024 23.1 12 12.1 0 15 9 4 33.3
Player 23.1 203 185.2 18 94 137 78 38.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 7 7 3 8 5 4 6 6 4 3 6 8 5 5 6 7 4 6 5 6 7 4 10 7 7 5 4 10 6 6 4
2017 31 33 24 27 32 25 36 30 23 24 26 35 30 28 30 34 26 26 31 29 30 26 39 37 29 28 24 41 35 31 17
2018 20 21 13 20 18 16 19 19 14 15 15 23 21 16 14 21 19 17 16 18 19 16 23 19 18 15 15 19 22 17 15
2019 33 29 17 26 30 24 29 24 22 15 19 30 31 26 23 25 22 20 24 31 27 28 32 31 22 20 21 28 33 24 17
2020 18 19 16 19 18 18 19 16 12 14 14 17 18 16 16 16 19 16 15 18 17 18 22 17 18 15 17 17 18 17 13
2021 26 28 20 26 28 25 28 27 19 21 23 30 31 22 28 30 26 27 24 27 23 27 30 29 26 23 28 30 26 22 26
2022 36 30 31 35 34 35 36 32 24 29 30 37 37 32 34 35 34 36 30 33 34 34 43 35 31 31 34 38 37 35 31
2023 20 16 16 17 22 19 19 14 15 17 16 17 21 16 20 20 22 16 21 20 18 22 26 24 15 15 19 19 21 19 15
2024 12 11 11 14 9 11 13 11 8 7 10 16 13 9 11 11 11 9 16 20 12 13 22 15 10 10 10 15 14 12 10
Player 203 194 151 192 196 177 205 179 141 145 159 213 207 170 182 199 183 173 182 202 187 188 247 214 176 162 172 217 212 183 148
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.