Gerrit Cole
American baseball player
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| March 13 2025 | As of the current date, Gerrit Cole continues his professional career with the New York Yankees, having been with the team since 2020. |
| 2025 | During spring training, Cole experienced discomfort in his pitching elbow and underwent MRI scans. He subsequently announced via Instagram that he would require Tommy John surgery, which would sideline him for the entire 2025 season. |
| 2024 | Cole appeared in the World Series for the second time in his career, pitching in Games 1 and 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, receiving a no-decision in each game. |
| November 4 2024 | It was announced that Gerrit Cole would return to the Yankees on a four-year, $144 million contract, after his opt-out, while extension talks with the team would continue. |
| November 2 2024 | Gerrit Cole opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees, allowing the team to potentially extend his contract by one year and $36 million. |
| June 30 2024 | Gerrit Cole collected his first win of the season against the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| June 25 2024 | In his second start of the season, Gerrit Cole conceded six runs against the New York Mets in four innings without recording a strikeout. |
| June 19 2024 | Cole was activated from the injured list and made his first major league start of the season against the Baltimore Orioles, registering five strikeouts in four innings pitched. |
| March 28 2024 | Gerrit Cole was placed on the 60-day injured list after experiencing discomfort in his right elbow during spring training. |
| 2023 | Gerrit Cole won the American League Cy Young Award via unanimous vote. |
| 2023 | Gerrit Cole set a record for the most strikeouts by a New York Yankees pitcher on Opening Day, striking out 11 batters. |
| September 27 2023 | In his final start of the 2023 season against the Blue Jays, Cole pitched a complete game shutout. |
| July 10 2023 | Cole was named the starting pitcher for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game, marking the first time a Yankees starting pitcher has started the All-Star game since Roger Clemens in 2001. |
| May 23 2023 | During a game against the Baltimore Orioles, Cole registered his 2,000th career strikeout, becoming the 87th pitcher overall to reach this milestone. |
| April 2023 | Gerrit Cole was named the AL Pitcher of the Month after winning five of six starts and allowing only 5 runs in 40.2 innings pitched. |
| January 2 2023 | Gerrit Cole and Amy welcomed their second son, Everett. |
| October 4 2022 | Gerrit Cole recorded his 249th strikeout of the season against the Texas Rangers, surpassing Ron Guidry for the franchise record. He finished the season with an MLB-leading 257 strikeouts and became the first right-handed pitcher in Yankees history to lead all of MLB in strikeouts in a single season. |
| August 3 2022 | During a match against the Seattle Mariners, Gerrit Cole allowed 6 runs in the first inning, including 3 home runs, marking the most runs allowed in the first inning at home since Phil Hughes in 2013. |
| June 9 2022 | In a game against the Minnesota Twins, Gerrit Cole allowed three consecutive home runs to the first three batters he faced, ultimately giving up 5 home runs in only 2.1 innings. Despite this, the Yankees came back to win the game 10–7. |
| 2021 | Gerrit Cole finished the season with a 3.23 ERA, 243 strikeouts over 30 starts, and led the American League with 16 wins and a 5.93 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He was also a runner-up in the American League Cy Young Award voting behind Robbie Ray. |
| 2021 | Gerrit Cole set an MLB record for the most consecutive strikeouts without issuing a walk, achieving a total of 61 strikeouts. |
| 2021 | In the 2021 American League Wild Card Game at Fenway Park, Gerrit Cole pitched two innings, allowing three earned runs and two home runs, leading to a loss against the Boston Red Sox. |
| November 23 2021 | Gerrit Cole was named a First Team selection for the All-MLB Team, marking his third consecutive All-MLB selection after being on the First Team in 2019 with the Houston Astros and the Second Team in 2020 with the Yankees. |
| May 12 2021 | Gerrit Cole achieved his 1,500th career strikeout, making him the second-fastest pitcher in history to reach this milestone, trailing only Randy Johnson. |
| April 12 2021 | Gerrit Cole recorded 8 strikeouts and retired 15 batters in a row against the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the Yankees pitcher with the most strikeouts in the first three starts of the season, matching David Cone's record from 1997 with a total of 29 strikeouts. |
| 2020 | In the 2020 ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays, Gerrit Cole was the winning pitcher in Game 1 and received a no-decision in the decisive Game 5, which the Yankees lost. |
| 2020 | Gerrit Cole signed a record-breaking nine-year contract with the New York Yankees, worth $324 million, making it the largest contract for a pitcher in Major League Baseball history at that time. |
| December 4 2020 | Gerrit Cole was elected to the MLBPA's Executive Subcommittee. |
| September 29 2020 | In his Yankees playoff debut during Game 1 of the wild card series against the Cleveland Indians, Gerrit Cole struck out 13 batters without a walk. |
| September 11 2020 | Gerrit Cole ended his 3-game losing streak by throwing a 2-hitter complete game shutout against the Baltimore Orioles during a doubleheader. |
| August 26 2020 | Gerrit Cole's regular-season winning streak of 20 games ended when he took a loss against the Atlanta Braves. |
| July 23 2020 | Gerrit Cole made his Yankees debut as an Opening Day starting pitcher, pitching 5 innings against the Washington Nationals and allowing just one hit, a home run. |
| June 30 2020 | Gerrit Cole and Amy welcomed their son, Caden Gerrit Cole. |
| January 1 2020 | On January 1, 2020, Gerrit Cole's wife, Amy, announced their first pregnancy. |
| 2019 | At the end of the 2019 season, Gerrit Cole concluded with a 20–5 record, a 2.50 ERA, and led the major leagues with 326 strikeouts. |
| 2019 | Gerrit Cole finished second in the voting for the 2019 Cy Young Award, receiving 159 points, while his teammate Justin Verlander finished first with 171 points. |
| December 18 2019 | The New York Yankees signed Gerrit Cole to a franchise record nine-year, $324 million contract, the largest signed by a pitcher in MLB history. |
| December 16 2019 | The New York Yankees signed Gerrit Cole to a franchise record nine-year, $324 million contract, the largest contract total in major league history for a pitcher. |
| September 29 2019 | On September 29, 2019, Gerrit Cole set a Major League Baseball record with his ninth consecutive start of at least 10 strikeouts. |
| September 24 2019 | On September 24, 2019, Gerrit Cole struck out 14 batters in a game, breaking the single-season strikeout record for any Astros pitcher with a total of 316 strikeouts. |
| September 18 2019 | Gerrit Cole became the 18th pitcher in major league history to strike out at least 300 batters in a season. |
| September 8 2019 | On September 8, 2019, coinciding with his 29th birthday, Gerrit Cole became the second pitcher ever to strike out 14 or more hitters in three consecutive games. |
| 2018 | Gerrit Cole finished the 2018 season with 276 strikeouts, second-most in the American League, a 15–5 record, and a 2.88 ERA, indicating his best performance since the 2015 season. |
| 2018 | In Game 2 of the 2018 American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians, Cole struck out 12 batters and walked none in a seven-inning performance, contributing to a 3–1 victory. |
| 2018 | Gerrit Cole was elected to his first American League All-Star appearance in 2018, finishing the first half of the season with a 10–2 record and 177 strikeouts. |
| May 4 2018 | On May 4, 2018, Gerrit Cole struck out 16 batters and pitched his first career shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks, leading the Astros to an 8–0 victory. |
| April 29 2018 | On April 29, 2018, Gerrit Cole struck out 12 hitters in a game against the Oakland Athletics, resulting in a no-decision but an Astros win. He broke the Astros' strikeout record for April with a total of 61 strikeouts for the month. |
| January 2018 | The Pirates and Gerrit Cole reached an agreement on a one-year, $6.75 million contract. |
| January 13 2018 | On January 13, 2018, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros in exchange for Joe Musgrove, Michael Feliz, Colin Moran, and Jason Martin. |
| 2017 | In 2017, Cole finished the season with a record of 12–12 and a 4.26 ERA, leading the National League with 33 starts. |
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