Gerrit Cole Biography

Gerrit Alan Cole, born on September 8, 1990, is an American professional baseball pitcher who has played for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole attended Orange Lutheran High School and was selected by the Yankees in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft. He chose not to sign with the Yankees and instead enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles to play college baseball for the Bruins. After completing his college career, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Cole first overall in the 2011 MLB draft. On September 18, 2019, Cole became the 18th pitcher in major league history to record at least 300 strikeouts in a single season. In 2023, he won the American League Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote.