Gerrit Cole is an American professional baseball player who plays as a pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.
Gerrit Cole Parents: Meet Mark and Sharon Cole
Mark and Sharon coles are the parents of Gerrit Cole and his younger sister Erin Cole.
Although Gerrit’s parents’ names have been identified, their details are not known.
However, their son Gerrit Cole played for the baseball team at Orange Lutheran High School and was selected by the New York Yankees in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft.
He opted not to sign, and instead attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.
The Pirates traded Cole to the Astros in the 2017–18 offseason. On September 18, 2019, Cole became the 18th pitcher in major league history to strike out at least 300 batters in a season.
On December 16, 2019, The Yankees signed Cole to a franchise record nine-year, $324 million contract, the largest contract total in Major League history for a pitcher.
Gerrit Cole is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.