Gerrit Cole ERA in 2021
3.232021 Regular Season
Gerrit Cole posted a 3.23 ERA in the 2021 regular season.
- 7th-best of Gerrit Cole's 13 seasons on file; the best is 2.50 in 2019.
- Up 0.39 from 2.84 in 2020.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 2013 through 2026. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  PIT | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3.22 | 117.1 | 100 | 28 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 2014 | PIT | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3.65 | 138.0 | 138 | 40 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 32 | 19 | 8 | 2.60 | 208.0 | 202 | 44 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 2016 | PIT | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3.88 | 116.0 | 98 | 36 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 2017 | PIT | 33 | 12 | 12 | 4.26 | 203.0 | 196 | 55 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2018 |  HOU | 32 | 15 | 5 | 2.88 | 200.1 | 276 | 64 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 33 | 20 | 5 | 2.50 | 212.1 | 326 | 48 | 0.89 | 0 |
| 2020 |  NYY | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2.84 | 73.0 | 94 | 17 | 0.96 | 0 |
| 2021 | NYY | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3.23 | 181.1 | 243 | 41 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2022 | NYY | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3.50 | 200.2 | 257 | 50 | 1.02 | 0 |
| 2023 | NYY | 33 | 15 | 4 | 2.63 | 209.0 | 222 | 48 | 0.98 | 0 |
| 2024 | NYY | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3.41 | 95.0 | 99 | 29 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 2026 | NYY | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3.63 | 121.1 | 123 | 22 | 1.10 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
