Cole Ragans stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2026

Starting Pitcher · #55

Age 28 · 6' 4"

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Cole Ragans played 5 MLB seasons, 2022 to 2026.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
91
W
22
L
24
ERA
3.76
IP
419.1
K
506
BB
167
WHIP
1.21

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
2022TEX9034.9540.027161.48
2023TEX/KC29753.4796.0113411.16
2024KC321193.14186.1223671.14
2025KC13334.6761.298201.18
2026KC8144.8435.145231.42

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
2
W
1
L
0
ERA
0.90
IP
10.0
K
13
BB
4
WHIP
1.10

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
33
CG
1
SHO
0
K/9
10.9
GB
427
FB
626
G/F
0.70
WP
22

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2022TEX0006.149820.62
2023TEX/KC70010.61051310.86
2024KC211010.81932730.711
2025KC20014.351860.63
2026KC30011.529540.50

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
28 yearsDec 12, 1997
Height
6' 4"
Debut
2022
Birthplace
Crawfordville, FL
Draft
2016Rd 1, Pk 30

Latest performance

Cole Ragans

May 06 · vs CLE · L 3-1

IP
3.0
H
1
R
0
ER
0
BB
2
K
4
HR
0
ERA
4.84

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Wed, May 06vsCLEL 3-131004
Fri, May 01atSEAW 7-65.14448
Sat, Apr 25vsLAAW 12-1651111
Sun, Apr 19atNYYL 7-04.14776
Tue, Apr 14atDETL 2-161001
Wed, Apr 08atCLEL 10-20.22332

What were Cole Ragans's career stats?

Cole Ragans played 5 seasons for the Rangers and the Royals. He had 22 wins and 506 strikeouts with a 3.76 ERA over 419.1 innings. His best season was 2024: 11 wins, a 3.14 ERA and 223 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

5 seasons, 1 postseason, 2022 to 2026

Cole Ragans finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Cole Ragans

Playoff series

Cole Ragans played 2 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 2 won, 0 lost.

Cole Ragans's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2024BALWon 1-016.0408
2024NYYWon 1-014.0315

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Cole Ragans’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.