Cole Ragans stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2026
Starting Pitcher · #55
60-Day ILLeft Elbow · due back June 1
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2022
- Draft
- 2016Rd 1, Pk 30
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2022
- Draft
- 2016Rd 1, Pk 30
Stats
Standard
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TEX | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4.95 | 40.0 | 27 | 16 | 1.48 |
| 2023 |  TEX/KC | 29 | 7 | 5 | 3.47 | 96.0 | 113 | 41 | 1.16 |
| 2024 | KC | 32 | 11 | 9 | 3.14 | 186.1 | 223 | 67 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | KC | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4.67 | 61.2 | 98 | 20 | 1.18 |
| 2026 | KC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4.84 | 35.1 | 45 | 23 | 1.42 |
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) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 49 | 82 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2023 | TEX/KC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 105 | 131 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2024 | KC | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10.8 | 193 | 273 | 0.7 | 11 |
| 2025 | KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 51 | 86 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2026 | KC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 29 | 54 | 0.5 | 0 |
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| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, May 06 | vs CLEL 3-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Fri, May 01 | at SEAW 7-6 | 5.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Sat, Apr 25 | vs LAAW 12-1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Sun, Apr 19 | at NYYL 7-0 | 4.1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Tue, Apr 14 | at DETL 2-1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Apr 08 | atCLEL 10-2 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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
- 2023 World Series with the Texas Rangers
Season top 10 finishes
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 2024 (5th)
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.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  BAL | Won 1-0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | NYY | Won 1-0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Cole Ragans against each club
- vs Los Angeles Angels (8)
- vs Athletics (7)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (7)
- vs Detroit Tigers (7)
- vs Houston Astros (7)
- vs Minnesota Twins (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (5)
- vs Boston Red Sox (4)
- vs Chicago Cubs (4)
- vs New York Yankees (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (4)
- vs Chicago White Sox (3)
- vs Colorado Rockies (3)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (3)
- vs Atlanta Braves (2)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (2)
- vs New York Mets (2)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (1)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (1)
- vs Kansas City Royals (1)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (1)
- vs Miami Marlins (1)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
- vs San Diego Padres (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (1)
- vs Washington Nationals (1)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Cole Ragans among MLB players at the same position.
- Tyler GlasnowLADAlike in Innings pitched, Strikeouts, WHIP86out of 100 on profile similarity
- Eury PerezMIAAlike in Strikeouts, Innings pitched, WHIP83out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jack FlahertyAlike in WHIP, Strikeouts, Innings pitched81out of 100 on profile similarity
- Kyle BradishBALAlike in Strikeouts, WHIP, Innings pitched80out of 100 on profile similarity
- Corbin BurnesARIAlike in Innings pitched, Strikeouts, WHIP79out of 100 on profile similarity
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