Jharel Cotton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: January 19, 1992 in St. Thomas vi

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 28th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: Menchville HS (Newport News, VA)

Schools: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: September 7, 2016 (Age 24-232d, 21,277th in major league history)
vs. LAA 6.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 4, 2022 (Age 30-258d)
vs. SDP 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: VC Sports Group • Previously: Beverly Hills Sports Council (Nate Heisler)

Full Name: Jharel Leandre Cotton

Nicknames: Squeaky

Pronunciation: \jah-RELL\

Twitter: @JharelCotton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.50

232.0

197

WHIP

1.323

Summary of 41 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
OAK	32
MIN	7
TEX	2

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	15

Outs
2	17
0	16
1	8

14 Opps
SEA	9
HOU	5
MIN	4
LAA	4
NYY	4
CLE	3
OAK	2
TEX	2
MIA	2
TOR	2
KCR	1
BOS	1
MIL	1
CHW	1

37 Batters
Robinson Canó	3
Matt Holliday	2
Nelson Cruz	2
Andrew Vaughn	1
Taylor Trammell	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Kyle Seager	1
DJ LeMahieu	1
Oscar González	1
Evan Gattis	1
Rowdy Tellez	1
C.J. Cron	1
Yuli Gurriel	1
Josh Naylor	1
Albert Pujols	1
Jose Altuve	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Jackie Bradley Jr.	1
Eduardo Escobar	1
Eddie Rosario	1
Justin Smoak	1
Yan Gomes	1
Ben Revere	1
Jean Segura	1
Kevin Pillar	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Brian Dozier	1
Seth Brown	1
Amed Rosario	1
Didi Gregorius	1
Josh Reddick	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Danny Santana	1
Marwin González	1
Yonder Alonso	1
Cam Gallagher	1

10 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	22
Target Field (MIN)	6
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	5
loanDepot pk (MIA)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
78	10
7	9
8	8
9	8
89	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
5	7
6	6
3	6
1	5
4	5
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	17
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	7
12-	5
-2-	3
123	1
--3	1

65 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	24
1 on	11
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	17

Inning
1	6
2	8
3	3
4	4
5	9
6	2
7	7
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	17
4-6	15
7-end	9

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	10
-1	5
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	4

Ahead	11
Tied	10
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	8
2-2	8
3-2	5
1-2	5
0-0	5
0-2	2
1-1	2
3-1	2
2-0	2
2-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	8
DH	7
2B	5
RF	5
LF	4
3B	4
CF	3
SS	3
C	2

OrderPos
5th	8
3rd	7
4th	7
1st	5
2nd	5
8th	3
6th	3
9th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-07	C.J. Cron	LAA	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	9,(3-2) CSBFBBFFX	1	3	3	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2016-09-19	Evan Gattis	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	7,(3-2) BSFBFBX	1	5	DH	11%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2016-09-25	Adrián Beltré	TEX	@	OAK	behind 0-7	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	5	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	2016-10-01	Robinson Canó	SEA		OAK	behind 2-5	b 5	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	4	19%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Smith Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-04-22	Robinson Canó	SEA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	3	4	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	2	1	2017-05-04	Eddie Rosario	MIN		OAK	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	7	7%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	3	2	2017-05-04	Danny Santana	MIN		OAK	behind 1-4	b 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	9	8%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	4	1	2017-05-09	Albert Pujols	LAA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	5	2	2017-05-09	Ben Revere	LAA	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	7	11%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	6	3	2017-05-09	Yunel Escobar	LAA	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 2	2	12-	6,(2-2) BFCFBX	3	1	5	26%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Pennington Scores; M. Maldonado Scores
11	11	7	1	2017-05-27	Matt Holliday	NYY		OAK	tied 1-1	b 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	DH	28%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Sánchez Scores
12	12	8	1	2017-06-07	Justin Smoak	TOR	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	3	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	9	2	2017-06-07	Kevin Pillar	TOR	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 2	2	12-	4,(1-2) CFBX	3	1	8	26%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Coghlan Scores; R. Goins Scores
14	14	10	1	2017-06-13	Marcell Ozuna	MIA		OAK	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	15%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	11	2	2017-06-13	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) 1*BX	2	2	9	19%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Strange-Gordon Scores
16	16	12	1	2017-06-18	Matt Holliday	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	13	2	2017-06-18	Didi Gregorius	NYY	@	OAK	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	6	6	11%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
18	18	14	1	2017-07-30	Brian Dozier	MIN	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	15	2	2017-07-30	Eduardo Escobar	MIN	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	5	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Mauer Scores
20	20	16	1	2017-08-09	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	5,(1-2) CBFFX	3	5	5	25%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Segura Scores; R. Canó Scores
21	21	17	2	2017-08-09	Nelson Cruz	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	1--	5,(3-1) B*BBSX	2	4	DH	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Canó Scores
22	22	18	3	2017-08-09	Nelson Cruz	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	DH	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	19	1	2017-08-14	Cam Gallagher	KCR	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	123	6,(3-2) *BBBCF>X	4	9	2	26%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Cabrera Scores; M. Moustakas Scores; A. Escobar Scores
24	24	20	1	2017-08-20	Marwin González	HOU		OAK	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	14%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	21	1	2017-08-27	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	@	OAK	behind 1-3	t 5	2	---	6,(2-2) FFBBFX	1	2	9	11%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	22	1	2017-09-02	Robinson Canó	SEA		OAK	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	3	4	22%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Alonso Scores
27	27	23	2	2017-09-02	Jean Segura	SEA		OAK	behind 2-6	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	7%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
28	28	24	3	2017-09-02	Yonder Alonso	SEA		OAK	behind 3-6	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	2	3	10%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
29	29	25	1	2017-09-08	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	2	4	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Springer Scores
30	30	26	2	2017-09-08	Yuli Gurriel	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	18%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Reddick Scores
31	31	27	3	2017-09-08	Josh Reddick	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	1--	4,(1-2) C*BFX	2	4	7	14%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Correa Scores
32	32	28	1	2017-09-13	Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS		OAK	behind 2-6	b 5	0	---	6,(2-2) BBCCFX	1	9	8	7%	20%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2021-08-07	Yan Gomes	OAK		TEX	ahead 7-2	b 4	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Olson Scores; J. Lowrie Scores
34	34	2	1	2021-08-14	Seth Brown	OAK	@	TEX	ahead 7-3	t 9	0	---	3,(0-2) .FTX	1	8	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2022-06-09	DJ LeMahieu	NYY	@	MIN	behind 4-7	t 5	0	---	5,(2-2) .BCCBX	1	1	3	9%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	2	1	2022-06-13	Taylor Trammell	SEA		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	8	13%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	3	1	2022-06-22	Amed Rosario	CLE	@	MIN	behind 4-6	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) ..BCBFX	1	2	6	12%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	4	2	2022-06-22	Oscar González	CLE	@	MIN	behind 5-6	t 7	1	-2-	6,(3-2) B1>*B.TBFX	2	5	9	34%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Ramírez Scores
39	39	5	1	2022-06-29	Josh Naylor	CLE		MIN	behind 5-6	b 10	2	--3	6,(2-2) B.SBSFX	2	4	3	84%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Rosario Scores
40	40	6	1	2022-07-14	Andrew Vaughn	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 8-1	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	7	1	2022-07-27	Rowdy Tellez	MIL		MIN	ahead 5-3	b 4	2	12-	7,(3-2) BBCFFB>X	3	3	3	16%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); V. Caratini Scores; C. Yelich Scores