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TAYLOR COLE # 67
BORN: AUG. 20, 1989 OPENING DAY AGE: 30
BIRTHPLACE: SIMI VALLEY, CA RESIDES: LAS VEGAS, NV
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 1 YEAR, 32 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS FREE AGENT, MAR. 5, 2018
MARRIED: MADILYN FITZPATRICK, DEC. 2, 2011

RHP HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 200 BATS: R THROWS: R
COLE’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2011— Vancouver 1-3 5.88 11 8 0 0 0 0 33.2 35 23 22 3 4 17 1 25 5 0 .276
2012— Vancouver 6-0 0.81 12 11 0 1 0 0 66.1 36 6 6 0 6 17 0 57 6 0 .161
2013— Lansing 7-11 4 .02 26 26 0 0 0 0 132 141 75 59 5 12 59 0 71 17 1 .273
Dunedin 0-1 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .300
2014— Dunedin 8-9 3.07 24 23 0 0 0 0 132 114 55 45 4 6 39 0 171H 17 1 .232
New Hampshire 0-2 7 .30 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 .1 12 11 10 1 1 7 0 10 1 0 .250
2015— New Hampshire 7-10 4 .06 28 28H 1 0 1 0 164 174 80 74 18 7 55 0 128 12 1 .281
2016— New Hampshire 3-4 3 .79 12 11 0 0 0 0 61 .2 70 32 26 6 0 17 0 54 1 0 .294
Dunedin 1-0 4.70 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.1 20 8 8 0 0 3 0 8 1 1 .323
2017— Blue Jays (GCL) 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .133
Dunedin 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .308
Buffalo 0-0 0.00 4 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 .000
TORONTO 0-0 36 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .750
2018— Salt Lake 3-0 5 .37 34 0 0 9 0 6 55 .1 55 34 33 6 1 27 1 65 5 0 .261 cole
LAA 4-2 2 .75 18 2 0 4 0 0 36 20 11 11 3 3 12 0 39 1 0 .169
2019— Inland Empire (1) 0-1 10.13 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .417
Salt Lake 3-0 5 .23 16 0 0 8 0 3 20 .2 29 12 12 5 0 6 0 24 0 0 .333
LAA 3-4 5 .92 38 6 0 9 0 0 51 .2 58 35 34 2 2 24 4 50 3 0 .286
MAJOR TOTALS 7-6 4.97 57 8 0 13 0 0 88.2 84 50 49 5 6 37 4 90 4 0 .255
MINOR TOTALS 39-41 3.77 180 118 1 19 1 9 713.2 703 341 299 48 37 253 2 663 66 4 .260
H led or tied for league lead
Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Right shoulder strain; disabled Mar. 28 (retro to Mar. 25) - April 8
2017 — Right fifth toe fracture; disabled Aug. 10 - Aug. 14 (released by Blue Jays)
2019 SEASON
◆ Opened year on Angels injured list, missing first 10 games of regular season...Pitched in two games on rehab
assignment with Adv.-A Inland Empire, before being reinstated and optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake .
◆ Made 38 Major League appearances across six stints with Angels, setting career highs in games (38), innings
pitched (51.2) and strikeouts (50).
◆ Pitched two perfect innings July 12 vs. Mariners as “Opener” and combined with Félix Peña (7 IP) for the 11th
official no-hitter (second combined no-hitter) in Angels history…Joined Babe Ruth and Roy Oswalt as only
starting pitchers to toss two-or-fewer innings as part of a no-hitter.
◆ Stranded 13 of 17 inherited runners (76%) for the season...In career, has stranded 22 of 27 inherited runners
(81%).
◆ Held opponents to a .167 (2/12) average against his curveball and a .234 (18/77) average against his changeup...
Between 2018-19 seasons, opponents batted .213 (26/122) against his changeup.
◆ Pitched to 1.06 ERA (17 IP – 2 ER) across 11 relief outings from June 19-Aug. 10.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2018
◆ Made Angels debut July 1 at Baltimore and pitched three scoreless innings…First reliever to work at least three
shutout frames in Angels debut since David Pauley in 2012.
◆ Pitched to a 0.95 ERA across final 28.1 relief innings (3 ER) of season, dating to July 7.
◆ Earned first Major League win Sept. 3 at Texas.
◆ Made first Major League start on Aug. 12 vs. A’s and allowed three runs in 1.1 IP…In two games as a starter,
pitched to a 23.14 ERA (2.1 IP – 6 ER), compared with a 1.42 ERA (25.1 IP – 4 ER) as a reliever.
◆ Worked four scoreless innings Sept. 10 vs. Texas in longest outing of career.
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