Jon Garland
From Sports Library
| Chicago White Sox — No. 20 | |
| Starting Pitcher | |
| Born: September 27 1979 (age 29) | |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| July 4, 2000 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through April 8, 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 85-71 |
| Earned Run Average | 4.39 |
| Strikeouts | 687 |
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Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox.
Garland was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 10th pick of the 1997 amateur draft. He was traded to the White Sox in 1998 for Matt Karchner. During his first five seasons with the White Sox, Garland had a 46-51 win-loss record. Garland's 2005 season was very strong; he went 18-10 with a 3.50 ERA and 115 strikeouts, made the All-Star Team and helped the White Sox win the American League Central Division and the World Series. In Garland's first career post-season start he threw a complete game, 4 hitter, with 7 strikeouts against the Los Angeles Angels, in the ALCS.
Following the 2005 season, Garland signed a 3 year $29 million contract, avoiding salary arbitration. He hit his first major league home run on Sunday June 18, 2006 off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Esteban Yan.
During the 2006 offseason, Garland was nearly traded to the Houston Astros for Taylor Buchholz, Willy Taveras and Jason Hirsh. The trade fell apart after White Sox general manager Ken Williams became concerned with the health of Buchholz. [1]
Garland had 18 wins in '05, 6 more than his previous best. Garland's 36 wins over the past two seasons are tied for baseball's top spot.
High school career
At John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, California, Jon Garland won All-State Player of the Year twice, and won high school All-American honors once.
Trivia
- Jon Garland's agent is Craig Landis, who is the son of former White Sox outfielder Jim Landis. [2]
- Jon Garland has appeared in an episode of The Bernie Mac Show.
External link
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Player snapshot, stats, game logs and news [3]
- Jon Garland at Wikipedia
| 2000 American League Central Champion Chicago White Sox Starting Lineup: 1. Ray Durham 2B | 2. Jose Valentin SS | 3. Frank Thomas DH | 4. Magglio Ordonez RF | 5. Carlos Lee LF | 6. Paul Konerko 1B | 7. Herbert Perry 3B | 8. Chris Singleton CF | Charles Johnson C Starting Pitchers: James Baldwin | Jim Parque | Mike Sirotka | Cal Eldred | Kip Wells/Jon Garland |
1 Harris | 5 Uribe | 7 Pérez | 8 Everett | 12 Pierzynski | 14 Konerko | 15 Iguchi | 18 Politte | 20 Garland | 22 Podsednik | 23 Dye (World Series MVP) | 24 Crede | 26 Hernández | 27 Blum | 32 Hermanson | 33 Rowand | 34 García | 35 Thomas | 36 Widger | 38 Ozuna | 43 Marté | 45 Jenks | 46 Cotts | 51 Vizcaíno | 52 Contreras | 56 Buehrle | 13 Guillén (Manager)
