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b. December 27, 1983 · Philadelphia Phillies 2006–2015, Texas Rangers 2015–2018, Chicago Cubs 2018–2019, Atlanta Braves 2020

In October 2008 he won the Championship Series award and the World Series award in the same postseason, and Philadelphia won its first title in twenty-eight years. He was twenty-four. The changeup was the reason, and it stayed the reason for another decade.

Fifteen seasons gave him 163 wins against 122, 2,560 strikeouts — 34th all-time — and a 3.43 earned run average across 2,698 innings, with four All-Star selections. His best year by the numbers was 2012: 17-6, with 216 strikeouts.

On July 25, 2015 he no-hit the Cubs at Wrigley Field. It was his last start for Philadelphia; he was traded to Texas six days later, and the club he left lost 99 games that season. He finished with three more clubs and a shoulder that would not hold.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	4	2007, 2011, 2012, 2016
Player of the Week	2	2012, 2015
Babe Ruth Award	1	2008
NLCS MVP	1	2008
Pitcher of the Month	1	2018
World Series MVP	1	2008

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2006	PHI	23	44	4	5	0	0	0	3	6	24	0	.114
2007	PHI	30	64	7	9	2	0	0	2	2	26	0	.141
2008	PHI	36	76	3	17	2	0	0	3	0	29	0	.224
2009	PHI	32	61	6	9	3	0	0	5	1	29	1	.148
2010	PHI	34	67	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	20	0	.149
2011	PHI	33	69	2	11	0	1	0	3	3	33	0	.159
2012	PHI	31	69	5	15	2	0	1	5	4	27	0	.217
2013	PHI	33	56	4	10	1	1	0	5	1	24	0	.179
2014	PHI	30	62	1	13	2	0	0	0	0	28	0	.210
2015	PHI/TEX	32	42	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	17	0	.167
2016	TEX	32	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125
2017	TEX	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
2018	CHC/TEX	32	25	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	12	0	.120
2019	CHC	27	42	1	6	1	0	0	4	1	15	0	.143
2020	ATL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	430	688	40	116	16	2	2	34	19	286	1	.169

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	PHI	9	8	23	23	132.1	117	60	48	145	4.08
2007	PHI	15	5	28	28	183.1	163	69	43	177	3.39
2008	PHI	14	10	33	33	227.1	193	78	53	196	3.09
2009	PHI	10	11	32	32	193.2	206	93	43	168	4.32
2010	PHI	12	11	33	33	208.2	185	71	61	211	3.06
2011	PHI	14	9	32	31	216.0	169	67	44	194	2.79
2012	PHI	17	6	31	31	215.1	190	73	52	216	3.05
2013	PHI	8	14	33	33	220.0	205	88	50	202	3.60
2014	PHI	9	9	30	30	204.2	176	56	59	198	2.46
2015	PHI/TEX	13	8	32	32	212.1	190	86	62	215	3.65
2016	TEX	15	5	32	32	200.2	185	74	77	200	3.32
2017	TEX	11	6	24	24	148.0	125	69	53	105	4.20
2018	CHC/TEX	9	12	32	32	190.2	176	80	65	188	3.78
2019	CHC	7	7	27	27	141.2	141	60	56	143	3.81
2020	ATL	0	1	1	1	3.1	3	3	1	2	8.10
Career	—	163	122	423	422	2698.0	2424	1027	767	2560	3.43

On this day & linked events

1983

Born December 27, 1983

San Diego, CA, USA

2006

Major-league debut: Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels made a major-league debut on May 12, 2006.

2014

Philadelphia Phillies Combined No-Hitter, 2014

Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon threw a combined no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Atlanta Braves on September 1, 2014, winning 7–0.

2015

Cole Hamels's No-Hitter

Cole Hamels threw a no-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Chicago Cubs on July 25, 2015, winning 5–0.

2020

Final major-league game: Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels played a final major-league game on September 16, 2020.

Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0