Jon Garland

Infobox MLB player


width=250
name=Jon Garland
position=Starting Pitcher
team=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
number=20
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1979|9|27
birthplace=city-state|Valencia|California
debutdate=July 4
debutyear=2000
debutteam=Chicago White Sox
statyear=May 30, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=100-86
stat2label=Earned run average| stat2value=4.39
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=780
teams=
*Chicago White Sox (by|2000-by|2007)
*Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (by|2008-present)

Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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.

Professional career

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 of Anaheim, 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 Kenny Williams became concerned with the health of Buchholz. [http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061207&content_id=1754067&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws]

Garland had 18 wins in '05 - six more than his previous best. He also matched that win total in 2006. Garland's 36 combined wins in 2005 and 2006 were tied for the most in the Majors over that period.

On November 19, 2007 he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Orlando Cabrera.

Trivia

*Jon Garland's agent is Craig Landis, who is the son of former White Sox outfielder Jim Landis. [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051018&content_id=1254181&vkey=ps2005news&fext=.jsp]
*Jon Garland has appeared in an episode of The Bernie Mac Show.
*Jon Garland's longtime girlfriend is USA softball second baseman Lovie Jung.

ee also

* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

External links

*baseballstats |mlb=279782 |espn=4235 |br=g/garlajo01 |fangraphs=232 |cube=G/Jon-Garland
* Player snapshot, stats, game logs and news [http://scoreboards.aol.com/baseball/mlb/player/110767/player.aspx]