- 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=Strikeout s
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-handedstarting pitcher inMajor League Baseball for theLos 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 schoolAll-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 theWhite 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 115strikeouts , made the All-Star Team and helped the White Sox win the American League Central Division and theWorld Series . In Garland's first career post-season start he threw a complete game, 4 hitter, with 7 strikeouts against theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim , in theALCS .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 offCincinnati Reds pitcherEsteban Yan .During the 2006 offseason, Garland was nearly traded to the Houston Astros for
Taylor Buchholz ,Willy Taveras andJason 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 forOrlando 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 ofThe Bernie Mac Show .
*Jon Garland's longtime girlfriend is USA softball second basemanLovie Jung .ee also
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Chicago White Sox all-time roster External links
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