| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | WHIP | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | SV | HLD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NYY | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3.32 | 1.40 | 57.0 | 47 | 21 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | NYY | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.61 | 1.43 | 27.1 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Stats via MLB Stats API & Baseball Savant.
Statcast
2026 season· via Baseball Savant
Percentile Rankings
vs. MLB pitchers, min. 50 batters faced
Pitch Usage
Share of all pitches thrown
Pitch Movement
Average break in inches, catcher's view
Run Value per 100 Pitches
Positive = runs saved (good for the pitcher)
Arsenal
| Pitch | Usage | MPH | Whiff% | K% | PutAway% | xwOBA | RV/100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 51.0% | 95.3 | 17.4% | 13.2% | 11.4% | .365 | -0.6 |
| Slider | 20.4% | 85.8 | 22.2% | 16.7% | 16.7% | .321 | -1.3 |
| Changeup | 19.6% | 89.7 | 31.3% | 21.1% | 17.4% | .331 | +0.2 |
| Sinker | 9.1% | 94.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .467 | -5.9 |
Pitch Location
Where he throws each pitch, and where hitters miss
All Pitches
496 pitches
Whiff Rate
496 pitches
4-Seam Fastball
253 pitches
Slider
101 pitches
Changeup
97 pitches
Awards & Honors
Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year
2024
Luis Gil was a pitcher who played for the New York Yankees in 2021-2022, 2024-2026. Career stats: 20-9 record, 3.50 ERA, 255 strikeouts.
Luis Gil is the arm the New York Yankees got for a DFA'd outfielder nobody remembers -- and he turned into the first Yankee pitcher to win AL Rookie of the Year since Dave Righetti in 1981. The right-hander from Azua de Compostela, Dominican Republic, throws 96-99 mph with a slider that makes right-handed hitters look silly, and he did it all after losing two full seasons to a pandemic and Tommy John surgery. That's not a career path. That's an obstacle course.
How He Got Here
Here's the thing about Gil's road to the Bronx: it started in Minnesota. The Twins signed him as a 17-year-old international free agent on February 12, 2015, for somewhere around $90,000. A couple years later, in March 2018, the Yankees grabbed him from the Twins in a quiet swap for Jake Cave -- a surplus outfielder who'd just been designated for assignment. Nobody outside the scouting department blinked. (This deal got zero coverage. Literally none. A DFA'd outfielder for a skinny Dominican teenager with a cannon arm. That's it. That's the trade that produced a Rookie of the Year.)
A few months after that, the Yanks went back to Minnesota for the more famous deal -- Lance Lynn at the July 31 deadline, which cost them Tyler Austin and Luis Rijo. Lynn pitched fine, left as a free agent, and was forgotten. Gil was 20, throwing gas, and about to disappear into the club's minor league system for a while.
He bounced through the low minors, flashing a fastball that sat 95-98 and a wipeout slider -- the kind of stuff that makes scouts text each other during live BP. Then COVID wiped out the 2020 minor league season. (A full developmental year, just gone. Cool.) Gil showed up to 2021 spring training, threw hard enough to get noticed by the brass, and earned his shot at the big league roster.
Yankees Career
Gil debuted on August 3, 2021, against the Orioles -- stepping in for Gerrit Cole, who'd been scratched with COVID -- and he didn't just pitch well. He threw six scoreless innings, allowing four singles, in a 13-1 win. Over 6 starts that year, at just 23 years old, he struck out 38 batters in 29.1 innings. That's a K/9 north of 11. For a kid who'd never faced big league hitters before, it was borderline ridiculous.
Then the elbow blew out during a Triple-A start in May 2022. Tommy John surgery followed -- the whole season, gone. He didn't pitch a single big league inning in 2023 either. The Yankees kept him on the 60-day IL all year, and he didn't get back on a mound until a couple of rehab starts for High-A Tampa in September, more rust-shaking than a real audition. The stuff was there. The command wasn't. Yet.
| 2024 Record | 15-7 |
| 2024 ERA | 3.50 |
| 2024 Strikeouts | 171 in 151.2 IP |
| 2024 WHIP | 1.19 |
| K/9 (2024) | 10.1 |
| Fastball Velocity | 96-99 mph (touches 100+) |
| AL Rookie of the Year | 2024 |
2024 was the payoff. Gil locked down the fifth rotation spot in spring training, started 29 games, and went 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA and 171 punchouts. He wasn't a backend filler -- he pitched like a guy who belonged in the middle of a contending rotation. The fastball sat 96-99 with riding life, the slider buckled knees, and his changeup finally gave lefties something to worry about. The freakin' kid earned every bit of that Rookie of the Year trophy.
Without a guarantee of a Major League spot, he absolutely kicked in the door this spring and went on to have a phenomenal rookie season.
Key Moments
Signed by the Twins
Minnesota signs a 17-year-old Gil out of the Dominican Republic as an international free agent for roughly $90,000. Nobody outside the DR scouting circuit notices.
The Jake Cave Swap
The Yankees trade a surplus outfielder named Jake Cave to the Twins for Gil -- a skinny teenager throwing gas with zero professional track record. The kind of deal that shows up on the transaction wire and disappears.
MLB Debut
Gil takes the mound against Baltimore at 23 years old -- filling in for a COVID-scratched Cole -- and throws six scoreless innings in a 13-1 win. The future arrives ahead of schedule.
Tommy John Surgery
Elbow gives out during a Triple-A start. Gil undergoes UCL reconstruction and loses the rest of the 2022 season -- his second full year wiped off the calendar after COVID took 2020.
AL Rookie of the Year
Gil goes 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA in 29 starts and wins the award -- the first Yankees pitcher to take it home since Righetti 43 years earlier.
What He Means Right Now
Two lost seasons would wreck most pitchers' confidence. Gil treated them like a loading screen. He came back throwing harder, pitching smarter, and competing alongside Cole in a rotation built for October. Born on June 3, 1998, he grew up to pitch in the 2024 World Series for the same franchise that Jeter and the boys made famous. Not a bad arc for a kid from Azua.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Luis Gil win Rookie of the Year?
Yes. Gil won the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year award, going 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA and 171 strikeouts in 151.2 innings. He became the first Yankees pitcher to win the award since Dave Righetti in 1981 -- a 43-year gap.
How did the Yankees get Luis Gil?
The Yankees acquired Gil from the Minnesota Twins in March 2018 in exchange for outfielder Jake Cave, who'd been designated for assignment. Gil was a teenager at the time and had originally signed with the Twins as an international free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2015. It was a minor, under-the-radar deal -- the kind of transaction that makes scouting departments look brilliant in hindsight.
Did Luis Gil have Tommy John surgery?
Yes. Gil underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2022, costing him the rest of that season. He didn't pitch in the majors at all in 2023 -- just a couple of minor-league rehab starts that September -- before breaking out as a full-time starter in 2024.
How hard does Luis Gil throw?
Gil's four-seam fastball sits 96-99 mph and has touched 100+. His velocity ranks among the hardest-throwing starters in the American League, and the pitch features high spin with riding life that makes it tough for hitters to catch up.
A pandemic stole a year. Tommy John stole another. Gil just kept throwing -- harder, sharper, meaner -- until the only thing left to do was hand him the ball every five days and get out of the way. Not bad for a kid who cost Jake Cave.