What is Cole Hamels?
{{BLP unsourced|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name = Cole Hamels |image = File:Cole Hamels on June 28, 2016 (1).jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Hamels with the Rangers in 2016 |position = [[Starting pitcher]] |team = Atlanta Braves |number = 32 |bats = Left |throws = Left |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|27}} |birth_place = [[San Diego, California]] |debutleague = MLB |debutdate = May 12 |debutyear = 2006 |debutteam = Philadelphia Phillies |statyear = 2019 season |statleague = MLB |stat1label = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value = 163–121 |stat2label = [[Earned run average]] |stat2value = 3.42 |stat3label = [[Strikeout]]s |stat3value = 2,558 |teams = * [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2015}}) * [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|2015}}–{{mlby|2018}}) * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|2018}}–{{mlby|2019}})<!-- * [[Atlanta Braves]] ({{mlby|2020}}–present)--> |awards = * 4× [[MLB All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2007 MLB All-Star Game|2007]], [[2011 MLB All-Star Game|2011]], [[2012 MLB All-Star Game|2012]], [[2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2016]]) * [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|2008}}) * [[World Series MVP]] ({{mlby|2008}}) * [[NLCS MVP]] ([[2008 National League Championship Series|2008]]) * Pitched a [[no-hitter]] (July 25, 2015) * Pitched a combined [[no-hitter]] (September 1, 2014) }} '''Colbert Michael Hamels''' (born December 27, 1983) is an American [[professional baseball]] pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He previously played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2006 to 2015, and the Texas Rangers from 2015 to 2018. The Phillies drafted him out of high school in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft (17th), and he began his career in the Phillies minor league system.. He was the top pitcher in the Phillies' minor league system in 2006. In May 2006, Hamels made his major league debut for the Phillies. After securing a lo