| Gavin Stone | |
|---|---|
 Gavin Stone before a game with the Dodgers | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 35 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1998-10-15)October 15, 1998 (age 26) Lake City, Arkansas, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 3, 2023, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 12–6 |
| Earned run average | 4.52 |
| Strikeouts | 138 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Gavin Blaine Stone (born October 15, 1998) is an American professionalbaseballpitcher for theLos Angeles Dodgers ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Stone attendedRiverside High School inLake City, Arkansas and theUniversity of Central Arkansas, where he playedcollege baseball for theCentral Arkansas Bears.[1] As a sophomore in 2019, he appeared in twenty games (two starts) and went 4–3 with a 1.52 ERA and 58 strikeouts over47+1⁄3 innings.[2] He made four starts in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3] Stone also playedcollegiate summer baseball in theNorthwoods League for theBattle Creek Bombers in 2019 and theGreat Lakes Resorters in 2020.[4]
TheLos Angeles Dodgers selected Stone in the fifth round, with the 159th overall pick, of the2020 Major League Baseball draft.[5][6] He signed for $100,000.[7] Stone made his professional debut in 2021 with theRancho Cucamonga Quakes and was promoted to theGreat Lakes Loons in mid-August.[8] Over 22 starts between the two teams, he went 2–3 with a 3.76 ERA and 138 strikeouts over 91 innings.[9]
He returned to Great Lakes to open the 2022 season.[10] After six starts in which he went 1–1 with a 1.44 ERA over 25 innings, he was promoted to theTulsa Drillers.[11] After 13 starts with Tulsa, in which he posted a 6–4 record, a 1.60 ERA, and 107 strikeouts over73+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to theOklahoma City Dodgers in mid-August,[12] where he had a 1.16 ERA in six starts[13] and ended his season by striking out 11 in six scoreless innings against theSalt Lake Bees.[14] For the 2022 minor league season, he was 9–6 with a 1.48 ERA in121+2⁄3 innings in which he struck out 168 batters.[15] Stone was selected by the Dodgers as their 2022 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year.[16] Stone returned to Oklahoma City to open the 2023 season[17] and he was called up to the majors for the first time on May 3, to start against thePhiladelphia Phillies.[18] In his debut, Stone allowed four earned runs on eight hits and two walks in four innings. He recorded one strikeout, ofNick Castellanos.[19] On August 27, Stone picked up his first major league win against theBoston Red Sox.[20] In the majors, he pitched in eight games (four starts) and gave up 31 earned runs in 31 innings (9.00 ERA)[21] while he pitched in 21 games (19 starts) at Oklahoma City with a 7–4 record and 4.74 ERA with 120 strikeouts.[13] Stone struck out ten in6+1⁄3 innings to help Oklahoma City win thePacific Coast League championship series.[22]
During spring training in 2024, managerDave Roberts announced that Stone would break camp as the team's fifth starter in the rotation.[23] On June 26, Stone pitched a four hit complete gameshutout against theChicago White Sox, the first by a Dodgers rookie pitcher sinceHyun-jin Ryu in2013.[24] Stone made a team high 25 starts for the Dodgers in 2024, with a 11–5 record and 3.53 ERA while striking out 116 batters.[21] He was shut down on September 6 due to shoulder inflammation[25] which ultimately ended his season.[26] Stone underwent shoulder surgery on October 9 and it was announced that he would likely miss the 2025 season while recovering.[27]