Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. 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, in the ALCS.