Jacob Misiorowski’s 2026 season has turned into a full-blown showcase, the kind that has Brewers fans watching every start like it might produce something they’ve never seen before. The 24-year-old has piled up the kind of numbers that sit at the top of the sport: a 1.62 ERA, a 0.76 WHIP and 167 strikeouts, all MLB bests. He’s also already been named to his second All-Star Game and has emerged as a leading NL Cy Young Award candidate.
The power stuff has been just as jaw-dropping as the run prevention. Misiorowski has set the record multiple times for the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starting pitcher, and the radar gun has become part of the story every time he takes the mound.
His last start before the All-Star break came on July 7, when he struck out 11 and didn’t walk a batter over seven innings in a 4-3 Brewers win over the St. Louis Cardinals. That outing pushed him to 10-4, and it was the third time he reached 100 pitches this season, with 103 his second-highest total of the year.
A few weeks earlier, on June 26 against the Chicago Cubs at American Family Field, Misiorowski earned his ninth win while allowing just one run and two hits over six innings in a 6-2 Brewers victory. That night also produced another entry in his growing record book: a 105.5-mph pitch in the first inning that broke his own mark for the fastest pitch ever by a starting pitcher and tied for the third-fastest tracked by any pitcher ever.
The run of dominance around that stretch was relentless. On June 12, Misiorowski delivered one of the signature performances of the Brewers’ season in a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
He struck out a career-high 15, faced the minimum and completed the first shutout of his career. It was also his seventh start in eight tries without allowing a run.
He followed that with another strong outing against an NL East opponent, even though the result went the other way. In that start, he worked six innings, struck out seven and walked one in a 3-2 loss, ending an eight-game stretch in which he had allowed one or fewer runs.
Misiorowski also handled the altitude at Coors Field on June 6, throwing seven innings with eight strikeouts and one run allowed, though it was unearned, in a 7-1 Brewers win over the Rockies. His ERA dropped to 1.50 after that game.
Against Colorado, his first 30 fastballs all registered in triple digits, including a 103.7-mph pitch to Kyle Karros that was the fastest ever tracked by a starting pitcher. He would later break his own record twice in the next month.
On May 31 in Houston, he was just as sharp in a 2-0 Brewers win, throwing seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts, no walks and only three hits allowed. That lowered his ERA to 1.65.
A week earlier, on May 25, he carved up the Cardinals again in a 5-1 win at American Family Field, striking out 12 with one walk and two hits over seven innings. The lone run ended a four-game scoreless streak, but he still came away with his fifth win and a 1.83 ERA.
The Brewers kept riding him through May. On May 19 at Wrigley Field, Misiorowski blanked the Cubs on three hits, one walk and eight strikeouts over six innings in a 5-2 win. That started a five-start run in which he was the winning pitcher every time, allowing just one earned run across 36 innings.
Then came the Padres on May 13, when he struck out 10, walked none and gave up no runs in seven innings, only to take a 3-1 loss because Milwaukee couldn’t give him much support.
Before that, on May 8, he set the tone for a weekend sweep of the Yankees at American Family Field with 11 strikeouts, two walks and six shutout innings in a 6-0 win. That outing began an eight-start stretch in which he went at least six innings every time and allowed only four total earned runs across 61 innings. It was also one of eight double-digit strikeout games he had in the first half.
On May 1, he nearly no-hit the Nationals, allowing no hits in 5.1 innings while striking out eight and walking two in a 6-1 Brewers win. That began a four-start run without allowing a run across 24.1 innings.
And it all started on Opening Day. On March 26 against the White Sox, Misiorowski made his first Opening Day start for Milwaukee and looked every bit the part, striking out 11 in five innings while allowing one run on two hits in a 14-2 Brewers win.
Along the way, the season has also shown a lighter side. Misiorowski was smiling on the Fourth of July as Milwaukee played the Diamondbacks at Chase Field, and before a game against the Pirates at PNC Park, he showed off a fan-made custom card in the “Pokemon” style. The Miz is a huge Pokeman fan.
After the kind of outings he’s been stacking up, the Gatorade baths are becoming familiar too, including the one after his historic start against the Phillies on June 13, when he pitched his first complete game.
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