Jacob Misiorowski keeps stacking up numbers that don’t just stand out - they jump off the page.
The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander was dominant again Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs, working six 1/3 innings and giving up one run while striking out nine. That outing pushed him to a ridiculous 1.95 ERA in 27 starts, and he now leads the league with 236 strikeouts.
This has been that kind of season for Misiorowski, the kind that starts bending the record books. He already threw the fastest pitch by a starting pitcher in recorded big league history at 105.5 miles per hour. Then on Tuesday, he added another line to the ledger by becoming the first pitcher in big league history to throw 1,000 or more pitches at 100 miles per hour, or more, in a season.
There’s even more history lurking in the background. OptaSTATS noted that since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913, no pitcher has finished a season with a sub-2.50 ERA and 200 or more strikeouts after beginning that season with fewer than 75.0 career innings. Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler are both on pace to do exactly that.
“Since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913, no MLB pitcher has finished a season with a sub-2.50 ERA & 200+ strikeouts after entering that season with fewer than 75.0 career innings to his name. Both Jacob Misiorowski & Cam Schlittler are on pace to do that this year.”
Schlittler has carved out his own place in the conversation for New York. Through 30 starts, he is 13-6 with a 2.01 ERA and 220 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings pitched.
Misiorowski’s line is even louder: 14-5, a 1.95 ERA, 236 strikeouts, and 161 1/3 innings pitched in 27 starts. He threw only 66 innings last year, yet now he’s sitting atop multiple pitching categories.
For Milwaukee, that’s the headline. For baseball, it’s a rare chance to watch two young flamethrowers chase history at the same time. And with both the Brewers and New York in the mix as World Series contenders, the idea of those two arms meeting on the sport’s biggest stage is the kind of matchup that would have everybody watching.
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