KC native Misiorowski continues to torch MLB with latest record-breaking start
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- Misiorowski threw his first shutout and complete game with 15 strikeouts and one hit.
- He became the first pitcher since 2000 to throw a complete game with 15 Ks on under 100.
- Misiorowski tops MLB with 131 strikeouts, a 1.34 ERA and an 8-2 record.
It’s hard to fathom Grain Valley High alum Jacob Misiorowski getting any better as the ace pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, but he continues to show he has one of the strongest arms in baseball.
In another record-breaking start Friday, Misiorowski threw his first complete-game shutout in his 28th big-league start, striking out 15 in a 6-0 win against the Philadelphia Phillies. He allowed just one hit and one walk.
Misiorowski, 24, had never previously pitched past the seventh inning in the majors.
The 6-foot-7 right-hander threw 74 strikes in a 95-pitch masterpiece, becoming the first pitcher since 2000 to throw a complete game with 15 strikeouts in fewer than 100 pitches, according to ESPN Research.
His 15 strikeouts were the most ever by a pitcher in a shutout with fewer than 100 total pitches, breaking the MLB record of 13 held by Detroit’s Tarik Skubal.
It’s also the most strikeouts by any major-league pitcher in a game this season.
Misiorowski’s velocity is his calling card. He throws the most 100 mph-plus pitches of any starter in the pitch-tracking era, which began in 2008. He struck out the first four Phillies en route to fanning the first eight of nine, hitting a maximum of 104.5 mph.
“The Miz,” as he’s known to the Brewers fanbase, threw the fastest pitch by a starting pitcher in the pitch-tracking era. He threw swinging strikeouts of 103.5 mph, 104.1 mph and 104.5 mph, the three fastest strikeout pitches for a starter in the pitch-tracking era, according to MLB.
The historic game marked Misiorowski’s eighth straight outing with eight or more strikeouts and one run or fewer allowed, the longest streak of its kind in Major League Baseball since at least 1893, according to ESPN.
It was also the first complete game by a Brewers pitcher since Brandon Woodruff on Sept. 11, 2023, against the Miami Marlins. And it all came on the one-year anniversary of Misiorowski’s major-league debut, a monumental ascension to becoming one of the best starting pitchers in baseball.
The next day, Misiorowski told Fox Sports that he’ll remember dominating the strike zone the most from his start, as well as his teammates supplying runs to clinch the win.
“It was a lot of fun,” Misiorowski said on Saturday. “I don’t think it changes anything. I think it’s still going out there, trying to compete as hard as I can for seven (innings) and hoping for more.”
Since May 1, Misiorowski has a perfect 7-0 record and an astonishing 0.17 ERA, holding opponents to a .105 batting average, nine walks and one extra base hit while collecting 80 strikeouts in that span.
He tops the majors with 131 strikeouts and a 1.34 ERA. He has an 8-2 record so far this year and has helped guide the Brewers to the top of the AL Central (42-25), 4.5 games ahead of the second-place St. Louis Cardinals.
But with everything Misorowski has accomplished, especially after another historic performance, his life has not changed. He told Fox’s Ken Rosenthal he woke up Saturday feeling “the exact same”.
“Just another day,” he said with a smile. “Waking up next to my fiancee, just like every other day.”
This story was originally published June 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM.
