Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski threw 10 pitches of at least 103 mph Friday and produced the highest velocity any starter has reached since Statcast tracking began in 2008.
Misiorowski topped out at 103.6 mph and had three pitches reach that level while throwing six shutout innings against the New York Yankees.
According to ESPN Research, starters had combined for four pitches of at least 103 mph since tracking started in 2008, two by Jordan Hicks, one by Justin Verlander and one by Misiorowski in his previous outing.
Before Friday, the fastest pitch thrown by a starter since 2008 was a 103.2 mph offering from Hicks on July 12, 2022. Misiorowski threw seven pitches that were at least that fast in the first two innings.
All 10 of the pitches he threw in the first inning went at least 102.4 mph.
Misiorowski joins Aroldis Chapman (four times, all as reliever) as the only pitchers with 10-plus pitches of 103-plus mph in an appearance in the pitch tracking era, per ESPN Research.
Misiorowski struck out a season-high 11 and allowed two hits and two walks, leaving with a 5-0 lead. He ended his night with consecutive strikeouts of Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger.
Forty-one of the 95 pitches Misiorowski threw went 100 mph or higher, raising his season total to 193 in eight starts.
Misiorowski had thrown 43 pitches of at least 100 mph in his prior start while working 5â…“ shutout innings in a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. Misiorowski had not allowed a hit when he left that game due to a right hamstring cramp.
The most pitches of at least 100 mph by an individual in a game is 47 from Cincinnati's Hunter Greene on Sept. 17, 2022.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
