The Milwaukee Brewers might have just watched their young ace deliver the most dominant pitching performance of the season — and one of the most statistically remarkable outings in modern baseball history.
Jacob Misiorowski didn’t just beat the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. He eviscerated them. The 23-year-old right-hander threw a one-hit shutout on a mind-bending 95 pitches, striking out 15 batters in a 6-0 victory at American Family Field. The only Philadelphia baserunner? Kyle Schwarber, whose fourth-inning single was immediately erased by a double play.
But the numbers go far beyond the box score.
A ‘Maddux’ for the Record Books
Misiorowski’s performance qualified as a “Maddux” — a complete-game shutout on fewer than 100 pitches, named after Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. Since pitch-count tracking began in 1988, no pitcher had ever struck out more batters in a Maddux than Misiorowski did Friday. He surpassed Tarik Skubal, who fanned 13 in a Maddux earlier this season (May 25, 2025). Clayton Kershaw (13, 2017), Carlos Carrasco (12, 2014), and Cliff Lee (12, 2011) now sit behind him in the category.
Misiorowski finished on exactly 95 pitches — 74 of them strikes. His final offering of the night, a 103.1 mph fastball that blew past Justin Crawford in the ninth inning, capped a frame where eight of his nine pitches registered at 100 mph or higher. The only exception was a 92.2 mph changeup.
Triple-Digits and Triple Threats
The Brewers’ ace averaged triple-digit velocity throughout the night, throwing 58 pitches at 100 mph or more and maxing out at 104.5 mph. That 104.5 mph pitch, which struck out a Phillies batter, is the fastest recorded strikeout pitch by a starting pitcher in MLB’s pitch-tracking era (since 2008). Misiorowski also owns multiple top entries on that list from this season alone.
His strikeouts included overpowering punchouts of Trea Turner and Bryce Harper on pitches over 103 mph. The velocity was so consistent that Philadelphia hitters had little chance to adjust — and Misiorowski’s control made them even more helpless.
The Scariest Stat of All
The performance earned Misiorowski a Game Score of 100 — the highest since Justin Verlander’s 14-strikeout no-hitter in 2019, and just the 155th perfect 100 score in MLB history. For context, the Brewers’ franchise record had been a 95 from Corbin Burnes in 2021; Ben Sheets logged a 94 in his 18-strikeout game in 2004.
Perhaps more staggering: Over his last eight starts, Misiorowski has allowed more than one earned run exactly once. The sequence reads like a typo: 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0. That’s a 0.17 ERA with 80 strikeouts across 54⅓ innings. According to historical data, he joins Walter Johnson, Guy Bush, and Fernando Valenzuela as the only pitchers since 1913 to allow one or fewer earned runs in eight consecutive starts.
One Year In, Already Elite
Friday’s start came on the one-year anniversary of Misiorowski’s MLB debut. In that span, he’s gone 13-5 with a 2.65 ERA, 218 strikeouts, and 153 innings across 28 starts and one relief appearance. Only Cristopher Sanchez (242), Dylan Cease (222), and Jesus Luzardo (221) have more strikeouts in that period — but all have thrown more innings. Misiorowski’s 5.3 WAR since his debut trails only Sanchez (8.9) and Paul Skenes (6.1).
The Brewers improved to 42-25 with the win. The series continues Saturday, when Shane Drohan takes the mound against Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola. But the conversation around this game — and Misiorowski’s place in the NL Cy Young race — is just getting started.
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