Jacob Misiorowski Just Threw 57 Pitches at 100 MPH in One Game: Brewers Ace Is Rewriting the Record Book
Jacob Misiorowski’s arm is not normal. Nobody else in baseball can do what he is doing.
The Milwaukee Brewers ace set a new MLB record on Monday by throwing 57 pitches of 100 MPH or harder in a single game. The previous record was 47 pitches at 100-plus, set by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene in 2022. Misiorowski broke that mark by 10 pitches in a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field.
And he was completely unbothered by his own brilliance.
“That’s what I do,” Misiorowski said, via Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. “I throw hard.”
The Numbers Are Absurd
Misiorowski finished the game with seven innings of one-run, two-hit baseball. He struck out 12 Cardinals hitters. He threw 96 total pitches and 71 of them went for strikes. The Brewers won easily.
This was not a one-off either. The 24-year-old right-hander has been in this kind of form all season long. He was an All-Star last year. He has improved every category from 2025 to 2026. He is on pace for a sub-2.50 ERA, more than 220 strikeouts, and serious consideration for the National League Cy Young Award in just his second full season in the big leagues.
Why 100 MPH Is Different With Misiorowski
Plenty of pitchers can touch 100. Misiorowski lives there. His average fastball velocity this year is 99.3 MPH. His average slider checks in at 92 MPH. His changeup, which he throws to lefties, runs in the high 80s and has movement that breaks bats in half.
That kind of pitch mix is impossible to game-plan against. Hitters cannot guess fastball because the slider looks the same out of his hand. They cannot guess slider because his fastball is essentially un-hittable when located. They are reduced to swinging late at everything and hoping for the best.
The Cardinals had 12 punchouts against Misiorowski on Monday. That is how it usually goes for opposing offenses.
The Brewers Are a Real Contender
Milwaukee was supposed to be in a rebuild this year. They traded Devin Williams. They traded Willy Adames. They were going to lean on young arms and hope to be competitive by 2027. Misiorowski has changed that timeline by himself.
The Brewers are over .500. They are in the wild card mix. They have a real chance to win the NL Central if Misiorowski keeps pitching like an ace and the offense gets healthy. That was not the plan in spring training, but it is the reality in May.
The Cy Young Is in Play
The NL Cy Young race is going to be fascinating. Paul Skenes of the Pirates is the early favorite based on name recognition. Zack Wheeler of the Phillies is in the mix. Misiorowski is right there with both of them, and his strikeout numbers are giving him the edge in the underlying metrics.
If Misiorowski wins the Cy Young, he becomes the youngest National League winner since Dwight Gooden in 1985. That is the kind of historical company nobody expected to discuss in May. But that is what happens when you throw 57 pitches at 100-plus in a single game and act like it was just a Monday.
The Brewers have a star. The league is on notice. And Jacob Misiorowski is just getting started.
A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
