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10/23 21:13 CDT Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski sets World Series velocity record on
his first pitch
Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski sets World Series velocity record on his first pitch
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Jacob Misiorowski broke the record for fastest World Series
pitch with the very first offering of this year's Fall Classic, a 103.5 mph
fastball from the Milwaukee Brewers' fireballer to the Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy
Daz on Friday night.
Misiorowski allowed a run and four hits over five innings with three
strikeouts, leaving with a 2-1 lead.
His first pitch, taken for a ball above the strike zone, was listed at 103.4
mph on the stadium video boards but clocked at 103.5 by MLB's Statcast system.
Aroldis Chapman of the Chicago Cubs had set the mark for a Series pitcher at
103.2 mph in the ninth inning of Game 2 in 2016, an offering that resulted in a
groundout to second by Cleveland's Coco Crisp.
A 24-year-old right-hander whose heat has captivated the sport since his debut
in June 2025, Misiorowski easily outdistanced the previous high by a starting
pitcher in the Series since tracking started in 2008. The New York Mets' Noah
Syndergaard threw a 101.1 mph pitch to Kansas City's Ben Zobrist that was taken
for a ball in the first inning of Game 3 in 2015.
Misiorowski reached 100 mph with 38 pitches, including 30 at 101 mph or higher,
11 of 102 mph or more and three at 103-plus mph. He got just seven swings and
misses, five on his fastball.
Tampa Bay scored in the fourth when Jonathan Aranda walked, took third on
Junior Caminero's double over center fielder Garrett Mitchell and came around
on Liam Hicks' grounder to first baseman Jake Bauers.
Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or higher this year, shattering the old
high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018.
His fastest pitch was 105.5 mph to the Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong on
June 27, just shy of the regular-season record of 105.8 mph by Chapman for
Cincinnati against San Diego on Sept. 24, 2010.
Misiorowski reached 100 mph with 96 of 182 pitches in the Division Series and
League Championship Series, including a high of 104.8 mph that was taken for a
strike by San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. on the first pitch of the NLDS opener
on Oct. 3. That set a mark for fastest postseason pitch, topping 104.5 mph by
San Diego reliever Mason Miller on a called third strike to the Cubs' Carson
Kelly in the eighth inning of a Wild Card Series Game 2 last year.
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