Max Fried hasn't drawn quite the frenzy for the New York Yankees that Fernando Valenzuela did when he debuted for the Los ...

Max Fried hasn't drawn quite the frenzy for the New York Yankees that Fernando Valenzuela did when he debuted for the Los Angeles Dodgers back in 1981. But in terms of pitching accomplishment ...

One month into the season, Max Fried has been everything the Yankees could have asked for when they signed him to an ...

According to OptaSTATS, Fried is now one of two left-handed pitchers to record ... stat in both leagues in 1913. Fernando Valenzuela did so with the Los Angeles Dodgers en route to winning NL ...

Shared by OptaSTATS on X, he joins Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers as the only other MLB left-handed pitcher to have more victories than earned runs allowed over their first seven ...

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1994 — Kirk Rueter of the Montreal Expos becomes the first major league pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela ... and shut down the best-hitting team in the majors, as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto ...

In the first National League game, Joseph Borden of Boston beat the hometown Philadelphia team 6-5. 1898 — Theodore Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and James Hughes of Baltimore each pitched ...

1914 — Babe Ruth’s 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win ... as the hometown hero at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston. 1981 — Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd ...

1994 — Kirk Rueter of the Montreal Expos becomes the first major league pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 to start his career ... helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rally for a 6-5 win over the ...