The first month of the season is officially over and Major League Baseball has announced the pitchers of the month for April on Thursday. Please note the statistics also include the last few days of the month of March. New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried of Santa Monica, California was honoured as the top pitcher in the American League, and Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto of Bizen, Japan was honoured as the top pitcher in the National League.
Max Fried
Fried had a record of five wins and zero losses with an earned run average of 1.19. In 37 2/3 innings pitched, he gave up 30 hits, five earned runs, two home runs, and nine walks, to go along with 33 strikeouts, four quality starts, and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.04.
Fried threw seven shutout innings where he did not give up an earned run in a 4-3 Yankees win over the Detroit Tigers on April 9. Fried had 11 strikeouts, did not give up a walk, and gave up five hits. He then had 7 2/3 shutout innings in a 4-0 Yankees win over the Tampa Bay Rays on April 20, and six shutout innings in an 11-2 Yankees win over the Toronto Blue Jays on April 27.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yamamoto has a record of three wins and two losses with a Major League leading 1.06 earned run average. In 34 innings pitched, he gave up 23 hits, four earned runs, two home runs and 11 walks, to go along with 43 strikeouts, three quality starts, and a WHIP of 1.00.
Yamamoto had two exceptional starts. He had nine strikeouts, and had six shutout innings where he only gave up two hits in a in a 3-0 Dodgers win over the Chicago Cubs on April 11, and had seven shutout innings where he had 10 strikeouts in a 3-0 Dodgers win over the Texas Rangers on April 18.
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