Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets has been voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for June, and Sean Manaea of the Oakland Athletics has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for June. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.
deGrom earned his second career NL Pitcher of the Month Award, following his honor earlier this season in April. Jacob is the first Mets pitcher since the award was introduced in 1974 to claim multiple awards in the same season. Manaea similarly claimed his second career AL Pitcher of the Month Award, previously doing so in April 2018, and is the first A’s winner since his rotation-mate Chris Bassitt in September 2020.
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
• Across five starts, compiled a perfect 3-0 record with 40 strikeouts, four walks and a 0.67 ERA over 27.0 innings pitched. Permitted just eight hits and did not allow a home run.
• Posted a 31.0-inning scoreless streak, matching Dwight Gooden (1984), Bartolo Colón (2015), Hall of Famer Tom Seaver (1971) and his own streak in 2019-20 as the third-longest such streak in franchise history, trailing R.A. Dickey (32.2 IP, 2012) and Jerry Koosman (31.2, 1973).
• Logged a 0.50 ERA over his first 12 starts of the season, the lowest by a pitcher through 12 starts in Major League history.
• Became the first pitcher in history to deliver at least 110 punchouts and fewer than five earned runs in a 12-game stretch.
• Delivered five consecutive starts in which he tossed at least 3.0 scoreless innings while not permitting a single run scored, marking the longest such streak in Major League history.
Sean Manaea, Oakland Athletics (@seanmanaea)
• Registered a 3-2 record with a 1.13 ERA and a 34:10 strikeout-to-walk ratio across five starts. Permitted 21 hits and a home run over 32.0 innings of work.
• Recorded his second complete-game shutout of the season on June 2nd (also April 20th), becoming the first A’s hurler with multiple shutouts in a season since Sonny Gray in 2015.
• Tallied a career-high 11 punchouts across 5.1 innings in his start against the New York Yankees on June 20th.
• Posted a streak of seven consecutive starts from May 23rd-June 25th in which he pitched at least
5.0 innings without allowing more than two runs. Allowed a single run in four starts and tossed a pair scoreless outings during the dominant stretch.
Others receiving votes for NL Pitcher of the Month included Germán Márquez (4-1, 2.41 ERA, 41.0 IP, 32 SO) of the Colorado Rockies; Walker Buehler (5-1, 1.85 ERA, 39.0 IP, 39 SO) of the Los Angeles Dodgers; Zack Wheeler (2-2, 1.44 ERA, 31.1 IP, 38 SO) of the Philadelphia Phillies; Kyle Hendricks (5-0, 2.97 ERA, 36.1 IP, 27 SO) of the Chicago Cubs; Freddy Peralta (2-1, 1.78 ERA, 39 SO, 11 H) of the Milwaukee Brewers; and Anthony DeSclafani (4-1, 1.69 ERA, 32.0 IP, 32 SO) of the San Francisco Giants.
Others receiving votes for AL Pitcher of the Month included Kyle Gibson (3-0, 1.52 ERA, 29.2 IP, 26 SO) of the Texas Rangers; Robbie Ray (4-1, 2.86 ERA, 53 SO, 9 BB) of the Toronto Blue Jays; Framber Valdez (4-1, 2.10 ERA, 34.1 IP, 31 SO) of the Houston Astros; and Manaea’s aforementioned teammate Bassitt (4-0, 2.70 ERA, 36.2 IP, 35 SO).
