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Ranger Suárez, a left-hander for the Philadelphia Phillies, is without a doubt the team’s most productive starter thus far this year.

He faces rivalry. Zack Wheeler is having success so far, and his 1.64 ERA is comparable to Suárez’s 1.50 ERA. With Taijuan Walker back, Spencer Turnbull—who recently moved to the bullpen—has a 1.57 ERA in seven games, six of which were starts.

But Suárez isn’t just off to the best start of his career. He’s off to one of the best starts in Major League history.

He is 7-0 in eight starts, with 55 strikeouts and eight walks. He’s allowed just nine earned runs in 54 innings and batters are hitting just .168 against him.

He also has a 0.72 WHIP and the Phillies have won all eight of his starts, and that’s where the 28-year-old moves into historic territory. In fact, it’s been more than a century since it’s been done.

In the modern era of baseball (since 1901), four Major League pitchers have a WHIP of 0.72 in their first starts when their club wins all eight games, according to OptaStats. To locate the other three, you must travel back to the days of dead ball baseball. Christy Mathewson (1901), Addie Joss (1907), and Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown (1908) are all in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

For the record, in 1901 Mathewson went 20-17 with a 2.41 ERA in 40 games (38 starts), Joss had an MLB-best 27-11 with a 1.83 ERA in 42 games (38 starts), and Brown finished 29-9 in 44 games (31 starts) with a 1.47 ERA. Suárez’s strong start may position him to play in his first All-Star Game.