Jun 17, 2026 3:30 PM
Reliever Aaron Ashby is chasing Roy Face’s 65-year-old record after a historic 10-0 start. The Milwaukee Brewers' lights-out weapon now eyes the all-time mark for wins exclusively from the bullpen.
Somehow, reliever Aaron Ashby just picked up his 10th win for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Not a single starter in the MLB has double-digit wins, but Ashby has done so in just 70 games with all 10 of those coming in relief.
Ashby has made 32 appearances this season and has only started one game. For what it's worth, he didn't record a decision in his lone start.
At a perfect 10-0, Ashby leads the league in wins over the likes of Davis Martin and Gavin Williams, both of whom happen to be 9-3. Behind those two are 10 pitchers with eight wins with that list including Jacob Misiorowski and Kyle Harrison.
Ashby Makes History Going Back to 1959
According to optaSTATS, Ashby is only the second pitcher in MLB history to become the first pitcher to reach 10 wins, all of which being in relief appearances.
In order to find the other player who did so, you'd have to go back to 1959 with Roy Face. What Ashby's doing is as rare as it gets, but clearly he's not done.
Not only does Face hold that record with Ashby, but he's also the only man standing in his way of the all-time win total for a reliever.
Ashby Needs Nine More Wins for the All-Time Record
One would also have to go back to that historic 1959 season where Face set the MLB record with 18 wins by a reliever. Through 70 games, Ashby already has 10, so he's well on-pace to get nine more and break Face's record.
Keep in mind, Face was an unbelievable 18-1 back in 1959. A pitcher's win/loss record doesn't mean everything, far from it, but the Brewers seem to have struck lightning in a bottle with what Ashby is doing this season.
If 18 wins doesn't feel obtainable, Ashby could try and catch either John Hiller (1974) or Bill Campbell (1976), who had 17 wins a piece.
Ashby's Minor Struggles Last Night
For whatever reason, the Brewers opted to keep Ashby in the game at the start of the eighth inning after he allowed a run in the seventh. He quickly issued a walk which got Chris Hook out of the dugout to pull him from the game.
Ashby has Garrett Mitchell to thank for getting him the win, along with Abner Uribe for getting out of the jam he put himself in.
At the end of the day, Ashby is a perfect 10-0 with a 2.86 ERA. His latest appearance snapped a streak of two straight games where he hadn't allowed a run. That said, of the four games where he's allowed a run in June, three of which have only seen one run given up.
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