Mike Fiers

On August 21, in his third start for the Astros, Fiers pitched a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Minute Maid Park, the 11th no-hitter in Astros history and the first for any team at Minute Maid Park.

It was his first complete game as a major league pitcher.

He finished the game with a career-high 134 pitches thrown, striking out 10 batters and walking three.

Michael Bruce Fiers (born June 15, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics.

Michael Bruce Fiers was born on June 15, 1985, in Hollywood, Florida.

Fiers attended Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and graduated in 2003.

Fiers enrolled at Broward College and played college baseball for the Broward Seahawks in 2004.

He transferred to the University of the Cumberlands for one year, in 2007, and had a 7–2 win–loss record and 3.68 earned run average (ERA) in 10 games for the Cumberland Patriots.

In January 2008, Fiers fell asleep while driving on the Florida Turnpike, crashed into a guard rail, and was ejected through the windshield of the car.

He broke four vertebrae.

After recovering, Fiers then transferred to Nova Southeastern University.

Pitching for the Nova Southeastern Sharks in 2009, Fiers recorded a 10–3 record, a 2.65 ERA, and 145 strikeouts in 108 2⁄3 innings pitched, leading all of college baseball in strikeouts and breaking the Sharks' school record.

The Milwaukee Brewers selected Fiers in the 22nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.

He began his career playing for the Rookie league Helena Brewers, Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, and Class A-Advanced Brevard County Manatees in 2009.

Fiers played the 2010 season at Brevard and with the Double-A Huntsville Stars.

He began the 2011 season with Huntsville, but was promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in late May 2011.

Fiers was called up to the majors for the first time on September 10, 2011.

He appeared in two games in the major leagues in 2011.

On August 7, 2012, Fiers carried a perfect game into the 7th inning in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.

He pitched eight innings allowing one run on three hits, earning the victory.

For the season, he started 22 games for the Brewers, going 9–10 with a 3.74 ERA in 127 2⁄3 innings.

The following year, he was ineffective all season, only starting 3 times while making 8 relief appearances.

In 2014, Fiers split time between the majors and the AAA level.

On September 11, pitching against the Miami Marlins, Fiers hit Giancarlo Stanton in the face with an 88 mph fastball, causing Stanton to be hospitalized.

With his next pitch, Fiers proceeded to hit Reed Johnson (pinch hitter who was completing Stanton's plate appearance) on one of his hands when he attempted to paint the inside corner.

Both pitches were called strikes, because the batters were in the act of swinging.

Miami third-baseman Casey McGehee, the on-deck batter, started yelling at the umpire, but Fiers thought that McGehee was yelling at him, so he tried to say that he did not do it on purpose; this then caused a bench-clearing shouting match.

Fiers apologized to Stanton, and on September 12, Fiers was fined an undisclosed amount for causing the benches to clear.

He finished the season 6–5 despite posting an ERA of 2.13.

In 14 games, 10 starts, he struck out 76 in 71 2⁄3.

Fiers has pitched two no-hitters (one in 2015 and the other in 2019), the latter being the 300th no-hitter in MLB history.

Fiers is also known for being the whistleblower in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.

On May 7, 2015, Fiers became the 73rd pitcher in MLB history to record an Immaculate inning when he struck out Enrique Hernandez, Carlos Frias, and Joc Pederson on 9 consecutive pitches in the fourth inning.

In 21 starts, Fiers was 5–9 with an ERA of 3.89.

In 118 innings, he struck out 121.

On July 30, 2015, the Brewers traded Fiers and Carlos Gómez to the Houston Astros for Brett Phillips, Domingo Santana, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser.

He finished 2–1 for Houston the rest of the 2015 season.

The following season, in 2016, he established a career high with 11 wins.

He led the major leagues in wild pitches, with 17.