Reds' Rhett Lowder makes baseball history not achieved since 1913
Lowder has great hair and great stats to match.
Reds' Rhett Lowder makes baseball history not achieved since 1913 originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Rhett Lowder's hair is the first thing you notice when he takes the mound.
But the longer you watch the Cincinnati Reds ' right-hander pitch, the more you realize that he's got a lot of talent, too. In fact, Lowder has started his pitching career in historic fashion. The Reds' official social media accounts shared three amazing Lowder stats as part of a post on Sunday after another solid Lowder outing on Saturday.
MORE: Jo Adell robbed 3 home runs in the same game The first stat might be the most remarkable. Lowder has a 1. 30 ERA in his first eight career starts.
A pitcher hasn't done better than that for the Reds since 1930. Then there's this: His 1. 30 ERA is the fifth-lowest mark through eight career starts since 1961 for any pitcher for any team in Major League Baseball.