American-born Canadian Jameson Taillon recorded his 98th Major League Baseball quality start on Saturday. He accomplished the feat in a 6-1 Chicago Cubs win over the American League Central Division leading Detroit Tigers.
Taillon pitched seven innings and gave up only one earned run. He gave up three hits and one walk, to go along with five strikeouts. Of his 84 pitches, 56 pitches were strikes and 28 pitches were balls.
This was Taillon’s fourth straight quality start and ninth of the season. He has the sixth most quality starts in the Major Leagues and the fourth most quality starts in the National League. Of Taillon’s 98 MLB quality starts, 44 have come with the Pittsburgh Pirates, 20 have come with the New York Yankees, and 34 have come with the Cubs.
In 2025, Taillon has a record of six wins and three losses for an earned run average of 3.54. During 76 1/3 innings pitched and 13 games, he has given up 60 hits, 30 earned runs, 16 home runs, and 14 walks, to go along with 58 strikeouts and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 0.97.
The Cubs are leading the National League Central at the moment with a record of 40 wins and 25 losses for a winning percentage of .615. They lead the St. Louis Cardinals by four games.
