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Yankees' Cam Schlittler makes New York history not done since Fritz Peterson in 1966 originally appeared on The Sporting News
Cam Schlittler is hanging out in New York Yankees history with Fritz Peterson.
In this case, that's a good thing.
Schlittler took a perfect game through six innings on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.
He's the first Yankees rookie to be perfect through six innings since Peterson on July 4, 1966, per Baseball Reference researcher Katie Sharp.
It wasn't all good for Schlittler, as the Yankees couldn't even get a win done in nine innings and headed to extras against the Rays.
But he did everything he could.
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In the seventh, Schlittler gave up a hit and walked two before departing.
With the dominant outing, the 24-year old rookie lowered his season ERA to 3.22 and his WHIP to 1.32.
The righty has 38 strikeouts in 36.1 innings pitched.
Peterson had one of his best seasons in that 1966 rookie campaign, putting up a 3.31 ERA.
He has three sub-3.00 ERA seasons in a row from 1968-1970.
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He then pitched for Cleveland and Texas as his ERA slowly rose throughout his career.
Peterson still finished with a 3.30 career ERA, which including 3.10 with the Yankees.
If Schlittler can put together a Yankees ERA of 3.10 across a long career, the boys in pinstripes would definitely take that.
At least for a night, Schlittler put himself in a spot not seen in nearly 60 years in the Bronx.
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