Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Noah Cameron (65) delivers a pitch against the Athletics during the first inning of the game at Kauffman Stadium. Denny Medley-Imagn Images

Kansas City Royals Rookie Noah Cameron Continues Historic Start to MLB Career

Originally posted on Fastball on SI | By Sam Connon | Last updated Jun 16, 2025 11:20 AM ET

Noah Cameron, fresh off the first dud of his MLB career, snapped right back to his dominant ways on Sunday.

The Kansas City Royals left-hander gave up six earned runs against the New York Yankees his last time out, snapping a streak of five consecutive quality starts. But in Sunday's series finale against the Athletics, he gave up four hits, one walk and zero runs in 5.0 innings of working, returning to form in short order.

According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, Cameron became the first MLB pitcher since at least 1901 to go at least 5.0 innings and allow one or fewer runs in at least six of his first seven career appearances.

Noah Cameron is the first pitcher in at least the last 125 seasons to go 5+ innings and allow 1 or 0 runs in at least 6 of his first 7 career games
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 15, 2025

Since making his big league debut, Cameron is 2-2 with a 1.91 ERA, 0.898 WHIP and 1.7 WAR. The 25-year-old southpaw was ranked as the No. 2 pitcher and No. 5 prospect in Kansas City's farm system upon his arrival.

Unfortunately for Royals fans, Cameron's dominance hasn't exactly led to heaps of team success. Kansas City dropped to 2-5 when Cameron starts by falling 3-2 on Sunday, getting dealt a seventh consecutive loss in the process.

This article first appeared on Fastball on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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