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Max Fried
Max Dorian Fried ( ; born January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He debuted with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. Fried was selected by the San Diego Padres in the first round, seventh overall of the 2012 MLB draft. He was traded to the Braves in 2014. He was second in the National League in wins with 17 in 2019 and 7 in 2020. Fried pitched 6 shutout innings in the final game of the 2021 World Series against the Houston Astros, helping lead the Braves to their first championship in 26 years. , Fried had the fourth best career win–loss percentage of all Braves pitchers, at .670. Fried is a three-time MLB All-Star and is also a good fielder and hitter for a pitcher. In 2020, he won the NL Gold Glove Award at pitcher and the Fielding Bible Award at pitcher. In 2021, he won the Gold Glove Award again, as well as the Silver Slugger Award for pitchers, becoming the third pitcher in MLB history to win both awards in the same year. He was also named to the All-MLB Team those two years. In 2022, he won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award at pitcher., and he won it again in 2025. As of the end of the 2026 regular season, he led all active MLB pitchers in career win-loss percentage (.678), was second in home runs per 9 innings (0.710), third in ERA (3.01), and 4th in range factor/game as pitcher (1.23).
Article summary
Max Dorian Fried ( ; born January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He debuted with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. Fried was selected by the San Diego Padres in the first round, seventh overall of the 2012 MLB draft. He was traded to the Braves in 2014. He was second in the National League in wins with 17 in 2019 and 7 in 2020. Fried pitched 6 shutout innings in the final game of the 2021 World Series against the Houston Astros, helping lead the Braves to their first championship in 26 years. , Fried had the fourth best career win–loss percentage of all Braves pitchers, at .670. Fried is a three-time MLB All-Star and is also a good fielder and hitter for a pitcher. In 2020, he won the NL Gold Glove Award at pitcher and the Fielding Bible Award at pitcher. In 2021, he won the Gold Glove Award again, as well as the Silver Slugger Award for pitchers, becoming the third pitcher in MLB history to win both awards in the same year. He was also named to the All-MLB Team those two years. In 2022, he won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award at pitcher., and he won it again in 2025. As of the end of the 2026 regular season, he led all active MLB pitchers in career win-loss percentage (.678), was second in home runs per 9 innings (0.710), third in ERA (3.01), and 4th in range factor/game as pitcher (1.23).
Key claims
- date of birth: 1994-01-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
- date of birth: 1994-01-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1994-01-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1994-01-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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