Noah Cameron #65

Noah resides in St. Joseph, Mo., which is about 60 miles north of Kauffman Stadium...Graduated in 2018 from Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo., where he was a three-time First-Team All-Conference pitcher and first baseman...Was a four-sport athlete in high school, as he was a punter in football, a goalie in soccer, a forward in basketball and a pitcher in baseball...Pitched two seasons (2019-20) for the University of Central Arkansas, going a combined 7-3 with a 2.86 ERA (39 ER in 122.2 IP) and 122 strikeouts to 21 walks...Made three starts in the Northwoods League before undergoing Tommy John Surgery in August 2020.

2025

Cameron finished fourth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2025, after ranking in the top three among AL rookies (min. 20 starts) in ERA (2.99, first), WHIP (1.10, first), win percentage (.563, first), opponents’ average (.214, first), on-base percentage (.279, first), OPS (.641, first), runs/earned runs (46, first), GIDP (14, first), quality starts (10, T-first), slugging percentage (.361, T-first), strikeouts-to-walk ratio (2.65, second) and wins (9, T-third)...Registered a 3.8 WAR, per Baseball Reference, the second-highest total by a rookie in 2025, behind only Nick Kurtz (5.4) of the Athletics...Was the second pitcher in MLB history to record at least six innings and allow one run or fewer in each of his first five career starts, joining Fernando Valenzuela, who did so in his first seven starts in 1981...His 2.99 ERA was the third-best by an American League first-year pitcher in the Wild Card Era (since 1995), trailing Masahiro Tanaka (2.77 in 2014) and Tanner Bibee (2.98 in 2023)...Became the 18th rookie in club history to win at least nine games in a season, and the first since Brad Keller also won nine in 2018...he became the second left-handed rookie to do so, joining Bill Butler (nine, 1969)...Made 12 starts before the All-Star break and had a 2.31 ERA (18 ER in 70.0 IP) and ranked among the MLB leaders at the break (min. 12 starts) in opponents’ average (.190, 5th), OPS (.571, 6th), ERA (8th)...Won Royals July Pitcher of the Month honors after going 3-0 in five starts with a 1.84 ERA (6 ER in 29.1 IP), the sixth-lowest ERA ever by a Royal in July (min. 5 GS), behind José Lima (1.44) in 2003, Kevin Appier (1.55) in 1992, Rich Gale (1.74) in 1978, Larry Gura (1.74) in 1980 and Bruce Dal Canton (1.82) in 1974...Cameron made his big league debut on April 30 at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., and spun 6.1 one-hit, shutout innings en route to a 3-0 Royals victory, and his first as a Major Leaguer...He carried a no-hitter into the sevenh inning of his debut, but allowed a one-out single to Curtis Mead…he was the eighth pitcher since 1961 to record a no-hit bid of at least 6.1 innings in his debut and the first since Daniel Ponce de Leon (7) on July 23, 2018 (Elias)...He became the first southpaw to take a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his debut since Boston’s Billy Rohr on April 14, 1967 at Yankee Stadium...In two starts vs. the reigning pennant-winning teams (Yankees and Dodgers), he went 0-2 with a 10.24 ERA (11 ER in 9.2 IP)…in his other 22 starts, he went 9-5 with a 2.45 ERA (35 ER in 128.2 IP).

2024

Cameron led Royals Minor League pitchers with 149 strikeouts in 2024 and had the third-best ERA (3.08)...Named International League Pitcher of the Month for August 2024, during which he went 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA (6 ER in 31.2 IP) and 36 strikeouts in five starts, in his first full month with Triple-A Omaha...Had a season-high 10 strikeouts in his first and sixth starts with Triple-A Omaha...His numbers improved after his promotion, as he posted a 2.32 ERA (14 ER in 54.1 IP) and 1.8 BB/9 in nine starts with Triple-A Omaha, after posting a 3.63 ERA (30 ER in 74.1 IP) and 3.0 BB/9 in 16 starts with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.