{"id":19779,"date":"2025-07-29T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/framber-valdez-reaches-1000-strikeouts-in-mlb-historic-milestone-for-the-dominican-left-hander\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:16:10","slug":"framber-valdez-reaches-1000-strikeouts-in-mlb-historic-milestone-for-the-dominican-left-hander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/framber-valdez-reaches-1000-strikeouts-in-mlb-historic-milestone-for-the-dominican-left-hander\/","title":{"rendered":"Framber Valdez Reaches 1,000 Strikeouts in MLB: Historic Milestone for the Dominican Left-Hander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Framber Valdez Reaches 1,000 Strikeouts in MLB<\/h2>\n\n\nDominican left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez has reached a significant milestone in his Major League career by recording 1,000 strikeouts. Valdez becomes the 25th pitcher from the Dominican Republic to achieve this mark.\n\nIn addition to this overall achievement, Valdez joins a select group, being only the third Dominican left-handed pitcher to reach this figure, joining Francisco Liriano (1,181) and Wandy Rodr\u00edguez (1,573).\n\n\n
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1,000TH CAREER STRIKEOUT FOR FRAMBER VALDEZ

@astros<\/a> | #BuiltForThis<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/P1wCWDwFww<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Space City Home Network (@SpaceCityHN) July 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\nThis milestone occurred during an outstanding performance on Monday, where Valdez pitched 6.0 innings, allowing only 3 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks, and accumulating 12 strikeouts. Despite his dominance on the mound, he left without a decision due to the lack of offensive support.\n\n\n

Valdez’s Outstanding Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • 6.0 IP<\/li>\n
  • 3 H<\/li>\n
  • 1 ER<\/li>\n
  • 2 BB<\/li>\n
  • 12 SO<\/li>\n
  • 1,000 strikeouts in MLB<\/li>\n
  • 5th time he records 12 strikeouts in a game<\/li>\n
  • 25th Dominican to reach 1,000 K’s<\/li>\n
  • 3rd Dominican left-hander to achieve it (along with Liriano and Wandy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nAt 31 years old, Valdez has established himself as a pillar in the Houston Astros’ rotation, thanks to his control, stamina, and ability to force missed swings. Since his debut in 2018, he has had multiple impact seasons, including an All-Star Game appearance and a key role in the postseason.\n\n\n

    Dominicans with 1,000+ strikeouts in MLB (Left-handed)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Wandy Rodr\u00edguez:<\/strong> 1,573<\/li>\n
    • Francisco Liriano:<\/strong> 1,181<\/li>\n
    • Framber Valdez:<\/strong> 1,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Framber Valdez Reaches 1,000 Strikeouts in MLB Dominican left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez has reached a significant milestone in his Major League career by recording 1,000 strikeouts. Valdez becomes the 25th pitcher from the Dominican Republic to achieve this mark. In addition to this overall achievement, Valdez joins a select group, being only the third Dominican […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[5232,6506,91,2141,6507],"class_list":{"0":"post-19779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-000-punches","9":"tag-6506","10":"tag-astros","11":"tag-framber-valdez","12":"tag-left-handed"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}