How fast was Roger Clemens fastball?

Clemens was said to throw "two pitches: a 98-mph fastball and a hard breaking ball.
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How fast was Nolan Ryan's fastball?

Nolan Ryan: 108.1 MPH

Nolan Ryan with a 108.1 MPH reading according to the doppler laser radar readings that were used in 1974.
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Who threw a 108 mph pitch?

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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Who threw 106 mph pitch?

There actually is a major leaguer who has thrown pitches at 101 mph and has a 106 mph exit velocity on a hit. Jacob deGrom, who was a shortstop for much of his college career at Stetson, had a 106 mph exit velocity on a single in 2015. He also has 47 101-plus mph pitches in his career.
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Who threw 104 mph pitch?

Helsley hits 104.2 mph for fastest pitch of '22

MILWAUKEE -- For the third time, Cardinals All-Star closer Ryan Helsley threw the fastest pitch of the MLB season by firing a 104.2 mph fastball to Brewers slugger Rowdy Tellez on Tuesday night at American Family Field.
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Roger Clemens Showing Off His Fastball



Is it possible to throw a 110 mph fastball?

The fastest of them tops out at 105 MPH. WIRED examines why the 110 MPH fastball is almost impossible.
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Who threw 107 mph?

Tennessee Volunteers pitcher Ben Joyce recently fired the fastest pitch in college baseball history. The 6-foot-5 right-hander delivered multiple pitches over 102 MPH, a mark even big leaguers struggle to hit.
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Who threw 116 mph pitch?

That's not a pitch. Bauer is taking a running start and whipping a 3oz ball a short distance. He threw a ball 116.9 mph, not a pitch. It's semantics, we know.
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What is the fastest pitch in history?

Fastest pitch ever thrown

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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How fast was Babe Ruth's fastball?

Babe Ruth was a legendary baseball player and one of the most popular athletes in history. He is best known for his home run record, but he also had an impressive throwing ability. What is this? A study found that Babe Ruth threw the ball with an average speed of 97 miles per hour.
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Did Nolan Ryan throw 100 mph?

The most widely quoted response is Nolan Ryan, whose fastball was "officially" clocked by the Guinness Book of World Records at 100.9 miles per hour in a game played on August 20, 1974, versus the Detroit Tigers. A record that's still included in the book.
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How fast was Bob Gibson's fastball?

How fast was Bob Gibson's Fastball? Bob Gibson's 4-seam fastball “sat” between 92-95 mph in the sample I considered. It's likely he actively varied his grip or intended velocity, producing a high velocity range, measured at 87-95, with numerous indications that he regularly exceeded 95 mph.
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How rare is a 100 mph pitch?

In the pitch-tracking era (since 2008), there have been 223 MLB pitchers to hit 100 on the radar gun, according to Baseball Savant's Statcast.
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How fast was Sandy Koufax fastball?

Koufax was an American baseball legend. He possessed a 100-mph fastball and what announcer Vin Scully called “a twelve-to-six curveball” that started at 12 o'clock then dropped to 6 o'clock. From 1963–1966, he had the best four-year span of any pitcher in baseball history.
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What was Sandy Koufax's fastest pitch?

Koufax only had two pitches: a 97 mph fastball that physicists denied but all facing batters said was gospel truth: the ball would suddenly hop up before crossing the plate. Koufax also threw a curve that would drop 10-12-inches off the table.
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How fast was Mickey Mantle?

(Mickey's a blur as he races from home to first in the photo on the right.) He was clocked at an incredible 2.9 seconds from home to first on a left-handed drag bunt (after his 1951 World Series injury he slowed to a still blazing 3.1 seconds), and could round the bases in an amazing 13 seconds!
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Did Nolan Ryan ever throw a perfect game?

He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite this, he never pitched a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award.
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What is the slowest fastball ever thrown?

This 35.1 MPH Frank Schwindel pitch is the slowest (known/measured) MLB pitch to ever get hit for a home run!
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What is the slowest pitch ever?

It is considered a trick pitch because, in comparison to normal baseball pitches, which run from 70 to 100 miles per hour (110 to 160 km/h), an eephus pitch appears to move in slow motion at 55 mph (89 km/h) or less, sometimes as low as 35 mph (56 km/h).
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How Fast Is Brady singers fastball?

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Brady Singer threw 5,730 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2022, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2022, they relied primarily on their Sinker (94mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph).
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Who threw the fastest curveball ever?

1. Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Who threw 110 mph?

David Laurila: How hard did Steve Dalkowski throw? Brian Vikander: “In my opinion, he threw over 110 mph. I base that on a couple of things. The first is that there's not one individual — not one — who has ever come forward and said that he was not the hardest thrower, the biggest arm, in the history of baseball.
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How fast could pitchers throw in 1920?

The best pitchers' velocity in Ruth's day topped out at about 90 miles per hour, while relievers you've never heard of now flirt with 100 mph fastballs. But some objective measures of athleticism are consistent.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

No, there has never been a 27-strikeout baseball game. The all-time record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game is 20.
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