What's the hardest pitch ever thrown?

Ben Joyce's 105.5 MPH Fastball. 105.5 mph. That is the fastest recorded pitch in the history of college baseball.
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What is the hardest pitch ever thrown?

The University of Tennessee pitcher uncorked a pitch at 105.5 mph, breaking the college baseball record for fastest-ever recorded pitch.
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Has there been a 100 mph pitch?

Earlier this season, the Reds' Hunter Greene broke an MLB record for 100+ mile-per-hour pitches in a game with 39 (!). Thanks to his rocket arm, he lived up to every bit of the hype.
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What is the most nasty pitch in baseball?

Starting pitchers have thrown their best offerings more than 100 times now, plenty of time to assess the nastiest and most important thus far in 2022.
  1. Kevin Gausman's splitter. ...
  2. Corbin Burnes' cutter. ...
  3. Dylan Cease's four-seam fastball.
  4. Carlos Rodon's four-seam fastball. ...
  5. Joe Ryan's four-seam fastball. ...
  6. Kyle Wright's curveball.
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Did Nolan Ryan throw 100 MPH?

1. Nolan Ryan. There have been pitchers who can throw harder than Ryan's 100.9 mph fastball. But there will never be another strikeout pitcher who played as long as Ryan did (27 seasons) for as well as he did.
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MLB's Fastest Pitch Ever Recorded



What is the fastest pitch by a 12 year old?

Cuba's Prieto records fastest pitch at U-12 Baseball World Cup. Cuban 12-year-old right-handed pitcher Alejandro Prieto recorded the fastest pitch of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2019, at 123 km/h (76.4 mph) in his win against Mexico today in the Super Round.
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Who threw the fastest pitch ever?

Aroldis Chapman is the author of the fastest pitcher thrown in a MLB game, his record was 105.1 mph during a game on September 24, 2010 (MLB changed his speed to 105.8 mph). Chapman is currently playing for the New York Yankees as a relief pitcher.
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What is the weirdest pitch in baseball?

Screwball. The screwball, when thrown properly, is essentially a curveball that has the opposite break that would be intended from a standard curveball. It's been used by pitchers for over 100 years, most notably by Christy Mathewson and Fernando Valenzuela.
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Is knuckleball the hardest pitch to throw?

The knuckleball is also the hardest pitch to master because of its grip and special traits. Moreover, if pitcher made a mistake with a knuckleball, that is going to be a disaster for the pitcher because that is exactly same with just a batting ball.
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What is the slowest pitch in baseball history?

This 35.1 MPH Frank Schwindel pitch is the slowest (known/measured) MLB pitch to ever get hit for a home run! As Yahoo! Sports notes, it was a particularly harrowing game for Cubs starter Keegan Thompson, who left the game before the first inning was over.
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How fast was Ty Cobb?

He had good but not great speed--it was once written that he was timed in 10.2 seconds for 100 yards--but he made stealing a science. Charles Comiskey was referring to Cobb's baserunning when he once said: “Cobb plays baseball with every part of his anatomy--his head, his arms, his legs, his feet.”
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How hard do you have to throw to throw 300 feet?

Check out the velocity chart in this article that uses physics data from one of the world's baseball physics experts, Dr. Alan Nathan. His calculator of fly ball distance is a great estimator, and it shows that somewhere between 77-82 is needed to throw approximately 300 feet.
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How fast was koufax?

He is sacred.” Koufax was an American baseball legend. He possessed a 100-mph fastball and what announcer Vin Scully called “a twelve-to-six curveball” since it 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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Who can pitch over 100 mph?

Only 11 pitchers have hit 103 mph even once in a regular-season game, and only three have thrown more than 10 such pitches.
  • Pitches recorded at 103+ mph, since 2008. Aroldis Chapman: 273. ...
  • Fastest recorded pitches, since 2008. ...
  • Aroldis Chapman. ...
  • Emmanuel Clase. ...
  • Jacob deGrom. ...
  • Jordan Hicks. ...
  • Noah Syndergaard. ...
  • Gerrit Cole.
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Who threw 105 mph pitch?

In Tennessee baseball's rubber match against Auburn on Sunday, redshirt junior relief pitcher Ben Joyce made college baseball history. He threw a 105.5 mph pitch per Tennessee's Yakkertech system, the fastest pitch thrown in college baseball history.
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Can a woman throw a baseball 90 mph?

Several times in the show's second episode, “The Interim,” Baker — played flawlessly byKylie Bunbury — claims that her fastball tops out at 87 mph. That seems pretty high. The average major league fastball, by most accounts is somewhere between 90 and 92 mph.
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Does knuckleball hurt arm?

No, it really shouldn't. However, this is only true if you throw it correctly meaning that your arm motions do not change. The only way that I've heard you could hurt yourself throwing the knuckleball is by shot-putting the ball.
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How fast is a knuckle ball?

Since it typically only travels 60 to 70 miles per hour (97 to 113 km/h), far slower than the average major league fastball 85 to 95 miles per hour (137 to 153 km/h), it can be hit very hard if there is no movement.
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When was the curveball banned?

A called strike didn't exist until 1858. It wasn't until 1879 that there was a limit placed on called balls. And in 1884 the National League voted to lift the ban on overhand pitching. Throughout this time, the pitcher evolved from the initiator in a gentleman's game to a major competitive force in a national sport.
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What is the fastest pitch by a 14 year old?

Based on this “Rule of Thumb”, your son's 70 mph would be considered high velocity for a 14 year old. For an 18 year old, high velocity would be 90 mph (18 x 5 mph).
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What is the fastest pitch in MLB history?

Fastest Pitchers in Baseball History
  • Dwight Gooden (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (1990) ...
  • Bartolo Colon (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (1999) ...
  • Roger Clemens (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (2001) ...
  • Josh Beckett (Tie) ...
  • Joba Chamberlain. ...
  • Billy Wagner (Tie) ...
  • Tony Pena (Tie) ...
  • Guillermo Mota (Tie)
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Who hit the farthest home run ever?

In 1987, Joey Meyer of the minor league Denver Zephyrs hit the longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history. The home run was measured at a distance of 582 feet (177 m) and was hit inside Denver's Mile High Stadium.
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What's the longest home run ever hit?

On June 2, 1987, the Denver Zephyrs hosted the Buffalo Bisons at Mile High Stadium. Aided by the thin air, much like baseballs hit out of Coors Field today, Joey Meyer launched a towering blasted that traveled an absurd 582 feet and is the longest homer ever caught on video.
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Who threw the slowest pitch in MLB history?

Utility player Brock Holt used a few eephus pitches during a relief appearance for the Texas Rangers on August 7, 2021, one registering the slowest MLB pitch for a called strike since at least 2008 (the pitch-tracking era) at 31.1 miles per hour (50.1 km/h).
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