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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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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Who pitches 103 mph?

Ryan Helsley throws 103.1 mph fastball.
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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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Who pitched a 108 mph?

20, 1974. That pitch was measured when the ball was 10 feet in front of home plate, according to Rivard and Sports Illustrated, which means after a small calculations adjustment that Ryan's fastball was closer to a 108 MPH pitch.
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What's Nolan Ryan's fastest pitch?

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.
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How fast was Ryan's pitch?

The year 1974 was a watershed year of sorts for how we have come to measure the speed of a pitch. This was the year that the concept of the radar gun was established.
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How fast can Ben Joyce throw?

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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Who has the fastest pitch ever?

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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Who threw 106 mph?

Aroldis Chapman: 106 MPH.
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Who throws 104 mph?

SALT LAKE CITY – Tennessee Volunteers relief pitcher Ben Joyce turned heads when one of his pitches clocked in at an unbelievable 104 MPH on the stadium gun.
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What is fastest MLB 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 was Randy Johnson's fastest pitch?

Randy Johnson was known for throwing a fastball that could reach over 100 mph. It's not every day you see a dove explode in front of home plate, and this was all caught on camera.
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How fast could sandy koufax pitch?

Answer: While it is possible Koufax could hit 100 mph in his younger years, the fastest pitch he ever threw which was recorded was in the low 90s. Koufax was obviously one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history, but his breaking balls were what was so devastating.
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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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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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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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What is the fastest pitch thrown by a 13 year old boy?

Short answer is is 55-60 mph.
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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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How fast was Walter Johnson's fastball?

In 1917, a Bridgeport, Connecticut, munitions laboratory recorded Johnson's fastball at 134 feet per second, which is equal to 91 miles per hour (146 km/h), a velocity that may have been unmatched in his day, with the possible exception of Smoky Joe Wood.
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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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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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How fast was Bob Gibson fastball?

Bob Gibson's average fastball velocity was 91.9 mph!
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What is the slowest pitch in MLB history?

And, like Simmons, Schwindel is not normally a pitcher; a first baseman by trade, he was brought in at that point in the game due to the poor showing of the Cubs' bullpen. 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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