Sidd Finch threw 168 mph in 1985 for the Mets. Very interesting article, thank you for sharing. A 90 mph pitch on a Speedgun could register at 92 on a JUGS gun and 93-94 mph on a Stalker. Great Hub! Could Mike Trout outproduce a tanking team's entire lineup? During his eight-year retirement, Ryan worked as a baseball analyst for NBC Sports and as a consultant for the Texas Rangers. 44 mph. I also appreciate the chess-like mastery of Sandy Koufax. His glare was storybook, his windup was incredible and seemed like his fastballs moved all over the place. A. Sinkers and cuttersespecially hard cuttersare essentially mirror images of each other to a hitter, as they are often designed to be. That's also what makes Justin Verlander special as he has been clocked over 100 mph quite a few times late in games. A swing of 20.5 mph produces a baseball speed of 62.0 mph. The season starts in the spring and brings with it all the joy of the new year with new heroes, GOATs, and loads of terrific stories. The 1980 season started well for Richard and he had Nolan Ryan on the team with himproviding the Houston Astros with the two most powerful right-handed flame throwers in all of baseball. I hope those guys are wearing helmets and the other protection needed! However, it wasn't long before J.R. would report to his staff that he wasn't feeling quite right. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He won a Cy Young award in 2011 as well as the triple crown of pitching in the American League; he led the league in strikeouts, in wins, and had the lowest earned run average. Fast Pitch Softball Speed. Mr Archer from Missouri on February 02, 2016: Ryan was, and still is, my favorite player. Aroldis Chapman, a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher, set the Guinness World Record for fastest pitch ever on September 24, 2010, when he threw a 105.1-mph fastball against the San Diego Padres. He grounded out to the first baseman on the first pitch from Minor in the inning, a 77-mph knuckle curve. In the second one at season's end he took a perfect game into the 8th inning before Brian Downing got a hit. One such pitcher was Hal Newhouser of the Louisville Colonels. Thats why Chapmans fastest fastball found an extra .7 mph. No longer could pitchers rely on wicked movement. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Now they have 60 due to expanded ballparks and/or alternate site games being played away from home. Its hard to believe but he did, asserted Earl Weaver, who watched Nolan Ryan pitch dozens of times, and managed Dalkowski. between 50-60 mph. Chart showing the average range of speed for each baseball pitch type by age group. Cannot belive Sandy Koufax was hardly mentioned at all. Nithya Venkat from Dubai on March 02, 2013: An interesting read, great write. Mark Wohlers pitched for years on TBS and threw his better fastballs in the mid to upper 90's. Major League Baseball's average velocity is much more accurate and much easier to track down than other levels of baseball because every pitch thrown in a season is recorded by their Statcast system. Copyright 2020 - 2023 Sportsmanist Inc. Did Nolan Ryan throw the fastest pitch ever? The average change-up speed for this age group is about 10 mph slower, making the velocity between 30-40 mph. Ronald E Franklin from Mechanicsburg, PA on April 30, 2013: I enjoyed reading this hub, although it was heart-breaking to see what happened to J. R. Richard. That speed was measured by a laser radar when it was 9-10 feet from the plate; if measured at the standard . Less than 1 month man and I'm fired up too. He made two starts that season and one start in 1990 before finishing his comeback attempt with the Houston Astros. In addition to being incredibly fast, modern-day pitchers can also throw very hard. Pitchers have always "aired it out". Waddell struck out 349 players in 1903(?) 100-mph fastballs have been attributed to many pitchers. He struck out more than 300 batters in a season on two occasions and in 1979 he led the National League with the lowest earned run average. There are a lot of pitchers in it like Nolan Ryan, etc. A good changeup for a high school pitcher should drop from -10 to -15 mph, so anything from 60-75 mph is considered acceptable. Hey Tom, I was going to ask you about that - Chapman starting, I mean. In 2018, he was at 91 mph on average, which means he gained half a tick from '18 to '19. He debuted in the major leagues at age 17, and he dominated the competition. Ted Williams, often considered the greatest hitter who ever played the game, once faced Dalkowski in a minor league warm-up. A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. Shared etc, loved it! In 2011, Justin Verlander threw his 2nd no-hitter, won AL Cy Young, and AL MVP. Josh Bennett from Illinois on May 30, 2014: With something like this , it is very important to include relievers. I suppose it's fair to include relievers, but I think the starters who had to pace themselves for a whole game deserve the lion's share of credit. A table displaying leaders in Statcast metrics such as Sweet Spot % (SwSp%), Barrels, Exit Velocity (EV), Batted Ball Distance (DST), Projected Home Run Distance (HR-DST), Launch Angle (LA) and Batted Ball Events (BBE) . Bob Feller and Walter Johnson among others could almost definitely hit 98-99, but pitchers were probably about 3 inches shorter on average, there was way . What was a 105 mph fastball can now be said (with rounding) to be the first recorded 106 mph pitch in MLB history. But the truth is that nobody really knew before the technology was there, to measure accurately. I believe this might have been the only 9 inning shutout or game even that he didn't walk a batter. During the 1999 baseball season, this moment was recorded. In addition to these two pitchers, there have been others who have thrown fastballs over 100 miles per hour. 11 and 12 Year Olds Pitchers in this age group are playing in the Majors division in Little League. Ask any pitcher who loses a mile off their fastball, and they'll tell you how much easier it is for batters to square up on them at the lower speed. One other thing to remember. I would guess that he saved his best fastball and used it maybe a dozen times a game. I saw him pitch a few times when he was on the Angels. That game is on Youtube. Typically girls will be successful throwing 50+ in high school (depending on school size and how many 'travel' girls are playing on the school's team) and having highest success while throwing in the upper 55 - 65 MPH range. Feller demanded to see the front line. In 1987, he started throwing the curveball more often than not. In the days of Walter Johnson, all the way towards the end of Nolan Ryan's career, starting pitchers would start a game with the singular goal in finishing that game, and with a win. Because the modern guns that came out at that time measured the speed at the release, not down toward home plate. Does Camera Blur Equal Increased Bat Speed? My Father (a Giants Fan) had Season Tickets at the L.A. Terrible they didn't find out what was going on with him. Walter Johnson, the only pitcher to record over 400 wins and 3,500 strikeouts. In the 1980s, theories about . It doesn't matter if he's only throwing one inning or nine. He has a fastball that can go anywhere from 94 to 102 miles per hour, and a big nasty curve-ball to go along with it. He'd face and often defeat the best hitters of his era. In the 1980s, players hit 40 home runs just 13 timesthe lowest of any decade since Babe Ruth revolutionized the game. It was common for pitchers to "coast" until a runner got into scoring position. Throwing that hard at that age is ridiculous. The Reds selected him second overall in the 2017 MLB Draft.. Born in Los Angeles, California, Greene learned how to pitch at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton.His fastball velocity was already 93 mph (150 . A 94 mph pitch on the Stalker Pro registered as 95 on the Stalker Pro II. The next season, Newhouser went 11-10 with a 3.12 ERA in 29 games (all starts).if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'sportsmanist_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_1',118,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sportsmanist_com-medrectangle-3-0'); Overall, Nolan Ryan holds the record, according to Doppler Radar. This beat a speed recorded by Mark Wohlers, who tossed one at 103 miles per hour. Perhaps I'm wrong on this, but it's just a theory of mine. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Feller enlisted for military service. In 2003, Billy Wagner threw 25 pitches that were 100 miles per hour or faster. Paul Kuehn - thanks very much! Even Lee Meadows, who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1939 to 1942, never reached 100 mph on a regular basis. Nolan Ryan, who retired with 7 no-hitters and 12 one-hitters. Average Speed of Baseball Pitches by Age Group Average Speed of Baseball Pitches by Age Group Hitting Instruction Rotational Swing Rotational vs Linear Babe Ruth Towel Drill Bat Speed, Exit Speed Hitting Aids Compared Where to Place the Tee How to Bunt I just sent you a PM. Division 3 and NAIA: 55 MPH or faster. 13 and 14 Year Olds. Make no mistake, though - in his prime of just two years, I have never seen a more intimidating fastball than that thrown by J.R. Richard. Nobody on my team has hit 100 miles per hour yet this season, but we've got a couple guys who could do it, and I plan to be watching when it happens :). Didn't Cleveland in 1954 also have a young hard-thrower by the name of Herb Score who saw his season come to an end when he was hit in the face or head by a line drive off the bat of Gil MacDougal? It wasn't exactly Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, but it was a remarkable achievement. Go Rangers!! Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball. Ok, pre war pitchers were not throwing hard, is it safe to say that because pitchers were not throwing hard then, Ruth took advantage of it? He first broke into the major leagues with the Reds in 2011 and was immediately given the title of "Fastest Pitcher in History". And then something went past me that made me flinch. He struck out more than 300 batters in a season on two occasions and in 1979 he led the National League with the lowest earned run average. Justin Verlander might be one of the greatest pitchers ever and to think in what? Later when he came to the Texas Rangers I got to see him pitch in person at the old Arlington stadium a few times. Thus making this document worthy enough for display in our museum. I'll be watching my Texas Rangers play the Boston Red Sox, starting in an hour and a half. What's the average speed of a baseball swing? Hits over .300 great obp and has broken stolen base records everywhere. [2] In 1956, Score improved on his rookie campaign, going 209 with a 2.53 ERA and 263 strikeouts, while reducing the number of walks from 154 to 129, and allowed only 5.85 hits/9 innings, which would stand as a franchise record until it was broken by Luis Tiant's 5.30 in 1968.". Now, of course, it didn't always happen, that is why there has been relief pitching all along. ? Let's take a look at them: Division 1 softball: min 63 mph. Ah baseball, I so love thee. Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 December 15, 2010), was the first flame-throwing pitcher to have modern equipment measure his fastball's velocity. The #1-#3 pitchers were all between 78-80. . A pitcher throwing 75 mph is well above average for this age, and their fastball is at a high school caliber. on Sept.17. Opponents batted .121 against Chapman in at-bats that ended with a fastball reaching 100 miles per hour . Nobody in the major leagues has thrown more than 160 pitches in a game since the day Randy Johnson struck out 18 Texas Rangers in 1992. Vellur - thanks very much! He was regarded as the fastest throwing pitcher ever seen by most of them. Why do infielders throw the ball so fast? But I have to mention one that you didn't include: Satchel Paige. In later years, his fastball declined to the 96 mph (154 km/h) range and his slider clocked at around 87 mph (140 km/h). The Fb velocity is the average fastball velocity for a player by age. He took a no-hitter into the 9th but Reggie Jackson got a hit with 1 out. Jools Hogg from North-East UK on March 02, 2013: Great hub! He was TALL, LEAN and MEAN. Ever heard of Steve Dalkowski? We need your support to make FanGraphs sustainable so you can continue to enjoy all of the stats and tools you've come to rely on, like The . That, coupled with a curveball averaging close to -19 inches of IVB. The tech continued to improve. As speed is not among his talents, a move to 1st or DH is likely in the near future. It was determined Feller's pitch traveled 98.6 miles per hour. This is great stuff. However, in as per the opinion of professional sports experts, a pitcher of 15 years has a speed of 70mph . He held opposing batters to a lower batting average than anyone at .204 and he won 324 games despite pitching most of his career for losing ball teams. His pitch speed was 108.1 miles per hour. Wesman Todd Shaw (author) from Kaufman, Texas on March 02, 2013: Jools99 - Thanks very very much! However, this seems to be the general range for most High School baseball players. Copyright 1999-2021. Pitchers nowadays do not truly expect to finish a game they've started. Cool deal seeing Koufax pitch! I am also looking forward to the season getting underway. Duren surely fits the bill and belongs in the 100 mph club. The Big Unit's devastating slider is what made him so lethal. Question: How could you not include Sandy Koufax in the list of the hardest throwing pitchers? For Sale: 3 beds, 2.5 baths 2169 sq. Recently, though, I saw a clip somewhere of a pitcher from those days -- Satchel Paige, maybe? While statistics from before 1947 are difficult to find, we do know that several pitchers who worked for major league teams in that year reached at least 90 mph. Greatest pro athlete ever? Dedicated to Teaching Baseball and Fast Pitch Softball. . I fell in love with the sport at the age of 12. Red Sox bullpen's tightrope act will wear thin, Real or not? In Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, the Dodgers sent four pitchers to the mound who touched 98 mph or harder. It has nothing to do with "airing it out". He threw a lot faster than Ryan. average fastball speed 1990s . Age. swinging strike, the fastball (on average) is the worst pitch for the job. 11 And 12-Year-Olds Pitchers in this age range are playing in the Majors division in Little League. Mookie Betts is playing like an MVP again, Real or Not? The late, unbelievably great J.R. Richard, whose career ended after a 1980 stroke. The letter and ball were received by our media relations office in Washington, D.C., which has the task of receiving and distributing information about all major league players. So pitchers pacing themselves was a n. I was their when the Angels retired his number and also just about every time he pitched against them in Anaheim. I not only got to see Koufax pitch at Crosley Field but he played college ball where? I remember Bob Feller as a young kid when he was in the twilight of his career with the Indians. It all comes down to where the pitch is measured. Relief pitching is now a field all its own. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 11:08PM. organization although he never reached the majors. Fastballs we're talkin' here) and Dick Stanley (although, Goose IS a good example. Such a list would be growing in length constantly, as these days MLB scouts are specifically looking to draft the largest men possible, and expectations of high velocity are increasingly thought to be important. Answer: I'm sure he could. Percentage of fastballs thrown: 62%. Last year he got the AA record can't remember the exact # but it was well over 100. In the 6th inning he struck out the side and from then on everyone was on his side for him to get it. One might think that only a large man could toss a baseball over 60 feet at 100 miles per hour; however, this assumption is false. A "radar gun" is used to measure the speed of a baseball. The AL East is setting up as a race for the ages, Albert Pujols' push for 3,000 powered by dominant decade, 'Ich-i-ro! I get so sick and tired of professional trolls like MRS. Wagner, Kevin Kelly (yeah, it was his SLIDER, bub, like you say! He would win a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Houston Astros worth a huge sum of money, but he'd wind up homeless and living under a bridge just the same. I know because I was there along with over 60,000 other fans. See there I go again. MLB has gone back and recalibrated Pitch/FX pitches to convert them to their velocity at pitch release. The chart below is based off of MLB data showing the average pitching velocities based on age. Do you have a blog? Josh Bennett from Illinois on May 31, 2014: He is special for sure. In a 1992 game, Johnson started against Ryan and the Texas Rangers and he got 18 strikeouts, winning the game. Paul Richard Kuehn from Udorn City, Thailand on March 02, 2013: This is an awesome hub and I really enjoyed reading it. Christian Hunter Greene (born August 6, 1999), nicknamed "Surge", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). What device? With a terrifying arm and a terrible drinking problem, Dalkowski never even played in the major leagues. An average changeup for this age is somewhere around the 50-60 mph mark. Wesman Todd Shaw (author) from Kaufman, Texas on March 26, 2019: Thanks wpcooper! It was the first time in MLB history a regular starting pitcher averaged over one strikeout per inning. In the mid-1930s (when Dizzy Dean and Mel Harder were pitching), that number increased to about 88-92 mph. I hope he pitches into his 40s. Ken. For scouts, the Speedgun was known as the slow gun while the JUGS gun registered faster readings and was the fast gun.. He consistently led the league in strikeouts (a then record 382 in 1965), He did have a devastating curve but I think he also threw at least as fast as anyone else in the 1960's. His fastball wasn't even his best pitch. Find out more. The Big Unit threw a no-hitter early in his career. There is a lot of variation in the data, with some players throwing much faster or slower than this range. But I agree, there is Nolan Ryan, and then everyone else. Our speeds measured out of the hand (close to pitcher). I'm not sure the weight of a baseball? A possibly even more impressive accolade was when he became the first left-handed pitcher to ever strike out Wade Boggs three times in one game. 100-mph fastballs have been attributed to many pitchers. Other fast pitchers have included Carl Hubbell, Jack Quinn, and Roy Halladay. A Harley Davidson motorcycle was used as a speedometer; it was given a 10-foot head start and sped at 86 mph. In high school, how fast should girls be throwing to be the most competitive? They were capable of launching pitches that batters never saw and only heard after it was too late. He wasn't feeling as strong and powerful as he was used to and his complaints and requests for examination were either ignored entirely, brushed off with derision, or just given a perfunctory look. He ended his career with 2,192 strikeouts and a.249 batting average against him. It's pretty certain Sandy Koufax could throw that hard too - I remember reading that when he came up he was known for a monster fastball, but he couldn't find the strike zoneand after a while someone convinced him to take something off of itand there you go - someone who was the equal of Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan for many a season! It also talks about the advent of the radar gun and how they measured speed before that. We'll never know since there are no accurate radar records until ~50 years ago, but probably about 5 MPH less than they do now. Junior College: 54 MPH or faster. In addition, teams had only 40 fouls to play per game back then. Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jose Lima of the Los Angeles Dodgers both reached this mark twice. Overall, Ryan went 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA in three games back from surgery on his right shoulder. This was achieved by Monica Abbott of the University of Tennessee in 2007. On our first-year 12U team all three of our pitchers hit highs of 50 - 52, but most of their pitches are about 47 - 49. Wesman Todd Shaw (author) from Kaufman, Texas on February 02, 2016: Thanks very much, Mr. Archer! Coliseum and subsequently Dodger Stadium. That means Feliz would be right there with Chapman if it works outand also, I think the Rangers still plan to turn Feliz into a starter!!!! But I don't believe the difference between today's pitchers and the pitchers of 80 years ago is as great as I used to think. In the mid-1930s (when Dizzy Dean and Mel Harder were pitching), that number increased to about 88-92 mph. I saw Verlander hitting 99 mph last season. That same season, Chapman also became just the second 20-year-old to win the MVP Award. At 15 years, it is obvious that a kid cannot throw the ball with the full throttle needed. I've one of his no-hitters on a vcr tapetoo bad I've nothing to watch that with. The competition in Major League Baseball is much tougher today because we've included not just African Americans, but virtually anyone in the world who can make it. Hope all is well. Walter Johnson was reportedly measured at 99.7 MPH at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds, where they could measure the speed of bullets. What they use today is not what they used years ago. The desire to create additional bat speed can create tightness which results in slower bat speed and less control of the bat. I do remember JR Richard. We gave him a really great ovation as he walked of the mound. Answer (1 of 17): Ever heard of Steve Dalkowski? Johnson was capable of throwing 99, but how often did he need to throw that hard? You would have to know the speed of every pitcher in high school baseball to get the average. Nolan Ryan has the record, all in all, and this was from Doppler Radar. Question: Is there a list of the 100 MOH pitchers? He served as a gunner on the USS Alabama, participating in major military battles between the Allied forces and Imperial Japan. He would throw three no-hitters and created such a stir with his right arm that the league set up a commission to see if they could determine how fast his pitches really were. Dave McClure from Worcester, UK on March 03, 2013: In the old days, they only wore leg pads, gloves and the vital 'box' or genital protector. Duh! And I only lived 2 blocks from there so I saw him pitch there before the majors. He did have a long minor league careera career in which he terrified people with pitches rumored to average 104 miles per hour. Not all these men are truly baseball greats. I really do gotta' stop :-P. 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