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[16] The hardest throwers in baseball currently are recognized as Aroldis Chapman and Jordan Hicks, who have each been clocked with the fastest pitch speed on record at 105.1 mph (169 km/h). [23] As of October 2020 [update] , Guinness lists Chapman as the current record holder.
Angels' Ben Joyce comes 0.3 mph short of fastest pitch ever recorded. Jack Baer. September 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM ... Joyce came 0.3 mph shy of throwing the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history. Only ...
Dave McNally, 15-11 for the Pioneers that year, became a stalwart in the Orioles' rotation and won 184 major-league games with a 3.24 ERA, helping Baltimore win the World Series in 1966 and 1970.
His fastest pitch of 2018 was 104.4 miles an hour, second-best in MLB only to pitches by Jordan Hicks. [38] His sinker had the highest average speed of any MLB pitcher's pitches in 2018, at 100.9 mph. [ 38 ] In 2018, he had the lowest swing rate for his in-strike-zone sliders of any pitcher in baseball (42.5%).
Angels closer Ben Joyce threw a 105.5-mph fastball to strike out Dodgers' Tommy Edman, making the pitch the fastest recorded to fan a hitter and third-fastest overall.
On August 3, during a game against the New York Mets, Joyce struck out J. D. Martinez on a 104.7-mile-per-hour (168.5 km/h) fastball to get his first-ever save. It was the fastest strike-out pitch to be thrown in MLB since at least 2008, [ 25 ] and the sixth-fastest pitch thrown since 2009. [ 26 ]
Former Tennessee baseball star and L.A. Angels reliever Ben Joyce added to his lore with the fastest pitch of the 2024 MLB season at 104.5 mph.
Zumaya was a fan favorite for his intense, aggressive attitude on the mound and his 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) fastball, which topped out at 104.8 miles per hour (168.7 km/h). This was the fastest pitch ever recorded at that time. [2] He also had a very good knuckle-curve that he used as an off-speed pitch.