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Average four-seam fastball velocity since 2008. The fastest pitch officially recognized by MLB was a 105.8 mph four-seam fastball thrown by Aroldis Chapman on September 24, 2010. [14] Since the mid-2000s, MLB has observed a significant increase in fastball velocity among pitchers. In 2008, the average four-seam fastball velocity in the MLB was ...
Finger grip on a four-seam fastball Finger grip on a four-seam fastball. The four-seam fastball is designed purely for velocity; it travels to the batter's box with little or no "break" from straight-line flight—the intent being to challenge the batter's reaction time instead of fooling him with a pitch that breaks downward or to one side or the other.
An animated diagram of a cutter. In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. [1] This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more movement than a typical fastball. [1]
While his fastball velocity had dropped a tick and his strikeout rate declined considerably, from 27.8% in 2022 to 21.5% in 2023, ... His fastball touched 96.9 mph, his hardest pitch since ...
Angels closer Ben Joyce threw a 105.5-mph fastball to strike out Dodgers' Tommy Edman, ... Even in an era when extreme velocity is prized and more triple-digit fastballs are recorded than ever ...
The fastball. Despite the recent dip in velocity, Sasaki still throws outrageously hard for a starter. His “diminished” 96.9 mph average would have been tied for seventh among MLB starters ...
Pitching. Release: Measures the time from pitcher's first movement out of the stretch to the release point of the pitch. Extension: Measures the distance of the release point of the pitch from the front edge of the pitching rubber. Velocity: Measures the peak velocity of a pitch at any point from its release to the front edge of home plate.
In his last two starts, including Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has seen the velocity on his fastball dive.