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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.
On September 24, 2010, against the San Diego Padres, Chapman was clocked at 105.1 mph (169.1 km/h), according to PITCHf/x, the fastest pitch ever recorded in Major League Baseball. [86] On July 19, 2016, Chapman matched his previous record of 105.1 mph with a ball to Baltimore's J. J. Hardy. [87] That record was tied by Jordan Hicks on May 20 ...
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 below 92 mph.
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.
The pitch was tied for the fastest in the history of the pitch-tracking era to secure a strikeout. It wasn't even Chapman's fastest pitch of the at-bat. Aroldis Chapman freezes Manny Machado with ...
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 ...
This is a list of single-season records in Major League Baseball. Batting records. Overview (1876–present) ... Fastest pitch thrown Aroldis Chapman: 105.8 mph 2010
A look at social media reaction to Ben Joyce throwing 105.5 mph, the fastest pitch in college baseball history.