2006-06-17 08:23:58 · 19 answers · asked by Jester 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
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2006-06-17 08:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mark Buehrle — White Sox
His games are often around 2 hours long; the league average 2 years ago was 2 hours, 47 minutes. No one else's games are over faster than his consistently.
Of course, if you meant who throws the fastest instead of who pitches the fastest; Bobby Jenks, also with the White Sox, was clocked at 102 mph last August at Safeco in Seattle and Joel Zumaya of the Tigers hit 102 just last Sunday.
2006-06-18 15:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by O Caçador 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One reason you cannot really tell how hard MLB pitchers throw is due to the camera angle on television, which shoots them from behind. If you watched the same guy throwing a 95 mph fastball from a side view, you would see a completely different perspective, like how far they actually extend their front leg and stretch with their back leg off the pitching rubber generating tremendous force and how much they actually follow through with their bodies after releasing the ball. Most of the velocity is generated by the lower body and transferred up to the arm by rotating the hips and torso and following through with a healthy, flexible arm (like a whip action).
2016-05-19 23:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think there's even a "world record" for the fastest pitch during a game, cuz they can't accurately measure it..
there is really no honest way to tell the fastest during live game situation..
all the radar guns on TV, in the stadium are all completely WRONG... i saw a Yankee game on TV last month that had Randy Johnson hitting 102 to 103mph... YEAH RIGHT. not at his age..
Some parks up the radar gun 3-4mph when the home team's pitcher is on the mound...
2006-06-17 13:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by Happy.Ending 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joel Zumya, he threw 102. Billy Wagner occasionally throws 100.
2006-06-17 11:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by yankees_rule168 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billy Wagner
2006-06-17 10:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by jboxman7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Billy Wagner of the Mets. Hes gotten upto about 102 thiss season!
2006-06-17 12:26:33 · answer #7 · answered by KATEE<3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days, there is not one man that stands out like Nolan Ryan and other people of the past, all though Billy Wagner comes to mind.
2006-06-17 09:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sportsfreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jenks and Billy Wagner consistently hit triple digits on the radar gun. I remember Billy Koch used to throw hard as well back when he was closing for the Blue Jays.
2006-06-17 08:52:48 · answer #9 · answered by K-Dawg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bobby Jenks-Chicago White Sox-100MPH
2006-06-17 08:25:09 · answer #10 · answered by TheIronman63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joel Zumya was clocked at 102 in his last appearance.
Justin Verlander is normally clocked at 100 to 101.
2006-06-17 09:25:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋