Baseball know it alls...?

Question

i know pretty much everything there is to know about the game for a spectator but something has stumped me. Has anyone heard of an "eephus" pitch? If so, what is it and who throws it?

Answer 1

Yes i know what it is.....In baseball, an eephus pitch is a "junk pitch" which has "nothing on it". The pitch has very little velocity and catches the hitter off-guard. Its invention is attributed to Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1930s. Sewell had been shot in the right foot--some sources say in a hunting accident--and had to come up with a delivery that didn't rely on pivoting the foot. According to Pirates manager Frankie Frisch, the pitch was named by outfielder Maurice Van Robays, who when asked what it meant replied, "Eephus ain't nothin'."

The Eephus is thrown overhand like most pitches, but is characterized by the unusual high arc of its trajectory and its corresponding slow velocity, bearing more resemblance to a slow-pitch softball delivery than to traditional baseball. It is considered a "trick" pitch because in comparison to normal baseball pitches (70 to 100 miles per hour), an Eephus pitch appears to move in slow motion. Hitters typically get very anxious, swing wildly, or ground out

Answer 2

In baseball, an eephus pitch is a "junk pitch" which has "nothing on it". The pitch has very little velocity and catches the hitter off-guard. Its invention is attributed to Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1930s. Sewell had been shot in the right foot--some sources say in a hunting accident--and had to come up with a delivery that didn't rely on pivoting the foot. According to Pirates manager Frankie Frisch, the pitch was named by outfielder Maurice Van Robays, who when asked what it meant replied, "Eephus ain't nothin'."

Answer 3

It is a high arc pitch, like slow pitch softball, only thrown overhand.

See http://www.thebaseballpage.com/features/2000/eephus.htm

for the Ted Williams and the eephus pitch story see:

http://silverstringer.media.mit.edu:9000/servlet/pluto?state=303034706167653030375765625061676530303269643030353130383131

Answer 4

It goes about 30 feet in the air and then drops down practically on home plate. Rip Sewell of the Pirates came up with it in the '30s and had success with it. Ted Williams famously homered off that pitch in the 1946 All Star Game.

Answer 5

a eephus pitch is a very slow pitch it travels about 50-60 mph if a big leaguer throws it,its a pitch to throw hitters off, it isnt considered a pitch its just a regular throw as if ur playing catch with someone only a couple of pitchers throw this pitch one of them is the "el duque" orlando hernandez of the mets. he has mastered that pitch very well he only usually throws it if he is getting tired or to a big heavy hitter to throw the batter off.

Answer 6

Made "famous" during the Ted Williams era.....the batter is sitting on a fastball.....and although not a "change up" it is lobbed up to the plate similar to ptich in softball...high and slow......if I remember right, I think Williams hit it out of the park!!!!......"stinkin Red Sox".....Go Yankees!!

Answer 7

A bloop pitch.

Answer 8

It is thrown by El Duque occassionally. I believe also thrown by Luis Tiant and others.

Answer 9

never heard of it

Answer 10

its is also known as a blooper