What's the fastest pitch ever thrown by a baseball pitcher?

Question

I know this year Detroit Tiger's Joel Zumaya was clocked at throwing a fatball at 103mph. This is the fastest I've seen someone throw a baseball. Is this a record?

Answer 1

Mark Wohlers and Joel Zumaya have the fastest recorded pitches at 103.0

Answer 2

Steve Dalkowski only pitched briefly in the majors because of control problems was said to have thrown a fastball 110 mph! Mark Wohlers was clocked at over 102 mph when he pitched for the Braves. Walter Johnson was said to have thrown a ball so fast that it sounded like a snake hissing according to Ty Cobb. Mr. Zumaya does have an incredible fastball and may indeed have the highest official cloking of a fastball.

Answer 3

"Fans, researchers, historians and even the players argue all the time about who was the fastest pitcher of all-time. The most widely quoted response is Nolan Ryan, whose fastball was "officially" clocked by the Guinness Book of World Records at 100.9 miles per hour in a game played on August 20, 1974 versus the Chicago White Sox. A record that's still included in the book." Of course this was in 1974.

Answer 4

Dalkowski was rumoured to hit 110mph, but Nolan Ryan was officially clocked at 105 in the early 90's.

Answer 5

105

Answer 6

I know the record is like 105 mph, 103 mph is not the record but damn close

Answer 7

i hit 106 on the Tropicana Field radar the other day, but officially, it's 104 mph i believe, but i'm not remembering the guy's name who threw it

Answer 8

103 is incredibly fat for a fatball.

Answer 9

Nolan Ryan threw a few harder than that.

Answer 10

its like 1,000,000 mph but no one ever saw it to confirm it