2006-12-11 16:24:52 · 24 answers · asked by Eureka! 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
joel "zoom zoom" zumaya, right handed set up man for the reigning AL Champion Detroit Tigers consistently throws a heater that reaches 103 and 104 mile per hour.
so many have hit the 100 mph mark since ryan was first clocked in the 70's. big unit, farnsworth, even tiger rookie pitcher justin verlander (AL ROY) hits 100 and 101 on a regular basis.
2006-12-11 17:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well its difficult to tell because there were no speed guns and no film in the dead ball era. I mean if two pitchers threw a pitch, one gong 85mph and another going 90 mph...heck I wouldnt be able to tell the difference. I have no idea how a pitcher would be able to distinguish the speed of the pitch without our modern day technology. And this includes ball players from the dead era too. If I had to guess, I woudl say the hard throwers probably pitched close to 90. But part of me get the feeling, the dead ball era relied more on finess than speed because these guys are throwing complete games.
2016-05-23 07:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are consistent with their answers. The flame throwers of this generation include people like Billy Wagner. Velocity is mostly derived from the legs, and Wagner, while in his prime, could reach the excesses of 102 mph+. I will say that this velocity is mainly found in relievers. However there have been some starting pitchers that can bring the heat. Nolan Ryan would consistently pitch over 100 mph, and from the newer era, I saw Bartolo Colon (when he was younger) pitch eight innings with his fastball averaging over 94 mph.
2006-12-12 03:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Grizzo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The power pitchers of Major League Baseball throw around 94-100 mph. Joel Zumaya has hit 102 and 103, and so has former Atlanta Braves closer Mark Wohlers.
2006-12-13 15:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by dude_in_disguise2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-12-11 16:28:13 · answer #5 · answered by bubba 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matt Anderson, has thrown the fastest pitched baseball which measured 103 miles per hour (166 km/h or 46.0 m/s).
The other fastest pitchers avg 98-101.
2006-12-11 20:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by Steve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zumaya of the Tigers threw one this past playoff at 102 mph. I've seen Rich Harden of the A's hit 103 mph. The hardest throwing pitchers that come to mind are Verlander, Farnsworth, Jenks, and Beckett just to name a few.
2006-12-11 18:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by kcslammer13 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a few guys who've hit 100 mph. Most MLB pitchers known for the fastballs throw in the mid-90s.
(Apparently 95 mph is the terminal velocity for a baseball in gravity, so that's the point where it gets progressively more difficult to increase the speed.)
2006-12-11 16:29:27 · answer #8 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fastest pitch ever thrown was 100.9 mph, by Nolan Ryan. And Jason Verlander for the Tigers throws it 100, but that is about the highest you will ever see.
2006-12-11 19:33:10 · answer #9 · answered by galacy2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Zumaya was consistantly at 103 which both impressed me, and made me suspicious about the radar gun they were using.
I have never heard of anyone throwing close to 110 miles an hour in a baseball game. To the person who claimed this and said that it was common knowledge, you're making that up. I of course didn't HAVE to point that out since amoung baseball fans that's common knowledge. (-:
The guiness record that Ryan set has never been updated. There's got to be at least a dozen players to have topped this.
2006-12-11 21:53:49 · answer #10 · answered by Mosh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋