who invented or is considered the father the pitchings screwball?

Answer 1

"King Carl" Hubbel

Answer 2

Mickey Welch was probably the first pitcher to use it. Mathewson used a form of it but it hurt his arm too much. Carl Hubbell, Mike Marshall, Fernando Valenzuela, Bill 'Spaceman' Lee, John Franco and Mike Cuellar all used the screwball to varying effectiveness.

Answer 3

Christy Mathewson is considered the first pitcher to use it effectively in the major leagues, pitching for the New York Giants from 1900 to 1916 and winning 373 games (remember, though, it was the Dead Ball Era). He called the pitcher the "fadeaway," and never claimed to have invented it, and there's some question as to who taught it to him. But he was the first to make it work at the big-league level. Because Mathewson was so far ahead of other pitchers of his time, it never really caught on until a later Giant Hall-of-Famer, lefthander Carl Hubbell, used it in the 1930s.

Answer 4

The original pitch was called a "fadeaway" and it was inventented by an unknown player by the name of Mickey Welch and the technique was mastered by Christy Mathewson. This "fadeaway" later became known as a "screwball".

Answer 5

Carl Hubbell was the best known practitioner of the pitch. He gained fame by striking out several Am. Leaguers in an All-Star game. I doubt that he is the one that invented the pitch.

Answer 6

Mickey Welch

Answer 7

Christy Matthewson was the first one to throw it effectively

However there is talk that in the late 1800s a pitcher named Mickey Welch was thought to have thrown what would be considered the screwball

Carl Hubbell however has been known as the best to ever throw it. the "Scroogie King"

Answer 8

Mickey Welch, who was the 3rd pitcher to record 300 victories. He was inducted into the Hall in 1973.

Answer 9

Baseball reference website credit Chief Bender of the Athletics with it's conception and invention Eddie Cicotte of the White Sox is said to have invented the knuckleball