Did Mark Fydrich pitch a fast ball 100 mph or more?

Question

and where can this info be found?

Answer 1

nope.. it was a low fastball in the mid nineties.. the low part was his bread and butter tho... no one could hit it high or far cause he kept it low and with perfect control... cause he was loose... he pitched a ton of complete games too.

Answer 2

a question about my hero.................
the bird pitched high 80's low 90's.
not even a true strike out pitcher. his delivery was so perfect, it made it hard for batters to get a good piece of the ball. on top of the fact that every start home or away, he pretty much had 40,000 start cheering for him.
all of his home games at tiger stadium, win or lose, fans wouldn't even consider leaving until mark took a final step out of the dugout and did a curtain call.
as far as his 24 complete games.............5 of those were losses or no decisions in 29 starts on the year. can't pitch a guy in the ninth when the team is down more than 2 runs. not sure how many times that happened, but not a good idea.

Answer 3

The Bird As He Was, Was More Famous For His Antics On The Mound Like Talking To The Ball And Shaking Teamates Hands If They Made The Plays That Got The Outs On The Way Back To The Dugout Every Inning. He Wasnt A Flame Thrower Though Maybe Low 90s.

Answer 4

The fastest recorded pitch was by Zumaya at 104.0 Although you read about speeds over one hundred MPH, speed guns today are inaccurate, some will read a pitch at 97 and some will read it at 102. They dont want to put a single record down on baseball almanac because it was taken will one speed gun. When Nolan Ryan pitched this it was taken with more then one speed gun. 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.

Answer 5

His fastball was average speed, at best. High 80s to low 90s. He was successful, at least for that one magical season, because of the movement on his ball and great control.

edit:Junk baller??? Not at all, he had a good fastball with great movement. Pretty conventional delivery, too. He suffered a knee injury in spring training before his second season. Came back too soon, and that was the start of his arm problems.

Answer 6

Bird was one of the great characters of the game, but nowhere near a flamethrower, as others have mentioned. And bein the character he was, perhaps he himself claimed to throw 100...lol.

If it weren't for injury, he could have had a career similar to Greg Maddux's...wins games; not overpowering just confuses hitters; modest K totals, low BB totals. I doubt his unique delivery itself shortened his career, more like a freak accident anyone could suffer considering his first injury wasn't even arm-related.

Answer 7

24 CGs is poor managing? Please! That's the way it was back then! Four-man rotations and a closer (who didn't rack up 40-50 saves per season). There were no bogus "set-up" men. If you weren't among the starters or the closer, it's because you weren't good enough! Today's set-up men back then were called MOP-UP men.

Nolan Ryan had 30 CGs one year...was that poor managing? Or did that somehow shorten his 27-year career?

Answer 8

i don't know where you could find that, but i remember seeing him and you can check his stats as well.

he was a junk baller that threw over the plate. he had a messed up delivery that confused hitters (and ultimatley destroyed his arm)

If he was throwing 100 (or even 95+) he'd have a lot more K's and BB's than this in his one full season: (1976)

29 starts - completed 24 games as a rookie- poor managing
250 IP
97 k's
53 walks

Answer 9

no, 90's... The reason he is so memorable today, is because he was such a colorful character.

Answer 10

He never threw with that velocity, he was not a power pitcher.