SAN DIEGO – Aroldis Chapman(notes) was summoned from the bullpen one batter too late to make a difference in the game. No matter. The 22-year-old Cincinnati Reds left-hander made do by making history Friday night, throwing the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game, a 105-mph fastball.

Berntein can hit it.

What about John Moschitta for FedEx?

Thats serious cheese. Remember the artical in Sports Illustrated about (April fools joke) the pitcher that threw something like 105?? Now it's actually true. Hope to see him at Wrigley next summer. Thats the kinda guy you want tickets up the 1st base side, right by the wall, so you can watch him warm up in the bullpen and really get an idea of just how fast the pitches look coming in.

Jamie Moyer says:Aroldis Chapman can blow me.

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Wow dude. Even a hot gun doesn't explain 105.

Aroldis Chapman Reds 2010 105
Joel Zumaya Tigers 2006 104.8
Aroldis Chapman Reds 2010 104
Mark Wohlers Braves 1995 103
Armando Benitez Giants 2002 102
Jonathan Broxton Dodgers 2009 102
Neftali Feliz Rangers 2010 102
Bobby Jenks White Sox 2005 102
Randy Johnson Diamondbacks 2004 102
Matt Lindstrom Marlins 2007 102
Robb Nen Marlins 1997 102
Justin Verlander Tigers 2007 102

Where's Nolan Ryan. I seem to recall him hitting 104.

Where's Nolan Ryan. I seem to recall him hitting 104.

No way. youre senile.

Actual poo.

The pitch was not a fluke: Chapman threw 25 pitches in his 1 1/3 innings of relief, and every one was at least 100 mph.

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Wow dude. Even a hot gun doesn't explain 105.

Aroldis Chapman Reds 2010 105
Joel Zumaya Tigers 2006 104.8
Aroldis Chapman Reds 2010 104
Mark Wohlers Braves 1995 103
Armando Benitez Giants 2002 102
Jonathan Broxton Dodgers 2009 102
Neftali Feliz Rangers 2010 102
Bobby Jenks White Sox 2005 102
Randy Johnson Diamondbacks 2004 102
Matt Lindstrom Marlins 2007 102
Robb Nen Marlins 1997 102
Justin Verlander Tigers 2007 102

Before they had radar guns, they tried measuring the speed of pitches, by having a pitcher release his pitch, just as a motorcycle was travelling in the same direction as the ball, was passing by. Bob Feller was "timed this way many years ago and it showed he went something like 95 MPH.

There is a school of thought that right around 100 is the max that the construction of a human arm can support. Ryan is still the fastest guy ever clocked scientifically at 100.9. Who knows what might show up on a gun when baseball is trying to promote itself or a pitcher.

Before they had radar guns, they tried measuring the speed of pitches, by having a pitcher release his pitch, just as a motorcycle was travelling in the same direction as the ball, was passing by. Bob Feller was "timed this way many years ago and it showed he went something like 95 MPH.

There is a school of thought that right around 100 is the max that the construction of a human arm can support. Ryan is still the fastest guy ever clocked scientifically at 100.9. Who knows what might show up on a gun when baseball is trying to promote itself or a pitcher.

It seems to me that MLB could just take a clip of any pitch delivered and measure the time from when it left the pitchers hand, to the time it crossed home plate and determine pretty accurately the exact speed of the pitch (time X distance=velocity). Of course, this would only be done after they could look at the film, but it still could be determined pretty accurately, who has thrown the ball the fastest.

It would require high speed cams.
24fps aint' fast enough. But that could work.

Also you have the problem of measuring the exact distance from the pitcher's release to the glove. The result would be the average velocity across the distance. Radar guns measure an instant speed.

Correct, although I doubt a pitch loses much speed over 60 feet. The fps has got to be pretty close between leaving the pitchers hand and arriving at the plate.
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