There's been a lot of talk over the past few years about trying to shorten the time of baseball games. The average duration of a nine-inning contest has crept up to around three hours. Rule changescoming to MLB in 2023include a pitch timer and limiting pickoff attempts to address pace-...
Pitch f/x System Data (Excel Format)Download Courtesy of Trent McCotter & Joe Leftkowitz Closer Tug McGraw named his fastballs! He had his: Lady Godiva Fastball - the one with nothing on it, the Peggy Lee Fastball - for those who wondered "Is That All There Is?", the John Jameson ...
MLB.com Share 0:00 0:00 Throwing a triple-digit heater is impressive. How about hitting one over the fence?In the pitch-tracking era -- which began in 2008 -- there have been 85 pitches thrown 100-plus mph that have been hit for home runs (playoffs included). That includes 22 ho...
ANAHEIM, Calif. --Los Angeles AngelspitcherBen Joyceretired all four hitters he faced in 1⅓ innings for his first big league save, and concluded the effort with a 104.7 mile per hour fastball, the fastest pitch in the majors this season, during his club's5-4 winover theNew York...
Barring an injury, or every manager in MLB collectivelydeciding not to pitch to himagain this season— not out of the question givenhow good he's been(I kid)— Judge was almost certainly going to hit his 300th career home run before he reached Kiner's all-time record of 1,087 career...
MLB set the pitch clock at 15 seconds with the bases empty and 20 seconds with runners on base. Just seven pitch clock violations were assessed in the postseason, an average of one per six games. There were none during the World Series. ...
— MLB (@MLB)September 4, 2024 Even in an era when extreme velocity is prized and more triple-digit fastballs are recorded than ever, Joyce is the most likely candidate to hit 106 mph — no rounding necessary. After all,he threw a pitch 105.5 mph while at the University of Tennesseein...
In 2016, Ichiro Suzuki reached4,257 hitsbetween his pro careers in Japan and MLB. That is enough to top Pete Rose’s career total in the majors and had some arguing that Ichiro’s achievement was equallyor even more impressive. Whether or not he deserves the crown as the true hit king...
Manny Randhawa@MannyOnMLBShare; 0:00 0:00 The Reds and Cubs got the final weekend of the 2024 regular season off to a fast start -- literally. The NL Central foes faced off Friday at Wrigley Field in a game that featured only one run, nine hits and took just 1 hour and 48 minut...
In a 1-1 count, Spence sent an 88.1 mph cutter inside to Happ, who pulled the pitch high over right-center field, where the ball dropped into the first row of the bleachers. Get the latest from the Twins Have the latest news, ticket information, and more from the Twins and MLB ...