What was the fastest pitch ever thrown during a baseball game? Who was the fastest pitcher in baseball history? Who could throw the fastest fastball? These questions, and others like it, are some of the most commonly asked items here on Baseball Almanac. They are also some of the most ...
That includes 22 home runs against pitches thrown 101-plus mph and eight against 102-plus mph heaters.Here are the fastest pitches hit for a home run in the pitch-tracking era.1. Ian Happ, Cubs: 103.2 mph vs. Mason Miller on Sept. 17, 2024 Happ hit a rare home run off the flame...
then tugged at his belt buckle and allowed himself a smile. The now-you-see-it, did-I-actually-see-it fastball that struck outTommy Edmanof the Dodgers on Tuesday night was precisely105.5 mph— the broadcast had rounded up — making it the third-fastest pitch recorded since radar guns...
ARLINGTON -- A's rookie closer Mason Miller lived up to the hype, as he produced the hardest thrown pitch in All-Star Game history (since pitch-tracking began in 2008) while earning the victory in his Midsummer Classic debut on Tuesday night at Globe Lif
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night. It was the fastest pitch thrown by any Major Leaguer this season, topping his104.5 mph fastball thrown against the Marinerson July 12, and the fastest strikeout pitch since pitch tracking began in 2008. He’s the only pitcher to reach 104 mph this year, and he’s done it three ...
Hicks said he likes having the cachet of having thrown the fastest pitch in three different MLB seasons, doing so in 2018, ‘19 and ‘22. He said, in his eyes, he has always had the fastest pitch title because no one has topped his 104.3 mph pitch from 2019 since he threw it. ...