The Fastest Pitch Ever Recorded in the MLB

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[@HonoluluBlue81]

Aroldis Chapman is not a former reliever. He’s a current member of the Texas Rangers bullpen.

[@Mango123ABC-e9u]

Kansas City bullpen actuly

[@sbrmilitia]

@@Mango123ABC-e9uyou know he was traded to the Texas Rangers right?

[@EyeOfThePhi]

He's a closer

[@sbrmilitia]

@@EyeOfThePhi thats still a relief pitcher

[@ganjagonzo]

@@Mango123ABC-e9uwhere you been

[@Tadicuslegion78]

"Is Feller Pitching?" "Of course there's a fellah pitching for the Indians"

[@thedude3065]

40's speak

[@warlordofbritannia]

But who’s on first?

[@Tadicuslegion78]

@@warlordofbritannia Yes

[@Bilski86]

One of our greatest players of all time

[@Budman_4044]

​@@warlordofbritanniaWho

[@AI-cp1jg]

Tommie LaSorda used to say that he threw just as hard as Sandy Koufax, the ball just didn't get there as fast.

[@scottdavidson526]

Koufax is another person that comes to mind when you're talking about heat.

[@BrucePerkins-mc3hp]

In the early part of his career he threw every Pitch as hard as he could, but it took the Catcher, Roseboro to talk to him to tell him To stop trying to throwing so hard and start Throwing with finesse. And with that he became one of the all time greats. And when he was forced to retire early, bc of elbow issues, he even acknowledged that if he hadn't been trying to throw as hard as he Possibly could early on in his career, his career Probably would have lasted for several years Longer then it did. After he followed the Advice, that was given him, he became almost unhittable. And over a period if five Seasons he led the majors in strike outs, and Shutouts

[@TheJoshuamooney]

The only recorded LaSorda quote that didn’t involve the f-bomb.

[@jaycompany4886]

Boy, that Lasorda was something else.

[@gregorysanders6848]

Nolan was and still is the GOAT. 7 no hitters. What can you say? Beast!

[@wesleypepple7525]

And Nolan Ryan was throwing 100-plus well into his forties

[@jeffgriscoa8131]

And it’s sad he never got a cy young award. He was totally robbed!

[@hegemonycricket2182]

No doubt the best to ever do it. He also got 6 hits in a game...when he hit Robin Ventura in the head with his fist.

[@facetofloor]

He barely won more games than he lost.

[@wesleypepple7525]

@@facetofloor and 5700 strikeouts almost 900 more than randy Johnson,what's your point

[@johnr5252]

In college, my change up was 107; my fastball was 115. Kilometers.

[@johnrogers9942]

that was priceless...i was readind this and i said no way in hell, until i saw kilo per hour...thats great..

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

not much of a changeup

[@jhandle4196]

@@johnrogers9942 He didn't even say "per hour" Maybe it was 100 km per day, or even per month like the silver sneaker walkers.

[@glizzy6666]

ngl, you had me in the first half

[@chrisrueth3204]

You're the man 😂

[@gigmaresh8772]

Watched Nolan Ryan pitch against our high school (Brazosport in Freeport, Texas) when I was in Junior High. Our schools were not in the same district, so it probably was about '64. The coach told our players to stand way back in the batters box. He did not want them getting hurt. Cannot find any record of the game on any internet site. I do remember all our team members shook his hand after the game 😀. Wow, that was 59 years ago!

[@principleswise9749]

*Wow!!! Your lucky; respect!*

[@aprilosborn6034]

Great memory to have, not everyone has one like that.

[@bradsanders407]

That's some gamesmanship there

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤Nolan Ryan my hero Nolan Ryan throwing 🚬 smoke fastball

[@Loydstardeli2017]

​@Theoddzz Nolan Ryan was human Nolan Ryan had his unhittable games too throwing smoke 🚬 fastball

[@calebmcurby8580]

People weren't saying Ryan was throwing 108 then. That's a recent reassessment of his pitch that was recorded at 100.8. The basics of it are that that pitch was measured when the ball was 10 feet from home plate. Modern pitches are measured 10 feet from the mound, a difference of 40 feet. If Nolan's pitch was accurately measured, then if you measured the same pitch at the same point we measure pitches today (10 feet from the mound), it would have been traveling 108mph.

[@deepspire]

As soon as the ball is released it is traveling as fast as it ever will. The ball will never accelerate in the air. It's physics.

[@hegemonycricket2182]

​@@deepspireisnt that what he just said? 10' from the plate vs 10' from the mound...

[@oldchunkofcoal2774]

​@@deepspireThat's the point. Try keeping up.

[@cbrend22]

no, they currently measure as soon as it leaves the pitcher's hand, and they used to measure it somewhere between 10 fett from the olate to at the plate, it wasnt consistent. Either way, it's at keast a 45-50ft difference with the ball slowing ~8%. So Ryan's 100.9 near the plate would havr been measure at about 108moh out of his hand. Moreover, they measure very few pitches when he was in his 20s and 30sc so the 100.9 thay cloeckes at the olate was almost certainly not the fastest he ever threw, it's damn near statistically impossible. It's very likey he threw 102 or better at the plate on occasion, which would translate to 110mph out of his hand.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

108 is impossible. Since MPH has been collected Chapman has consistently been the fastest with 102-105mph. Everything before is legend.

[@jasonfreeman88]

I don't know how Guiness missed it, but Randy Johnson was throwing 106 in Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr back in 98

[@mexiguero646]

And that was a strike if I remember correctly

[@ApexImportExport]

Funny they choose to confirm what they confirm...they claim to know with precision the speed of so many events and yet don't honor Ryans actuals...MLB isnt what they used to be or should be. Chapman was fast but even he knows

[@shierawesome]

probably not as accurate of a measurement

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Back then everybody baseball teams had a speed gun

[@georgefloydspaceshuttlepro1839]

Ryan threw 200+ pitches in a game, the arm of a greek God

[@gregorysanders6848]

Yep, the MLB doesn't allow that anymore. If a pitcher is feeling it, let him keep going!

[@jimgodofbiscuits]

@@gregorysanders6848I agree. But I don't think we'll see that again very often unless someone has a no-no going. :/

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

Robin Ventura can attest to the speed of Ryan's arm

[@gradyjones7017]

@@gregorysanders6848they do allow it

[@ApexImportExport]

@@Daniel-qx6bg Respect for that mention...

[@wesleypepple7525]

You forgot to mention that Nolan Ryan was throwing 100 plus in his 40s

[@JohnCunningham-sy5ug]

And punching Robin Veturna out on the mound. 😅😅

[@jhandle4196]

. . . and could buck hay while repairing your foundation.

[@jimnagel5611]

YEAH BUT NOLAN WAS ACTUALLY A FLAMETHROWER ! SAW HIM PITCH 4 TIMES & HE COULD BE DOWNRIGHT SPOOKY WITH THAT RISING FASTBALL

[@wesleypepple7525]

@@jimnagel5611 also seven no hitters

[@jimnagel5611]

YEP AND HALF A MILLION STRIKEOUTS@@wesleypepple7525

[@ellaerith3199]

he ain't former he's still pitching

[@randomaccount75412]

he said former reliever because now he is a closing pitcher.

[@SirTylerGolf]

​@@randomaccount75412i mean maybe but no one says that

[@waddle4647]

@@randomaccount75412but isn’t will smith the closer or am I going crazy?

[@85geoffm]

​​@@randomaccount75412a closer is still a relief pitcher. However, he is a former *Reds* relief pitcher.

[@Adam.Frazier]

@@randomaccount75412Leclerc is the closer

[@tobiasnicholls9837]

Nolan Ryan is probably just the greatest pitcher ever. someone could tell me he threw it 120 mph for a game winning strikeout in the 12th inning after having thrown 200 pitches that day while wearing a winter coat in texas when it was 95 degrees outside and id just say "Thats classic nolan ryan man."

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤Nolan Ryan my hero

[@richardpeetrinpeetrin9817]

We will never know just how fast the great Walter "BigTrain" Johnson threw, or "Gashouse Gang" pitcher, "Dizzy"Dean threw! What a shame 😮

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

Mid 90’s according to estimates

[@stevemeters3090]

Yeah that's what I've seen, too.

[@keithj6251]

​@@TheRoadLessChosenDean was the faster of the two.

[@NotJoe101]

You're probably right but with tech advancing everyday you never know, might be able to figure it out one day.

[@machtnichtsseimann]

Satchell Paige?

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

Apples and oranges. Today they're measured leaving the pitcher's hand. As noted, in Ryan's day, it was measured just before it crossed the plate. The ball had battled air resistance and gravity for a ways.

[@MJ-we9vu]

I thought the record was held by Ricky Vaughn when he pitched for Cleveland.

[@alexvoigt9204]

Nah, Steve Nebraska hit 109 MPH when he struck out Ozzie Smith to complete his 81-pitch PERFECT game in the World Series.

[@selfdo]

Vaughn's arm went rather quickly, but he still had enough to strike out a former teammate in the fictional 1994 ALCS. (The OTL '94 post-season was cancelled thanks to the players' strike).

[@karlschlenzig6884]

"We better teach this kid some control before he kills somebody" - The legendary Lou Brown

[@WesleyAPEX]

I do believe the Nolan Ryan 108MPH pitch is legit.

[@crackintoaslimjim]

I think nolan would have had the fastest pitch if they measured the same then as they do today

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

Exactly

[@m42037]

He does 108

[@crackintoaslimjim]

@@m42037 did you watch fastball

[@jamesgaston2745]

The 108 for Nolan is a bad estimate. It hinges on losing velocity based on the worst possible atmospheric conditions, the gun being properly calibrated by the time he threw it, his spin being poor, and most people give him the benefit of 60.6 feet of deceleration. The weather in Anaheim would have not been humid so atmosphere is wrong. Nolans spin was amazing so it helped eliminate deceleration, and not just is it measured at 50.6 but also Nolan dropped down the slope and extended so it probably only traveled 45 or so feet so it probably was closer to 105 or 106. Also Aroldis is a current reliever.

[@gradyjones7017]

You realize that the hypotenuse of a right triangle is farther than it’s base? So there’s no way he only threw that ball 45 feet. Also, the baseball slows down about 8 miles an hour on its course to the plate on average. That would put the pitch at at least 106, and I think it’s likely he threw 108 given a slight inaccuracy in the radar or at least at some other point in his career

[@jamesgaston2745]

@gradyjones7017 okay Pythagoras, he release the ball about 5 feet off the ground and it crosses about 4 feet of the ground so 1 squared + 45 squared equals the "hypotenuse" of you imagined right triangle, it turns out that it's basically still 45 ft. Also the declaration is based on many factors and they weren't all at their worst. Hate when people think they know something because they misunderstood science.

[@jamesgaston2745]

@gradyjones7017 and to your "no way it only traveled 45 feet" your correct but still wrong. The ball was measured ahead of the plate by 10 feet and think pitching mechanics. Nolan would drive down the front slope and extend his arm out as he released. Nolan is 6 feet tall so its not unreasonable that he extended 5 feet.

[@gradyjones7017]

@@jamesgaston2745 yeah that’s on me, I forgot about his extension. I will say though that he released the ball more like 7 feet off the ground though instead of 5, but other than that you were right

[@ernienegrete5702]

Ryan's not standing straight up with his arm extended over his head at the release point, so it definitely wouldn't be 7 feet.​@@gradyjones7017

[@christopherseat9871]

Those OLDSCHOOL button Angles uniform were sweet. The ones before 1973.

[@victorkreitner754]

I'd like to know how fast Goose Gossage threw when he was relieving for the Yankees. That dude could sling a ball.

[@kylekahler3381]

Rivera threw harder then gissage

[@trappenweisseguy27]

At the time I remember that it was reckoned he threw at 99 mph. I remember him throwing George Brett one of those fastballs in the playoffs and George hit it into the upper deck in right field in Yankee stadium.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

🪿 goose gossage had a faster than speeding bullet fastball

[@nintenjoe2734]

Of course it wasn’t just not in the zone, IT CAME STEAMING AT ANDREW MCCUTCHEN

[@stewpidasso3910]

Imagine if that pitch actually hit dude in the ribs. Ouch!

[@harryparsons2750]

The head

[@cdeezy2718]

At 106 your dying

[@samuelluria4744]

As if there is a big practical difference to your body, between a 97-mph ball, and a 103-mph ball...🙄🙄🙄🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@digitalmdrealmd9124]

Todays readings are taken when the ball is released, the ball loses 4-6 mph (dependent on spin rate, atmospheric conditions) by the time it reaches the hitter. The old guns clocked Nolan 100+ at the plate. Todays pitchers throw much harder on avg than before but while the 100mph looks cool on the scoreboard or tv screen, the velocity the batter sees at the plate is mid 90s (still very fast and very hard to hit). Facing 90+ when I played was no fun, constantly facing 95+ from 3 different pitchers a game must really suck. On a side note, how fun would it be to somehow have Nolan and Chapman in their prime getting clocked with the same gun? Or imagine having to the face The Express for 7-8 innings from the right side then having Chapman come in to close out from the left; no thank you.

[@keithj6251]

Have you ever heard of Steve Dalkowsi? He was a Baltimore Orioles prospect in the 1950's who couldn't throw a strike. He reportedly could hit 110 mph regularly

[@EvanWilliams34]

The Duesenberg Model SJL could go up to 140mph in the 1930’s

[@bradleyr34]

C’mon man… he said, “Don’t fact check me”. 😄

[@c7adventures376]

💥 Nolan is the man. 😮 he split a guys helmet and broke a guys arm. All in the first inning of a HS ball game. 🤠👍

[@scottdavidson526]

Feller was a beast. Way ahead of his time.

[@scottdavidson526]

Yes definitely.

[@bobo44donemilking51]

And Bob feller threw a bulls eye that's impressive 🎯

[@sethp26]

Was at that game, dude throws gas

[@FurWater]

I was there too. Unreal. Go Reds.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

How about narrowing the results pool to only those pitches that went over the plate (regardless as to whether they were strikes or the batter actually successfully made contact with the ball)?

[@WhatJTDoes]

Not former reliever he’s currently throwing 102-103 for the Texas Rangers

[@deadlyoneable]

And wild as hell still like usual

[@DTzant]

Ryan is the winner.

[@koolkatzjoey1717]

what. he litterally stated in the video that it was actaully 100.9

[@DTzant]

@@koolkatzjoey1717 that’s an old speed reading they don’t measure speed the same way they use to.

[@koolkatzjoey1717]

@@DTzant no, the 108 was the one they dont do anymore

[@RozarSmacco]

Who cares where the velocity is measured (ie 10 ft before or at the plate…ever seen a baseball’s velocity change much during its trip from hand to catchers glove?) of course not.

[@larrymead151]

​@@RozarSmaccoYou need to think about that. If you don't realize that a thrown ball slows down whilst traveling to it's target you really need to go back to school.

[@david_bmx1148]

THE KUTCH almost got nailed with chapmans fastball

[@Tbit22]

I mean Ben Joyce throws 105 and he’s still young

[@ethantade9778]

I was wondering who was gonna say it, though also looking forward to seeing what Paul skenes will do in the future

[@russratliff3536]

The guns now record out of the hand (Chapman) the ball slows 5-7 mph as it reaches the plate. I saw a report that estimated Nolan was approximately 109 out of his hand.

[@jonchase7752]

Ben Joyce came pretty close to it in college and I don’t doubt if he’s pitching where they’ll let him go he’ll do it

[@JackDrewStudios]

He probably won’t. He might not play a lot because he gets injured a lot. His fastest was 105.5 though

[@PHIL253]

​​@@JackDrewStudiosjust .2 short to aroldis fastest

[@briansguy]

He pitched for the Angels this year and definitely threw 105 in a game in less than 20 games off injury

[@knockout7460]

Nolan has it. Roger Clemens had to juice to try and come somewhat close.

[@rdptll]

So, the answer is Nolan Ryan- 108mph

[@davsaltego]

No, because it’s an estimate. Mathematically derived so it’s not official and there’s probably some standard error in the calculation. The officially MEASURED fastest pitch was by Chapman.

[@trentbateman]

@@davsaltegoit’s physics so they can get right to that number with a high degree of certainty. Guy threw 98 at 46 years old so given how much pitchers velocity tails off at the end of their careers no doubt he would’ve been close to 108.

[@christopherconicella4285]

@@davsaltegousing a formula in physics is actually the most accurate method of measuring it. Who knows when those radar guns were calibrated??

[@don2deliver]

Chapman waa known to throw 5 straight fastballs at 103+, problem was his change up was hitable because it was usually 97-99.😅

[@Rivet_Head242]

The Ryan Express hands down blows them all away. That guy struck out everyone and their Grandaddy too. If he were throwing alongside any fireballer today, he would make them look like high schoolers.

[@franciscodiaz3892]

Sure, ignore da facts. Feller and ryan could not b confirmed. Chapman was. Although Chapman underachieved in my opinion.

[@Rivet_Head242]

​​@@franciscodiaz3892Here's a fact: 5,714. Here's another: Last pitch ever thrown was 98 MPH (46 YRS OLD) What do you think the Express was throwing at Chapman's age? Ay amigo. Usted nunca escuchó el sonido de Catcher's mitt cuando lanzó The Express.

[@franciscodiaz3892]

@Rivethead242 I'm not questioning those facts. And I don't doubt Ryan threw that hard. And I watched him live, so yes, I have heard a ball pop. All I said is that it wasn't unquestionably proven.

[@Rivet_Head242]

@@franciscodiaz3892 OK. Fair enough. My apologies if I didn't read into your post more carefully.

[@franciscodiaz3892]

@Rivethead242 No prob. It happens. Ultimately, Chapman not even on their level 2 b real honest.

[@docalexander2853]

Eddie Feigner threw softballs 100 mph from second base. He said he never threw over 3/4 speed and still threw over 110 mph from pitcher’s mound. He had about 100 perfect no hitters games.

[@barrychambers4047]

In Little League, back in 1959, I tried out for pitcher. I of course chose my fastball. Coach said, it was at least 100 miles per hour, as it easily clearing the top of the backstop. Of course, that pitch was out of the zone.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Its Nolan Ryan in my book. Dude was incredible. Consistently threw pitches over 100 into his 40's!

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Chapman is a freak of nature he’s 36 and still throws 104 105 it’s just mind boggling

[@SmokeIfYouGotEm]

Nolan Ryan would pitch consistent 100mph fastballs for an entire 9 inning game. He wasn't an opener, he wasn't a closer. The dude also played when lots of rules and regulations were being put into play that didn't hinder his pitching, but set up all kinds of barriers to stop him from achieving huge milestones. Nolan Ryan was undoubetdly the best pitcher the game has seen. Wouldn't it be great to know about outches that weren't clocked???

[@girardedward]

Was that McCutchin getting smoked? 😯 😂

[@SorokingProd30]

Almost got smoked

[@robertwest3093]

Nolan and pitchers back then used to pitch TWICE the number of innings during the season.

[@MrMoosefire]

Being a tigers fan I remember Joel Zumaya throwing 104 in games before he ruined his career playing video games. He was awesome to watch

[@ronniebishop2496]

At 85 or 90 it’s extremely fast. When you pass 100 you’re breaking the wind barrier, ball floats all around the plate. An ex pro player was hitting flys for me and that ball was so high it was weaving back and forth coming down like a missile. Dangerous

[@MilitantMountaineer]

Ryan is the greatest pitcher in MLB history and Ryan is the one that should be in the Guinness book of world records.

[@zachmartin1458]

Adjusting for no pitcher's mound and the fact that the measurements were at the plate, Steve Dalkowski threw in excess of 105 miles per hour for over 45 minutes before the first generation radar guns were able to pick up his pitch. This was the day after throwing 283 pitches in a game.

[@fubarsaltdog6460]

Steve Dalkowski threw harder than all of them. 115mph....Arm of God

[@michaelmccole7453]

Research dalllkowski. You are right he is fastest ever 5'10" 155 lbs.

[@DrickoniousBorealis]

Chapman and Nolan and feller were all absolute studs on the mound

[@talbotdarren]

I'll go with Nolan Ryan. I watched him warm up as a kid, the ball sounded like bacon sizzling on a griddle. I could hardly see it when he threw it, I'll never forget it.

[@m42037]

I hit 86 mph at a carnival back when I was about 31, now at 57 I'd probably throw 56 lol

[@littlechris5278]

Can you do fastest strikeout pitches?

[@FishRfun]

I played little league on the same team as Archie Corbin in Beaumont tx. Even in little league he was like 6 feet tall and threw unbelievably fast for our age. He was unhittable for most everyone. He went on to play in the majors, and a guy I played high-school baseball with, mark petkovsek, who was also a pitcher. I pitched and played 1st base. Neither one of them made a big splash or anything and we're all in our 50s now, but I played with some good players...particularly pitchers

[@ernienegrete5702]

I went to Junior High and played Little League with "Cory" Snyder who made it to the majors for Cleveland, in the late 80s.

[@FishRfun]

@ernienegrete5702 his name sounded familiar so I looked him up and all the teams he was on. The two pitchers that I knew that made it to the big league pitched for 7 different teams, but per Wikipedia, Cory never played with any of those teams. But yeah we both played with some great players who got to live the dream. I played in college and waa scouted just a little but no offers. I was a pitcher and 1st base. I was actually better at first base than pitching. My curve broke more than any coach of mine ever has seen. I'd throw straight at a right-handed batters head and even when they knew it was coming they'd drop. The ball ended low and away. The problem was I gripped and threw it with incredible wrist movement. It would have soon destroyed my wrist. If I threw it the correct, no kidding, I was less accurate and it of course didn't break as much. But yeah first practice in high-school I made varsity as a freshman and the first pitch I threw everyone was, kid you not, speechless like they were questioning if that actually happened...great memories, huh?

[@Antherz_baseball21]

These guys throw heat⚾🔥

[@brownstonecustomcabinetry5309]

J J Hardy came out at a box on that one like "Aww hell naw!"

[@kimdurig1322]

Chapman had 105 mph tags on his white Lamborghini

[@illiniguy34]

Brandon “Yeah I watch baseball” Perna

[@steventrostle1825]

Not the fastest but J R Richards a Houston Astros pitcher regularly threw 103-104 which was amazing and the batters were terrified of him because he never knew where the ball was going.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Did he ever play again after his stroke?

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Mark Koenig former Yankee threw 112.5 mph

[@67marlins]

The Orioles had a reliever named Steve Dalkowski, who was said to throw harder than Ryan....but that was anecdotal. I recall a catcher once claimed Houston's J.R. Richard was a little faster than Ryan... and that catcher caught both men when they were both Astros.

[@robertmurphy440]

Been watching baseball close up for 60 years....Nolan Ryan and Goose Gossage hardest throwers I ever seen...

[@Left-Blank]

Bob Feller was measured by U.S. Army technology of the time.

[@sabresfanpat]

Bo Jackson throw from right field to 3rd base for the out was estimated to have a speed of 106mph. Many playera said he had the strongest arm in baseball including pitchers.

[@rikk319]

Too bad they didn't clock Roberto Clemente's throws.

[@mikezaremis3457]

I remember J R Richard pithing for Houston Astros .He Was fast !

[@yaderblen2890]

Nolan Ryan was the king !!how many not hit not run has? Not even close to not one.

[@garysparhawk2698]

Well, I'll tell you right now I know who's thrown the most over 100 miles an hour! And whoever was second wasn't even remotely close to Nolan Ryan how many he threw over 100 mph! And one more thing, my cousin Nolan had over 5,000 strikeouts. A record that will never be topped.

[@samstephens378]

Nolan Ryan has to be the most powerful of the power pitchers .. consistently throwing 100+ mph well into the 8th and 9th innings of games.. he was just unhittable during the 1970's and 80's

[@charlielopez127]

Nolan Ryan has always been shunned by the mlb but has always held multiple records including fastest pitch

[@corey2232]

Wait, if they clocked Ryan's pitch at 108 mph, how is 105.8 the record? Is it because clocking 10 feet earlier makes it faster, and the ball should be slower speeds by the time it reaches the plate?

[@CooperJ56]

They clocked Ryan’s pitch at 100.9 mph 10 feet early and I guess using math they believe the pitch would’ve been 108 by the time it reached the plate. Doesn’t make much sense to me since you’d assume it slows down over those 10 feet but it definitely looked fast in the video

[@corey2232]

@@CooperJ56 Ooooh, gotcha! I thought the video was saying it was clocked at 108, but after some math, it hit 109, not 100.9. But saying it was 100.9, not 109, makes sense.

[@kingcassius2586]

​@@CooperJ56the discrepancy is because they USED to measure pitches 10ft before it reached home. Today it's measured as soon as it leaves the pitcher's hand, which reads a faster speed being that the ball slows as soon as it's thrown. Ryan's 100.9mph pitch in the mid-1970s would've read 105-106 with today's radar guns.

[@BroadswordMedia]

I can't wait until someone throws a 110 mph pitch. That would be nuts

[@jeffdurall8353]

My idol was Nolan Ryan and I tried to emulate everything about his windup. I got the windup down...never could nail down those 100+ mph fastballs though!!!!!

[@r4v4g3r]

The fastest pitch will always be out of the zone. When a pitcher averages 102-103, which is insane already, the pitch that they finally do throw that gets to 105 or 106, like Chapman’s, will get there by way of being pulled just a little more than normal or some other small detail that is out of the ordinary, to give an out of ordinary result.

[@bearsarefast1483]

i watched him throw 104 in cincinnati. the sound when it hit the glove was like a gunshot

[@Wheels2056]

THE HEATER FROM VAN METER MY DUDE BOB

[@markfeagans9679]

Nolan Ryan threw hard, extremely hard, for 28 years. 150 pitches a game was no problem for him. Greatest pitcher to never win a Cy Young.

[@ToddBrown00]

My 1st thought: Imagine the fright of feeling a 106mph fastball go past your rib cage and under your tricep. Gaddam

[@triologixyt7831]

"Make him back off the plate a bit"

[@prisonersforprofit]

you have 0.2 sec. to react to a 100 mph pitch, about the blink of an eye, meaning you have to start the bat in motion before it's thrown to hit it.

[@cl7510]

“Former” reliever Aroldis Chapman just pitched last night in a playoff game for the Texas Rangers.

[@speeddemon865]

If I'm not mistaken I believe that Rob Dibble threw a 110 mph pitch at one point

[@markjasper1127]

Facing pitches over 100mph is terrifying

[@chriszenko3598]

Ryan was still throwing in the high 90s when he was in his mid 40s.

[@stevenadams3837]

Nolan is number one. I saw that pitch in a relay compared to the others and it wasn’t even close. 108.1.

[@DavidMccallister65]

Damn imagine catching that..☄ And Bob threw his pitch on flat pavement with no mound!

[@CrashOoJeebWa]

I can tell Andrew McCutchen was like, “Dang!”

[@Michael-fu9mc]

My 1st MLB game was Philadelphia and Houston and Ryan pitched. Phils won 2-1. It was freaking awesome

[@zachmacklin1290]

Bro living in the future

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

The fastest pitch ever recorded was Roy Hobbs when he killed his coach with a fastball to the chest estimated at 125 mph. Then he got shot on the way to his tryout with the Chicago Cubs. He was the original two-way player besides babe Ruth and Shoei

[@scottjoseph9578]

Chapman won the WS as the ace of the Cubs' bullpen.

[@hectornavajr2073]

"IN the books,ON a page"

[@shyskeleton1665]

Where are people getting 108 from it was 106 beating his 105mph pitch. It even shows on the score board during the game at 106. Nolans by far was some heat as well as chapmans.

[@MegaNocab]

Still waiting for video on Rube Wadell. 😉

[@Highlander-s5p]

Nolan Ryan had the fastest pitch ever , it was determined that the radar guns were off by as much as 10 mph , so he threw as fast as 118mph

[@ernienegrete5702]

110.8*

[@barrygreen9785]

Chapman and new age is clocked 3ft after it leaves the hand. Nolan days was clocked 10 ft from the plate. If he was clocked now it would be 110+.

[@geraldfarr8279]

Someone has to tell this guy about Sidd Finch and his 168 MPH fastball

[@KGisthenameman]

108 is insanity

[@bradwernke2770]

Chapman did not beat Nolan Mr. Video creator. They clock pitches from the mound these days and Nolan crossed the PLATE at 109.1 NOT 109 which means if they clocked it today as in Chapman, Nolan’s pitch was almost 120