The Fastest Pitch Ever Recorded in the MLB

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[HonoluluBlue]

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

[Tadicuslegion]

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

[johnr]

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

[AI-cpjg]

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

[wesleypepple]

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

[StuMarston]

My first ball game ever was Jays first year 1977. Me and my dad had row 8 directly behind the plate. Jays were playing the Angels and Nolan Ryan was pitching. We were on the streetcar on the way to the game and this old next to us had a transistor radio and we heard someone on the radio say "Nolan Ryan will not be starting today as scheduled. Instead, he will start tomorrow's game".

My dad was livid. I learned new words that day.

[gigmaresh]

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!

[calebmcurby]

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.

[ellaerith]

he ain't former he's still pitching

[gregorysanders]

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

[tobiasnicholls]

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."

[jasonfreeman]

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

[georgefloydspaceshuttlepro]

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

[richardpeetrinpeetrin]

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

[berndtherrenvolk]

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-wevu]

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

[jamesgaston]

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.

[victorkreitner]

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

[crackintoaslimjim]

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

[christopherseat]

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