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A diagram of a 12–6 curveball. In baseball and softball, the curveball is a type of pitch thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball, causing it to dive as it approaches the plate. Varieties of curveball include the 12–6 curveball, power curveball, and the knuckle curve.
The 12–6 curveball is one of the types of pitches thrown in baseball. It is categorized as a breaking ball because of its downward break. The 12–6 curveball, unlike the normal curveball (also referred to as the "11 to 5 curve" or a "2 to 8 curve" for its motion), breaks in a downward motion in a straight line.
Conversely, a curveball or slider will have a significant break measurement, but lower spin displacement. [3] Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which owns the data used in Gameday, releases the data every day in XML format. Several privately owned websites display this information, often with sorting functions and visual displays. [4]
In Major League history, the term knuckle curve or knuckle curveball has been used to describe three entirely different pitches. All are unrelated to the similar sounding knuckleball . The first, more modern and commonly used pitch called the knuckle curve is really a standard curveball , thrown with one or more of the index or middle fingers bent.
Spencer Strider is throwing a curveball. Strider laid waste to hitters last year, with an outrageous, league-leading 36.8 K% despite leaning on his fastball/slider combo a whopping 95% of the time.
He also has a changeup to lefties, a slider to righties, and a curveball. Joe Girardi, known for serving as manager of the New York Yankees, noted that Richards' fastball is exceptional because "its movement... is not consistent". [29] In 2018, he led MLB in average spin rate for sliders (2919 rpm) and curveballs (3253 rpm). [30]
Cole's explosive fastball was missing and his spin rate dropped as he pitched for the first time since Major League Baseball’s crackdown on grip enhancers began. O'Hearn, a 27-year-old playing ...
As spin rates drop, batting averages are up and strikeouts are down. Dalton Del Don examines that and other developments from the weekend. Yahoo Fantasy Baseball: MLB spin rate debate rages on [Video]