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Joyce's pitch was the fastest in MLB since Minnesota Twins reliever Jhoan Duran threw a 104.8 mph fastball against the Mariners on July 19, 2023. ... Joyce said he did not realize how fast he had ...
The fastest pitch officially recognized by MLB was a 105.8 mph four-seam fastball thrown by Aroldis Chapman on September 24, 2010. [14] Since the mid-2000s, MLB has observed a significant increase in fastball velocity among pitchers. In 2008, the average four-seam fastball velocity in the MLB was below 92 mph.
Benjamin Alan Joyce (born September 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, where he gained acclaim for throwing the fastest pitch in college baseball history at 105.5 miles per hour (169.8 km/h).
Angels closer Ben Joyce threw a 105.5-mph fastball to strike out Dodgers' Tommy Edman, making the pitch the fastest recorded to fan a hitter and third-fastest overall. Ben Joyce's 105.5-mph ...
With a 105.5 mph fastball to strike out Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Tommy Edman, Joyce came 0.3 mph shy of throwing the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history.
Aaron Hicks registered the fastest throw recorded by Statcast, at 105.5 miles per hour (169.8 km/h). [25] Aroldis Chapman set the record for fastest pitch recorded by Statcast at 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h) in July 2016, tying his own record from 2010 for the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history. [26]
According to the Free Press' Evan Petzold, Skubal's 101.7 mph heater was the fastest pitch by any starting pitcher this season, besides rookie phenom Paul Skenes, and tied for the fastest pitch by ...
His fastest pitch of 2018 was 104.4 miles an hour, second-best in MLB only to pitches by Jordan Hicks. [38] His sinker had the highest average speed of any MLB pitcher's pitches in 2018, at 100.9 mph. [ 38 ] In 2018, he had the lowest swing rate for his in-strike-zone sliders of any pitcher in baseball (42.5%).