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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.
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.
Semerano was invited by the Yankees to pitch in exhibition games against the Japanese national team in 2018, with his fastball reaching 95 or 96 mph as he approached age 37.
On August 3, during a game against the New York Mets, Joyce struck out J. D. Martinez on a 104.7-mile-per-hour (168.5 km/h) fastball to get his first-ever save. It was the fastest strike-out pitch to be thrown in MLB since at least 2008, [25] and the sixth-fastest pitch thrown since 2009. [26]
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.
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%).
[16] The hardest throwers in baseball currently are recognized as Aroldis Chapman and Jordan Hicks, who have each been clocked with the fastest pitch speed on record at 105.1 mph (169 km/h). [23] As of October 2020 [update] , Guinness lists Chapman as the current record holder.
He possesses top-end speed on the base paths and one of the strongest arms in baseball. A 99.2 mph throw at Louisville in May was the fastest this year in Triple-A or MLB . Elly De La Cruz threw ...