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Average fastball velos since 2008
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:07 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Pretty funny chart, on two fronts. First, the "why don't these guys just put the bat on the ball!" crowd ignores this stuff.
Second, the old timers vastly overstating their velocity
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Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:11 pm to PP7 for heisman
What year(s) did they transition to newer guns that picked the ball up right out of the hand?
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:13 pm to PP7 for heisman
Show that what Judge is doing is that much more impressive
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:15 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Yeah, hard to compare timeframes and eras based on different technologies to measure.
In the early 2000s, Stalker Radar Guns emerged
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What year(s) did they transition to newer guns that picked the ball up right out of the hand?
In the early 2000s, Stalker Radar Guns emerged
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:16 pm to PP7 for heisman
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First, the "why don't these guys just put the bat on the ball!" crowd ignores this stuff.
They probably also ignore infield defense getting better and better… this is why they’re trying to lift the ball. Ground balls don’t win, if they ever did
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:19 pm to PP7 for heisman
And pitchers these days also do this lmao
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Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:21 pm to PP7 for heisman
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Second, the old timers vastly overstating their velocity
you mean like the people who think Nolan Ryan's fastball was actually 108 mph?
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:28 pm to lsufball19
quote:Exactly
you mean like the people who think Nolan Ryan's fastball was actually 108 mph?
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:29 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:Really all you need to do is show an old timer any Mason Miller Padres outing and their jaw would hit the floor.
And pitchers these days also do this lmao
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:30 pm to PP7 for heisman
There are multiple posters on this board who claim pitchers threw just as hard in the 60s, it’s just measured differently and embellished by MLB
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:31 pm to WestCoastAg
Damn that's nasty
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:37 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Literally doing so in this thread
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:07 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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What year(s) did they transition to newer guns that picked the ball up right out of the hand?
mid to early 90s when stalker came out but that wasnt the only ones used. and nothing was standardized until statcast era.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:07 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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In the early 2000s, Stalker Radar Guns emerged
stalked came out in 89 but ka band didnt come out until early 90s. which was the big jump in radar tech
edited to correct myself
speed gun was the original that tried to pick it up at home plate or within 10'. then jugs came out late 70s that measured like 10' from release, then stalker that measured at the hands
the new stalker guns give out the hand, at the plate(called roll down) and spin rate
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:21 pm to PP7 for heisman
I remember Joel Zumaya throwing 103-104 mph back in the mid-late 2000s.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:26 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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There are multiple posters on this board who claim pitchers threw just as hard in the 60s
If Aroldis Chapman through a heater in the 1960s, they would've re-segregated baseball.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:28 pm to WestCoastAg
Pitching has gotten better for sure but Nolan Ryan's overlay is also absurd
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:32 pm to PP7 for heisman
it's pretty hard to believe the average major league fastball in 2008 was 91mph.
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:37 pm to littleavery1948
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littleavery1948
Sorry, what did you say? I don’t understand dicksuck.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:55 pm to CatfishJohn
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If Aroldis Chapman through a heater in the 1960s, they would've re-segregated baseball.
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