How fast did old pitchers throw

Jimmy Foxx, Jim Tabor, and Roger Cramer made it a clean Boston sweep with a first-place tie in yesterday's fielders contest. Cleveland men who developed the speed meter said the only comparable scientific marks were made in Their speeds were shown by a gravity drop interval recorder.

The results from the "contest for pitchers" have never been found. Since machine testing was rare and uncommon we are left with a scientific void about historical flamethrowers. I'm skeptical of unverified claims, and of the accuracy of the equipment which supposedly measured the velocities of Johnson and Wood. I don't believe there was that much of a difference between the velocities of pitchers in Johnson's era and today.

BaltimoreTerp Posted May 5, Turley supposedly could hit mph and a quick check found this reference: "Turley picked up the nickname Bullet Bob in Baltimore, but not because he threw harder than anybody else. DrungoHazewood Posted May 6, Posted May 6, Boston Dave Posted May 6, Join the conversation You can post now and register later.

Reply to this topic Insert image from URL. Go to topic listing. Who decides? What a nightmare. Thank goodness we don't have baseball teams in New York and LA. MLB article: rule five additions by team. Richie Martin was a high ranking Oakland Prospect, but Wells and Sceroler were just schlubs, so I have no idea what Mike is looking at, but I present the list here, as a starting point. That tactic just does not work in baseball.

Ask the Angels, who have Trout and Ohtani and haven't even made the playoffs in years. NBA teams are largely tanking to get a high draft pick and be able to draft those star players. To get a star player to sign, you already need a star player, unless you are in a major media market like New York and L. Tanking is a thing in the NBA, as are have and have not teams. I look at the NBA and I don't see an abundance of parity. Yes, I think that's where MLB is headed.

I can't see the players ever agreeing to a hard cap, but if only teams are going for it every year, and every other team is in various stages of rebuild, it puts a major crimp in salary growth. I believe the average player salary hasn't increased more than a tiny amount since I believe it went down in 2 of those years.

Revenue sharing is the way to go. He throws the ball in the mid 80s and is considered one of the best in the game. One of the big misconceptions in baseball is that playing the game keeps you in shape to pitch. I wish that was true. It's not. To get to the next level, preparation matters.

Big league pitchers spend far more time preparing to pitch than actually pitching. If you believe adding velocity could be critical to your success, check out my proven programs for pitchers of all ages. Learn how to improve mechanics, velocity, arm care and more with exclusive tips and insights that I only share with my newsletter subscribers. By overhand pitching was legal, and that is when we first hear about pitchers who were fearsomely fast, such as Amos Rusie and Cy Young.

People often associate strikeouts with great fastballs and assume that since strikeout levels were low in Ruth's day the pitchers weren't throwing hard. Last edited by stevebogus ; , PM. Reason: spellling. Comment Post Cancel. Wow that fast! But then again throwing is mainly a talent thing and is not supposed to be improved by modern training very much.

Still this is a surprise for me. One other thing to remember. Pitchers back then deadball era were expected to throw complete games and had to pace themselves. Johnson was capable of throwing 99, but how often did he need to throw that hard? I would guess that he saved his best fastball and used it maybe a dozen times a game.

It was common for pitchers to "coast" until a runner got into scoring position. That all changed after Feller was throwing at full speed far more often than Johnson needed to. Originally posted by dominik View Post. Yeah pitching is about speed and arm and shoulder flexibility. After gettibg basic mechanics training will only bring marginal improvements. Ranking the best prospects in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system, projecting their lineup, rotation and more.

Cooper on August 5, A fast fastball is a lot faster than it used to be. How can that be? It all comes down to where the pitch is measured. It Seems Unlikely.