what is the fastest speed of a baseball thrown by a human pitcher?
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Baseball Almanac shows a pitch by Mark Wohlers in 1995 Spring Training at 103 mph.  It's quite likely that faster pitches have been thrown but not recorded.
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If your highschool has a team they prob. have one or go to a sports camp or batting cage that gives leasons like All Star batting cage or Frozen Ropes.  They will have speedometers. There is also a ball that telles you how fast you throw it when you throw it.  There is a link in my scources if you want to see it.  Also there is a bucket that has one on it so  when it goes over it tells you its speed.  Or you can always calculated it with your physics formulas! Haha.
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My favorite is an overhand sinker. Hold the ball with your pointer and middle finger on the top and your thumb on the bottom and the slots facing your palm. Throw the ball over hand with kind of a football throwing motion bring your two finger snapping over the top. The ball goes much faster than a curve or slider and has a sharp, late drop that fools most hitters. Best when thrown in on the hands. \n\nI also like the sidearm riser. Hold the ball like you would for a curve. Throw the ball with a big, sweeping submarine motion and the ball will rise and break across the plate.
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A slider moves right to left (for a right handed pitcher; it is left to right for a lefty) with what is typically a minor downward movement.  The slider is thrown with speed, usually just a bit less than the fastball.\n\nThe curveball tends to have more of a top to bottom break and is thrown with substantially less velocity than the fastball or slider.
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FASTEST BOWL IN CRICKET IS SHOIAB AKHTAR AND HERE IS ITS VIDEO \n\nhttp://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4985508181387280461&q=fastest+cricket\n\nIT WAS 161.3 KM/HR or 100.2 miles/ hr\nBUT I DONT THINK HE HAS CONTROL OF LINE OR LENGHT
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This is the only thing I could find on his speed: \n\n"First pitch, Satchel throws a 90 mph fast ball, letter high. Boom, strike one," said O'Neil. "Then he throws a 95 mph fast ball belt high. Boom, strike two. Then Satchel says,'Now Josh, I got you two strikes and no balls and I'm supposed to knock you down. But I'm not gonna throw smoke at your yoke, instead I'm gonna throw a pea at your knee.' He throws a knee-high fastball that must have been 100 mph. Josh looks at the third strike. We're walking off the field and Satchel says to me, "No one hits Satchel Paige's fastball." I said, 'I guess you're right.'\n\nStory at : http://www.baseball-fever.com/archive/index.php/t-22485.html
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1.  As a hitter, you look for top spin (opposite of fastball).  Also, occasionally a pitcher will drop his elbow when he throws the curve.  Look for that.\n\n2.  The best 0-2 pitch is often a fastball high and in.  It's called "wasting a pitch" but either causes an aggresive hitter to swing at a bad pitch or sets up a timid hitter to put a bad swing on a next pitch low and away.\n\n3.  For velocity and control, go with the "4-seam" grip (across the widest space between seems).
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1940's Carl Hubbell -- first pitches in a time trap -- threw three pitches through a window of an army timing trap. Average speed - body temperature - 98.6 mph.\n\nSince average was 98.6, at least one pitch was probably over 100 mph.
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Both the pitcher and the catcher exert an equal impulse on the ball to change its momentum.  The pitcher applies a force over a certain length of time to accelerate the ball and change its momentum....then the catcher reverses the change in momentum by exerting another force over a certain length of time.\n\nHowever, the different between what the pitcher does and what the catcher does is the length of time the total impulse is delivered.  The pitcher has a "windup" and "pitch" to accelerate the ball....which takes a comparatively much longer period of time than the split second the catcher stops the ball in.\nThe catcher must exert a much greater force over a shorter length of time to stop the ball compared to the pictures smaller force applied over a longer period of time.\n\nAt any given time, there is some force F acting on the ball, but over time as the force is applied, an overall impulse is applied on the ball to change its momentum.  Force more of an instantaneous concept, compared to impulse which takes into account the time it takes to apply the force.
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Cut fastballs, when thrown by a right handed pitcher, will move to the left if you are looking behing the pitcher. Vice versa for a left handed pitcher. The pitch comes in hard and straight until about 2 feet away from the hitter then it "cuts" sharply to the left moving only a few inches. Mariano Rivera has the best cut fastball in the game. He throws it almost all the time and runs it in on the hands of left handed hitters and away from the rightys. It works best when up on the zone so you can "saw" hitters off, have them hit the ball on the handle of the bat and not the barrel, which will cause the bat to break, sawing them off.\n\nA "regular" fastball, is a 4 seams fastball and generally is the straightest of any pitch, it should also be the hardest ptich a pitcher can throw. When guys like Bobby Jenks and Brad Lidge throw their fastballs at 100 mph, they are using a 4 seam.
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The car has almost 700 times the momentum of the ball.\n\nJust to be standard, let's convert everything to kilograms, meters and seconds.\n\nStandard baseball equals 5 ounces or 0.14 kg\n\n150 (km / hr) = 41.7 m / s\n\n41.7 x 0.14 = 5.8 kg·m/s for the baseball\n\n--------------------------------\n\nPT Cruiser is 1446 kg\n\n10 (km / hr) = 2.78 m / s\n\n2.78 x 1446 = 4,020 kg·m/s for the PT cruiser
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during the throwing motion the ball is accelerated in the opposite dirrection as gravity. once the ball leaves the hand of the thrower however, the acceleartion is constant, and is equal to that of gravity, g = 9.80 m/s^2
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The fastest a smash has been recorded is 204 MPH, the record was recorded in 2005. The average seems to be over 100 MPH on the professional level, but it all depends on the pace of the match and if either professional takes speed off the birdie with spin.
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Most pros have an initial ball speed of around 150 mph
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It's the fastest way to field the groundball, on the transition of moving the ball from the glove to the hand...
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The slider is thrown with pressure applied to the index and middle finger along with pressure added to the thumb. The index and middle fingers "split" the top seams. The thumb however, is placed on top of the bottom seam. An important step in throwing a proper slider is to snap your wrist in a side to side motion as you release the baseball. When thrown properly, it will dart from right to left in a sweeping motion (left to right if you are left handed). The science behind this pitch is that the force applied to the index and middle fingers causes the ball to slide when it is thrown. With this and the combination of snapping your wrist, the baseball actually fights inertia and sharply slides during its flight to home plate. \n\nThe change up is one of the hardest pitches to throw. It really doesn't matter where your fingers are placed (unlike the fastball and slider). After you form an O.K. symbol with your hand it is important to squeeze the ball tightly. Finally, you must snap your wrist in the opposite side to side motion of a slider as you release the ball. In otherwards if you are right handed you will snap your wrist counterclockwise (clockwise if you are left handed). It is also important not to throw this pitch as hard as the fastball and slider. The science behind this pitch is that the friction applied from the O.K. hand signal causes the ball to be released at a slower rate. With the torque of your wrist, the ball once again fights inertia and travels from left to right while on its path to home plate (right to left if you are left handed). However, this time the baseball will lose velocity due to the firm grip and act in a tumbling manner as it approaches home plate.  \n\n**WARNING: it is advised that kids under the age of 18 do not try and throw the slider frequently as it may severely damage your hand**
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Mark Wohlers 103.0 mph 1995\nSpring Training\n\nArmando Benitez 102.0 mph 05-24-2002\nShea Stadium\n\nBobby Jenks 102.0 mph 08-27-2005\nSafeco Field\n\nRandy Johnson 102.0 mph 07-09-2004\nPacific Bell Park\n\nRobb Nen 102.0 mph 10-23-1997\nJacobs Field\n\nA.J. Burnett 101.0 mph 05-31-2005\nPNC Park\n\nRob Dibble 101.0 mph 06-08-1992\nCandlestick Park\n\nKyle Farnsworth 101.0 mph 05-26-2004\nMinute Maid Park\n\nEric Gagne 101.0 mph 04-16-2004\nPacific Bell Park\n\nJose Mesa 101.0 mph 05-01-1993\nCleveland Stadium\n\nGuillermo Mota 101.0 mph 07-24-2002\nQualcomm Stadium\n\nBilly Wagner 101.0 mph 06-11-2003\nYankee Stadium\n\nNolan Ryan 100.9 mph 08-20-1974\nAnaheim Stadium\n\nJosh Beckett 100.0 mph 10-12-2003\nPro Player Park\n\nDaniel Cabrera 100.0 mph 05-09-2005\nCamden Yards\n\nRoger Clemens 100.0 mph 10-10-2001\nYankee Stadium\n\nBartolo Colon 100.0 mph 10-06-1999\nJacobs Field\n\nFrancisco Cordero 100.0 mph 07-07-2004\nJacobs Field\n\nRich Harden 100.0 mph 05-27-2005\nMcAfee Stadium\n\nJorge Julio 100.0 mph 09-16-2004\nSkydome\n\nJ.R. Richard 100.0 mph 05-25-1976\nCandlestick Park\n\nC.C. Sabathia 100.0 mph 06-28-2002\nJacobs Field\n\nBen Sheets 100.0 mph 07-10-2004\nMiller Park\n\nDerrick Turnbow 100.0 mph 05-27-2005\nMiller Park\n\nKerry Wood 100.0 mph 08-10-2005\nWrigley Field