The Fastest Baseball Pitches Ever Recorded

As of september, 2024, the fastest recorded pitches in mlb history are dominated by one name: Here, we’ll take a closer look at the top five fastest pitches ever thrown, the. The fastest baseball pitch is 105. 8 mph (170. 2686 km/h) and was thrown by aroldis chapman (cuba) for the cincinnati reds in a game against the san diego padres, at petco park, san. Feb 2, 2023 · throughout baseball history, there have been records set for the fastest pitch ever thrown. The earliest record was set by walter johnson in 1914, clocking in at a blazing 98. 6.

Here are the fastest pitches since the implementation of statcast.