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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
In 1917, a Bridgeport, Connecticut munitions laboratory recorded Johnson's fastball at 134 feet per second,which is equal to 91 miles per hour (146 km/h), a velocity that may have been unmatched in his day, with the possible exception of Smoky Joe Wood.
And this.
https://theaceofspaeder.com/2019/01/...-threw-88-mph/ |
Very interesting - thanks. Likely that Johnson had lost a few mph off his fastball by 1919, so maybe he threw around 93 at his peak.
Feller was timed at @ 98 mph.