fastball
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Woodruff has thrown a 100 mph fastball exactly once in his career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Technological limitations make it impossible to ascertain precisely where Misiorowski ranks in the pantheon of baseball’s great fastball artists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Then he threw a fastball down and in to Marte, who managed to get the barrel of his bat to it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
His average four-seam fastball in 2026 registers at 99.9 mph and has topped out at a blistering 103.6.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
His fastball would come down and in on the inside coiner.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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