What was the fatest pitch ever?

The hardest a pitcher has ever thrown is Billy Fagner and Bob Feller who each threw it 107 MPH. However these we're not in real games only in practice just to show off and missed the plate by quite a large margin.So you could argue that they weren't real pitches. In a real game the hardest I've seen is 102 by Nolan Ryan and Bobby Jenks. Both went for strikes.

Is Nolan Ryan, whose fastball was "officially" clocked by the Guinness Book of World Records at 100.9 miles per hour in a game played on August 20, 1974, versus the Detroit Tigers. A record that's still included in the book.

"100 MPH Club"




Billy Wagner 101 MPH
Turner Field | July 30, 2003
Photo by Clinton Plaza
Kerry Wood 100 MPH
Wrigley Field | August 10, 2005
Photo by Scotty0351




Justin Verlander 102 MPH
Comerica Park | June 12, 2007
Photo by Scotty0351
Rafael Soriano 100 MPH
Turner Field | May 4, 2007
Photo by WireIMAGE




Dustin McGowan 100 MPH
Rogers Centre | October 2, 2005
Image from BSTN
Radhames Liz 100 MPH
Oriole Park | August 25, 2007
Image from MASN




Jonathan Broxton 102 MPH
Citizens Bank Park | May 14, 2009
Photo by Paul Lori
Seth McClung 101 MPH
Chase Field | August 21, 2007
Image from FSN




Brad Lidge 100 MPH
Citizens Bank Park | April 23, 2007
Photo from MLB.tv
Ubaldo Jimenez 100 MPH
Citizens Bank Park | September 10, 2007
Photo from MLB.tv



Jonathan Papelbon 100 MPH | Fenway Park | April 22, 2008 | Image from MLB.com GameDay



Joel Zumaya 103.4 & 104.8 MPH | McAfee Coliseum | October 10, 2006
Image from MLB.com Enhanced GameDay



Neftali Feliz 101.0 | Oakland Coliseum | August 3, 2009 | Image from MLB.com GameDay



Tim Lincecum 101.0 | AT&T Park | August 6, 2009 | Image from Fox Sports Network


In Order by Fastest Observed Speed
(Listing Has Only The Fastest Known Speed by the Pitcher)


Yet Joel Zumaya pitched 104.8 mph on 10-10-2006

CC Sabathia

...oh you meant fastest pitch ever, not fattest pitcher ever huh?

Mark Wholers and Joel Zumaya both reached speeds of 103.0 mph. Though it's claimed Bob Feller once his 105 mph. Nolan Ryan's 100.9 was the first 100 + mph pitch recorded. Since then many have broken that standard.

"What was the fatest pitch ever?"

If you mean 'fate', it was the pitch by Carl Mays on August 126, 1920, that killed Ray Chapman.

Bob

CC Sabathia.

The fastest recorded speed of a pitch is 100.9 mph by Lynn Nolan Ryan at Anaheim Stadium in California on August 20, 1974.

Jonathan Broxton threw 103 MPH a few games back.

Mariana Rivera can throw into the 100's as well.