Randy was throwing over 100 mph and 90's pitchers whether on jugs or speedgun were in the low 90's on average. Its hard to lock an era since quite a few players played from the late 80's and ended in the early to mid 2000's.
@@red_neckhillbilly9738Ain’t no way he was topping out at 108 when Aroldis Chapman hit 105 with modern lifting, arm care, nutrition, analytics, and workouts
@@red_neckhillbilly9738I thought we pretty much universally considered that a myth? I mean people NOW cant do that lol. Let alone a skinny dude with a busted UCL from 40 years ago.
@@andrewbloom7694 Most things are a myth and its a little damaging to the players who actually set those record. Nolan Ryan never hit anything above 103 in his lifetime, he was likely between 95-100 (top)...but people seem to want to refuse biomechanics and evolution of players for whatever reason lmao!
It's worth noting as well that the mound was 5 inches higher prior to the 1969 season, so a lot of these earlier pitches would have been even harder to hit then they were here
@@tankwfw prove it. most humans cant just up and throw harder than 80 without proper arm conditioning, training, etc etc. they didnt have that back then
I didn't know him personally and I wasn't alive during his playing days but I have to think he'd be honored to be used as the face of the decade for pitchers. He seems like he was a good dude off the field, just his competitiveness turned a switch on it.
I enjoy your videos man! No bs. No politics. Just baseball. A dude cussing while having fun! Hey man, those sliders be tearing you up tho! Thanks for the vid!
While Feller pitched in the 50s, his prime was in the 40s, just before and just after his service in WW2 which is probably why they chose to use him for the 40s, not the 50s.
King of JUCO…as much as I love your content, sometimes I wonder what you are looking at? That head pull is no joke my guy! All the love-love your stuff thou, it’s hilarious!!
the fact people like paul skeens , chase dollander and noble meyer all sit at ~100 and on top of that they arnt even closer/ relievers is impressive in its own .Just goes to show how much mechanics changed over the years cause in the upcoming years more and more prospects are gonna be throwing gas with some nasty offspeeds
As a kid we had a Orel Hershiser badeball game on our family computer. I was maybe 5 or 6ish so mid 90s. It was really fun even when u wasnt very good.
Video Idea: Eric does World Series Legendary Matchups. Take the best pitching duels in world series history and have Eric bat against each pitcher for 3 AB's and then have him decide what pitching duel was the best. Example: 1991 WS game 7 matchup Jack Morris vs John Smoltz
You had a bunch of Mustaches in Oakland in the 70s. But nobody had to throw hard. That's why they could go all 9 innings unlike pictures today that top out after the 4th inning.
@@Crunkboy415 Yes, Vida threw hard and it carried him in his early days. But after he left Oakland, his career went down hill. As for Nolan, his legend was for own ability to pitch hard. But he was the exception, not the rule. Most pictures could hit 90 in the 60s & 70s, but nobody wanted to throw their arm out and get dealt away. Those days you had to go longer than 7 Innings to be a world class picture. Thrown hard is only a modern pitching concept that's effecting the longevity of those same players.
The pitch choices are weird to me if you want veriety fine but by the 40s all the main modern breaking pitches were seen. The slider was less effective than the curve ball as you go earlier due to the lower speed of fastballs but it was still a common pitch since the 30s and even the slurve was being used in the 40s by Johnny Sain and a few others. Change-ups also aren't new being from the 1880s but i definitely has evolved overtime with palmballs, forkballs and circle changes being new and popular in different eras.
Dude putting the heads up of the fastest pitchers of the 40s-70s who threw a full 15-20 mph faster than the machine is set to. Also, he forgot to add Bob’s dust off pitch at the head
It’s the decade average fastball velocity. For example: Bob Gibson probably threw 95, but he was an outlier for his decade while the average pitcher, starter or reliever, more than likely threw in the low 80s
If your doing 40's you gotta do bob fellar and crank ot up as fast as it can go, he was clocked at 98.6 as it was crossing the plate, so back it up to where it is measured today and thats 107.6 mph
