Yea multiple times in this video... he doesn't need a running start or a huge windup, such crazy arm strength. I wish we could have seen him on the plate with a radar detector just for fun!
When I was a kid, I went to a Pirate game at Forbes Field and saw Clemente get a hit ball off the base of the wall in right field and turn and throw without looking and threw the ball right into the infielder's glove right at the 2nd base bag. The hitter never even had a chance to try and even think about trying to go for a double. I've never seen anything like it and have never forgotten.
Bo was just stupid. Only saw him play live once. He was in the outfield during BP... grabs a few balls hit to him, pulled a sharpie out of his pocket, and signs them. We think he's going to toss them to us in the bleachers, but instead he turns and just casually flings them like 200 feet into the upper deck with a flick of his wrist. Crazy.
@@bobswerski2002 Yeah I saw him a couple times at the old Tiger Stadium. Tigers were up 1-0 going into the top of 9th, “that’s 80s baseball scores”, anyways Bo was 1-3 hard hit single and 2 strikeouts. Sends the 0-2 pitch on a rope over the Right field fence to tie it. It ended up in extra innings bottom.10th inning came and all I remember was Alan Trammel sending one damn near no more than 15 square feet away from Jackson’s ! I saw some wonderful players, Rickey Henderson, McGuire, Canseco, Ken Griffey, Boggs, Mattingly, Ripken, Kirby Puckett, George Brett, Eckersley, Dave Stewart, Roger Clemens, David Cone, Jack Morris, Fernando Venezuela (with the Orioles?), Lou Whitaker, Gibson, Tram . sorry just reminiscing, 42 now spent with my dad or my uncle 99% of those games.
I was lucky enough to see Roberto Clemente throw a strike to put out I think it was Frank Robinson trying to advance from 1st to 3rd on a deep single. Although my beloved Os lost the series I will always remember that throw. One of the greatest baseball players to ever put on a uniform. This montage of plays sure overlooked the great one!
I was absolutely going to say that ! My favorite baseball player of all time ! That guy had a rocket throw ! And Bo Jackson to me is the greatest athlete I have ever seen !
@@bigdeal6852 man I loved loved loved Bo Jackson. I can still see him totally destroy Brian Bozworth when he tried to tackle him. In baseball the run up the fence? Who does that but Bo? And what a rocket of a arm. He was the total package. Hated to see his career end on what looked like a simple football tackle. Bo knows how to impress without even trying😂😂😂😂
My dad saw Clemente vs The Braves at Fulton County Stadium. He said by far the greatest player he ever had seen play baseball. He said his arm strength was beyond compare.
Those were some pretty great throws, but the best I ever saw was Roberto Clemente from deep right field at Wrigley. Long base hit with a man on 2nd. Clemente fired home with one foot on the warning track - he released the ball from the very farthest he could extend his arm and I swear the ball never went higher. It looked like a perfectly straight, flat throw, one short bounce on the grass and straight into the catcher's mitt that never had to move. That was more than 50 years ago, but it's still the most amazing throw I ever saw.
@@jayjay2020able Uh, no, Clemente never played for the Dodgers and he isn't in this video at all, which is what I pointed out. Not sure what you're thinking of. As far as I know, and I've searched quite a bit for it, there is no recording of the throw I'm talking about.
The throw by former pitcher Rick Ankiel in deep CF (over 390 feet from Home in front of the 415-foot sign; at 0:36) to 3rd base, was one of the best in the bunch shown. He also made another throw to 3rd from Left-Center field that was almost as good as the one shown.
Absolutely spot on about Clemente, he should be in this clip! In a game in Three Rivers Stadium rarely Seventies I think, he threw out a runner going to home plate from the right field warning track on the fly! Got the carom off the wall, turned and fired a perfect strike. Roberto had probably had the best arm of any right fielder all time, him and Dave Parker also.
Yea you have to wonder if he just stuck with solely baseball if his numbers would be that much better and his career that much longer. Way less chance of a devastating injury like in the NFL :(
Only a small amount of games were televised. I would also guess most tapes of those games (that were actually taped) didn't survive. other than the World Series my dad says he watch games of the week on one of the three big network. But other than that he didn't get to se baseball on TV
Maybe this kid's never heard of Dave "The Cobra" Parker either. Another Pittsburgh Pirates RF legend, #39. That dude threw boys out at third from the corner by the foul pole. Unbelievable...
Dave Parker's throw to Gary Carter in the 1979 All Star Game in Seattle, Washington at The Kingdome, to throw out Brian Downing, in the bottom of the eighth inning, kept the score tied 6-6. The National League, took the lead, in the top of the ninth inning and kept it, when Lee Mazzili, drove in the game- winning run, on a bases-loaded walk from Ron Guidry. Dave Parker was named MVP, of this game because he threw 2 key base-runners, Jim Rice and Brian Downing. A 7-6 victory for the National Leaguers in this classic contest.
I remember sitting in veterans stadium as a kid and watching Dave Parker stand on the warning track and gun down a runner at home plate. Etched in my mind forever
Clyde Stanton: I read your comment your memory serve’s you well. Funny you mention pitcher Ron Guidry,the Yankee’s on occasion would use Guidry as a defensive replacement “Louisiana Lightning” could throw with any of them. But not a full time outfielder,thanks for the good memorie’s.
Roberto Clemente made the greatest throws that were ever made. Guided missiles and vapor trails to boot. By far, Clemente had the strongest and most accurate arm in the outfield. He threw all air strikes to any base.
I used to go sit in GA seats just to watch him. He would put his little pile of sunflower seeds out on the turf, and at the change of the inning the new Left fielder (Cleveland I think) would come out and immediately go kick Bo's seeds over,......we all boo'd the shit out of that dude every inning. Ha,..good times.
Don't forget Rocky Colavito. As an outfielder he recorded 3323 putouts, '123 assists', 26 double plays, and committed 70 errors in 3516 total chances for a .980 career fielding percentage. First AL player ever to have a perfect season defensively, 1965, in the outfield. One of the greats.
AND he had one of the greatest baseball names of all time! Joltin' Joe Dimagio, Bill Mazeroski, and Rocky Colivito are my entries in that little contest. :)
I remember a throw by then-Pittsburgh Pirate, Dave ‘ The Cobra’ Parker. I believe that it happened during the All-Star game in Seattle, circa 1979. Parker was playing a ball from right-field, and unleashed a missile (with dead-on precision and accuracy) to home plate, preventing a run. The power and flashes of brilliance that he showed throughout his career were a sight to see.
Parker's All-Star Game throw and Bo Jackson from the warning track ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9dOtKxoJieM.html ) were the two best I've ever seen.
The throw from Parker to Gary Carter happened in the 1979 All-Star game, so you are correct. IMHO one of the all-time best throws ever, and Carter's blocking at the plate finished the job. And I despised Parker, because I was a die-hard Montreal Expos fan at the time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1PH6XJypKno.html
@@tracyshouldice4459 Thank you for verifying that. I saw that play in its entirety, and was completely floored by Parker’s strength and agility to make that play happen. Strictly JMO…that seems to be one play that everyone forgot about…with the exception of the few of us on this thread. Cheers!
I have never seen anyone throw from the outfield like Clemente. It was just another planet. Bo is pretty close though. But Clemente did it for 20 years. Just total grace and power. A beautiful ball player.
This was good to a point . Don't forget that Dwight Evans played right field for the Red Sox and had a great arm . Lots of players from the other teams really did not try to test his arm . He also helped the Soxs in the the 75 World Series catching two balls that were headed for home runs and he caught them both
James, I posted earlier the best right field arms in the game were Clemente, Dwight Evans, Roger Maris and Dave Parker. You're correct about Dwight, he could routinely nail guys going to 2nd. from the Pesky corner, and guys going to third base too, great arm.
3 Bo Jackson tosses, including the best ever (IMO) ... from the warning track, to home, nailing Harold Reynolds ... to not lose the game. Just supernatural .... Bo was a freak.
Al Kaline During the first decade of their careers, it was a near consensus, well, perhaps not in Pittsburgh, that Kaline had, by the narrowest of margins, the better arm. Clemente was one in a billion, while Kaline was almost inhumanly near perfect. That the two men possessing what were possibly the two best right field arms ever, were not only active in the same era, but in their primes virtually simultaneously, has always seemed to me to be something wonderful.
Ichiro was, and to me, will always be one of the best players to ever suit it and take the field. Just like DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, I believe that no one will ever break Ichiro's record of 262 hits in a 162-game season
@@caarecengi OR his 206 hits or more in 10 consecutive seasons, then add his nine NPB seasons in Japan. Ichiro had 1,278 hits in Japan, a .353 career batting average (shorter seasons), and won seven Golden Glove Awards.
I know it was a while ago but "the throw" by Willie Mays is by far the greatest of all from deep center field at the polo grounds. Totally amazing. But then Willie Mays is always amazing. Greatest player of all time, Hands down.
@@chris6789100 When you grow up Chris watch the 1954 world series. Michael Clarke was on the Button. Watch the catch Mays makes in Center field. Then he throws the runner out at Home Plate nearly 500 feet away. Over rated garbage? You have a hole in your head. Get a brain for it! Amelas One
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I'm old enough to remember the 1974 World Series between the Dodgers and the A's. Game one, A's at bat, one out, runner on third. Jim Wynn is in CF for the Dodgers but isn't throwing well because of a sore arm. A's batter hits a fly to CF; runner at 3rd tags. Joe Ferguson in RF, knowing condition of Wynn's arm, sprints all the way over from RF, leaps in front of Wynn to make the catch, then throws a strike to the plate to nail the runner trying to score. Ball couldn't have been more than 6 feet from Wynn's glove when Ferguson snagged it. Not sure who was more surprised -- Wynn in CF, or the runner who found the ball waiting for him at the plate in Steve Yeager's mitt. You can still find the video.
Cespedes has the best outfield arm in the game today, however, I remember seeing the great Roberto Clemente play, and Clemente was the best, ever. After he had established himself, it was rare that any NL batter would attempt to take an extra base on any ball hit to Clemente. The Orioles found out in the '71 Series that it just didn't pay to run on The Great One.
Missing Ellis Valentine’s legendary throw from the right field corner to nail the runner at the plate. Greatest outfield throw I’ve ever seen.. For years, it was featured at the end sequence in Mel Allen’s “This Week in Baseball.” Valentine (Montreal Expos) had an extraordinary arm.
That is the absolute best throw I have ever witnessed outside of Detroit (blessed to watch Al Kaline for many, many years)...that outfield of Dawson, Cromartie, and Valentine was electric, as well as that other team in the North had a great one with George Bell, Lloyd Moseby, and Jesse Barfield.
Ellis Valentine was one heck of a good outfielder with Montreal, you're right. Never saw a clip of that throw, but I knoew he had an exceptional arm. Dwight Evans and Dave Parker also had real good arms from rightfield. I consider all these guys the best at their positions in the seventies and eighties.
Lol. I was set for a big write up about it but figured someone else had to comment on it. To this day the greatest throw I've ever seen. In my mind it's not even close. The most remarkable thing about it to me is the trajectory of the throw. Despite releasing the ball just in front of the warning track it had the trajectory that one would expect from the first baseman. No loop (or very little)whatsoever, just a plain seed.
Yes, indeed. I saw Clemente with one foot on the warning track in right field at Shea Stadium (in 1964) put one on a line to home plate. Catcher caught it chest high without having to move an inch. Held Ron Hunt at third. Otherworldly. One of the best things I've ever seen.
I saw Clemente play a game in Cincinnati’s old Crosley field in July 1965. I was 9 at the time. Cincinnati had a runner at second, and their batter hit a deep fly to right. Clemente retreated to the warning track behind first base and made the catch with a foot on the dirt. The runner at second tagged up and headed to third. I expected Clemente to concede the advance and throw in to a cutoff man. Wrong. Clemente threw the ball on a line to third with no bounce, where the third baseman caught it low and made the tag for an out without moving his glove. Un...be...lievable. Still the best throw I’ve ever seen. The Reds had Pete Rose, Tony Perez, and Frank Robinson on the field that day, but Roberto Clemente was the one I remember. And I am a Reds fan!
Career Right Field Assists 1. Clemente, 260 2. Hank Aaron, 186 And not one from Clemente? This montage is sadly misnamed. Clemente's throw in game 6 against the Orioles in 71 was perhaps the most outstanding throw in the history of baseball. Had he not held that runner at 3rd after a shot to the corner of deep right field, the Pirates don't win the world series.
He held the runner. Didn't throw him out. While the throw was outstanding its not the same thing. Bo was ridiculous. He barely had to step into those throws.
@@robinweber9640 Yes it says that. But obviously a throw in which you knab a runner is better than a throw in which you hold a runner or the best throw would be the one inch wich the ball clears the catcher completely from the centre field wall.
its not hard to find. all you have to do is look. Top 25 right field assist leaders since 1904: Rank Player (yrs, age) Assists as RF (s.1904) Throws 1. Harry Hooper+ (17) 335 R 2. Roberto Clemente+ (18) 255 R 3. Mel Ott+ (22) 237 R 4. Paul Waner+ (20) 236 L 5. Sam Rice+ (20) 194 R 6. Ross Youngs+ (10) 185 R 7. Tommy Griffith (13) 182 R 8. Hank Aaron+ (23) 179 R 9. Harry Heilmann+ (17) 175 R 10. Chuck Klein+ (17) 174 R 11. John Titus (11) 173 L 12. Johnny Callison (16) 159 R Rusty Staub (23) 159 R 14. Gavvy Cravath (11) 158 R 15. Dwight Evans (20) 155 R 16. Jesse Barfield (12) 154 R Max Flack (12) 154 L 18. Jack Tobin (13) 152 L 19. Larry Walker+ (17) 150 R 20. Tony Gwynn+ (20) 148 L 21. Al Kaline+ (22) 146 R 22. Mike Mitchell (8) 145 R 23. Chief Wilson (9) 141 R 24. Sam Crawford+ (19) 140 L 25. Dave Parker (19) 136 R
The greatest throws I ever saw in a game that I actually watched on tv was during an all star game in the 70’s when Pirates right fielder Dave Parker threw two different guys out at third base in the same inning.
That throw by Cespedes at 1:00 is truly insane. I remember seeing that live. The level of difficulty on a throw like that, right on the money too. Just crazy.
maybe i'm a little thick but if the guy wasn't out that makes the point of the play totally irrelevant ...That said he was World Series MVP in 71 according to my research..any play of greatest ever gets priority if it's a playoff game over a regular season game also
Clemente had baseball's best outfield arm. Still holds outfielders record throwing out 5 runners at first in one season. No one tried taking extra bases on him
I remember watching an Astros game on tv when The Great One went into the right field corner at the dome, fielded the ball cleanly then spun and fired a perfect strike to the plate to get a runner out at home plate, one hop. He was the best. Shout out to young Dave Parker too.
@@willh1933 I don't recall if this was the throw I remember but sounds like it. Clemente hard to the foul line spins and puts the ball one or two yards third base side of home on one bounce and the catcher is waiting for the runner. The throw beat him by that much! A cannon out there! Was Manny the catcher on that throw?
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Clemente did not. Most Assists In A Career by an Outfielder, AL Tris Speaker with 449 and NL Jimmy Ryan with 377. The "modern" National League career record for outfield assists is 339 which is held by Max Carey of Pittsburgh & Brooklyn. Clemente had 269 assists over 18 seasons, 2373 games. www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_ofas.shtml www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml
Puig, Ankiel and Cespedes are insane, but that throw by Guillen off the wall in the air line drive to 3rd is the best I've ever seen. Surprised they did not include some Clemente throws; the fans used to call strikes or balls on his throws from RF.
As a former outfielder, these will always be my favourite plays. Used to get to the old Ex in Toronto early just to watch Jesse Barfield throw (back when teams still took infield and outfield warmups!)
Not a complete collection without footage of Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan blocking the plate and putting the tag on Cardinals speedster Lou Brock in Game Five of the 1968 World Series. Left-fielder Willie Horton nailed him with a tremendous throw. It was the turning point in the Series, as the Tigers were down 3 games to 1 and came back to win in 7 games.
Throws are better, in my opinion. Moving your head from side to side and then watching the throw. Runners trying to get to third on a hit to rightfield are the best.
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@@jasondietz1158 in baseball you’re taught to focus on the catch and as soon as you catch it bring your glove down to the base of the bag. These dudes aren’t even trying to tag the runner, the runner is more sliding into the tag trust me
#1 Out Field Arm of all time was Al Kline, 1960’S & 70’s DETROIT TIGERS consistently threw runners out at Home Plate from the Right Field Warning Tracks directly into the Catchers (Bill Freehand in the 70’s) MIT.
I also grew up in Detroit in the 60's and have many fond memories of Al Kaline showing off what we all said was the best arm in baseball on a right fielder. However, the throw I remember the best was when Willie Horton threw Lou Brock out at home in game 7 of the 68 world series. That play saved the game for Detroit and helped make them the world champion.
I concur. I grew up in Detroit watching him and went to a baseball "camp" at Tiger Stadium where he was an outfield instructor for us. I was about 14 yrs' old or so.
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@@ronshawver6880 Al Kaline last year was 1974. Tigers offered him a $100,000 contact. He declined saying he wasn't worth that much. Says a lot about him. Spent his entire career in Detroit.
No Clemente, no greatest of all time. Props to Bo Jackson, made 2 of those throws with no run up into the catches and had a fake hip at the time. What a incredible athlete.
the problem with these "greatest of all time" sports videos is that not every game is on film (though some of Clemente's are), so there is no way you can state these are the greatest of all time. Just say they are great throws.
I remember vividly Larry Walker throwing out guys at 1st base on a pretty regular basis. That always blew my mind as the runner always figured they'd get to 1st on a hit to the outfield. Good video.
A lot of these throws are arcs or balloons--There is only one consistent "106 like" cannon arm over 15 years plus--"The Great One". Furillo, Evans, Valentine, Mays and Kaline--strong arms and great consistency also.
Furillo, was the guy who tried to throw runners out at first base, on a weak short single hit to right field. He also would try to pick a runner off first base after a single to right, if the runner made too big of a turn towards second base.
Clemente from the RF wall could routinely hit 3rd or Home, ball incoming at the chest letters. To omit him completely invalidates this compilation of the greatest throws.
I came to the comments to note absence of the Great One myself. Hard to believe any knowledgeable fan could omit Roberto. But of course this series of videos seems generally to go back to mid 80s at earliest.
These throws are all great, but I just want to take a moment to appreciate these catchers lightning fast hands to not only catch the ball, but secure the tag within milliseconds
I personally saw Clemente throw a strike to home plate from the edge of the warning track in Pittsburg! That plus the Ozzie Smith barehanded grab-while horizontal to the ground-and throw on a bad hop bouncer up the middle are the two defensive plays in baseball that can never be beaten!
I was at Yankee Stadium a few years ago when the visiting Red Sox blew the yanks away 9-1; the only highlight for the Yanks was Aaron Judge throwing out a runner at 3rd base with a Clemente like strike from deep right field. With Judge’s size @6’7” & 282 lbs. with that arm, he could have made a great NFL QB, or an NBA forward, an athlete of Bo Jackson-like versatility
There was a guy named Willie Mays, played for the NY Giants later the SF Giants. You should look him up. He routinely made long accurate throws from the outfield to put runners out. Best you take the "All Time" out of the title.
I remember Dave Winfield picking up a ball from the base of the right field wall at the old Yankee Stadium, turning, and almost flat footed, throwing a strike to the catcher to nail the runner. Jesse Barfield was another right fielder with a cannon. Daryl Strawberry also could throw. In this video, I liked the throw by Yasiel Puig from shallow right to third base. The Ichiro and Bo Jackson throws were also mighty impressive.
It wasn't just Clemente who was left out. This compilation only goes back twenty years or so. I saw Kaline throw from deep right field to home plate numerous times, and they were all as good or better than these throws. Most of the people here are talking about Bo Jackson. They probably were not even alive when Kaline and Mays were throwing from right field to home plate.
newavehaircut vlad Guerrero would do that weekly. Sometimes he'd overthrow home from the warning track & sail the throw right up into the stands. He could definitely throw 450ft imo
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The best throw I personally saw was from Roberto Clemente at Shea Stadium from the warning track and the Met's runner made it safe by just a second but everyone in the stands was impressed by that near 400 foot throw.
@@bretyeilding9215 Clemente threw out Willie Mays at first base for aggressive turning at first on a routine hit. Roberto Clemente threw behind him and nailed him clean.
Anyone who posts "MLB Greatest Outfield Throws of All time" and doesn't include Roberto Clemente doesn't have a clue bout what a Great Outfield Throw is. Roberto's throws were not only awesome his non-throws were just as good. Seeing batters turn the corner at 1st base headed to 2nd and literally break an ankle/pop a knee when they realized Roberto had scooped it up and was winding up his gun for the throw to second was awesome.
I agree with you wholeheartedly...there was only one Roberto Clemente...I doubt there will be another in our lifetime...he could do it all and he did just that, hail to # 21, the great one.
Amazing. This is proof that at least several MLB players hadn't heard the "Never Tag Up On Bo Jackson" rule. But I think my fave throwout at third base was by Ichiro; that guy was surgical!
Bo’s throw from the wall is the best throw out ever. Clemente, Bo, Vlad, Ichiro, they’re all great. But Bo’s was from the fucking wall with Speedy Gonzalez rounding the corner.
In game 5 of the 1968 World Series, Willie Horton made the throw of a lifetime to Bill Freehan and he tagged Lou Brock out at the plate. That throw and that tag probably was the difference in game 5 and allowed the Tigers to win game 5, game 6 and game 7..It allowed a team that was down 3 games to 1 to come back and win the World Series. It was throw of a lifetime and it was consequential. All of these on this video are pretty and amazing, but they weren’t record book consequential. People seem to think if it wasn’t in the last 30 years, it isn’t important. Wrong conclusion.
Your point is well taken, given the supreme significance of it. Yes, Willie Horton's throw from the outfield to nail Lou Brock at the plate provided a critica turning point to the Series, and was the impetus for theTigers to defeat the Cardinals to win the 1968 World Series.It was a most exciting World Series and one that I watched. Nevertheless, all these fine throws from the outfield should be judged on their merit alone, for they were all fine plays. Utimately, some of these fine throws could have propelled teams into a pennant or division title, because they gave there teams the momentum and push to get to the top. Sometimes, outststanding plays like great outfield throws can get a big winning streak to get a pennant and league title. Even on to to the World Series.
@@73seabee Actually, NOT B.S.! Notice the video is titled 'MLB Greatest Outfield Throws of All-Time', and 95% of the throws shown are after the year 2000, with none before the 90's... Sure, these here are 'exceptional throws', as you mentioned, but the "Greatest Outfield Throws of All-Time"?? without showing any from the 50's-60's-70's-80's??!! Now THAT is what's BULLSHIT!!
@@BrewToob Yes. Maybe greatest of last 20 years. Anyway, these are all great throws, but throwing someone out at 3rd in a routine game is not as "great" as doing it in game of consequence. I don't know if it can be said that Kaline, Clemente, Mays were better on a regular basis, but obviously each of them were all time great throwers who should be included here. BTW, if you remember these guys, then you remember Horton throwing out Lou Brock in the 68 world series. It was a pivotal moment. The entire series momentum turned on that throw. Easily in the top 10 greatest throws of all time due to its importance in that series.
@@philtangerine Right...all of the aforementioned (Clemente, Mays, Kaline, etc.) not only made great throws on a routine basis, but in major clutch situations, like that throw you mentioned by Horton in the 1968 W.S. As you said, most of the throws here are in regular season games of lesser consequence
Clemente and Dwight Evans had the best, most consistent arms I ever saw. Evans warmed up between innings throwing from right making throw after throw one hop to third base and the third baseman rarely had to move his glove.
4:19-4:29 I'm a Mets fan and witnessed that live as a kid. I was seated in the lower level in right field and couldn't believe it. Video doesn't do it justice. Vladimir Guerrero had an absolute cannon arm. Such a great player. Thanks for sharing this
Shawn Green threw a guy out at 3rd one time and he was at the wall in right field. Best throw I have ever seen. I watched Yankees and Mariners play and Ichiro had a gun, watching Posada warm up with another guy was pretty crazy how far apart they got and the ball just went straight from one guy to the other around 200 feet but that Green throw was insane.
Ellis Valentine 1978 -- 25 assists from right field. "This Week in Baseball" used to close the show with a slow motion pan, following the ball, from deep right to Larry Parrish at third for the out. Amazing to watch.
I remember seeing the vlad guerrero throw live when i was a kid. My eyes basically fell out of my face Became a huge vlad fan cuz of that throw and changed from infield to outfield so i could throw like that too...still trying to get my arm strength up lol
I can remember lots of people giving Bo Jackson grief, in person & on TV for playing pro football along with pro baseball during the 80's. Let me tell you he stepped up big time and kicked ass whenever he needed to... I still get chills when I look at these highlights on RU-vid and know that I saw most of these live during the day as they happened!!!
Bo Jackson won every head to head matchup with the other double pro sport athlete Deion Sanders. If not for the injury, he would be a hall of famer in both sports
One name…Clemente. Since 90% of these highlights are from the last 3 decades, an entire 10 minute video could be done on Ichiro, Rick Ankiel, and Alex Gordon. The 3 of them did this every week.
Ellis valentine . Right fields corner on the fly to Gary carter. You could have a 10-15 minute reel of valentine throws but people got smart and stopped running off him. No one else’s arm was even close. Parker, Dawson, Dwight evans, next rung below . Even Andre Dawson would agree.
That was the first throw I thought of. 1979 All-Star Game at the Seattle Kingdome. If memory serves me correctly it was Brian Downing who was the victim of the Cobra. Loved those old We Are Family gold uniforms the Pirates rocked that year. I swear 75% of the high schools across the U.S. copied those Pirate uniforms with the mix and match unis along with the stovepipe hats with the stars.
50th All Star game in Seattle. Dave Parker in right field throws out Brian Downing at home. I was in the highest seat in right field in the Kingdome. Parker disappeared then shot a rocket directly to home. Amazing!
Parker also threw out Rice at 3rd after he and Morgan lost the ball in short right field. The throw out at home was clearly worthy to be in this video though.
I actually posted the SAME comment last week on this thread. It's actually on RU-vid! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1PH6XJypKno.html. 100% agree J Levan.
Unfortunately, the greatest outfielder of all time was never filmed and, so, was not shown. He was Louis Sockalexis who played center field for Cleveland. He regularly would throw out runners at home plate who tagged up at third base from deep center field. They said his throws were line drives never getting more than 6 feet or so off the ground and no cut off man. Louis was a Passamaquoddy Indian from Maine. He had such a great arm and was so respected that the Cleveland club changed its name from the Cleveland Spiders to the Cleveland Indians in his honor. Too bad there wasn’t a guardian to preserve the honor he was due.
I kept waiting for this piece to show some of the amazing throws by the late Roberto Clemente. This was more like the "Greatest Outfield Throws of the Last 30 Years." As another person noted, you can't have a list of "All Time" greatest throws without him.
I saw Clemente taken out Willie Mays from the RF wall to home plate and no bounce. Mays always was afraid to run on Clemente but try his best to do. Great HOF players at their best. Wish it was on here.
I saw Clemente at Forbes Field many times. Not many runners challenged the arm of the Great Roberto. He threw the ball on a rope with pin point accuracy.
I saw him only at Three Rivers. During warm-ups he would toss balls against the right field wall, pick them up, spin and throw to third base. Hitting the bag more than half of the time.
Andre Dawson best I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Runners just knew he was there and just didn’t try. The foolish ones got cut down by his laser beam throws. Even late in his career when his knees were shot, if he got to it, he threw a strike.
I'm here for this comment. What made Dawson incredible was his throws stayed low enough to hold the other runners. Watching him warm up between innings was worth the price of admission
Bo Jackson is the most frustrating "what if" in the history of sports. I'm pretty sure he could've been the greatest of all time at two sports (3 if you count track and field)
I saw Mays play once, with the Giants. I was really young, about six, but I loved baseball and played on a kids team so I was paying attention. I remember a guy that wasn't too tall, kinda stocky, a little like a young Tony Gwynn. Mays had a presence, like a wound up energy, like everyone in the stadium was watching him to do sonething. And he did. He threw a guy out trying to stretch a single into a double. Something like that. But what struck me was how fast his throwing release was, and it wasn't a high windmill motion but the ball cheek high. It looked like a throw from the greatest catcher to ever live: Johnny Bench. And of course there was no bounce on that throw. My throws from the outfield were always a prayer. One more thing I distinctly remember about Willy Mays that day. He had a batting stance that was very unusual. His front leg to the pitcher was not parallel to his back foot. It was to his left, maybe 30°, so his total motion to hit the ball was that front foot to the plate. Not foward.
Even a mediocre old/ancient outfielder like me misses long toss. One of my favorite things of all time. Every one of the tosses on this video are amazing!
