Tuesday, December 6, 2011

What is the speed of the fastest softball pitch ever?

I'm a HUGE softball player. I'm also a pitcher. I wana no what the fastest pitch ever is so maybe one day i can break it. please help me!|||Fastest Softball Pitch





Category: Softball Trivia


Trivia Question





What is the fastest fast pitch softball pitch ever recorded?





Trivia Question Answer





There is no "official" record for the fastest softball pitch. Here are some of the reputed records after a search of various archives:





Guinness is supposed to have clocked a softball pitch at 68.9 miles per hour.


National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), a women's professional softball league, claims that pitches of "70+" MPH are common. There are many other references in various sources making the same 70+ miles per hour claim.


The fastest softball pitch reportedly clocked at the Atlanta Olympics was 73.2 MPH.


Eddie Feigner, a famous softball player and the founder of the "King and His Court" 4-man softball team is supposed to have been clocked at 104 miles per hour. In a game against Major Leaguers ballplayers, Eddie Feigner struck out, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Brooks Robinson Willie McCovey, Maurey Wills, and Harmon Killebrew all in a row.|||The world's fastest softball pitch was pitched by Bobby Spell, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1955, on the campus of LSU, clocked by the Army at 126 mph. This is certified.

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|||Not sure if this is the fastest, but if not it can't be too far off.





"Fast pitch pitches may reach high speeds; At the 1996 Summer Olympics one pitch reached 73.3 miles per hour (118 kilometers per hour)."

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