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re: How would Babe Ruth fare in the steroid era?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 3:34 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 8/15/16 at 3:34 pm to lsufball19
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While that number is probably not exact, one would at least surmise that pitchers of his day, on average, were considerably slower than today. If Johnson was the fastest throwing pitcher, clocking in at 91 MPH, imagine what an average pitcher was throwing
The counter-argument to that (if we assume such rudimentary measurements back then are valid and can be translated today - is this the one where they used a motorcycle?)
They doctored the baseball like crazy back then, umps were lassez-faire and sometimes the baseballs were so scuffed they were black.
And yes, most of the pitches were fastball, change-up and curve...a few had a screwball.
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 3:36 pm
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 3:43 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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is this the one where they used a motorcycle?
i wanna say the motorcycle was someone else. i feel like with johnson they used an apparatus where he threw the ball through an opening of some device at home plate. it's been awhile since i've watched that documentary so i can't be certain. really interesting though. the most interesting was clocking nolan ryan when he was with the angels. he was clocked somewhere around 100 but the measurement was taken from further away than pitchers of today are clocked. using math far above anything i can understand, they estimated him actually throwing like 106+
ETA: here is a link that explains how they clocked Johnson
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think it was bob fellar who was clocked against a motorcycle
LINK
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:20 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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is this the one where they used a motorcycle?
In 1914, Johnson was clocked against a motorcycle at 99.7.
Feller was said to have beaten 100 several times, and was measured by the US Army at 98.6.
Ryan broke 100 almost 50 years ago.
Even so, throwing faster does not equal pitching better. I would think facing three pitchers per game may be the biggest adjustment to the modern game an old time player would have to make.
A GOAT level hitter has all the tools and ability, and if given a spring training or so to adjust, I still think they would be fine.
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