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Fastest Major League Baseball strikeout pitch

Fastest Major League Baseball strikeout pitch
Who
Ben Joyce
What
105.5 mile(s) per hour
Where
United States
When
03 September 2024

On 3 September 2024, Ben Joyce of the Los Angeles Angels (both USA) threw a 105.5-mph (169.76-km/h) fastball to strike out Los Angeles Dodgers batter Tommy Edman.

Joyce came 0.3 mph (.048 km/h) shy of throwing the fastest recorded pitch in the pitch tracking era (since 2008). The fastest baseball pitch is 105.8 mph (170.27 km/h), achieved by Aroldis Chapman (Cuba) of the Cincinnati Reds (USA) on 24 September 2010.