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  • Pitch Speed Comparison

    Pitching by the Numbers



    Ever wonder how you stack up against other pitchers? Want to get an idea on reaction time for different speeds? Below, are a list of charts that show various pitching metrics that you can use for comparison. While the info below isn't concrete, and can be influenced by many factors, these charts are computed based off of recorded averages and good old fashioned math.
    Pitch speed by age group
    10U 12U 14U 16U - 18U College/ Pro
    Average 38-42 44-50 49-54 53-57 59-64
    Top 48-53
    (50's are rare)    		 53-59
    (Upper 50's are rare)    		 56 - 61
    (mid 60's are rare)    		 60-68
    (upper 60's are rare)    		 65-72
    Batter reaction time based on pitch speed/distance
    Reaction Time in Seconds
    Pitching
    Distance    		 Distance after
    average stride    		 35 mph 40 mph 45 mph 50 mph 55 mph 60 mph 65 mph 70 mph
    43' 36' 0.701 0.614 0.545 0.491 0.446 0.409 0.378 0.351
    40' 35' 0.682 0.597 0.530 0.477 0.434 0.398 0.367 n/a
    35' 32' 0.623 0.545 0.485 0.436 0.397 0.364 n/a n/a
    Equivalent Speed Charts
    The following charts are determined by comparing the reaction time for the two distances noted
    35 feet (10U)
    to MLB 60.5 ft
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    30 52
    31 54
    32 55
    33 57
    34 59
    35 60
    36 62
    37 64
    38 66
    39 67
    40 69
    41 71
    42 73
    43 74
    44 76
    45 78
    46 80
    47 81
    48 83
    49 85
    50 86
    51 88
    52 90
    53 92
    54 93
    55 95
    40 feet (12U)
    to MLB 60.5 ft
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    40 60
    41 62
    42 64
    43 65
    44 67
    45 68
    46 70
    47 71
    48 73
    49 74
    50 76
    51 77
    52 79
    53 80
    54 82
    55 83
    56 85
    57 86
    58 88
    59 89
    60 91
    61 92
    62 94
    63 95
    64 97
    65 98
    43 feet (14U+)
    to MLB 60.5 ft
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    50 70
    51 72
    52 73
    53 75
    54 76
    55 77
    56 79
    57 80
    58 82
    59 83
    60 84
    61 86
    62 87
    63 89
    64 90
    65 91
    66 93
    67 94
    68 96
    69 97
    70 98
    71 100
    72 101
    73 103
    74 104
    75 106
    35 feet (10U)
    to FP 40 ft (12U)
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    30 34
    31 35
    32 37
    33 38
    34 39
    35 40
    36 41
    37 42
    38 43
    39 45
    40 46
    41 47
    42 48
    43 49
    44 50
    45 51
    46 53
    47 54
    48 55
    49 56
    50 57
    51 58
    52 59
    53 61
    54 62
    55 63
    35 feet (10U)
    to FP 43 ft (14U+)
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    30 37
    31 38
    32 39
    33 41
    34 42
    35 43
    36 44
    37 45
    38 47
    39 48
    40 49
    41 50
    42 52
    43 53
    44 54
    45 55
    46 57
    47 58
    48 59
    49 60
    50 61
    51 63
    52 64
    53 65
    54 66
    55 68
    40 feet (12U)
    to FP 43 ft (14U+)
    Real Speed Equivalent
    "Speed"
    40 43
    41 44
    42 45
    43 46
    44 47
    45 48
    46 49
    47 51
    48 52
    49 53
    50 54
    51 55
    52 56
    53 57
    54 58
    55 59
    56 60
    57 61
    58 62
    59 63
    60 64
    61 66
    62 67
    63 68
    64 69
    65 70
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