most common baseball pitches
The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. Power pitchers, such as former American major leaguers Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, rely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit, and have thrown fastballs at speeds of 95â105 mph (152.9â169.14 km/h) (officially) and up to 108.1 mph (174 km/h) (unofficially).