How All 236 MLB Pitchers In Our Velocity Study Compared In Average Fastball MPH

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Today, Baseball America published a study on the relationship between velocity and MLB longevity for starting pitchers.

To build a player pool for our research, we targeted MLB starting pitchers who debuted from 2008-2015 and 1.) had more starts than relief appearances in their first two MLB seasons and 2.) pitched at least 60 innings. We did this to sift out emergency starters who made only one or two appearances, as we wanted to focus on pitchers who at least began their MLB career as starting pitchers, even if some would eventually transition to relief roles.

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For those who want to get even deeper into the nitty gritty details or conduct further research on their own, we’ve presented below the full list of 236 pitchers included in the study. Data includes each pitcher’s average fastball velocity in their debut season, as well as a “velocity delta,” which illustrates how each pitcher compared to league average for same-handed MLB starters in that season.

All 236 Starting Pitchers Included In Our Velocity Study

PitcherAVG
VELOVELOCITY
DELTAPitch
HANDDEBUT
SEASONStephen Strasburg97.66R2010Noah Syndergaard97.75.1R2015Clayton Kershaw955.1L2008David Price955.1L2008Matt Moore965.1L2011Rubby De La Rosa96.44.7R2011Josh Outman94.64.7L2008Gerrit Cole96.84.6R2013Steven Matz95.94.4L2015Kevin Gausman96.64.4R2013Danny Salazar96.54.3R2013Wily Peralta964.2R2012James Paxton95.14.2L2013Alex Meyer96.64R2015Matt Harvey95.63.8R2012Jarred Cosart963.8R2013Joe Kelly95.53.7R2012Max Scherzer95.13.6R2008Michael Pineda95.13.4R2011Alex Colome95.63.4R2013Nathan Eovaldi953.3R2011Zack Wheeler95.43.2R2013Luis Severino95.83.2R2015Eduardo Rodriguez94.63.1L2015Bud Norris94.83.1R2009Danny Duffy943.1L2011Mat Latos94.83.1R2009Kyle Drabek94.63R2010Allen Webster95.23R2013Henderson Alvarez94.62.9R2011Juan Nicasio94.52.8R2011Brett Anderson93.22.7L2009Chris Archer94.42.6R2012Vince Velasquez95.22.6R2015Johnny Cueto94.12.6R2008Derek Holland93.12.6L2009Taijuan Walker94.82.6R2013Mitchell Boggs94.12.6R2008Lance Lynn94.22.5R2011Tom Koehler94.32.5R2012Lance McCullers95.12.5R2015Carlos Rodon93.92.4L2015Alfredo Simon93.92.4R2008Tyler Matzek93.42.3L2014Daniel Hudson942.3R2009Jordan Zimmermann93.92.2R2009Jacob deGrom94.52.2R2014Ivan Nova93.82.2R2010Tyler Chatwood93.92.2R2011Jimmy Nelson94.42.2R2013Jon Gray94.72.1R2015Mike Wright94.72.1R2015Jarrod Parker93.82.1R2011Vin Mazzaro93.82.1R2009Jake Arrieta93.62R2010Julio Teheran93.72R2011Jorge Lopez94.62R2015Shane Greene94.32R2014Marcus Stroman94.21.9R2014David Purcey91.81.9L2008Sonny Gray941.8R2013Ricky Romero92.31.8L2009Alex White93.51.8R2011Yu Darvish93.51.7R2012Martin Perez92.71.7L2012Shelby Miller93.51.7R2012Roenis Elias92.81.7L2014Trevor Bauer93.41.6R2012Justin Grimm93.41.6R2012Carlos Carrasco93.31.6R2009Michael Wacha93.81.6R2013Brian Matusz92.11.6L2009Tanner Roark93.71.5R2013Erasmo Ramirez93.31.5R2012Jeff Niemann931.5R2008Nate Karns93.71.5R2013Christian Friedrich92.51.5L2012Matt Wisler941.4R2015Zack Britton92.41.4L2012Tony Cingrani92.41.4L2012Brad Peacock93.11.4R2011Randall Delgado93.11.4R2011Robbie Ray92.41.3L2014Eddie Butler93.61.3R2014Anthony DeSclafani93.51.2R2014TJ House92.21.1L2014Tommy Hanson92.81.1R2009Chris Tillman92.71R2009Matt Harrison90.91L2008Rafael Montero93.31R2014Taylor Jordan93.21R2013Corey Kluber92.60.9R2011Vance Worley92.40.8R2010Archie Bradley93.40.8R2015Brad Lincoln92.40.8R2010Patrick Corbin91.80.8L2012Mike Minor91.70.8L2010Wei-Yin Chen91.80.8L2012Wade Davis92.50.8R2009Sean West91.30.8L2009Kyle Gibson92.90.7R2013Drew Hutchison92.50.7R2012Burch Smith92.90.7R2013Casey Kelly92.50.7R2012Brett Cecil91.10.6L2009Gio Gonzalez90.40.5L2008Chris Bassitt92.80.5R2014Jeremy Hellickson92.10.5R2010Masahiro Tanaka92.80.5R2014Daniel Norris91.60.5L2014Collin Balester920.5R2008Cody Anderson93.10.5R2015Adam Conley91.90.4L2015Alex Cobb92.10.4R2011Tommy Hunter91.80.3R2008John Lamb91.80.3L2015David Huff90.70.2L2009Erik Johnson92.40.2R2013Anthony Ranaudo92.50.2R2014Wade Miley91.10.2L2011Clayton Richard90.10.2L2008Dan Straily91.90.1R2012Chi Chi Gonzalez92.70.1R2015Brandon Beachy91.70.1R2010Matthew Boyd91.60.1L2015Hyun Jin Ryu910.1L2013Jacob Turner91.80.1R2011Alex Wood90.90L2013Zach McAllister91.70R2011Jeanmar Gomez91.60R2010Brett Oberholtzer90.90L2013Nick Tepesch92.20R2013Aaron Brooks92.30R2014Shairon Martis91.50R2008Jose Quintana90.9-0.1L2012Nick Martinez92.2-0.1R2014Joe Ross92.5-0.1R2015Matt Andriese92.5-0.1R2015Casey Coleman91.5-0.1R2010Taylor Jungmann92.5-0.1R2015Alex Sanabia91.5-0.1R2010Alec Asher92.5-0.1R2015Jonathon Niese89.8-0.1L2008Charlie Morton91.3-0.2R2008Rick Porcello91.5-0.2R2009Travis Wood90.7-0.2L2010Jeff Locke90.7-0.2L2011Tyler Lyons90.7-0.2L2013Jhoulys Chacin91.4-0.3R2009Liam Hendriks91.4-0.3R2011Asher Wojciechowski92.3-0.3R2015Brandon Cumpton91.9-0.3R2013Robbie Erlin90.6-0.3L2013Jake Odorizzi91.4-0.4R2012Andrew Heaney90.7-0.4L2014Jesse Hahn91.9-0.4R2014Greg Reynolds91.1-0.4R2008Chase Anderson91.8-0.5R2014Chris Volstad91-0.5R2008Colin Rea92-0.6R2015Jeremy Hefner91.2-0.6R2012Jonathan Pettibone91.6-0.6R2013Jordan Lyles91-0.7R2011Drew Pomeranz90.2-0.7L2011Matt Shoemaker91.5-0.7R2013Madison Bumgarner89.7-0.8L2009Kendall Graveman91.5-0.8R2014Chase Whitley91.5-0.8R2014Brad Hand90.1-0.8L2011Marco Gonzales90.2-0.9L2014Anthony Swarzak90.8-0.9R2009Blake Beavan90.8-0.9R2011Justin Nicolino90.6-0.9L2015Andre Rienzo91.3-0.9R2013Jerad Eickhoff91.6-1R2015Odrisamer Despaigne91.3-1R2014David Buchanan91.3-1R2014Scott Richmond90.5-1R2008Pedro Hernandez90-1L2012Sean Nolin89.9-1L2013Nick Tropeano91.2-1.1R2014Aaron Nola91.4-1.2R2015Trevor Cahill90.4-1.3R2009Collin McHugh90.5-1.3R2012Sean O’Sullivan90.4-1.3R2009Tyler Duffey91.2-1.4R2015Cole De Vries90.4-1.4R2012Scott Diamond89.5-1.4L2011Clayton Mortensen90.3-1.4R2009Henry Owens90.1-1.4L2015Zach Davies91.1-1.5R2015Dillon Gee90.1-1.5R2010A.J. Griffin90.3-1.5R2012Junichi Tazawa90.2-1.5R2009A.J. Cole91.1-1.5R2015Barry Enright90.1-1.5R2010Chris Waters88.4-1.5L2008Marc Rzepczynski88.8-1.7L2009Vidal Nuno89.2-1.7L2013Todd Redmond90.1-1.7R2012Mike Leake89.8-1.8R2010Kyle Lobstein89.3-1.8L2014Greg Smith88.1-1.8L2008Josh Tomlin89.7-1.9R2010Tyler Wilson90.7-1.9R2015Randy Wells89.6-1.9R2008Brad Bergesen89.8-1.9R2009Adam Morgan89.6-1.9L2015Manny Banuelos89.6-1.9L2015Chris Rusin89-2L2012Dylan Axelrod89.7-2R2011Stephen Fife89.8-2R2012Dallas Keuchel88.9-2.1L2012David Holmberg88.8-2.1L2013Craig Stammen89.5-2.2R2009Luke French88.2-2.3L2009Brad Mills88.1-2.4L2009Kyle Hendricks89.8-2.5R2014Eddie Bonine89-2.5R2008Eric Surkamp88.4-2.5L2011Tommy Milone88.3-2.6L2011Mike Fiers88.9-2.8R2011Mike Bolsinger89.5-2.8R2014Williams Perez89.8-2.8R2015Luis Atilano88.8-2.8R2010Matt Maloney87.6-2.9L2009Doug Fister88.7-3R2009Josh Geer88.4-3.1R2008Chris Heston89-3.3R2014John Ely88.3-3.3R2010Brian Johnson87.8-3.7L2015Wade LeBlanc86.1-3.8L2008Josh Collmenter87.8-3.9R2011J.D. Martin87.8-3.9R2009Andrew Albers86.7-4.2L2013Tyler Cloyd87.2-4.6R2012Source: Baseball Savant

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