Pitchers

I'm 15 and a freshman. I have 4 main pitches fastball (sometimes 2 seam) curveball change up and slider. Sometimes I add a knuckle curve if it's working. Last year I was at 75 I know I'll throw harder this year though.

I'm also a freshmen, but 14 years old. I throw 4 seam and 2 seam fastballs, a curve, and a change up. I get gunned at somewhere in the mid 70's.

You should always find out in the bull pen which pitches are working for you that day.
I don't like seeing a KB thrown into the mix because it can be the one that ends your game. Make a mistake and you will regret it. A dificult pitch and you are either a KB pitcher or not. The KB is a totally different pitching motion and dosen't help you gain arm strength.
In the bull pen loosen up and throw you pitches that are working full out a few times before hitting the mound.
You are better to have a couple pitches that are working well than have 3-4 that are not working well.

17, senior. Four pitches, fastball (and 2 seam), changeup, curve, and slider. most pitching coaches will tell you not to mix a curve and slider but if thrown properly and with distinction, having both can be an advantage. I work from 85-87 but have hit 89 on the gun. To be successful in most high school leagues you only need to be able to have command with your fastball and an offspeed pitch you can throw for strikes. 80+ is an advantage, definitely.

17 senior pitches are Fastball 4 seam and 2 seam, knuckle-curve, curve, slider, cutter and circle change. I topped out at 91 but in a game you'll see me at about 86 for a starter and about 88-90 for a closer. Go out there pitch and have fun.

I'm 14 and have 3 pitchers 4 seam and 2 seam fastball and a chngup im workin on a curve this year

i'm 15 i throw a 4 seam, 2 seam, box change, and curve ball i cruise at about 74 and top out at 78 ( i hit 80 once)

I 'm 17 years old and throw fastball(4 and 2 seam) 12-6 curve, and change-up. I throw in low to mid 80's. AND my curve breaks about a 10-13inches.

16 years old throw about 75 to 80 mph fastball. I have an excellent slider when its working and my splitter is starting to drop quite nicely. Curveball never really did what i wanted it too so i do not use ti much at all and my 2 seamer it starting to move more and more so im using it frequently.

I'm 14 and I throw a 2 seam, 4 seam, Curve, Slider, and Split (used as change). I have to rely on offspeed a little more cause I only top out at 74, but my slider is 65-69 and gets a lot of Ks... gotta be careful with it though.

Im 16 can throw low-mid 80's. i throw a 4-seem and 2-seem with alot of movement. i throw a change up and a 12-6 curve as well.

Im 17,Junior.5 Pitches:2 and 4 seam Fastball,Slider,and Curve and a knuckle-curve.I can hit low-mid 80s.

I am 14, and a freshman. I have 4 pitches. 4 seam FB, 2 seam FB, change up, and a slider/curve. I usually throw low to mid 70s and I have good control with my fastball. I have a stronger arm now though so probably upper 70s.

Im 17 Years old and a senior.I have 4 to five pitches. Two and four seem fastball, curveball, change up and Knuckleball. Been told i have a Major League curveball. I range from 87-90 mph as a starter. i have hit 93 on the gun.

im a 15 year old freshman. I throw a fastball ( 4 and 2 seam) in the upper 70's tho i havent been gunned this year yet and a cirlce change up as of now. I did have a good curveball, but with our coaches new technique on throwing, its hard for me to get the break on it anymore. any suggestions on a curveball i would appreciate.

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17, senior throw 72-74 submarine. throw a 2 seam, 4 seam (rarely), slider, and circle changeup

Im 13 i have 4 seam 2 seam 2seam circle change and curve anhd i throw like 74 at the hardest

if some of you dont know by now, i come from a little country town. im a catcher most of the time, but i do pitch occasionally, im a fresh and 15. i throw what is known as a country-hard fastball two seam, three seam, and four seam. i can get a two seam up about 93 and i have a change up, simple but effective

bubble - i'm sorry but thats complete bull **** there is no way your hitting 93 at 15.

Even if you were you would not only be pitching occasionally, you'd most likely be the ace on varsity and be taken off of catcher immediately.

there is no way in **** you throw 93.

93, now thats pumpin some gas, and you are a freshman; better yet you are a catcher--thats some serious heat. . .and serious bull. what is a 3 seam? never heard of it or a "country- hard fastball?

hahaha.. keep in mind he wrote that on April 1st - April Fools day. I've never heard of a 3 seam either, not to mention a country-hard fastball...

I'm 42...throw a fastball, curve, and cirlce change. I throw about 98mph. I just need a team to play on and I'll be in the show by next year! Just ask the Rookie!

I'm 17 and a junior and i throw 3 pitches a 2 seam and very rarely mix in a 4 and then a knuckle curve it just works the best for me and a circle change. my fastball tops out at about 88 maybe 89 and my curve at about 70 to 75 and my change about 60-65. But just a little world of advice for you younger kids don't think that just making varsity is throwing gas because good varsity hitters can hit the fastball. So develope your off speed and hit your spots and you will be good to go.

17yo junior i throw a in the mid to low 80's. Pitches include 2-seam FB, 12-6 knucklecurve, 2-8 knucklecurve, circle change. Topped out at 86 this year.

17, Junior Im a lefty and I got a fastball(4 seam and 2 seam) 2 different curves and a change up. I havent been clocked in awhile but its somewhere in the low 70's

for some reason i find it funny that almost every single pitcher who responded to this topic throws mid 80's to mid 90's, including some freshman. especially since the average VARSITY pitcher throws mid 70's. hmmmmm.........

dont know where you play varsity baseball at but obviously it isnt that good if your only seeing mid 70's. if you want to see some real pitching come texas. All the pitchers that start on varsity throw somewhere in the 80's and 90's. So obviously where ever your playing varsity there isnt much competition to get time on the bump.

if you would like to check me on my number please do. I was talking about the NATIONAL average.

O and btw, I don't think I have seen anything but 80's this year. I have yet to see a starting pitcher throw mid 70's, well except the one we score 20 runs on.

be carefull with statistics pal. they can be decieving. if youve ever taken a statistics course youll know what i mean. If your taking the average you are including all teh kids who throw 60 and 50 in the nation. this throws off the average. look for the median itll probubly be around 80.

I'm a 16 year old sophomore. My pitches are very simply, a fastball and a change up. Some may think that I would need to throw hard to be effective considering I only use two pitches. That is just not true. I'm honestly not sure how fast I throw, but if I had to compare my self to others who have been gunned I would say I'm in the low 70's. Velocity is important, but location is VERY underrated. If you can hit the outside corner then when the batter steps closer hit the inside corner you will be VERY succesful.

15 freshman i throw 80 and have a two seam 4 seam and a cut fastball a curve and a fork and circle change

I am a 17 year old senior. I throw a 4 seam, 2 seam, curveball, changeup, sidearm fastball, and sidearm curve. I top out at 82-83, im at about 78-80 consistently. Not too hard, but effective

I am 15, freshman, and throw 3 pitches. curve.cut fastball.and four seam. I throw low to mid 70's

15
soph. (to be junior next school year)
low 80s
several fastballs
changeup
curve
occasionaly a split

I am a 15 year old Freshman, this season I threw a 4 seamer, a 2 seamer, 11-5 curve, Circle change, Forkball, and I top out around 80, but normally around 77mph.

The Baseball factory informed me at a Camp (So. Md.) that the National varsity pitcher avg. is 77-80. I am a sophomore and this past weekend was at a tournament and was radared 81-83 hit 85 once, I am 16 and throw 4 seam and 2 seam fastball 12-6 curve, change up. In our tournament this year there was a kid we faced who was 16 and hit 89. And about bubble's post, 93 is very unlikely for a 15 year old but not impossible, anyone heard of Robert Stock in California. He was throwing 95 at late 15 years old and is a better catcher than pitcher, one of the reasons he doesn't pitch as much is because they can't find a catcher that can catch him because he throws to hard.

If by "average" you mean the fast ball velocity of the 5th out of 9 pitchers on the typical high school team, that's about right.

If by "average" you mean the typical pitch thrown in a HS game, that's wishful thinking for the velocity-challenged. That's because maybe half or more of the innings are usually thrown by the top 2 guys on the team, and then maybe 2 more guys throw another 35-40%, and the rest of the staff gets an inning here or there. The guy who throws under 80 may never pitch at all.

In our district (7 teams, AAA), we have one kid who throws 90-92 and four who are in the 85-89 range. There are any number of kids in the 81-84 range. At the low end of that range you will get pummeled unless you have Maddux-type control, movement or off-speed stuff. (Or maybe just a classic "crafty southpaw".) In high school, it's easier to find hard throwers than Maddux types. Lots of big strong kids, but it would be expecting a lot to demand that a teenager truly master the art.

If a kid is throwing 78-80 as a freshman, he can look forward to maybe building to 85-86 by his senior year, which is good enough to be # 1 or at least # 2 on most teams. But you may have to wait your turn and take your lumps on the way up.

You'd still better learn how to PITCH. Even the guy who throws 90-92 has gotten burned some when his location is off, when he hangs a curve, or when he pitches behind and has to come into the hitting zone over and over.

I can't speak for other parts of the country or for smaller (A or AA) school districts, but I can say that the above also tracks what we see in travel ball.

Midlo Dad, you obviously see good high school baseball, but be aware that not all high school's are like that. My high school is in an average conference in Mass. and I'd say the average fastball is in the upper 70's. Yes, there was 1 kid in the high 80's, but there were many many more in the mid 70's.

MIDLO

You have HS teams with 5 to 9 pitchers?

Our HS varsity team used 8 different guys over the course of our 23 regular season and post-season games. We had a 9th guy who used to pitch but is no longer used. We had two more guys who pitched some on JV last year but weren't used on varsity this year; one of them now focuses on catching, the other was out with a broken foot for a good part of the season or he probably would've gotten a shot at some point. So depending on how you look at it, there were between 8 and 11 guys on the roster who could lay claim to being pitchers.

127 out of 148 innings were thrown by 4 guys, though. The other 4 guys threw 9, 7, 4 and 1 innings, respectively. Two of them top out at 82-83 and the other two around 78.

And that was my point above -- our "average" pitcher never really gets to pitch at all. So if someone tells you an "average" pitcher throws 78, that may be true but it's also irrelevant. You don't get to see 78 mph fastballs in many game situations, unless you pay a visit to a JV game.

At least not around here. I don't know what the rest of you guys get to see. Maybe up north where it's cold all spring, you don't loosen up as well? Or maybe all that checking in your hockey games isn't so good for shoulder health?

Of the 4 guys who did most of the work, we have three RHP's, one tops out at 92, one at 85 and one at 81. The lefty tops out at 83.

There are seven teams in our district. The top team has a guy 87-89, senior on his way to a D-I scholarship slot at VMI. We finished second. Third place team has a RHP also 87-89, junior precommitted to UVA; also had a senior RHP 82-83. Fourth place team has a LHP 88-90, junior precommitted to UVA; also another junior RHP 82-83. Fifth place team has a LHP, 85-87, junior not yet committed, plus twin sophomore RHP's 82-83. Sixth and last place teams finished at the bottom precisely because they don't really have much pitching.

The kids throwing 80-84 need spot control and good off-speed stuff to succeed. And don't get me wrong, there are kids who do that and do it well. In fact, some of them could teach a thing or two to some of the harder throwers. But there's no throwing it by anyone at that speed around here.

I am 15 throw a 2 and 4 seamed fastballs, a 12-6 curve, a forkball, and a circle change. I usually can hit 80 now

Nolan, that is good stuff at age 15.

You should set a goal of increasing your velocity 3 mph each of the next two years. This is a matter of growth, conditioning and mechanics. Not everyone is genetically wired to do it, but it can be done and so you should set a goal to work towards. You might even surprise yourself and surpass it.

Then try to add another 2 mph going into your senior year. Next thing you know you're an upper '80's guy with a full repertoire of offspeed stuff. Lots of colleges will want you then!

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Originally posted by kbsbll30:
For all the pitchers how old are you? How many pitches do you have? What are your pitches? How hard do you throw?

i have 5 pitches, 4 seam fastball at about 90 mph, 2 seam fastball at about 85 with good movement, a decent 12-6 curveball, a deadly slider, and a cirlce change at about 70 mph, i am going to be a senior in high school next year, true junior though, i will only be 17 years old

13 year old 8th grader. Fastball (2 and 4) Curveball 12-6, change-up and am trying to work on a slider. O and i know how to throw a cutter but have not masterd it yet.
I have hit 65. But i cruise around 58 to 60. But the 65 was last year so i prob throw like 68 now.

Im 15

Pitches

4-seam (77-81)
2-seam (72-76)
12-6 curveball
Changeup (65-69)
Knuckleball (65-70)

The Pitch I mostly use is the knuckle ball. I have a killer knuckle the dances like crazy in the air. I've been practicing my knuckleball for 3 years and finally all the hard work paid off.

14 freshmen

4 seam (72-75)
Curve
slider
circle change

Clocked at 80

im a sophomore.15. I have three really good pitches with great command. I have a 4-seem, a 2-seem,a change up and a curve. I cruis around 82-84 and can hit 85-86.

im goin to be a soph. im 15 i have 3 pitches and a change up that needs some work.

i throw about 83-85 and have hit 88 on a gun.

i throw my curve at about 70 and my slider at about 78

It seems curiously interesting that every single sophomore on this site apparently throws in the mid-80's. I didn't know it was that easy

well i am 6'2" and weigh 230 so i dont know about the other guys but im not lie'n about how hard i throw.

I'm with J H on this one. If the kids continue to improve it seems like there will be a number of kids throwing near 90, which i doubt is accurate.

17, senior....4 seam, 2 seam, slider, changeup...fastball about 83-85...changeup about 12 mph slower and slider is my out pitch, most efective and can throw it at anytime in the count

im 15 sophmore and i can throw a fastball(4 and 2) splitter, curve change and screwball and i only throw between 60-70

alls i have is a fastball and a curve ball but my fastball averages around 78-80 and my curve is like a zito curve and it goes anywhere from 55-65 depending how i throw it. oh yeah and im 16 and im a sophmore.

I'm 15 and a freshman. I throw 6 pitches depending on how they work I'll drop some during a day. I throw a 2 seam that I either let go over the top so it flys straight or I'll drop my arm down a little to get it to tail away from a lefty. I throw a cutter, a 12-6 curveball, change-up, slider, and a weird pitch that I made up(I know it sounds bad) but it works and it's got the motion of a slider only it goes the oppostie direction so on a left handed hitter a drops and curves away from him. And I throw somewhere between 69-73

Pitcher02
Your made up pitch sounds like a screwball.
JAP

Yeah that's what I figured it was now that I looked up how tot hrow a screwball. It doesn't harm my arm though.....yet

im 15 a sophmore n i throw a 2 seam, circ chng, n slider, n i cruise around 82-86, n i have reached 88, but im woundering if i should throw my 4 seam, because i use to mix up my 4 n 2 seam but i only have been throwin my 2 seam lately n i have been real succesful but i know i probably can throw harder with my 4 seam but just wounderin about some peoples opinions on things

kbsbll,

I'm a 15 year old freshman. I throw a consistant 82mph. However, when hitters see me step on the mound, they expect 65-70 mph. I'm not the biggest kid out there, I'm only 5'7" and 132 lbs. I have 3 pitches: 4 seam fastball, curve, and a 3 finger change.

Hey im a 16 year old sophomore playin varisty ball, i consitantly hit 85mph on my fastball both two, and four seams....i also throw a power and "big hook" curve....i like to use my knuckle curve as my k pitch because the bottom drops out of it about 5feet before the strike zone....great control on my pitches too

15 yr.old freshman.
left handed, consistent 76-78. high 81.
fastball, circle change, knucklecurve, slider.

16 sophomore fastball, cut fastball, two seamer, 12-6 curveball, slurve, circle change. I'm throwing in the low to mid 80s

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
In our district (7 teams, AAA), we have one kid who throws 90-92 and four who are in the 85-89 range. There are any number of kids in the 81-84 range. At the low end of that range you will get pummeled unless you have Maddux-type control, movement or off-speed stuff. (Or maybe just a classic "crafty southpaw".) In high school, it's easier to find hard throwers than Maddux types. Lots of big strong kids, but it would be expecting a lot to demand that a teenager truly master the art.

Midlo dad just curious were your from? I play in the southeastern district (AAA) and you basically described our district.

im in 8th grade, throw 82-84, and a 4 seam, 2 seam, and changeup

I am 14 and am will be a freshman next season. I currently throw a 4 seam fastball and a circle change. Next season (when I'm 15) I will add a curveball and a 2 seam fastball.

I have been clocked at 77 for my highest and work around 74-75. Change-up is around 58-61.

I just recovered from a tendon injury from over pitching. Currently I am only pitching mid seventies while I try and build up my arm, especially endurance.

I Throw a 4s fastball, slider, and a circle change with a sinker under development. My fastball has slight movement to it and I have very good placement with it. I am a junior in highschool and I expect to be hitting 80 atleast once I fully recover.

I've never relied on speed to strike anyone or get the groundout. I simply out think the batter and have him guessing.

16 soph
4 pitches
2 seam/ 4 seam fb
change (use 2 and 4 seam grips)
curveball 12-6
high 70s coasting

im 15 and going to be a sophmore
3 pitches- fastball 2 and 4 seam, bear claw change, curve ball
i throw low to mid 80's the fastest i have topped out at was 87

junior 16 y/o. not a whole lot of velocity cruising in the mid-high 70's but rely on location, changing speeds, and movement. I throw a 4 seam FB (cutter movement after arm slot change), 2 seam FB, circle change, and 12-6 curve. Surprisingly my out pitch is my change, which is improved with good deception and late sinking action.

I throw about 55-62 and can hit a sweet spot on a bat.
So I coach LL.

18 years old senior. i throw 4 seam, 2 seam, circle change, slider, and curveball. i dont get past 84. its all about location lol. i have natural movement though.

15 y/o Freshman LHP, 75 mph fastball, slider, change-up, cutter, sinker, curveball (still a work in progress but I do throw it in games)

Their velocity should go up by 5MPH when the get on a 60/90 field.....

 

12YO's don't belong on a big field. 

Seriously 12YO velocity varies between 56-80MPH.