question tee vs pitched ball

That depends on the speed of the swing. For example, if the batter justs bunts at the ball, the difference would only be a few feet!

However, for a full swing and very roughly speaking, the batted ball speed is equal to the bat speed plus 1/2 of the pitch speed. Again, that's a rough estimate. So the difference might be around 40mph. We can get an idea of how much the distance difference is by comparing it to long toss. I guess 40mph would translate to a difference of 100-130 feet.

I suppose that most players can make more solid contact off the tee, so the typical difference may be less.

so if a kid hits it off a tee 180-200 feet how far would that same swing hit an 80 mph pitch?

The formula I have is--

Each additional mph of pitch speed adds .2 mph of batted ball speed (about 1 ft. on a long fly ball)

Each additional mph of bat speed adds 1.2 mph of batted ball speed (about 6 ft. on a long fly ball).

Assuming bat speed remains constant, the 80 mph pitched ball will go 80 ft. farther than the ball hit off of a tee.

freddy,

Yep, you've got better numbers.