![]() So 115 mph is probably out of the realm of possibility, but then again. The southpaw was clocked at 105.1 mph while pitching for the Reds in 2011. The fastest pitch ever recorded was thrown by current Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman. and then some.Ī few claim his heater was as fast as 115, which hardly seems possible. ![]() Anyone who saw him pitch swears he cracked triple digits. Unlike today, pitchers who threw in excess of 95 mph were rarities. However, everyone agreed on one thing: his fastball wasįast. There is no official record of how hard the 5-foot-11, 175-pound left-hander threw. In that era, radar guns were used by the police, not baseball scouts. Such was the reputation with which he found himself as an Orioles prospect making his debut in 1957. ![]() 'Haven't seen anyone like him'įrom the time he was growing up in New Britain, Connecticut, through the end of his nine-year professional career with Class A San Jose in 1965, Dalkowski was the pitcher no one wanted to face. But they probably know his cinematic alter ego: Nuke LaLoosh. It's not a stretch to say most baseball followers have never heard of Steve Dalkowski. His name doesn't conjure many, if any, memories for casual fans. He never stepped foot on a Major League mound and was out of the sport well before his 30th birthday. ![]() Former players swear he was the hardest thrower they had ever seen. ![]()
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