MLBs Top 15 Fastest Pitches Ever: 2023 Edition (Part 1)

What is Major League Baseball's fastest pitch ever? These rocket arms threw fastballs that generated unbelievable speeds and insane velocity.

We take a look at the top fastest baseball pitches in MLB history. These pitches have been measured using either Pitchf/x, Trackman or Hawkeye, which has evolved into the Statcast era of baseball.

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15. Mauricio Cabrera - 103.8 mph (2016)

Pitcher Mauricio Cabrera debuted in the MLB as a 22-year-old for the Atlanta Braves. On July 19, 2016, he clocked a fastball at 103.8 mph against Cincinnati's pinch-hitter Tyler Holt.

Cabrera would only play five games in Major League Baseball but at the time, his pitch was the fastest in the Statcast era at the time thrown by anyone other than Aroldis Chapman.

14. Aroldis Chapman - 103.8 mph (2014)

The fastest baseball pitch thrown in 2014 was by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman. He threw a 103.8 mph fastball which was fouled off by Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt. It's one of many of the fastest pitches ever that were thrown by Chapman and he features on the list multiple times.

13. Aroldis Chapman, 103.9 (2015)

Aroldis Chapman pitched a 103.9 mph fastball on June 29, 2015, against Minnesota's Brian Dozier which he fouled off. So dominant was Chapman at throwing high velocity pitches, MLB.com had a "Chapman Filter" on its Statcast leaderboard.

12. Camilo Doval - 104 mph (2022)

San Francisco Giants' pitcher Camilo Doval threw a 104 mph fastball against the Arizona Diamonds on Sep. 23, 2022 with Alek Thomas at bat. Remarkably, Doval threw a 104.5 mph pitch the year before in the minor leagues with the Sacramento River Cats.

Nobody’s thrown a ball harder than this Camilo Doval 104-mph missile this season pic.twitter.com/I0F4ee7rmo

— Danny Emerman (@DannyEmerman) September 24, 2022

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11. Aroldis Chapman 104.02 (2017)

While pitching for the New York Yankees, Aroldis Chapman pitched the fastest ball of the season for the fifth year in a row in 2017. He registered 104.2 mph on Statcast on Sept. 1, 2017 against the Boston Red Sox, which Dustin Pedroia managed to foul off.

10. Ryan Helsley - 104.2 mph (2022)

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsely threw the fastest pitch of the 2022 season against the Milwaukee Brewers. Facing Rowdy Tellez, he threw a fastball that was recorded at 104.02 mph by Statcast.

Helsely isn't just one of the most dominant relievers in baseball, he's become one of the best pitchers and is often unhittable.

The slowest (excluding position players) and fastest pitch in the 2022 MLB season were both thrown in the same game (9/27) by the Cardinals with a 44 MPH difference.

Miles Mikolas = 60.2 MPH (Slow Curve) Ryan Helsley = 104.2 MPH (Four-Seam Fastball) (h/t @mattmountin) pic.twitter.com/VrG2hz12ds — Baseball GIFs (@gifs_baseball) February 14, 2023

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9. Jordan Hicks - 104.3 mph (2019)

On May 31, 2019 against the Chicago Cubs, Jordan Hicks backed up a 103.7 mph throw with an even faster pitch. On the final pitch of the night, Hicks threw a sinker to seal the win against the Washington Nationals.

Six of his 15 pitches in the game clocked over 102 mph. Hicks also has the accomplishment of having thrown the fastest pitch in three different seasons - 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Jordan Hicks threw the fastest pitch of the 2019 MLB season, topping 104.3 mph. He threw the pitch against Chicago Cubs in the game played on May 31, 2019.

104? With movement like that? 🥵

Jordan Hicks has earned three saves in three days! pic.twitter.com/CEX474Tabo — St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 19, 2023

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I'll be back tomorrow with part two!

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