Can someone calculate how fast Walter Johnson threw by analyzing film?
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even in this slo-mo clip the ball seems to fly out of his hands! I'd guess he threw in the mid to high 90's but I have no idea....
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The Big Train had great mechanics; cool windup. You’d think more modern players would emulate it.
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I think if more guys emulated it, there'd be fewer injuries. I don't know for sure since I'm not a doctor or baseball historian, but it seems that guys from that era didn't have torn UCLs or other arm-related injuries despite higher pitch counts and fewer days of rest.
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I realize everything is relative, but, assuming he was one of, if not *the* fastest guy of his time ... man ... I don't think a righty could get very comfortable in the box against this guy since the pitches had to seem like they were coming out of the 3rd base coach's box.
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I would not want to face him from the batter's box. excellent graphic.
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“The first time I faced him, I watched him take that easy windup. And then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger. We couldn’t touch him … every one of us knew we’d met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ball park.” Ty Cobbpic.twitter.com/sqsADImuNg
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Cool colorization.
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And this (1923) was at the end of his career.
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The Big Train
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