How fast does a line drive travel?
Question:I've seen pitch's travel in the 90mph range
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It depends on the speed of the pitch, the type of pitch, the bat speed, and the batter swinging the bat.Is the pro baseball season too long?
A batted ball can exceed 150mph right off the bat. It then looses speed continuously due to wind resistance (friction).To put that in perspective. Assuming a pitch is 6ft. in front of the rubber after his stride and follow through a 150mph liner gives him .27 sec. to react
A fly ball, rather than a line drive is a different question.
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Watch SportsCenter tonight and watch the Braves highlights and tell me how fast you thing that line drive off the bat of Kelly Johnson was. By the way it was caught by the pitcher on his knees.Should Roger Clemens give Yankees a 6 inning discount?
That depends on the speed of the pitch, the bat speed, where it made contact, etc. I'm sure that by knowing all of these variables, the speed of any give line drive can be calculated. But this isn't Numb3ers, and I'm not Charlie.There is no one answer.
A perfectly hit ball by a very strong MLB player will leave the bat at around 120MPH
Read> "The Physics of Baseball" by Dr. Robert K. Adair
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