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PITCH TYPES
Baseball Mogul 2009 includes thousands of pitchers from the 19th century to 2008 and a proprietary database cataloguing their skills, velocity, delivery and the individual pitches they threw. This includes over 30 different pitches ranging from Christy Mathewson’s famous “fadeaway” to Pedro Martinez’ devastating “circle change”. A summary of these pitches is shown here, ranked from the easiest to control (fastball) to the most difficult (knuckleball).
- Fastball (aka “Four-Seamer” or “Rising Fastball”)
- Sinking Fastball (aka “Sinker” or “Two-Seamer”)
- Running Fastball (aka “Boring Fastball”)
- Cut Fastball (aka “Cutter”)
- Straight Change (aka “Changeup”)
- Circle Change
- Hard Slider (often confused with a “Cut Fastball”)
- Slider (aka “Nickel Curve”)
- Fosh Change
- Slow Changeup (aka “Slow Ball”)
- In-Shoot (early 20 th c. pitch – cf. Running Fastball)
- Out-Shoot (early 20 th c. pitch – cf. Cut Fastball or Slider)
- Split-Fingered Fastball (aka “Splitter”)
- Gyroball (invented in Japan c. 2000-2005)
- Forkball
- Palmball (aka “Slip Pitch”)
- Fadeaway (early 20 th c. pitch – cf. Screwball)
- Slurve (aka “Slider/Curve”)
- Drop Ball (early 20 th c. pitch – cf. Overhand Curve)
- Hard Curve (aka “Sharp Curve”)
- Overhand Curve (aka “12-6 Curve”, “Drop Curve”)
- Screwball (aka “Reverse Curve”)
- Roundhouse (aka “Sidearm Curve”)
- Knuckle Curve
- Riser (aka “Frisbee Slider” – thrown by underhand pitchers)
- Slow Curve (aka “Big Curve”)
- Scuffball (illegal in modern-day baseball)
- Spitball (illegal in modern-day baseball)
- Eephus (aka “Blooper”)
- Knuckleball
- Slow Knuckleball
For more information about the characteristics and history of these pitches, visit www.sportsmogul.com/pitches.
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