ANSWERS: 7
  • 15 total Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Kerry Wood, Roger Clemens, Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Ferguson Jenkins, Bob Gibson,Frank Tanana, Bob Feller, Kevin Brown, Lee Smith, Bob Feller, Dwight Godden, Tom Cheney.
  • Also Kyle Farnsworth of the Cubbies
  • Oh yeah, Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs has done it before as well, I actually saw him clocked at 101 in a game.
  • You are forgetting one of the greatest: Sany Koufax was clocked on several occasions at over 100.
  • C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner are 2 others, although I'm sure there are more you're forgetting as well.
  • AJ Burnett clocked 103 on a questionable radar gun in Pittsburgh this season. And Bobby Jenks routinely hit 100 during the World Series.
  • Others not already mentioned include - Joel Zumaya, 103.0 mph on 07-04-2006 Armando Benitez, 102.0 mph on 05-24-2002 Robb Nen, 102.0 mph on 10-23-1997 Rob Dibble, 101.0 mph on 06-08-1992 Eric Gagne, 101.0 mph on 04-16-2004 Jose Mesa, 101.0 mph on 05-01-1993 Guillermo Mota, 101.0 mph on 07-24-2002 Justin Verlander, 101.0 mph on 05-10-2006 Josh Beckett, 100.0 mph on 10-12-2003 Daniel Cabrera, 100.0 mph on 05-09-2005 Bartolo Colon, 100.0 mph on 10-06-1999 Francisco Cordero, 100.0 mph on 07-07-2004 Rich Harden, 100.0 mph on 05-27-2004 Jorge Julio, 100.0 mph on 09-16-2004 J.R. Richard, 100.0 mph on 05-25-1976 Ben Sheets, 100.0 mph on 07-10-2004 Derrick Turnbow, 100.0 mph on 05-27-2005 (Info from the discussion at http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/fastest-pitcher-in-baseball.shtml - there are sure to be more besides these)

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