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Field: Angel Stadium
Start Time: 6:38pm
Attendance: 29,870
Game Duration: 2:26
Bobblehead Sponsor: Nitto Tire
Available: TBD
Height: 6.5″
Manufacturer: TBD
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Bobble Babble: Before the 1970s, radar guns were a rarity in a ballpark, but when the technology started to become more common it immediately found a home in baseball. In the early era, Nolan Ryan would routinely throw over 100 miles per hour to strike out batters. It wasn’t until 2010 that Aroldis Chapman (throwing for the Cincinnati Reds) set a benchmark for the industry. On September 24th he threw a 105.8 mph fastball that was digitally verified under MLB’s PITCHf/x system. The pitch, however, was taken by Tony Gwynn Jr. for a ball. Chapman almost did it again in 2016 with a 105.7 mph pitch. But Ben Joyce was on the horizon, and the Angels already had dibs on him. In 2022, Joyce threw the fastest pitch in NCAA history with a 105.5 mph heater. But the pitch we’re here to talk about, the one that generated its own bobblehead, is the 105.5 mph STRIKE that he threw on September 3rd, 2024 to strike out Tommy Edman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. As of the end of the 2025 season, this is the fastest pitch ever thrown to strike out a batter in MLB history. And you can tell that it was fast because the bobblehead’s ball has little flames coming off of it. That means it was fast.
See also…
- Los Angeles Angels Bobbleheads
- Pitching Accomplishment Bobbleheads
Tags: Angels, Pitching Accomplishments, Nitto Tires