Repetition. It is all muscle memory from taking thousands of swings.
233 pitches
It was 26 pitches
According to Baseball Reference, in the 2007 season there were 942 batters hit by a pitch in the National League and 813 batter hit by a pitch in the American League.
60 feet, 6 inches
Prior to his retirement, Kenny Rogers pitched for the Major League Baseball team, the Detroit Tigers. It's still unclear whether Kenny Rogers formally retired from Major League Baseball.
50 50 % chance
No. Johnny Bench never pitched in a Major League Baseball game.
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William Howard Taft
As of 2014, AAU baseball does not have a mandatory pitch count. ASMI has set one, and all levels of Little League baseball have them.
William Howard Taft was the first to open the major league baseball season by throwing out the first pitch on April 14, 1910. McKinley threw out the first pitch in a minor league game as governor of Ohio before he was President.
There are 11 players on the pitch at a time, and five players as substitutes on the bench.