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Fastball, Curveball, Changeup, Slider, Cutter, 2-Seamer. In his prime his fastball was about 92-93 MPH. His big, 12-6 curve was the what he was famous for....during the late 90s it was probably the best curveball in the game. His threw it about 70 MPH. The rest of his pitches were pretty average, but his fastball and that curveball were more than enough.
The pitch that made Mariano Rivera famous is the sharp breaking, cut fastball. It is known as a cutter.
He threw a considerably fast fastball, a useful curveball and, I think a change up. He might have thrown other pitches but those are the only two (or Three) I know.
Throw it harder
Fastball
My Coach yelled at me and told me to pick up a base ball and throw a fastball!
Cliff Lee can throw a four seam fastball, a cut fastball, a circle change up and a knuckle curve. If you do not think 4 pitches are enough, then think again because these pitches led Lee into becoming the 2008 AL Cy Winner as part of the Cleveland Indians.
The most accurate pitch in baseball is the 4-seam fastball. You can throw a 4-seam fastball by: Placing your index finger and middle finger comfortably apart from each other across the seams where the seams are farthest apart from each other. Then, throw it as if you were playing catch.
Not consistently.
No. The slider is usually slower and an earlier break while the cut fasterball has the speed of a fastball but slightly breaks at the end.
6 in all she claims to rairly throw her fastball
Fastball, curve, slider
a curveball, slider, fastball,knuckleball,4seam fastball,changeup What about a knucklecurve, a palmball, slurve, circlechange, and a 2seamer
Check out the 'How to Throw the Splitter' link on this page to learn the mechanics of throwing the split finger fastball.
Joe Nathan throws a 4 seam fastball, 2 seam fastball, slider, and curve (12-6).