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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.
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.
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60 feet, 6 inches
233 pitches
It was 26 pitches
In general, add aboout 20 mph because you are calculating the different pitching lengths. Little league pitchers throw from 45 feet, major leaguers throw from 60.5 feet. For example, a little league pitcher throwing a 70 mph pitch is equivalent to a major league player throwing about a 90 mph pitch.
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Major league baseball pitcher is remembered for his outstanding record in 1904. In that season, his pitching record was 41 wins and only 12 losses. He is also remembered for a wild pitch that cost the New York Highlanders a pennant. This team was later named the NY Yankees.
Aroldis Chapman holds the record for the fastest pitch ever recorded in Major League Baseball history, throwing a 105.1 mph pitch in 2010.