All Reds fans and most baseball fans in general are fully aware that Aroldis Chapman is the fastest pitcher in the game today, and perhaps in the game’s history. Let’s take a few minutes to map out the full extent of his dominance.
We can’t say for sure that Chapman is the fastest pitcher in baseball history, but we can say for certain that he threw the fastest accurately recorded pitch in history. According to PITCHf/x that fastball reached 105.1 mph and was thrown to Tony Gwynn Jr. back in September of 2010, which was Chapman’s first year in the big leagues.