How fast can the average person throw a baseball?

Michael: How fast can the average person throw a baseball?
Professional baseball pitchers can throw 90-95 mph, and — argueably — the fastest pitches ever thrown were in the 101-103 mph range.

But how fast can the average joe (like me) throw a baseball? Someone who’s never played baseball at any level, but is reasonably athletic and coordinated. I figure I can hurl a baseball close to 60 mph on a good day. Sound reasonable?

Has anybody here who doesn’t play organized baseball ever been clocked with a radar gun? How’d you do? Anybody have any guesses for ball speed by an average joe? Other than wild guesses, I mean.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Frau(Mann)
Same as you. 55-65 mph

Answer by Chang (BoSox Fan)
I doubt you could hit 60 mph. It is a lot faster than you think. No baseball experience, I would say 50. If you have good mechanics, then you could throw 60+.

Answer by ajn4664_ksu
I would say that 60 is a reasonable guess, but it might be a little lower than that. I used to play as a kid but i don’t play much anymore and I was clocked in the low 60’s last summer at a fan day thing. Of the 4 people I knew that were clocked i think the highest ws 67 with average being a little under 60.

Answer by Johnny Bravo
Average male (16-50 y/o) would probably be able to throw it 55-65 MPH.

The upscale players can obviously make that look girly.

Answer by Home unit
im 14 and i throw in the low 60’s it depends alot on mechanics and if u played ball when u were younger or even if u still do

Answer by hugie
I’m 14 also, and I play on one of the most elite traveling teams i Florida. I throw around 75, but I’m a catcher. The pitchers on are team are between 77-83. We have one kid who can hit 87 though.

The fastest we have faced is 87, but normally it is between 72-81.

But throwing speed depends on a lot of things like arm slot, arm strength, and mechanics.

Answer by Ant J G 85
average is prolly 50 to 60, i throw at soxs games and hit 53 to 60 and im average