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Baseball Pitches

Based on the description name these types of pitches thrown in Major League Baseball.
Some pitches have less rigid definitions than others, so average velocity and movements are fairly broad generalizations.
Longer explanations of pitches can be found here: https://www.mlb.com/glossary/pitch-types
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Description
Avg. Velocity (MPH)
Typical Movement
Answer
Slower pitch that tricks batters by sharply dropping
before reaching the plate.
~78
downward or diagonal gloveside break
Curveball
Travels in a straight line but is hard to hit due to its speed.
Most commonly thrown pitch in baseball.
~95
straight
4-Seam Fastball
Breaking pitch that moves diagonally
towards the pitcher's gloveside.
~84
diagonal gloveside break
Slider
Breaking pitch that moves horizontally towards the pitcher's gloveside. Previously considered a variation of the above pitch.
~80
horizontal gloveside break
Sweeper
Deceives batters with slight armside movement,
while still traveling at high speed.
~92
slight armside
2-Seam Fastball
Deceives batters with slight gloveside movement,
while still traveling at high speed.
~88
slight gloveside
Cutter
Appears to the batter as a fastball but travels ~10mph slower.
Meant to deceive the batter into swinging too early.
~85
straight
Changeup
Offspeed pitch that travels straight initially but then breaks downward before reaching the plate
~86
downward break
Splitter
Breaking pitch that unusually breaks towards the pitcher's armside. Formerly common but now rarely pitched in modern baseball.
~78
diagonal armside break
Screwball
Rare pitch characterized by highly unpredictable movement
due to very low spin.
~70
unpredictable
Knuckleball
Deceives batters by dropping downward
while still traveling at high speed.
~92
downward break
Sinker
Rare breaking pitch with a severe vertical drop created
by snapping the wrist when releasing the ball.
~80
extreme downward break
Forkball
Slowest pitch. Meant to mess with a hitters timing.
Very rarely thrown.
<60
high arc
Eephus
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Level 54
Jul 7, 2022
Can you add the knuckle-curve?
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Level 63
Jul 11, 2022
i considered adding it but the term knuckle-curve (according to wikipedia at least) refers to three completely different pitches and the one most commonly used today is just a slight variation on a normal curve so i didn't feel like there was enough of a distinction to add it. because pretty much every pitcher has their own slight variations on how they throw, there's really thousands of unique pitches so i wanted to just include the most basic types.