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Thanks to Baseball Almanac, here’s a list of the fastest thrown baseballs in the history of MLB and the radar gun.

In Order by Fastest Observed Speed
(Listing Has Only The Fastest Known Speed by the Pitcher)

Pitcher

Radar Speed

Date / Box Score

Location

Joel Zumaya *

104.8 mph

10-10-2006

McAfee Coliseum

Aroldis Chapman ^
103.9 mph
09-01-2010
Great American Ball Park

Neftali Feliz ^
103.4 mph
09-01-2010
Rangers Ballpark

Armando Benitez

102.0 mph

05-24-2002

Shea [...]

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Baseball Players On Twitter
Below is a list of all known active Major League Baseball players on Twitter (sorry Jose Canseco and Curt Schilling). This list is sorted by position and then alphabetically.
With the development and release of Twitter Lists, one of Fantasy Baseball Dugout’s bloggers has created an up-to-date list of MLB Players on Twitter [...]