MLB player speed

the fastest are pretty fast.

The average I imagine you could beat handily. I bet and this is obviously just a guess with your 400 time you could beat 85 percent of MLB players to first base.

This guy would beat you in a race I would bet.

Joey Gathright. KC royals. Sucks at baseball though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg

I've read that Mickey Mantle was timed at 3.1 from the

batters box ( left side ) to first base.

I don't accept that time as it was hand measured, but I

accept the fact that he was very fast in his younger days.

avg. speed to first in MLB is 4.2 sec for lefthanded hitter

avg. speed to first in MLB is 4.3 sec for righthand hitter

(timing starts when ball is hit)

I imagine a lot of people can beat prince fielder to first but I would bet that 90-95% of MLB field players can beat you to first if you started in the batter's box and took a swing before running (not saying you have to hit it in play like they do) it's a sprint and an acquired skill. You could not beat Eugenio Velez to first for example. Just could'nt do it.

If you are saying who is faster over 90 ft. in a sprint, my guess is that at least 50% of the players are faster than you and of the 50% that are slower most are pitchers catchers, and first basemen aging in their careers

Average speed for the 60yd is 6.6 in MLB for scouts and keep in mind average rarely gets you to the big leagues. Last, mlb players do'nt run everything out on every play over a season, they are guilty of anticipating a fielder making the play too.

also, keep in mind that youwould have to keep an eye on the ball just in case they throw behind you ;)

so now that you know how fast they are, are you faster???

see:

http://www.csgnetwork.com/baseballbaserunspdcalc.html

and

http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:xNYYYm8dsucJ:www.asep.org/files/ColemanV2.pdf+speed+to+first+base&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

I can bet you Richie Ashburn was quicker.

Guys like Shane Victorino, Mike Bourn, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jimmy Rollins are seriously quick. I remember Rollins saying he ran track in interviews.

There are some players with serious speed. But that has never been what baseball is about. The best players in history have never been the fastest, not even the best base stealers are the fastest.

You might be able to outrun them, but you couldn't hit a fastball, curve, slider, change, split, etc... so you would never get a chance to show your blazing speed.

Don't forget Carlos Gomez for the Minnesota Twins. He's largely recognized as the fastest player in MLB. He routinely beat Jose Reyes in sprints during the Mets training camp last year. But he needs to learn to hit.

I highly doubt that he ran 3.1

its like 27.5m......if he had that kind of acceleration, then he'd be able to run a 100m near 10 s....in fact that would be near world record good

uh_no wrote:

I highly doubt that he ran 3.1

its like 27.5m......if he had that kind of acceleration, then he'd be able to run a 100m near 10 s....in fact that would be near world record good

i doubt the Mick could run in a straight line

There are certainly some speedy guys out there, but yeah, you're going to beat Davit Ortiz down the line all day long.

I don't go to many games in person anymore, but I remember watching Johnny Damon swipe 2nd in a game his first year with Boston back when he was fast and thinking how fast it happened. Seemed like the blink of an eye and he was sliding.

Jon Kruk's speed was timed by an hourglass. The late great Boog Powell could go from first to third in a top of an inning. Harmon Killebrew had the same speed as a 70-year old that he did when he was in his twenties. Minnie Minnoso could run, as could a young Ken Griffey, senior and junior.

Dick Doobey wrote:

There are certainly some speedy guys out there, but yeah, you're going to beat Davit Ortiz down the line all day long.

I don't go to many games in person anymore, but I remember watching Johnny Damon swipe 2nd in a game his first year with Boston back when he was fast and thinking how fast it happened. Seemed like the blink of an eye and he was sliding.

Someone from Florida can confirm this, but I think Damon won the state in the 100 as a senior. Of course now, he's probably put on a good 30 pounds since then.

You ran a 1:52, and could only do 50/51 in a (flying start)relay? You're not as fast as you think.

I think you guys are forgetting Neon Deion....

...or Kirk Gibson.