Can a World Class Baseball Pitcher Kill You?

The fastest recorded baseball pitch was clocked at 108 mph, or 48 m/s with the 141 gram ball. That is a whopping 162 Joules, or 119 ft-lb. More than the most powerful compound hunting bows can muster. A baseball is very hard, much tougher than any air filled ball. It has huge damage potential. Enough of a challenge for us here at The Slingshot Channel to test if it can be lethal! So we converted the football launcher to accept baseballs instead, and increased the rubber strength until we hit those 108 mph. Then we tested the impact against an archery mat, a plank of particle board, and ultimately against a block of ballistic gelatin. Next, we tested what would happen if that same world record pitcher throws an iron boule ball instead. The much heavier and harder projectile flies slower of course, but the impact is outright devastating. A "The Slingshot Channel" production!.

Comments

1. Very interesting,nice joob good sir.
2. hockey pucks go 100 mph plus normally. the fast shot was about 118 MPH.
3. Ya I'd think one to the head cracks your skull and kills you
4. Bullseye.
5. the shirt
6. Those clamps should be called o or d clamps
7. oml, his shirt
8. we have a monument for a pitcher at one of our grave yards. maybe i find a link?
9. I absolutely love his accent and how he speaks
10. Now i see how Jackie Robinson felt when that baseball hit him in the head.
11. Yeah 100% can kill if it hits you in the temple
12. I love this guy's shirt 😂
13. That shirt though
14. I gave a like for your attire
15. I'm in love with the shirt
16. Is he wearing a bitches ain't shit T-shirt?
17. I can't take u seriously with that shirt
18. Who's mans is this??
19. dat shirt tho
20. I'm from Texas, and I know a guy named Tyler Kolick who plays for the AA affiliate Marlins, and he pitched on AVERAGE, a 100mph fastball, with his max at 104mph in high school@Shepherd High school in shepherd, Texas. He was drafted second overall in 2015 by the Marlins