Baseball

In baseball, the pitcher's mound is 60'6" from home plate. Have you ever thought how little time you have to react to a pitched ball?

A ball thrown…

• 30 mph would give a batter 1.38 seconds to react
• 35 mph would give a batter 1.18 seconds to react
• 40 mph would give a batter 1.03 seconds to react
• 45 mph would give a batter .92 seconds to react
• 50 mph would give a batter .83 seconds to react
• 55 mph would give a batter .75 seconds to react
• 60 mph would give a batter .69 seconds to react
• 70 mph would give a batter .59 seconds to react

Major baseball pitchers easily throw 80+ mph during a game. Here are reaction times major league batters have in order to decide whether or not to swing at a pitch.

• 80 mph would give a batter .52 seconds to react
• 90 mph would give a batter .46 seconds to react
• 100 mph would give a batter .41 seconds to react