@@hahalol147 yea considering 100mph means ball goes 60 feet in roughly 0.4 seconds. The 6 ft difference in release makes it about 0.36 seconds to react to the same pitch. Nearly to the point if u blink u will miss it.
I'm born and raised near Pittsburgh, so I got to see Kent Tekulve pitch in person dozens of time. I could never figure out how he managed to avoid breaking his arm throwing the way he did. Dan Quisenberry too, for that matter. Back in the 70's the Phillies had a pitcher named Wayne Twichell, who was 6'8", and primarily a sidearm pitcher. When he'd drop down sidearm, and with that big stride, it would be hard not to poop your pants if you were a right handed batter. One of the weirdest style I ever saw in person was Luis Tiant, who used totally turn his back on the batter during his wind up, and as he turned his back, he'd tilt his head backwards, as if he were looking skyward. And then as he'd come back around, he'd peek over his shoulder, pick up the catcher's target again and deliver the pitch. Another was Juan Marichal, who had the highest leg kick I've ever seen, and higher than any of the pitchers shown here. Long before Steve Hamilton and his Folly Floater, Rip Sewell won somewhere around 140 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 30's-late 40's throwing nothing but his Eephus Pitch, which would arc about 20-25 feet in the air before dropping almost straight down at the plate. Watching this video, I don't know how Cueto could get away with that "shoulder wiggle," because he didn't do it all the time, so it couldn't be considered part of his "normal delivery."
I agree. Tiant was a great pitcher too. There's another guy that was around for a few years that faced CENTER FIELD just before delivery. Can't remember his name. And then was Mark “The Bird” Fidrych. Unfortunately Mark was strangled by his power take off getting caught up in his clothes while working under his truck. But why were none of these "strange" deliveries mentioned?
To answer the Cueto question: The shoulders can’t move only when in the set position (pitcher has the sign, taking his foot back to show such). Shoulders can otherwise move freely. This is also how you get people doing big twists when they bring their leg up. His “motion” has started, allowing free movement except for stopping/starting the motion again. More of a distractions than anything, classic baseball mind games being used.
Dan Quisenberry, mid 80s reliever, had a submarine delivery. He used to release it so low he would sometimes graze his knuckles on the dirt. Also Dennis Eckersley's sidearm delivery was a strange one for the time.
@@kendallevans4079 I saw Kent Tekulve pitch as a kid (maybe 1980?) and nearly destroyed my arm imitating him. Still have my Pirates stars cap but sadly my head is a little bigger than it was when I was 7. Cheers
@@fintanoclery2698 I'm glad I'm not the only one to remember him...You know my biggest question is: These submariners must have passed through dozens and dozens of pitching coaches to get to the big leagues and none ever said "Hey kid, you can't pitch like that!"? I'm surprised.
I loved that clip. Usually you get the normal morons who wave their arms or have one hand on their cell phone talking to whoever happens to be unlucky to answer their call telling them to turn the tv on and look behind home plate (I’m looking at you Marlins Guy! Fucker has all this money to spend and no wife or gf because he is in such desperate need of attention that he has to be at almost every game mlb or other that is on prime time tv)
@@maynardj.keenan8957 the guys in the band are better than ever, Danny at the drums, or Justin with the bass, they are magnificent, but I think you didn't try hard enough and your vocals ain't what they used to be, you kinda disappointed me in Fear Innoculum... Anyway, thanks for 27 years of great music, see ya at some baseball game
No Luis Tiant or Fernando Valenzuela?? Two very memorable deliveries. Bull Durham reference: Breathing through his eyelids like the Galapagos Island lizards.
0:00 Johnny Cueto (debuted in 2007) 0:25 Orlando Hernandez (debuted in 1998) 0:42 Alex Wood (debuted in 2013) 1:02 Satchel Paige (debuted in 1948) 1:18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (debuted in 2007) 1:37 Marc Rzepczinski (debuted in 2011) 1:52 Francisco Rodriguez (debuted in 2002) 2:24 Pedro Feliciano (debuted in 2007) ------------ part 2 coming soon. I gotta get some sleep. (by the way, part 2 will go to the reply section)
Ready for part 2? ------------ 2:35 Hideo Nomo (debuted in 1990) 2:56 Greg Harris (debuted in 1981) 3:16 Steve Hamilton (debuted in 1961) 3:32 Jordan Walden (debuted in 2010) 3:52 Juan Marichal (debuted in 1960) 4:14 Kent Tekulve (debuted in 1974) 4:34 Joe Smith (debuted in 2007) 4:52 Pat Neshek (debuted in 2006) 5:09 Ubaldo Jimenez (debuted in 2006) 5:29 (i know it wasn’t meant to not show the name) Tim Lincecum (debuted in 2007) 5:50 (one of my repliers wanted this one) Carter Capps (debuted in 2012) 6:12 Randy Choate (debuted in 2000) 6:32 (you can see fans are mocking him by what he’s doing) Craig Kimbrel (debuted in 2010) 6:59 Alex Cobb (debuted in 2011) ------------ 7:14 Who is this one? Let me know :) Thanks for watching!
You included some great oldies, even Satchel Paige! Seems somehow submariner Ted Abernathy got missed... his pitching style was definitely one of a kind during his later career. He suffered some arm injuries which resulted in him eventually going from traditional overhand to that submarine/sidearm delivery.
Don't forget Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell who pitched for the Reds and Yankees from 1942 until the mid-50s. Very tall and skinny. He too was a submariner.
I was hoping to see Hideo Nomo on the list. I remember going down to Comerica Park when it was brand new and watching him pitch for the Tigers. I always loved his pitching style and used part of it, namely the twisting of the body, when I pitched all throughout junior high and high school.
I remember being taught what a balk was. Then I watched Johnny Cueto highlights and went insane. *all jokes here, I know there are never any runners on base when he does the shimmy, BUT STILL goddamn is it controversially wild as much as it is entertaining lol*
Dan Quisenberry 1980's with the Royals was as effective as anyone in the MLB with his submarine style. He still has one of the lowest walk rates of the last 50 years.
Matt yes when he did the shimmy on the mound when no one else was on base it wasn't a ball since there was no one to deceive if it was from the stretch and someone was on that's the most obvious balk ever lol
Steve Hamilton with the "volley floater" what a great idea for pitch! You're arm and shoulder would be far less affected from the damaging rips and tears in muscles you normally receive. Giving you greater Mobility also throughout the week and just overall better performance. No doubt this was the inspiration behind one of my favorite films growing up, "Rookie of the Year"....
I’m surprised Gene Garber didn’t make the list. Played for the Braves for 9 years (I think). Underhanded/sidearmed delivery. Jim Katt was also a strange pitcher who would sometimes catch batters off guard by immediately throwing a second pitch as soon as the catcher threw it back to him. Eventually this trick became well known and he stopped doing very often.
Nice video but how do you put together something like this and skip Dan Quisenberry? He led the AL in saves 5 times and retired with the 6th most saves in baseball history. Best submarine pitcher ever.
These guys are actually really smart for having such odd styles. Their styles are so different, and so odd that the batters can’t possibly anticipate a tell of how they are planning on throwing it.
Add to this, Tom Seaver's "smudging-the-dirt-with-his-knee" pitch, Fernando Valenzuela's "eyes skyward" windup, Luis Tiant's "clock" windup, and Clayton Kershaw's "hesitation" windup.
Sid Fernandez, Jesse Orosco, Neil Allen,Ed Glynn,Jeff Reardon,Nino Espinosa,and Pat Zachary. They all pitched for My Favorite Baseball team, The Mets. They all had unusual pitching styles/windups. Other pitchers that I remember having unusual styles/windups were Fernando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant,Mario Soto,Dan Quisenberry, Dick Ruthven, and Dennis "Oil-Can" Boyd.
From Japan with respect. I’d like to ask MLB fans. Is Daisuke Matsuzaka’s pitch style weird for Americans? I’m a Japanese baseball fan, I dreamed of becoming a great pitcher as Daisuke when I was a kid. I thought his pitching style was popular in Japan in 2000s, does it look weird for Americans?
Yes. And to be honest, many of the Japanese pitchers motions seem unusual at least to my eye, especially when they first started coming over to the US. It was the slowness and, or the pausing in the motion that was unusual. After more and more players have come over and the years have gone by it doesn’t seem as unusual anymore
Would be interesting to see some of the pitchers whose action changed over the course of their careers. John Smoltz was one who release point became more sidearm as he neared the end of his career. And where is Fernando Valenzuela?
...show Louis Tiant & Fernando Valenzueala (not sure on spelling on both) ...they practically screwed themselves into the mound on the wind up & unscrewed back out during their release...& they were both good!
When I was a kid I duplicated orlando hernandez's pitching style. I was pretty small and not very strong and I think it added some speed. I wanted to be a pitcher so bad and I think that style was the reason why I was picked to pitch. I'll always love that high kick.
Everybody is talking about Jordan Walden's 100mph fastball consistency but its still a bad pitching form for longevity. He's getting the speed but its unnecesarry strain on his arm. The pitching coach shouldnt have allowed him to do that more than once or twice a game if any. He couldve had an amazing career
long arm of the "law" there. that's why Johnson was around for so long. when your arms are 9 feet long doesn't take much effort to throw 100 mph fastballs! what a great pitcher.
Good ol’ Patty Neshek. I remember watching him on the Twins as a kid. Me and my friends would all try to recreate his pitch style when playing whiffle ball at the park. It was wicked lol
What is amazing with Kent and others like him, is that they came this far in their career and they must have ignored coaches/managers trying to get them to a more conventional style told them. They stuck with what works and I salute them for that.
You missed the 2 craziest pitchers of all time both were great pitchers as well. Dan Quisenberry and Luis Tiant. The Great Luis Tiant once threw 9 Shutouts in a single season! Dan Quisenberry lead the league in Saves 5 different seasons! Dan Quisenberry threw Submarine Style and my cousin and I played catch practing his throwing style for years. We both got good enough to throw a ball submarine style over 70MPH and somewhat accurately. Luis Tiant's windup I don't think I could learn in 20 years of practice.
0:41 Never played baseball and barely starting watching it. But the way he throws it i can understand letting the feet sweep under yourself a little. To me it helps from my arm hurting after throwing something hard because the momentum is still in the arm but it's never in the elbow and carries over across the body. Still a little in the shoulder though. At 0:52 that looked painful on the elbow though
Chris Sale is one of my favorite pitchers to watch. I like watching his facial expression. He has this agonized expression on his face when he pitches. I liked the commentator at the very end.
Thank-you for including Expos' Greg Harris 2:55. I am also one of the unusual ones who can do what he did. I think many viewers didn't notice Harris throws both Right-Handed & also as a Southpaw...
Matt you shoud not do lots of drinking before the game. Right handed batter with sidearm lefty on the mound for me is H.R. City, in rush hr. traffic, on Friday.
Phillies fan here, weirdest pitching style and most hated man in phillies history, Mitch Williams. Always fell down after pitch and it's not like he was throwing 100 mph pitches. 75 mph change-up, falls down. Poor guy left town after multiple death threats following 2 blown saves during World series vs Jay's.
Tim was a fav of mine. My grandma is a jinx and she was not allowed to watch the SF games for 3 years during their winning streak. The next year she watched a game at a restaurant and we lost.
Louis Tiant, Tom Seaver, Dan Quisenberry and Mark the bird Fidrych. No one got lower to the ground than Seaver as his knee always was dirty from his pitching delivery, Tiant was the first to turn his back to the batter, Quisenberry had that low arm angle and no one was weirder than the Bird on the mound.
I didn't see Ted Abernathy on this video clip. Ted pitched for the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960's. When he delivered, he almost looked like he was pitching underhand.
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Woke MLB can kiss my ass
0:18 you shouldn’t be allowed to even pitch like that smh
@PWR JJ MLB is garbage now that it has gone woke. That comment seems to trigger soft delicate snowflakes.
3:33 these throws are insane it just snaps into the air like its riding on a rail traveling with no arc
100 mph is fast
@@woodyman2745 even faster to the hitter considering his motion takes up a yard or 2
Camera angle.
@@hahalol147 yea considering 100mph means ball goes 60 feet in roughly 0.4 seconds. The 6 ft difference in release makes it about 0.36 seconds to react to the same pitch. Nearly to the point if u blink u will miss it.
Yeah, thing s get wobbly.
3:42 Throws that thing faster than a bullet!
Idk what my name should be.04
100 mph
The way the camera is angled makes it look trippy asf
Idk what my name should be.04 dang
😭
Why the hell does it move like that???
Bro Orlando Hernandez pitches like how I'd imagine a jojo character would pitch a ball.
How dare thy critique how I pitch
@@jotarokujo12 cause it looks like shit
No shit!!!!
@@papasquash919 bitch, I mean true but still
Thicc platinum
3:31 kind of interesting how consistent he is at throwing exactly 100MPH
I'm born and raised near Pittsburgh, so I got to see Kent Tekulve pitch in person dozens of time. I could never figure out how he managed to avoid breaking his arm throwing the way he did. Dan Quisenberry too, for that matter. Back in the 70's the Phillies had a pitcher named Wayne Twichell, who was 6'8", and primarily a sidearm pitcher. When he'd drop down sidearm, and with that big stride, it would be hard not to poop your pants if you were a right handed batter.
One of the weirdest style I ever saw in person was Luis Tiant, who used totally turn his back on the batter during his wind up, and as he turned his back, he'd tilt his head backwards, as if he were looking skyward. And then as he'd come back around, he'd peek over his shoulder, pick up the catcher's target again and deliver the pitch. Another was Juan Marichal, who had the highest leg kick I've ever seen, and higher than any of the pitchers shown here.
Long before Steve Hamilton and his Folly Floater, Rip Sewell won somewhere around 140 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 30's-late 40's throwing nothing but his Eephus Pitch, which would arc about 20-25 feet in the air before dropping almost straight down at the plate.
Watching this video, I don't know how Cueto could get away with that "shoulder wiggle," because he didn't do it all the time, so it couldn't be considered part of his "normal delivery."
I agree. Tiant was a great pitcher too. There's another guy that was around for a few years that faced CENTER FIELD just before delivery. Can't remember his name. And then was Mark “The Bird” Fidrych. Unfortunately Mark was strangled by his power take off getting caught up in his clothes while working under his truck. But why were none of these "strange" deliveries mentioned?
To answer the Cueto question:
The shoulders can’t move only when in the set position (pitcher has the sign, taking his foot back to show such). Shoulders can otherwise move freely. This is also how you get people doing big twists when they bring their leg up. His “motion” has started, allowing free movement except for stopping/starting the motion again.
More of a distractions than anything, classic baseball mind games being used.
Dan Quisenberry, mid 80s reliever, had a submarine delivery. He used to release it so low he would sometimes graze his knuckles on the dirt. Also Dennis Eckersley's sidearm delivery was a strange one for the time.
Oh Yeah, I forgot about "Thee Eck".
He looked like a member of that 1970's band "Three Dog Night".
Kent Tekulve (sp) was the weirdest I ever saw. He played in the 70's mostly for the Pirates
@@kendallevans4079 I saw Kent Tekulve pitch as a kid (maybe 1980?) and nearly destroyed my arm imitating him. Still have my Pirates stars cap but sadly my head is a little bigger than it was when I was 7. Cheers
@@fintanoclery2698 I'm glad I'm not the only one to remember him...You know my biggest question is: These submariners must have passed through dozens and dozens of pitching coaches to get to the big leagues and none ever said "Hey kid, you can't pitch like that!"? I'm surprised.
@@kendallevans4079 that is a very good question, cheers Kendall.
Hideo Nomo's wind-up is strange but looks so fluid and beautiful to me.
Adam Cimber of the Blue Jays has a strange pitching style. He throws it it really low, almost at level with his knees.
Love watching him come in. So satisfying seeing the rising fastball right down the middle.
Ross Ohlendorf is the weirdest
i know right!
@Drake Lyle no one asked
Craig Kimbrel has the weirdest pitching style.
@@kevinmiller6380 that’s not him actually pitching though, that’s just him looking at the sign
@6:33 fan trolling at its finest XD
I loved that clip. Usually you get the normal morons who wave their arms or have one hand on their cell phone talking to whoever happens to be unlucky to answer their call telling them to turn the tv on and look behind home plate (I’m looking at you Marlins Guy! Fucker has all this money to spend and no wife or gf because he is in such desperate need of attention that he has to be at almost every game mlb or other that is on prime time tv)
Lmao
@@maynardj.keenan8957 the guys in the band are better than ever, Danny at the drums, or Justin with the bass, they are magnificent, but I think you didn't try hard enough and your vocals ain't what they used to be, you kinda disappointed me in Fear Innoculum... Anyway, thanks for 27 years of great music, see ya at some baseball game
@@maynardj.keenan8957 thats not how it works. And u can have a wife and gf and still be at every game
Michael Mayers ummm what? Lol not sure what you are responding to with this comment
3:46, i dont see that as weird, i see that as a technique that should be taught if he is throwing 100 mph fastballs consistently
look as his feet He’s hopping towards the mound before he release the ball. So He was throwing it nearer then 60 ft.
@@AngeloDenwillPetate so does the guy on 6:00
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He's inconsistent and got hurt for it. A pitching coach should've told him he's gonna fuck up his shoulder and it did.
0:52 when your frame rate suddenly catches up
Hahah
Emulators be like
No Luis Tiant or Fernando Valenzuela?? Two very memorable deliveries. Bull Durham reference: Breathing through his eyelids like the Galapagos Island lizards.
I always liked watching Tiant pitch even though I’m a Big Red Machine fan.
You beat me to the Valenzuela commnet. Dude didn't even look at the plate until he was moving forward. Unreal.
Same
Luis Tiant - the King od the weird windup. Outstanding pitcher who no one knew his correct age - kinda like Satchel Paige.
And Pujols
Jordan Walden just makes it look like it doesn't leave his hand and just teleport to the air
I know he has major heat
Cueto's form is not "weird" he just changes his delivery timing lmao.
Cueto is a poor mans Luis Tiant.
which makes it weird
@@davemenzimer5721 even though cueto has made more money than luis tiant
5:38 curve was frickin nasty
Tim Lincecum was goated, but then he fell off.
I used to love imitating Byung-Hyun Kim's side arm when I was a kid in the 2000's. Kind of surprised he wasn't in this video.
0:00 Johnny Cueto (debuted in 2007)
0:25 Orlando Hernandez (debuted in 1998)
0:42 Alex Wood (debuted in 2013)
1:02 Satchel Paige (debuted in 1948)
1:18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (debuted in 2007)
1:37 Marc Rzepczinski (debuted in 2011)
1:52 Francisco Rodriguez (debuted in 2002)
2:24 Pedro Feliciano (debuted in 2007)
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part 2 coming soon. I gotta get some sleep.
(by the way, part 2 will go to the reply section)
Carter capps?
Cap
@@WITHBEN I got lazy
Ready for part 2?
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2:35 Hideo Nomo (debuted in 1990)
2:56 Greg Harris (debuted in 1981)
3:16 Steve Hamilton (debuted in 1961)
3:32 Jordan Walden (debuted in 2010)
3:52 Juan Marichal (debuted in 1960)
4:14 Kent Tekulve (debuted in 1974)
4:34 Joe Smith (debuted in 2007)
4:52 Pat Neshek (debuted in 2006)
5:09 Ubaldo Jimenez (debuted in 2006)
5:29 (i know it wasn’t meant to not show the name) Tim Lincecum (debuted in 2007)
5:50 (one of my repliers wanted this one) Carter Capps (debuted in 2012)
6:12 Randy Choate (debuted in 2000)
6:32 (you can see fans are mocking him by what he’s doing) Craig Kimbrel (debuted in 2010)
6:59 Alex Cobb (debuted in 2011)
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7:14 Who is this one? Let me know :)
Thanks for watching!
@@RejectedPromiseError He was on part 2
Sad to see no submarine pitchers, even tho the thumbnail is a submariner like myself
WTF no Kent Teculve!
You included some great oldies, even Satchel Paige! Seems somehow submariner Ted Abernathy got missed... his pitching style was definitely one of a kind during his later career. He suffered some arm injuries which resulted in him eventually going from traditional overhand to that submarine/sidearm delivery.
I thought about Abernathy as well.
Don't forget Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell who pitched for the Reds and Yankees from 1942 until the mid-50s. Very tall and skinny. He too was a submariner.
0:25 "Cone, why can't you make a dance move?"
I used to love watching Hideo Nomo pitch.
the most impressive pitch 3:33
Zach Melchisedeck wow
Zach Melchisedeck 2:51 is nice too
Zach Melchisedeck that shit was so fast it looked fake
100 MPH, that ball goes faster than a sports car in a highway
Looks like LAZER
Nomo's tornado pitching is my favorite
I was hoping to see Hideo Nomo on the list. I remember going down to Comerica Park when it was brand new and watching him pitch for the Tigers. I always loved his pitching style and used part of it, namely the twisting of the body, when I pitched all throughout junior high and high school.
He is 2:36.
You didn’t even watch the video and yet you complain
@@Anonymous-lq2bs I think he knows, he was just hoping he'd be included.
I remember being taught what a balk was. Then I watched Johnny Cueto highlights and went insane.
*all jokes here, I know there are never any runners on base when he does the shimmy, BUT STILL goddamn is it controversially wild as much as it is entertaining lol*
No Mike Fetters?! he would always take a deep breath, then quickly shift his head to the batter and just glare at them.. He was awesome lol
I remember Mike.Tried to look really ticked off.
I was so good coach made new position just for me....Left Out.
Too much recency bias in some of these comps sometimes.
@@davemenzimer5721 lol
I do that 2
Dan Quisenberry 1980's with the Royals was as effective as anyone in the MLB with his submarine style. He still has one of the lowest walk rates of the last 50 years.
me and my brother always used to imitate Nomo's wind up as kids lol
Why? Matsuzaka , his style was beautiful .
Trueee. His style is average japanese baseball player pitching style 😂 . I don't see anything weird
Even as bizarre as John Rocker was as a human being; he had the craziest pre-pitch formula I'd ever seen!!
Johnny Cueto looks like he balks every time.
TheRealQuinnMorris yes you can dumbass it gets called a ball
TheRealQuinnMorris Dude, don't call anyone a Dummy, especially when I see "man boy" all around baseball videos, ok?
TheRealQuinnMorris it's still a type of Balk dipshit doesn't matter if it's a different type I'm not talking about Cueto I'm talking I general
Matt yes when he did the shimmy on the mound when no one else was on base it wasn't a ball since there was no one to deceive if it was from the stretch and someone was on that's the most obvious balk ever lol
Matt smith ... u should learn the rules ... u can't balk without runners on base and no ball is called .... idiot
Steve Hamilton with the "volley floater" what a great idea for pitch! You're arm and shoulder would be far less affected from the damaging rips and tears in muscles you normally receive. Giving you greater Mobility also throughout the week and just overall better performance. No doubt this was the inspiration behind one of my favorite films growing up, "Rookie of the Year"....
How Cueto doesn't have a million balks is beyond me.
It’s because he stands on one leg and does move his arm
@@SilentDeathByNINJA Stands on one leg and does NOT move his arm… only waggles his shoulders.
You do realize there is no one on base, right
I always loved that wiggle lol
What’s wrong with Matsuzaka’s mechanics?
Glad you showed Juan Marichal. As Roger Angell once wrote, "throws like some enormous and dangerous farm implement."
I’m surprised Gene Garber didn’t make the list. Played for the Braves for 9 years (I think). Underhanded/sidearmed delivery.
Jim Katt was also a strange pitcher who would sometimes catch batters off guard by immediately throwing a second pitch as soon as the catcher threw it back to him. Eventually this trick became well known and he stopped doing very often.
Plus garber would rotate on his one leg and turn his back to the batter on his wind up we had him in Philly for a few years
Katt was a great fielding pitcher as well.
And Dan Quisenbary!
6:23 what the heck it looked like he was afraid of the ball because that was a terrible swing
yah
Nice video but how do you put together something like this and skip Dan Quisenberry? He led the AL in saves 5 times and retired with the 6th most saves in baseball history. Best submarine pitcher ever.
Do we all understand the pure power and balance it takes to disrupt the motion of your delivery like that and throw that hard?! Jesus...
Dan Quissenberry....Terry Mulholland.... Mitch Williams.....
These guys are actually really smart for having such odd styles. Their styles are so different, and so odd that the batters can’t possibly anticipate a tell of how they are planning on throwing it.
A lot of these can be labeled as "How to shorten your pitching career".
For real. All that extra movement. Aside from Satchel Paige, of course
Lincecum had a good run but yeah that was a violent delivery . . . Tough on a guy that weighed 165 soaking wet
Not really. Everyone is different...pitchers today are pansies.
@@aaronsanborn4291 would you say Sandy Koufax was a pansy? He retired at 30
Add to this, Tom Seaver's "smudging-the-dirt-with-his-knee" pitch, Fernando Valenzuela's "eyes skyward" windup, Luis Tiant's "clock" windup, and Clayton Kershaw's "hesitation" windup.
Orlando Hernandez pitches the way I imagine Micheal Jackson would
Sid Fernandez, Jesse Orosco, Neil Allen,Ed Glynn,Jeff Reardon,Nino Espinosa,and Pat Zachary. They all pitched for My Favorite Baseball team, The Mets. They all had unusual pitching styles/windups.
Other pitchers that I remember having unusual styles/windups were Fernando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant,Mario Soto,Dan Quisenberry, Dick Ruthven, and Dennis "Oil-Can" Boyd.
From Japan with respect. I’d like to ask MLB fans.
Is Daisuke Matsuzaka’s pitch style weird for Americans?
I’m a Japanese baseball fan, I dreamed of becoming a great pitcher as Daisuke when I was a kid.
I thought his pitching style was popular in Japan in 2000s, does it look weird for Americans?
Yes. And to be honest, many of the Japanese pitchers motions seem unusual at least to my eye, especially when they first started coming over to the US. It was the slowness and, or the pausing in the motion that was unusual. After more and more players have come over and the years have gone by it doesn’t seem as unusual anymore
I watched this whole video just to make sure Kimbrel was in it.
6:36 you can always count on Philly fans 😭
Would be interesting to see some of the pitchers whose action changed over the course of their careers. John Smoltz was one who release point became more sidearm as he neared the end of his career.
And where is Fernando Valenzuela?
Nomo has crazy control
Me: *never looks up baseball content*
RUclips: Heeeeeeeere's PITCHING!
This was worth it just to see footage of Satchel Paige.
The omission of Luis Tiant is glaring.
That's what im saying.did it with class too.
...show Louis Tiant & Fernando Valenzueala (not sure on spelling on both) ...they practically screwed themselves into the mound on the wind up & unscrewed back out during their release...& they were both good!
I’m a lil surprised that Alice Cullen wasn’t featured here
1:11 my man throwing like the heat kid from Sandlot😂
😂😂😂😭
When I was a kid I duplicated orlando hernandez's pitching style. I was pretty small and not very strong and I think it added some speed. I wanted to be a pitcher so bad and I think that style was the reason why I was picked to pitch. I'll always love that high kick.
Everybody is talking about Jordan Walden's 100mph fastball consistency but its still a bad pitching form for longevity. He's getting the speed but its unnecesarry strain on his arm. The pitching coach shouldnt have allowed him to do that more than once or twice a game if any. He couldve had an amazing career
long arm of the "law" there. that's why Johnson was around for so long. when your arms are 9 feet long doesn't take much effort to throw 100 mph fastballs! what a great pitcher.
Anyone affected by the way pitchers throw in MLB the show?
Me
Hungerboy Gaming me
Hungerboy Gaming you spelled effected wrong
Ryder Hackbarth
The word Affected also exists genius.
no youre wrong
Good ol’ Patty Neshek. I remember watching him on the Twins as a kid. Me and my friends would all try to recreate his pitch style when playing whiffle ball at the park. It was wicked lol
Dan quisenberry needs to be on here
so does Clayton Kershaw, Dennis Eckersley, Bronson Arroyo, just to name a few.
Mark Eichorn, Len Barker, Fernando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant . . .
That's what I was thinking. How can you NOT include Quiz? That crazy underhanded throw of his was so cool.
I was just thinking about Quisenberry. I loved watching him pitch in the '80's.
incomplete without him!
That guy looked liked he was going to charge the mound at Mark Rzepczinski at 1:48
man i love that Tekulve sidearm so much.
What is amazing with Kent and others like him, is that they came this far in their career and they must have ignored coaches/managers trying to get them to a more conventional style told them. They stuck with what works and I salute them for that.
You missed the 2 craziest pitchers of all time both were great pitchers as well. Dan Quisenberry and Luis Tiant. The Great Luis Tiant once threw 9 Shutouts in a single season! Dan Quisenberry lead the league in Saves 5 different seasons!
Dan Quisenberry threw Submarine Style and my cousin and I played catch practing his throwing style for years. We both got good enough to throw a ball submarine style over 70MPH and somewhat accurately. Luis Tiant's windup I don't think I could learn in 20 years of practice.
I was wondering how Tiant was missing from this list, too.
these are really good pitchers. take Alex wood. theres nothing funny or wrong for his style
Young Family ya. Alex wood is really good. If it helps him win games and strike people out that's fine by me
Young Family Alex wood is gonna get a cy young award
Mlg golden Freddy Garcia I really doubt that
Dank Sax ok giants fan
Mlg golden Freddy Garcia I’m a cubs fan
I bet Kent Tekulve's right elbow bends in dozens of different directions.
2:18 did any noticed the catcher wearing nail polish
...a lot of them do...so the pitcher can see their signs...
Where is the thumbnail submariner pitcher?
全員キレッキレでワロタ
フォームはあんま関係ないんだな
6:40 The crowd imitating the pitcher 😂
Dontrelle Willis anyone?
...good call on Willis...really enjoyed watching him pitch...was a stud...
The king of kings is Hideo Nomo. I miss him so much.
Ubaldo jiminez was something special
6:37 Check the fans doing Kimbrel’s pitching stance. 😂
0:41
Never played baseball and barely starting watching it. But the way he throws it i can understand letting the feet sweep under yourself a little. To me it helps from my arm hurting after throwing something hard because the momentum is still in the arm but it's never in the elbow and carries over across the body. Still a little in the shoulder though. At 0:52 that looked painful on the elbow though
Used to love to watch Nomo pitch...
Jordan Waldens intro @3:31! Dude looks like he staight wants to destroy!! His pitches back it up
That guy that gets a step off the mound before the throw is next level
Chris Sale is one of my favorite pitchers to watch. I like watching his facial expression. He has this agonized expression on his face when he pitches.
I liked the commentator at the very end.
Thank-you for including Expos' Greg Harris 2:55. I am also one of the unusual ones
who can do what he did. I think many viewers didn't notice Harris throws both
Right-Handed & also as a Southpaw...
Hideki Okajima and Fernando Valenzuela should be on here.
Craig Kimberls is the weirdest start off form lol
Sidearms are the hardest pitchers to read! If he’s left handed, forget it, you just struck out. Lol
Matt you shoud not do lots of drinking before the game. Right handed batter with sidearm lefty on the mound for me is H.R. City, in rush hr. traffic, on Friday.
John Candalaria was one of the best side wheelers. Left hand hitters nightmare.
Phillies fan here, weirdest pitching style and most hated man in phillies history, Mitch Williams. Always fell down after pitch and it's not like he was throwing 100 mph pitches. 75 mph change-up, falls down. Poor guy left town after multiple death threats following 2 blown saves during World series vs Jay's.
Hideo Nomo deserved more time .
I would add Dan Quisenberry, Randy Johnson, Bob Feller and Denis Eckersley, just naming a few off the top of my head :)
Tim was a fav of mine. My grandma is a jinx and she was not allowed to watch the SF games for 3 years during their winning streak. The next year she watched a game at a restaurant and we lost.
OMG! I miss TIM LINCECUM very much! This great ace pitcher is injuring and can't go back now....It make me so sad to see that.
...he's back...he's just touring w/ his brothers in Hanson...
Louis Tiant, Tom Seaver, Dan Quisenberry and Mark the bird Fidrych.
No one got lower to the ground than Seaver as his knee always was dirty from his pitching delivery, Tiant was the first to turn his back to the batter, Quisenberry had that low arm angle and no one was weirder than the Bird on the mound.
Al Hraboski...
In this video we find a very rare occasion were we see Francisco Rodriguez record a save
Caleb Brekke yup
Caleb Brekke I mean he has over 500 of them
Yeah the closer who's 4th in career saves just doesn't know how to record a save...
ItzMarcus No not at all, thank you for making us aware. We had no idea.
I didn't see Ted Abernathy on this video clip. Ted pitched for the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960's. When he delivered, he almost looked like he was pitching underhand.
3:42 that's some throw speed broh
WHAT, no Carl Mays?
There were times his pitching hand would scrape the pitching mound.
And Steve Hamilton didn't have a weird one at all the video you showed wasn't a pitching style but a pitch type.
A conventional pitcher with one odd pitch.
He didn’t follow through. He just flicked his hand
Dontrelle Willis is definitely one that comes to mind when I think of weird pitching styles
And the winner is.............. Kent Tekulve!
That dude looks like a DC universe arch villian.
Yeah,Kent Tekulve,He Really had The Outer Space Alien Look.