Split-finger fastball
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate.
- His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.
See also
- curveball
- slider
- fastball
- cut fastball
- two-seam fastball
- sinker
- screwball
- knuckleball