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Four-seam fastball: Average Spin 2019

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as four-seam fastball.

Season

At least 100 pitches of this type with a spin measurement in this season. Recorded pitch types. Usage divides by all delivered pitches, including unknown types. Speed is in mph, spin in rpm and extension in feet. Averages use measured pitches only. Whiffs divide misses by swings. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Four-seam fastball: Average Spin / 2019

Luke Bard

LAA

2746

Season leader

Four-seam fastball: Average Spin2019 season
#	Player	Team	FF spin count	Type coverage	FF rpm
1	L. BardLuke Bard	LAA	275	97.1%	2746
2	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	466	98.2%	2656
3	J. LeclercJosé Leclerc	TEX	523	98.5%	2655
4	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	1497	100.0%	2650
5	J. D. SmithJosh D. Smith	MIA	154	100.0%	2645
6	L. SimsLucas Sims	CIN	376	100.0%	2641
7	C. Edwards Jr.Carl Edwards Jr.	SD	257	100.0%	2636
8	F. VázquezFelipe Vázquez	PIT	569	99.9%	2622
9	R. BlackRay Black	MIL	198	93.3%	2612
10	A. AdamsAustin Adams	SEA	174	98.0%	2601
11	Y. GarcíaYimi García	LAD	440	99.9%	2594
12	P. MatonPhil Maton	CLE	347	100.0%	2583
13	J. AdamJason Adam	TOR	243	99.7%	2580
14	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	1617	94.0%	2577
15	A. MejíaAdalberto Mejía	LAA	277	100.0%	2576
16	R. PresslyRyan Pressly	HOU	287	95.9%	2571
17	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	830	99.8%	2571
18	T. BashlorTyler Bashlor	NYM	238	96.5%	2567
19	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	733	100.0%	2547
20	D. WinklerDan Winkler	ATL	107	100.0%	2542
21	M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen	CIN	276	97.2%	2538
22	J. BiddleJesse Biddle	TEX	328	97.4%	2532
23	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	1733	99.9%	2530
24	J. JiménezJoe Jiménez	DET	722	100.0%	2528
25	S. GraySonny Gray	CIN	798	96.5%	2526
26	S. ArmstrongShawn Armstrong	BAL	672	100.0%	2521
27	J. GantJohn Gant	STL	260	98.0%	2520
28	T. ThornburgTyler Thornburg	BOS	210	100.0%	2518
29	R. HelsleyRyan Helsley	STL	324	100.0%	2511
30	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	786	100.0%	2510
31	J. HarveyJoe Harvey	COL	274	100.0%	2507
32	R. RodríguezRichard Rodríguez	PIT	942	99.0%	2506
33	C. SobotkaChad Sobotka	ATL	315	99.8%	2499
34	C. StrattonChris Stratton	PIT	703	91.3%	2498
35	T. RossTyson Ross	DET	201	99.8%	2498
36	S. AndersonShaun Anderson	SF	715	99.8%	2495
37	H. WoodHunter Wood	CLE	418	100.0%	2492
38	R. OsunaRoberto Osuna	HOU	436	98.3%	2489
39	A. ChapmanAroldis Chapman	NYY	581	100.0%	2486
40	E. PagánEmilio Pagán	TB	661	100.0%	2483
41	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	1858	96.7%	2482
42	T. ChatwoodTyler Chatwood	CHC	407	100.0%	2479
43	R. ElíasRoenis Elías	WSH	408	94.8%	2479
44	G. HartliebGeoff Hartlieb	PIT	260	100.0%	2479
45	H. NerisHéctor Neris	PHI	290	99.9%	2477
46	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	1130	96.4%	2477
47	R. HillRich Hill	LAD	501	100.0%	2474
48	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	1341	100.0%	2474
49	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	448	80.8%	2473
50	D. HudsonDaniel Hudson	WSH	770	100.0%	2469

FF rpm: How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as four-seam fastball.

Understanding Four-seam fastball: Average Spin

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as four-seam fastball.

Formula: Sum of recorded spin rates ÷ pitches with spin measurements

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.