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Four-seam fastball: Average Spin 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Four-seam fastball: Average Spin / 2024

Austin Adams

OAK

2666

Season leader

Four-seam fastball: Average Spin2024 season
#	Player	Team	FF spin count	Type coverage	FF rpm
1	A. AdamsAustin Adams	OAK	190	100.0%	2666
2	J. AdamJason Adam	SD	401	100.0%	2653
3	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	344	100.0%	2652
4	M. KopechMichael Kopech	LAD	896	100.0%	2620
5	A. DíazAlexis Díaz	CIN	566	100.0%	2613
6	L. SimsLucas Sims	BOS	277	100.0%	2613
7	J. HoffmanJeff Hoffman	PHI	360	100.0%	2609
8	H. StrattonHunter Stratton	PIT	208	100.0%	2608
9	D. GermánDomingo Germán	PIT	149	100.0%	2596
10	B. StewartBrock Stewart	MIN	115	100.0%	2589
11	Y. GarcíaYimi García	SEA	231	100.0%	2586
12	E. SabrowskiErik Sabrowski	CLE	114	100.0%	2577
13	C. SniderCollin Snider	SEA	280	100.0%	2576
14	F. EllardFraser Ellard	CWS	240	100.0%	2572
15	T. ScottTanner Scott	SD	684	100.0%	2567
16	S. MollSam Moll	CIN	238	100.0%	2564
17	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	1384	100.0%	2557
18	R. PresslyRyan Pressly	HOU	313	100.0%	2557
19	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	932	100.0%	2557
20	T. GlasnowTyler Glasnow	LAD	906	100.0%	2556
21	D. SmithDrew Smith	NYM	149	100.0%	2554
22	C. RagansCole Ragans	KC	1299	100.0%	2553
23	E. PagánEmilio Pagán	CIN	343	100.0%	2553
24	R. HelsleyRyan Helsley	STL	423	100.0%	2551
25	S. BurkeSean Burke	CWS	125	100.0%	2546
26	J. JonesJared Jones	PIT	932	100.0%	2537
27	D. RasmussenDrew Rasmussen	TB	172	100.0%	2535
28	J. LeclercJosé Leclerc	TEX	419	100.0%	2534
29	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	CWS	467	100.0%	2527
30	D. NúñezDedniel Núñez	NYM	233	100.0%	2520
31	A. KittredgeAndrew Kittredge	STL	131	100.0%	2519
32	R. RodríguezRandy Rodríguez	SF	427	100.0%	2518
33	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	592	100.0%	2515
34	P. SewaldPaul Sewald	AZ	376	100.0%	2515
35	K. ThompsonKeegan Thompson	CHC	202	100.0%	2513
36	D. SantanaDennis Santana	PIT	282	100.0%	2510
37	M. MillerMason Miller	OAK	646	100.0%	2508
38	J. BoyleJoe Boyle	OAK	570	100.0%	2506
39	B. BrieskeBeau Brieske	DET	457	100.0%	2504
40	K. CrawfordKutter Crawford	BOS	952	100.0%	2504
41	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	140	100.0%	2503
42	T. ThorntonTrent Thornton	SEA	226	100.0%	2502
43	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	CWS	1270	100.0%	2500
44	S. TurnbullSpencer Turnbull	PHI	321	100.0%	2499
45	A. MarshAlec Marsh	KC	799	100.0%	2499
46	M. StrahmMatt Strahm	PHI	510	100.0%	2495
47	D. HudsonDaniel Hudson	LAD	502	100.0%	2494
48	A. MorejonAdrian Morejon	SD	247	100.0%	2487
49	G. JaxGriffin Jax	MIN	321	100.0%	2486
50	B. MillerBryce Miller	SEA	1157	100.0%	2484

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, 10:21 AM UTC.