2023年6月8日 · The Guinness Book of World Records credits Monica Abbott with the fastest recorded softball pitch ever, reaching 77 miles per hour back on June 16, 2012 in a National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) game between Abbott's Chicago Bandits and the Carolina Diamonds, the North Carolina team that folded in 2013.

2023年8月13日 · The current Guinness World Record for the fastest softball pitch is held by Monica Abbott, who threw a pitch at 77 miles per hour in a National Pro Fastpitch game in 2012. However, there have been claims of faster pitches that were not officially recognized by Guinness.

The fastest recorded softball pitch is 77 mph (123.9 km/h), achieved by Monica Abbott (USA) on 16 June 2012 in a National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) game for the Chicago Bandits against the Carolina Diamonds in Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA.

2024年12月5日 · Monica Abbott holds the record for the fastest pitch ever thrown in a professional softball game. It happened on the 16th of July in 2012 when the Chicago Bandits and Carolina Diamonds played each other. The Bandits pitcher chucked the ball straight into the catcher with a speed of an absurd 77 miles per hour.

2025年2月21日 · The junior made history Thursday, throwing a fastball that hit 77 mph. Pickens tied the record for the fastest pitch in softball history, a record that was set by former Tennessee star Monica ...

So how fast of a pitcher was Stofflet? In 1979, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, the 37-year-old hurler was clocked at 104.7 mph, a feat that remains in the record books as the fastest softball pitch ever thrown. It caught the attention of Sports Illustrated.

In 2012, Abbott set the Guinness World Record for the fastest softball pitch ever recorded, throwing a pitch at a blistering 77 miles per hour. This incredible feat was achieved during a game between the Chicago Bandits and the Carolina Diamonds, a team that has since folded.

2024年5月17日 · The fastest softball pitch ever recorded was by Monica Abbott, who threw 77 miles per hour in a 2012 National Pro Fastpitch game against the Carolina Diamonds for the Chicago Bandits, according to Guinness World Records.

2025年2月21日 · A Tennessee Softball pitcher has accomplished quite the feat. Karlyn Pickens, a junior, has apparently tied the record for fastest pitch in history. Pickens recently threw an absolute rocket at 77 miles per hour. She’s a 6-foot-1 player out of Weaverville, N.C. who earned consensus first team All-American honors last year.

6 天之前 · Last weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic, she tied Abbott's record for the fastest pitch (77 mph) ever recorded in college softball. Pickens (4-2) has a 1.17 ERA through 38⅓ innings in eight ...