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It depends on the gun. When Nolan Ryan threw 101 it was 8’ in front of the plate. In the early 90s it got better, remember when Fox first did baseball they had a faster gun? It was picking up the ball closer. Then in the 2000s they got a gun that was within a few feet of release. Now statcast gets it right off the hand. They went back and adjusted old ones as the get closer to the release.It's an interesting question and there's a lack of understanding of how radar guns work. I have parents say "She's pitching 50mph from 40 feet but it's much slower at 43 feet". Well no, not really. The radar will show you the same speed at almost any distance, as it captures the highest speed the ball goes on the flight of the ball. Which is at release. A girl's pitching speed doesn't drop when they go from 10U to 12U or 12U to 14U (as they move further from the plate).
Yes, the ball is going slower when it crosses the plate. But that's not what the radar gun captures. Well, not the under $500 ones. I think the Stalker ones can give you "release speed" and "over-the-plate speed".
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