split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball · split-finger fastballs
A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.