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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

four-seam fastball

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
four-seam -fast-ball
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

Inflected Forms

four-seam fastballs (plural)

Phrases

cut fastball two-seam fastball split-finger fastball

Frequently Paired Words

curveball slider fastball cut fastball two-seam fastball split-finger fastball sinker screwball

Questions

What does four-seam fastball mean?
A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

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