split-finger fastball
noun1
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.
- His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.
- Related terms
- curveball, cut fastball, fastball, knuckleball, screwball, sinker, slider, two-seam fastball