# What is the slowest a baseball pitch can travel and still land in the strike zone?

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**Created:** [August 9, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-slowest-a-baseball-pitch-can-travel-and-still-land-in-the-strike-zone/948328 "2021-08-09T19:11:37Z")\
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Oh, and

> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> (This might be more appropriate for the Game forum eventually, but I’m looking for a factual answer).

There’s already a [Game Room thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-record-slowest-strike-looking-ever-31-mph/948307/8) on it, if you want to discuss it in general. But the physics of it is fine for GQ.

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