split-finger fastball

English

Alternative forms

• split-finger (by ellipsis)

Noun

split-finger fastball (plural split-finger fastballs)

1. (baseball) 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.

See also

• curveball
• slider
• fastball
• cut fastball
• two-seam fastball
• sinker
• screwball
• knuckleball