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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
Off topic I know, but I don't know the answer to this.
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Fewer and fewer over the last 20 years.
It used to be that you threw hard maybe every second or third pitch. And a good fastball was maybe 92 mph. And starters would throw 10 or more complete games a year.
Now they throw it hard basically every pitch. And 95 is common, with every team having multiple guys that can throw it 98-100. And complete games almost never happen.
They simply can't throw as many pitches.
Plus, the long term damage to arms is more understood now.
Hockey is the same in the sense that everything is done at full speed now. The game is faster, and thus harder on the body. Plus, they better understand the need to manage it.