How hard do infielders throw?

When a ball is hit to short stop or third base, how fast, in mph will the ball be thrown to first? everyone talks about how hard pitchers throw but I have to assume short stops and third basemen have to be throwing around 70 mph. Does anyone know?

They can hurl it as fast as a pitcher. While not specifically trained to throw like a pitcher needs to, they have the same abilities, especially at the pro level.

A pitcher works much more on accuracy than a fielder would - inches vs. feet. Strength is similar - these guys throw balls, day in, day out. I would suspect that the player that would need to throw the least is the first baseman, but I betcha that he can toss a ball at 90 mph when he needs to.

Hi,

I found this online for you:

it really depends on the player...most of them are throwing in the 65s--70s--80s (mph) just using their arms and a small step. however, in the outfield sometimes when they gotta throw someone out coming home and they're way back, they can reach high 80s low 90s off a crow hop.

thanks for the input! That is pretty much what I was thinking. You always hear everyone talk about how hard pitchers throw but everyone else gets no mention!