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Is 14,000 feet per minute as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?

It's about two-and-a-half times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 5,900 feet per minute.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 6,000 feet per minute. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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