Is 49.17440 meters per second as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?
It's about one-and-three-fifths times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 30 meters per second.
(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 31 meters per second. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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