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Steve Dalkowski may have been the fastest pitcher ever, although no radar guns were available in this time (mid 50s - early 60s). But he never made it to the Bigs. He had a control problem that was most likely 100% mental. He also had a problem with booze. What might have been.

I first thought this was a kind of joke and I was going to read about some guy from the barehand era of pro ball. No. This guy began in the Oriole system in 1956 and was considered to be the fastest ever by guys like "Sudden Sam: McDowell - the fastest of his generation. The problem is that Dalko never made the bigs. He walked as many as he struck out and he struck out a lot of guys.