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Knuckleball

A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. While it is often incorrectly stated that the air flow over a seam of the ball causes the ball to change from laminar to turbulent flow, it has been recently shown that turbulence transition would cause the ball to…

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Origins

Grip and motion

Naming and relationship to other pitches

Physics

Rarity

Use in pitching

Catching

Use in other sports

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Knuckleball

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Edges154
Triples133
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Knuckleball

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related to Rarity · 30
Knuckleball → As, Barney Schultz, Baseball Hall, Because, Ben Flowers, Bob Purkey, Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Dickey, Eddie Rommel, Fame, Former, Hall, Hoyt Wilhelm, Jesse Haines, Joe Niekro, Knucksie, Major League Baseball, Niekro, Other
related to Association football · 19
Knuckleball → Andrea Pirlo, Barbara Bonansea, Brazilian, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didi, Didier Drogba, Gareth Bale, Giuseppe Meazza, In, It, Italian, Juninho Pernambucano, Lyon, Marcus Rashford, One, Portuguese, Ronaldinho, This, USA
related to Grip and motion · 15
Knuckleball → As, Boston Red Sox, Cicotte, Cy Young Award, Dickey, Ed Summers, Famer Phil Niekro, Hall, However, Indianapolis, Sometimes, The, There, This, Tim Wakefield
related to Origins · 14
Knuckleball → American Association, Blue Ridge League, Charles, Chicago White Sox, Druery, Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Rommel, In, Knuckles, Louisville Colonels, Other, Philadelphia Athletics, The, Toad Ramsey
related to Use in pitching · 14
Knuckleball → Ball Four, Bouton's, Charlie Hough, Dickey, Hoyt Wilhelm, It, Jim Bouton, Joe Niekro, Phil Niekro, Pitchers, Some, The, Tim Wakefield, Tom Candiotti
related to Catching · 10
Knuckleball → According, Adair, Bob Uecker, Bob Uecker As, Bouton, Catchers, Former, Nobody, Phil Niekro, The
related to External links · 8
Knuckleball → Complete List, Comprehensive, Doug Mirabelli, Knuckleball Headquarters, Knuckleball Pitchers, Mostly, NPR, Red Sox's
related to American football · 7
Knuckleball → Because, Chris Gardocki, In American, Koch, Ryan Fitzgerald, Sam Koch, Starting
related to Naming and relationship to other pitches · 6
Knuckleball → Cicotte, French, Montreal Expos, Other, Since, These
related to Cricket · 4
Knuckleball → Andrew Tye, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, The, Zaheer Khan

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Knuckleballis adifficulty of throwing it0.90text
Ryan Fitzgerald started using a knuckball after a rule change on kickoffsinstance ofStarting in 2025 kickers0.80text
Knuckleballrelated to American footballIn American0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballChris Gardocki0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballSam Koch0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballKoch0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballBecause0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballStarting0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to American footballRyan Fitzgerald0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to Association footballIn0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to Association footballUSA0.60section
Knuckleballrelated to Association footballThis0.60section

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