The Best Baseball Radar Gun The Stalker brand Radar Gun is used by every MLB team. They are accurate - a mile or two an hour off - at worst. Most scouts that have been ‘around the bend’ can tell you the velocity of a pitch, within 2 to 3 mph simply by hearing it - the radar gun is important because of accuracy AND the noise factor. They are important because there is a HUGE difference between a pitcher that has command of 1 ½ pitches that sits at 88 mph, and one that sits at 91 mph. A Radar Gun provides definitive proof. They also offer the ability to measure the differential in speed between power pitchers and off speed pitches. A valuable aid in possibly the health of a pitcher - the ability to detect subtle decreases in … [Read more...]