So what’s it like to hit in the PLW compared to major league baseball? With the mound only 40ft to “home plate” your reaction time is really put to the test versus an MLB mound distance of 60 feet 6 inches.
Pitch Speed Equivalent Chart
| Actual Speed (Radar Gun) | Equivalent Speed (PLW Mound) |
| 30mph | 45mph |
| 40mph | 62mph |
| 45mph | 69mph |
| 49mph | 76mph |
| 55mph (Called Strikes Max) | 85mph |
| 60mph | 93mph |
| 64mph | 100mph |
| 75mph | 116mph |
| 85mph | 131mph |
