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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 4284688, member: 6809"] Yes hand timed. Believe. - A hand time (use of a stop watch) will usually be faster than an electronic time [B]- There are two types of electronic times:[/B] 1. When a watch is started by a coach and an electronic beam records the time when it picks up the player crossing the end point 2. When an electronic beam picks up the movement of a player from the start and starts the clock. An electronic beam also detects the player at the end point and stops the clock. This time will be slower than version No. 1 and even slower than a hand time in which a coach starts his stop watch when he sees the player begin the run and then stops the watch when he sees the player cross the finish line. - An accurtrack time will be the slowest of all. Accutrack is what is used at track meets. The clock in accu-track timing starts when the starter’s pistol is shot. The runner’s time for the event is recorded digitally when the technology detects the player crossing the finish line. Studies have shown that that average reaction time by a human to a starter’s pistol is .25 seconds. For this reason, anyone who compares a 40-yard split time in a 100 meter event and compares it to reported hand timed 40-yard dash marks is making a big mistake. If you want compare the 40-yard split of a runner in a 100 meter event, subtract .25 seconds from the recorded time. >Back when I was a kid, they stated that Mantle ran down the bases, home to 1st in 3.1 seconds. This was hand timed by the way. Vida Pinson was also timed at that speed. Mantle was one of the best, if not the best, drag bunters ever. So he was doing the same thing as Ichiro, and he was timed by hand, which also counts for a faster time. Pinson was timed the same way, drag bunting, and both their times were 3.1. If they were timed today, their time would be a little slower using the timers we have today. (See the 40 Fastest Ever post for the difference in timing Mantle & Pinson both had several feet short of 30 yards (90 feet) while drag bunting out of the batters box. Here's what I found: Sporting News, Sept. 3, 1952. Lefty Batters Running To 1B. Time Runner >3.1--Mickey Mantle, Yanks 3.1 seconds [/QUOTE]

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