He threw changeups, fastballs, sinkers, curveballs, cut fastballs, and sliders. Young's mid-2000s repertoire included fastballs, curveballs, sliders and changeups. His cut fastball has allowed him to use fewer four-seam fastballs. Due to similarities in speed and movement, some pitchers' split-finger fastballs are misidentified as changeups. He reportedly could deceive batters by throwing fastballs with a curveball wrist action, and vice-versa. Some pitchers use a cutter to prevent hitters from expecting their regular fastballs. Most pitchers throw four-seam fastballs. His strikeout pitches are high fastballs and a low inside knuckle curve against right-handers. Koufax's next two pitches were fastballs right down the middle. He was tied for seeing the highest percentage of fastballs of all MLB hitters (63.6%). He makes solid contact against both fastballs and breaking pitches. At times, Johnson's slider was faster than most pitchers' fastballs. By 2012, nearly all of his pitches were fastballs or sliders. Both pitchers were highly competitive, fast workers, sporting overpowering fastballs coupled with excellent control. The other common pitches are change-up and fastballs.