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Is 297 miles per minute as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?

It's about 250 times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 1.10 miles per minute.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 1.10 miles per minute. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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