vendredi 16 mai 2014

Greatest Switch Hitters

I was running thru some baseball sites on the net tonight and came across "Sportsbreak.com". They had a spread on what they determined to be "The Greatest Switch Hitters in Baseball History", they had listed 10 of them. I saw some no-brainers there and then some that were maybe questionable or maybe not, and one that was left off the list that I felt was very glaring. I tried to download it here but couldn't so I went ahead and typed it out so please bear with me.



1. Pete Rose LHB .307/119/937

RHB .293/ 41/376



2. Mickey Mantle LHB .281/370/1004

RHB .330/161/486



3. Eddie Murray LHB .293/362/1341

RHB .276/142/576



4. Roberto Alomar LHB .314/140/824

RHB .268/ 68/298



5. Chipper Jones LHB .303/361/1206

RHB .304/107/417



6. Tim Raines LHB .294/119/686

RHB .293/ 57/294



7. Lance Berkman LHB .304/316/1001

RHB .260/ 50/233



8. Reggie Smith LHB .287/251/790

RHB .288/ 63/302



9. Frank Frisch LHB .320/73/869

RHB .304/32/374



10. Carlos Beltran LHB .281/256/970

RHB .287/107/372





The glaring omission IMO, Victor Martinez as a LHB Victor hits .305/106/576 and as a RHB he's .302/59/268. Not only that, but in limited at bats Victor hits .368 Right Handed vs. a Right Handed pitcher. Another thing I noticed is there are quite a few "Modern day" players on here. Without looking back over the entire MLB History, it would seem there would have been more switch hitters than Frankie Frisch. I did notice that the players seem to hit near the same or mostly better left handed. Do Lefties make for better switch hitters? What say ya'll, do you think Victor should be on this list? What should be the cut off for years played to get in the Hall, or included on lists like this?




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