Switch hitter
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In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed against right-handed pitchers.
José Reyes, a switch hitter, batting left-handed in 2012
Reyes batting right-handed in 2015
Switch pitcher
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In baseball, a switch pitcher is an ambidextrous pitcher who is able to pitch with either the right or left hand from the pitcher's mound. Switch pitchers are rare at higher levels of competition, wit
Switch hitter
…spot") of the bat. Additionally, the pitcher's release is farther from the batter's center of vision. In the words of Pat Venditte, one of the few ambidextrous pitchers in major league history, "If I'm pitching right-handed and they're hitting right-handed, it's tougher for them to see. And then, your breaking pitches…
Tony Mullane
Greg A. Harris
Venditte right handed
Pat Venditte on August 17, 2015