Bats Right-Throws Left

[Old Sweater]

Bats Right, Throws Left

66-Position Players Headed by Rickey Henderson, Riding Drag is Eddie Gaedel

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^^^ Position Players

578-Pitchers to bring the total to 644 MLB Position Players & Pitchers

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^^^ Full list of the 66-Position Players and 578-Pitchers(644 total)

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I never could find a clear cut answer, as to why so many pitchers threw left and batted right. The answer that made the most sense was that they copied their right handed friends as kids.
Just imagine how many more leg hits Rickey Henderson would have had batting left handed.

 

[Old Sweater]

Here is the 66-position players. The pitcher list would exceed the character limit.

Rk	Player	PA
1	Rickey Henderson	13346
2	Jimmy Ryan	9127
3	Hal Chase	7949
4	Hick Carpenter	4777
5	Cleon Jones	4730
6	Rube Bressler	4499
7	Ryan Ludwick	3986
8	Cody Ross	3806
9	Johnny Cooney	3675
10	John Cassidy	2731
11	Chaney White	2528
12	Pete Washington	1752
13	Brian Hunter	1742
14	Jimmy Macullar	1710
15	Carl Warwick	1616
16	Guillermo Heredia	1566
17	Chas McCormick	1463
18	Al Nixon	1447
19	Jason Lane	1366
20	Delos Drake	1285
21	Jake Meyers	1196
22	John McMullin	1121
23	Fergy Malone	1084
24	Joey Rickard	984
25	Doug Ault	800
Rk	Player	PA
26	Damon Hollins	762
27	Collin Cowgill	759
28	Hal Breeden	684
29	Jeff Abbott	651
30	Mike Hines	467
31	Elmer Foster	423
32	Herman Reich	412
33	Gilberto Celestino	409
34	Toussaint Allen	340
35	Junior Wooten	315
36	Evan White	306
37	Brian Lesher	288
38	Jim Murray	282
39	Ryan LaMarre	270
40	Kelvin Moore	260
41	Lloyd Gearhart	198
42	Jack McMahon	190
43	R C Stevens	176
44	Billy Goeckel	154
45	John Nogowski	147
46	Cuke Barrows	118
47	Zeke Bella	104
48	Lefty Turner	96
49	Dick Adams	93
50	Sam Mayer	37
Rk	Player	PA
51	Ben Shelton	27
52	John Newell	19
53	Gary Moore	16
54	Bill Moore	12
55	Bryce Teodosio	12
56	Kid Mohler	11
57	Chucho Ramos	10
58	Walter Treherne	10
59	Vern Freiburger	8
60	Gary Holle	7
61	Ernie Lush	5
62	Johnny Lucas	3
63	Bobby Balcena	2
64	Eddie Gaedel	1
65	John Merritt	0
66	John Oldham	0
67	Ollie Welf	0

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[YourFriendGannon]

I guess Stathead does not recognize David McCarty. He was the first B-R T-L that I ever knew of.

 

[broncosmitty]

Weirdos.

 

[Old Sweater]

I guess Stathead does not recognize David McCarty. He was the first B-R T-L that I ever knew of.

For some reason StatHead has Dave McCarty on the combined pitcher & position player list.

 

[nynasty]

"Lefty" Turner hit righthanded lol

 

[Cedrique]

"Lefty" Turner hit righthanded lol

I heard the name came from his "liberal use of pine tar" on his bat