Best Hitting Pichers?

[clydepepper]

Madison Bumgarner is definitely the best hitting pitcher in today's game, but who would you nominate as candidates for the best ever?...I mean AFTER Babe Ruth.

Try to make the candidates' hitting being while they were primarily pitchers and not just after they became position players (aka Ankiel, etc.)

Here's a few I could come up with:


BABE RUTH
Warren Spahn
Don Newcombe
Don Drysdale
Earl Wilson
Bob Gibson
Rick Ankiel
Fernando Valenzuela
Bob Caruthers

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[slinger23]

For some reason Rick Rhoden popped up in my head.

I looked him up and during his 16 year career, he smacked 9 home runs and drove in 75 runs while maintaining respectable .238 batting avg. I cannot leave out the 38 doubles he accumulated as well.

Might not be the highest or best, but he definitely was not an automatic out.

[39special]

Steve Carlton and Rick Wise were pretty good hitters.Also Don Robinson.

[Butch7999]

WaJo no slouch at the plate...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ohnswa01.shtml

[rhettyeakley]

The first two names that popped in my head were Joe Wood (later became position player) and Mike Hampton. Carl Mays deserves mention as well.

[Peter_Spaeth]

In 1969 Ken Brett hit a home run in 10 at bats. They made an APBA "extra" card you could order and he was devastating. It was absurd. Rules had to be enacted limiting his use. He actually hit pretty well throughout his career, ending up with a .262 average.