Right handed hitters better than left handed in a tie

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

https://sportsanalytics.studentorg.b...20on%20average.

That was a very timely article. Certainly supports the thesis that lefty hitters are more successful than righties on average.

Also, I didn’t know about the Pat Venditte Rule, which mandates that “an ambidextrous pitcher must declare which hand he will use to pitch to a batter before the at-bat starts and must stick to that hand throughout the entirety of the at-bat unless an injury occurs.”

Interesting

[JollyElm]

Didn't it arise out of an ambidextrous pitcher (perhaps Pat Venditte himself?) facing a switch hitter?
The pitcher would line up to pitch righty and the batter would dig in on the left side, so the pitcher said, "Screw this!!" and decided he would pitch lefthanded to the lefty instead. The batter, of course, also said, "Screw this!!" and turned around to bat righty against the lefty.
So on and on the righty/lefty switching went with neither player willing to concede, and eventually the umpires had to decide how to resolve the stalemate right there. Something like that.

[1952boyntoncollector]

right so all things being equal, when giving all time rankings....i would always rate the right handed hitter above the lefty due to higher level of difficulty

Also leftys get to hit against 38 year old+ crafty lefty pitchers....i am not aware of any crafty right handed pitchers to the same degree.....

I would assume the lefty hitters have so much of an advantage that manager will still resort to a crafty lefty or a guy like Rich Hill who basically only would pitch this year because he is a lefty

I never heard of an old baseball player pitcher thats only in the league because he is a righty...

[Beercan collector]

Not sure if this is on topic but
Just a few who threw right but batted left :
Ty Cobb
Joe Jackson
Ted Williams
Ott , Mize , Klein , Gehinger , Goslin , Snider ,Yaz ,Eddie Collins
McGraw , Cochrane , Dickey ,
Larry Walker , Jim Thome
Wade Boggs
Rod Carew
George Brett
Ichiro Suzuki
Shohei Ohtani
Sam Thompson and Dan Brouthers

[Beercan collector]

I’m sure I’m in error on this somewhere but every notable switch hitter I could think of threw right-handed :
Mickey Mantle
Chipper Jones
Eddie Murray
Pete Rose
Ozzie Smith
Carlos Beltran
And of course Mark Teixero
.. I guess my point is a lot of natural right handers learned to bat from the left for a reason
Edit : Roger Connor and Ripper Collins threw left ��

[Beercan collector]

But No one told Ricky Henderson ,
He batted right and threw left 😕

[packs]

I feel like the left handed swing is naturally more inclined for hitting a baseball squarely too. When I think of the sweetest swings I think of left handed batters like Ken Griffey Jr. or Don Mattingly. There just seems to be something natural about it. I remember watching Johnny Damon during his Yankees days and he always just seemed to lay the bat head out there and hit a line drive.

The right handed swing can be beautiful too but it seems to have a lot more violence involved. I loved watching Gary Sheffield hit but I wouldn't say he had the grace of Griffey.