Both Handed Pitcher = Ambidextrous Pitcher
Switch pitcher Pat Venditte plays in the minor league
|
In baseball, a switch pitcher or both-handed pitcher is an ambidextrous pitcher who is able to pitch with both the right and left hand from the pitcher's mound.
Baseball roster abbreviations
LHP - Left-Handed Pitcher
RHP - Right-Handed Pitcher
BHP - Both-Handed Pitcher
As a pitching coach, I prefer these abbreviations:
LHP/RHP - starter left-handed, reliever right-handed
RHP/LHP - starter right-handed, reliever left-handed
As a pitching coach, I prefer these abbreviations:
LHP/RHP - starter left-handed, reliever right-handed
RHP/LHP - starter right-handed, reliever left-handed
Pat Venditte is a Both-Handed Pitcher (BHP) in the minor leagues with the NY Yankees. He pitched left-handed for Italy in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Aubrey McCarty is a BHP at Vanderbilt University. He was drafted out of high school by the SF Giants in 2013, but decided to play college baseball.
Henry Knight is a switch pitcher and switch hitter at Franklin High School in Seattle. Knight switch pitched 11 innings in a summer league game – 4 innings lefty and 7 innings righty – averaging 11 pitches per inning.
Note:
The term "Both-handed pitcher" is rarely used.
"Ambidextrous pitcher" is hard to say.
"Switch pitcher " is the preferred term.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Complete list of Switch Pitchers >>
--------------------------------------------------------------------
.
Comments
Post a Comment