Information about ambidextrous pitchers for highly uneducated
Big List of Switch Pitchers
- learn about switch pitchers from Little League to the MLB
How rare are ambidextrous pitchers?
Glove options for switch pitchers
What year did the switch pitcher rule change?
The Pat Venditte Rule
Pat Venditte: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Why are switch hitters rare?
Did you know?
The majority of ambidextrous throwers are naturally right-handed.
Pat Venditte is not an amphibious pitcher.
Who's Who of Ambidextrous Pitchers
Pros
Pat Venditte
- Sidearm ambidextrous pitcher in the MLB for the Oakland Athletics
- spent seven years in the minors with the NY Yankees
- pitched for Creighton University Bluejays
- started throwing with both arms when he was 3-years-old
Ryan Perez
- first ambidextrous pitcher to throw 90+ mph with both arms
- drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2015
- dominant switch pitcher for Judson University
Greg A. Harris
- Montreal Expos RHP, threw one inning with both arms in an MLB game against the Cincinnati Reds in 1995
- Harris donated his custom Mizuno six-fingered glove to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Tony Mullane - The Count
- Mullane was baseball's first ambidextrous pitcher and a talented ballplayer who played every position in the field except catcher
- The Count won 30 games in five consecutive seasons
College
Aubrey McCarty
- relief switch pitcher for the Vanderbilt Commodores
- natural lefty who learned how to throw right-handed
- rodeo background caused him to use his right hand
Alex Trautner
- switch pitcher for Creighton University Bluejays (redshirt in 2015)
- played for the Neptune Beach Pearl team in college summer ball
High School
Henry Knight
- 12:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (4 years on varsity)
- switch pitched in 11 inning game, using only 11 pitches/inning
- throws 6 pitches for strikes with each arm
- switch hitter with a .500 BA
Little League
Big List of Switch Pitchers
- learn about switch pitchers from Little League to the MLB
How rare are ambidextrous pitchers?
Glove options for switch pitchers
What year did the switch pitcher rule change?
The Pat Venditte Rule
Pat Venditte: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Why are switch hitters rare?
Did you know?
The majority of ambidextrous throwers are naturally right-handed.
Pat Venditte is not an amphibious pitcher.
Favorite headline of week. He pitches righty, lefty — and evidently, also underwater. Faces Aquaman in next outing. pic.twitter.com/efxaQxFp8Z
— Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk) June 8, 2015
Who's Who of Ambidextrous Pitchers
Pros
Pat Venditte
- Sidearm ambidextrous pitcher in the MLB for the Oakland Athletics
- spent seven years in the minors with the NY Yankees
- pitched for Creighton University Bluejays
- started throwing with both arms when he was 3-years-old
Ryan Perez
- first ambidextrous pitcher to throw 90+ mph with both arms
- drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2015
- dominant switch pitcher for Judson University
Greg A. Harris
- Montreal Expos RHP, threw one inning with both arms in an MLB game against the Cincinnati Reds in 1995
- Harris donated his custom Mizuno six-fingered glove to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Tony Mullane - The Count
- Mullane was baseball's first ambidextrous pitcher and a talented ballplayer who played every position in the field except catcher
- The Count won 30 games in five consecutive seasons
College
Aubrey McCarty
- relief switch pitcher for the Vanderbilt Commodores
- natural lefty who learned how to throw right-handed
- rodeo background caused him to use his right hand
Alex Trautner
- switch pitcher for Creighton University Bluejays (redshirt in 2015)
- played for the Neptune Beach Pearl team in college summer ball
High School
Henry Knight
- 12:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (4 years on varsity)
- switch pitched in 11 inning game, using only 11 pitches/inning
- throws 6 pitches for strikes with each arm
- switch hitter with a .500 BA
Little League
Angel Macias, Monterrey, Mexico
Macias pitched a perfect game in the 1957 Little League World Series.
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