Switch Pitching 101

Shinnosuke Yagi Shinnosuke Yagi Japan Merced College, Merced, CA (Freshman) Position: Pitcher / OF Height: 6'0", 190 lb Bats: Both Throws: Both (ambidextrous) Dominant arm: Left Shinnosuke Yagi is an ambidextrous pitcher and switch hitter, from Japan, who attends Merced College in California. Yagi recently signed to play for the Atwater Aviators in the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League . Aviators Sign Ambidextrous Pitcher from Japan March 13, 2013 Aviators Sign Shinnosuke Yagi - Japan for 2013 Summer Season The Aviators announce the signing of pitcher Shinnosuke Yagi, He currently attends Merced College and is from Japan. A unique talent Shinnosuke can throw left handed and right handed, which will be a pleasure to watch him perform on the mound. In addition to throwing he is also a switch hitter. His presence will add another left/right handed arm out of the bullpen for the Aviators this summer. Source: Atwater Aviators Merced College ...

Edward Paul Phillips (Eddie) Charles Page High School 2010 Sand Springs,   Oklahoma Eddie Phillips pitching right-handed near Tulsa Positions:   First Base, Third Base, OF, Pitcher Height/Weight: 6'2", 180 lb Bats: Both (Switch Hitter) Throws: Both (Ambidextrous) Dominant arm: Right Edward Phillips is an ambidextrous pitcher and switch hitter, who was among the team leaders in batting average and on base percentage for Charles Page HS.  0.500 BA, 0.625 OBP Phillips states that he threw at least one no-hitter every year. He shutout Sapulpa by switch pitching innings 1-3-5 right-handed and 2-4-6 left-handed.  Stats: 6-4 Record, 2 saves, 3.21 ERA over 49 innings pitched for the Page Sandites. Edward Paul Phillips - beRecruited Eddie Phillips, Page HS 2010 - Max Preps ... High School Ambidextrous Pitchers ...

View ambidextrous pitching playlists on YouTube Ambidextrous pitchers from Little League, high school, college and the minor league. Listen to interviews with NY Yankees switch pitcher Pat Venditte,  and 90 mph ambidextrous pitcher Ryan Perez Watch Switch Pitching Videos Now  >> ... 10 yr old ambidextrous softball pitcher - Allicitie Frost, Albany Oregon ...

Steve Butz's coach has had a running argument with umpires about how many warmup pitches he should get when he changes sides. The young either-hander now is looking for a glove he can turn inside out so he can switch sides at will.  (The Milwaukee Journal - Jan 28, 1986) The Milwaukee Journal - Jan 28, 1986 According the the  rulebook , a switch pitcher gets the same number of warmup throws as a regular pitcher (8 throws), which makes getting ready to pitch a bit of a challenge. Some ambidextrous pitchers throw four pitches from each side, for eight total throws, during the first appearance on the mound. If they switch throwing arms within a inning, they do not get additional throws. This means that they often start off an inning pitching with their non-dominant arm, then switch to the dominant hand, if needed, in relief.  How many warmup pitches are allowed? Learn the rules .

On-base percentage    is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped/uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference. OBP is basically measuring the amount of times a hitter does not make an out.  On-base percentage is calculated using this formula: where H  =  Hits BB  =  Bases on Balls (Walks) HBP  = times  Hit By a Pitch AB  =  At bats SF  =  Sacrifice Flies On Base Percentage Calculator  | OBP Calculator On-base percentage  - Wikipedia My plea to mainstream on-base percentage instead of batting average By Matt Snyder, Sept 16 2012 | cbssports.com Earlier Friday,  the Eye on Baseball staff posted the first part in a three-part series about the most important baseball statistics . Here's what I had to say about on-base percentage: ...

Pat Venditte pitcher for Italia ( Photo by MG-Oldmanagency / FIBS) Pat Venditte, Jr. -  Switch PItcher 2013 Trenton Thunder , Trenton, NJ Class AA,  Affiliation:   New York Yankees -AL 2012 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Class AAA,  Affiliation:   New York Yankees -AL Pat Venditte  ( PatVenditte ) on Twitter https://twitter.com/ PatVenditte Trenton finishes sweep of Harrisburg Senators in Eastern League Championship Series by Geoff Morrow, Sept 12, 2013 Trenton would not be denied, becoming the first Eastern League team since 1991 to win all six of its playoff games, finishing a three-game sweep of the Harrisburg Senators with  an 11-4 victory to claim its third franchise title. Trailing 7-1 into the sixth, the Senators had a chance to really get back into it. Jeff Howell's two-run single made it 7-3, and Harrisburg had runners on second and third with one out. That's when reliever Pat Venditte entered and stranded...

Owen Keenan Youngstown Ohio Position: Pitcher Threw: Both (ambidextrous) Profession: Musician in Pittsburgh Owen Keenan  Minor League Statistics & History Pitched with Either Arm But these Ambidextrous Hurlers Never Lasted Long. NY Times, March 14, 1915 Followers of baseball have often heard of the fellow who could pitch a fast ball with either hand and make it curve also, but very few have seen one of the pitching freaks. Baseball history tells of a chap named Owen Keenan, who pitched for Youngstown, Ohio, in 1885. Keenan could pitch equally well with either arm. On the 4th of July of that season this wonder pitched two games of ball against New Castle and beat that team in both contests. He worked his left arm in the first game and used his right wing in the second contest, with the odds slightly in favor of the right whip. The famous Larry Corcoran of the Chicago team in the early '80s was one of the great hurlers of the period. Read More Odgen Stand...

Donald Arthur Mattingly  (Donnie Baseball) Born:   April 20, 1961, in Evansville, Indiana MLB Team: New York Yankees Manager: Dodgers Positions:  First Baseman and Outfielder Height/Weight: 6'0", 175 lb. Bats:  Left Throws: Both, Left-hand dominant played pro baseball left-handed When Don Mattingly was playing youth baseball, he could throw with either arm. A natural left-hander, he played third base in American Legion ball when he was 15 years old and claims that he was good. Mattingly became an All-Star first baseman for the New York Yankees. One of Mattingly's considerable natural athletic talents was his ambidexterity. Back in Little League, he switch-pitched on occasion , going three innings righthanded and three innings lefthanded. And in Legion ball, Sexton had Mattingly—who then as now threw and hit lefthanded—play second base in the conventional righthanded manner.  ( SI Vault ) "Drafted in the 19th round by the Yankees ...

Hyun-Jin Ryu Hyun-Jin Ryu was the best pitcher in Korea, now he is pitching with the Dodgers. He's a natural righty, who learned to pitch with his left-hand when he was young. Greinke, Ryu get first spring look at hitters By Ken Gurnick, MLB.com | Feb 19, 2013 Ryu has done pretty well as a dominant lefty, especially considering he's a natural right-hander who learned to throw with his left hand because the first glove he ever received, from his rugby-playing father, was a left-hander's glove. "He said it would be an advantage to be left-handed," Ryu said. Manager Don Mattingly, who is similarly ambidextrous, said that the closest comparison he has found for Ryu is a young David Wells -- not only by size but also pitch style, as Wells augmented an outstanding changeup with a fastball legitimate enough to keep hitters honest. ...

Switch pitchers - California Mitchell Beacom , University City HS 2008 San Diego, California  College: LHP for UCLA 2011 MLB: Drafted by SF Giants in the 20th round (#627 overall) in 2011 Greg Harris , Los Alamitos HS, Los Alamitos, California RHP for Long Beach City College -  1976 California community college co-player of the year.  Signed with the New York Mets in September, 1976.     Greg Harris is best known for having  pitched using both arms in a single major league game  for the Montreal Expos in 1995.  Read more Bijan Rademacher , Orange Coast College, California LHP drafted by Cubs in the 13th round (#404 overall) in 2012 Mark Kinoshita , Gilroy HS 2014, Gilroy, California Uses a custom Mizuno ambidextrous glove Alexander Trautner , San Ramon Valley HS 2014, Danville,  California Fields firstbase left-handed, and catches right-handed. LHP 83; RHP 87 mph.  Marcus Garcia ,...