Switch Pitching 101

Todd Cason - St. Leo college ambidextrous pitcher Has there ever been an ambidextrous pitcher in college baseball? Yes,  there have been a few switch pitchers in college baseball. The best know switch pitcher is Pat Venditte, who played for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. After a successful college career, Venditte was drafted as a pitcher by the New York Yankees. He is now playing in the minor leagues. A few switch pitchers played for Division I colleges. Two successful ambidextrous pitchers played for Harvard University. ........................................................................................ List of College Switch Pitchers  >> ........................................................................................ About Ambidextrous Pitchers An ambidextrous pitcher has the ability to consistently throw strikes with either arm in baseball games. Most of the successful ambidextrous pitchers, start out as switch hit...

Henry "H" Knight is having fun as a switch pitcher for Franklin High School Henry Knight pitching for the Quakers 2014 baseball season  I n 2014, ambidextrous baseball player Henry Knight  was a starting infielder and a relief pitcher for the Columbia City Reds 16U team – in the Mickey Mantle league. He led the team in hitting and on-base-percentage, using a wood bat. The Reds placed 3rd in the state tournament. Knight also plays summer ball with the BBB 18U team of the American Legion League in the Seattle area. As an infielder and leadoff hitter, he helped the BBB team win their first tournament over the NW Timberjacks. As a junior, Knight switch pitched in several games for Franklin HS - with no earned runs - chalking up a 0.00 ERA with a 12:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio . If the offseason, Knight trains at Driveline Baseball  in Puyallup and  the K Center  in Seattle. 2013 baseball season  I n 2013, Henry Knight  was the starti...

Matthew Boyd Matt Boyd LHP   @ mattboyd31 Born February 2, 1991 in Bellevue, WA Hometown: Mercer Island, WA High School:  Eastside Catholic 2009 College: Oregon State University (OSU) MLB First-Year Player Draft Boyd was drafted in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Cincinnati but did not sign. Following his senior year at OSU, LHP Matt Boyd was drafted in the 6th round (175th overall) of the  2013  MLB First-Year Player Draft by Toronto. Read more Matt Boyd is now in the big leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays. Height/Weight: 6' 3", 215 lb Position: Pitcher Throws: Left (throws a football right-handed) Velocity: 95 mph  Other sports: football, hockey Matt Boyd is a left-handed pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays.  A natural right-hander, h e started throwing a baseball left-handed when he was five years old.  Boyd was a starting left-handed pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers in the PAC 12, ...

Masanori "Mashi" Murakami Masanori Murakami - Left-handed pitcher Born:   May 6,1944 in  Otsuki, Japan MLB Team:  Signed  by the  San Francisco Giants  as an amateur free agent in 1964. San Franscisco Giants (1964-1965) Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left  Height/Weight: 6' 0", 180 lb. On September 1, 1964, pitcher Masanori Murakami became the first Japanese man to play in U.S. baseball's major leagues (MLB).  Murakami pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the San Francisco Giants in a 4-1 loss to the New York Mets. In 1964, the Hawks sent Murakami to the United States to pitch in the minor leagues for the San Francisco Giants as part of an exchange program. Murakami’s left-handed sidearm delivery proved an asset in the United States, where deceptive pitching still isn’t as common as in Japan. 1965 - The Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park...

The  Negro Leagues  produced some of the greatest players of all-time. Read about two ambidextrous switch pitchers who played in the Negro Leagues. Double Duty Greene -   Switch Pitcher Ulysses Grant Greene was an ambidextrous pitcher for the Indianapolis Clowns in the late 1950s. In 1959,   Two-Way Greene compiled a record of 23 victories. "A sensation with the  Indianapolis Clowns, the six-foot, 165-pounder from Tobaccoville, N. C., often pitches as a lefty, then comes back the next day as a right-hander." (Jet, 1958) Read more Larry Kimbrough - Switch hitter and  switch pitcher Larry Kimbrough was  a star pitcher in the old Negro Baseball League and a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.  In 1997, School Boy was inducted into the Negro Baseball Hall of Fame in Kansas City.  As the result of a childhood injury, Larry Kimbrough became both a switch hitter and and switch pitcher, and he carried t...

Ryan Perez - Switch Pitcher News 2014 >> Ryan Perez - Judson University News articles about Ryan Perez - a college ambidextrous pitcher from Illinois. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2013 Pitching Stats 4.04 ERA, 6-4 record in 19 games (8 games started)  64.2 IP, 79 SO, 35 BB, .273 BA source: 2013 Judson University Baseball Stats 46-17 (.730) - Judson Eagles 2013 Record ----------------------------------------------------------- August 14, 2013 W.VA. CLAIMS SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE WITH WALK-OFF WIN IN 11TH INNING Griffin Moore’s two-out single in the bottom of the 11th inning scored Potter from second base, giving the Miners a 4-3 win over the Quincy Gems and their second consecutive Prospect League Championship. Perez got stronger as the game went on but could not get out of the fifth, leaving after allowing a leadoff double to Light. The ambidextrous Perez threw 75 pitches, striking ...