Switch Pitching 101

Ulysses Grant Greene Nicknames:  Two-Way, Double Duty Greene Hometown:   Tobaccoville , N.C. Ulysses Grant Greene throwing lefty (Jet, Aug 7, 1958) Position: Switch Pitcher Team: Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro League in the 1950s Height/Weight: 6'1"  165 lbs Threw: Both (Ambidextrous 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) Greene was a reasonably good hitter who could play anywhere but behind the plate. More important, he was an ambidextrous pitcher, who threw right-handed to right-handed batters and left-handed to left-handed batters. (source:  Barnstorming to Heaven: Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams ...

Larry Nathaniel Kimbrough  (Schoolboy) Negro Leagues debut: 1941 Born: September 23, 1923, Philadelphia, PA Died:   January 29, 2001 in West Philadelphia  (Aged 77) Height: 5'10" Weight: 195 Positions: P, INF, OF Batted: Both Threw: Both (ambidextrous) Natural-born lefthander "I enjoyed playing in the Leagues and having the ability to pitch right- and left-handed." - Larry Kimbrough Hall of Fame 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.  Workhorse Pitcher Bob Motley began umpiring Negro Leagues games in the mid-1940s. He later wrote about the many star players he saw from his unique perspective as part of the games. "Some Negro League pitchers," he wrote, "were such workhorses that they'd even pitch both games of a doubleheader. Larry Kimbrough of the...