Switch Pitching 101

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 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 ...

4 minute video |   8 minute video June 19, 2008 Staten Island Yankees @ Brooklyn Cyclones bottom of the 9th reliever Pat Venditte closes out the ball game. Pat Venditte - ambidextrous pitcher with the Yankees minor league organization, faces a switch hitter - creating a lot of confusion for the umpires regarding the rules. "This very situation might create a change in the rulebook." - states one of the commentators. He was right – the situation did lead to a new rule for ambidextrous pitchers: Read about the Pat Venditte Rule Minor League  Switch - Pitcher  Sets Off Confusion - NYTimes.com .

BHP = Both-Handed Pitcher 2014 Columbia City Reds   16U    (16-8) The Columbia City Reds began their 4th season of baseball in 2014.  The Reds  16U  was a top-ranked team in the Mickey Mantle division of the Puget Sound Baseball League .  The 16U Reds tied for 3rd place in the 2014 state tournament. In the fall of 2013, the Reds team began training at The K Center in Columbia City under coaches Young Cho and Travis Gass.  Ron Queen , who has 30+ years of coaching experience, works with the pitchers and hitters in the off-season. All the pitchers learn how to locate the fastball, change-up, curveball and splitter – for strikes. The inner city team includes scholar-athletes from north, central and south Seattle. The roster has some of the best high school players from Ballard, Bush,  Franklin,  Garfield, O'Dea, Roosevelt, Seattle Academy and University Prep. The core group of players were on the Senators All-stars team o...

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...

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 ...

In baseball, SHP  refers to a  Switch-handed Pitcher  - a pitcher who can throw well with both arms. Commonly known as a Switch Pitcher or Ambidextrous Pitcher. Rarely known as Double Handed Pitcher or Two-way Pitcher. Shorthand: SHP or BPH or RHP/LHP Ever heard of a BHP ( both - handed pitcher )? Top 5 Most Underrated Prospects - Pat Venditte 1. Pat Venditte, SHP, New York Yankees (AAA) No, that is not a typo, and no you did not read that wrong. The New York Yankees, have a Switch-handed relief pitcher, in their system. ( MLB Prospects Blog ) ...

Andrew L Pullin Born:   9/25/93  Hometown:  Centralia, Washington High School:   Centralia HS (Class of 2012) Summer Team:   NW Timberjacks College:   signed National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of Oregon  MLB: drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012  in the fifth round,  No. 188 pick, ( signed for $203,900) Minor League:   Gulf Coast League Phillies, rookie league affiliate Positions: OF, RHP, LHP Height/Weight:  6' 0" / 190 Bats: Left Throws: Right/Left  (right-hand dominant) Velocity:  91 mph RHP Gloves:  six-finger ambidextrous glove, right-handed OF glove Andrew Pullin,  from Centralia, Washington,  is a natural right-handed thrower who also has the ability to pitch left-handed. In high school, he  made a name for himself as a switch pitcher, just like Drew Vettleson who was drafted by the Rays.  At Centralia High School, Pullin was a star...