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richiecunningham
The true baseball purest would never agree to making the designated hitter rule universal in all of baseball. Every player should bat and the belief that there are no good hitting pitchers is a myth. They may be a little hard to find, a little scarce so to speak but unlike the unicorn, they do exist.
Over the history of baseball there have been many good hitting pitchers, some of the all time greats could handle the bat quite well, such as Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Warren Spahn, and some lesser lights had their moments like Tony Cloninger.
So who are the best hitting pitchers in the American League of the Clark Griffin League?
A quick survey through the hitting statistics shows that the leading five hitters in the league are Roberto Serna of Detroit, .394 (13 for 33) with five runs batted in, Don Theiss of Cleveland, .385 (5 for 13) with 2 runs batted in, Johnny Henninger of Cleveland, .286 (4 for 14) 6 RBI, Dewey Sallee of Toronto, .280 (7 for 25) 3 RBI, and Pat Ojeda of Cleveland .278 95 for 18) 1 RBI.
Cleveland definitely has the best hitting pitchers. Not included but worth mentioning are Brian Walker .238, and Mike Guzman .222.
Among the wish they could make contact someday are Stephen jones of Boston, 0 for 11, Ralph Arlich of Boston .038 (1 for 26) and John Sadek of Boston 1 for 26. or .039.
That may not be a complete list of good and bad hitters but one that informs the inquiring minds.
Frank Villineauva of Toronto is hitting .182 (8 for 44) but he has a league best for pitchers 7 RBI.
Anaheim's Mike Lauderborn did not quite make the top five but he is hitting .240 (6 for 25) and ''for a pitcher, that ain't bad.''
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
'' He's a good hitter---for a pitcher''
March 22, 2016 at 07:20AM View BBCode
Yeah, but can he hit? Billy Beane, ''Moneyball''The true baseball purest would never agree to making the designated hitter rule universal in all of baseball. Every player should bat and the belief that there are no good hitting pitchers is a myth. They may be a little hard to find, a little scarce so to speak but unlike the unicorn, they do exist.
Over the history of baseball there have been many good hitting pitchers, some of the all time greats could handle the bat quite well, such as Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Warren Spahn, and some lesser lights had their moments like Tony Cloninger.
So who are the best hitting pitchers in the American League of the Clark Griffin League?
A quick survey through the hitting statistics shows that the leading five hitters in the league are Roberto Serna of Detroit, .394 (13 for 33) with five runs batted in, Don Theiss of Cleveland, .385 (5 for 13) with 2 runs batted in, Johnny Henninger of Cleveland, .286 (4 for 14) 6 RBI, Dewey Sallee of Toronto, .280 (7 for 25) 3 RBI, and Pat Ojeda of Cleveland .278 95 for 18) 1 RBI.
Cleveland definitely has the best hitting pitchers. Not included but worth mentioning are Brian Walker .238, and Mike Guzman .222.
Among the wish they could make contact someday are Stephen jones of Boston, 0 for 11, Ralph Arlich of Boston .038 (1 for 26) and John Sadek of Boston 1 for 26. or .039.
That may not be a complete list of good and bad hitters but one that informs the inquiring minds.
Frank Villineauva of Toronto is hitting .182 (8 for 44) but he has a league best for pitchers 7 RBI.
Anaheim's Mike Lauderborn did not quite make the top five but he is hitting .240 (6 for 25) and ''for a pitcher, that ain't bad.''
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
[Edited on 3-22-2016 by richiecunningham]
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