Comments on: Switch Hitters: Chipper’s Place and The Issue of Speed http://seamheads.com/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/ Wed, 23 May 2012 23:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cliff Blau http://seamheads.com/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Cliff Blau Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:13:26 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/#comment-4673 Who you are forgetting is George Davis.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4673','Cliff Blau'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4673','Cliff Blau','Who you are forgetting is George Davis.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Who you are forgetting is George Davis.
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]]> By: Ron http://seamheads.com/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-4671 Ron Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:49:19 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/#comment-4671 Ted Simmons. Put up good numbers catching 145 games a year in the heat of St Louis.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4671','Ron'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4671','Ron','Ted Simmons. Put up good numbers catching 145 games a year in the heat of St Louis.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ted Simmons. Put up good numbers catching 145 games a year in the heat of St Louis.
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]]> By: Bob R. http://seamheads.com/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 Bob R. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:18 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/#comment-4665 As you are talking about all-time great switch hitters I don't think you are missing anyone, although if you are getting to players like Wills I would consider Roy White and quite a few others among the better hitters. If you also want to include Negro League players, you would have to mention Cool Papa Bell, especially if your focus is on speed. There were others as well, such as Dick Lundy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4665','Bob R.'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4665','Bob R.','As you are talking about all-time great switch hitters I don\'t think you are missing anyone, although if you are getting to players like Wills I would consider Roy White and quite a few others among the better hitters.\r\n\r\nIf you also want to include Negro League players, you would have to mention Cool Papa Bell, especially if your focus is on speed. There were others as well, such as Dick Lundy.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> As you are talking about all-time great switch hitters I don’t think you are missing anyone, although if you are getting to players like Wills I would consider Roy White and quite a few others among the better hitters.

If you also want to include Negro League players, you would have to mention Cool Papa Bell, especially if your focus is on speed. There were others as well, such as Dick Lundy.

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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-4664 Mike Lynch Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:05:03 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/01/01/switch-hitters-chippers-place-and-the-issue-of-speed/#comment-4664 I don't know where he ranks in terms of OPS+ (I haven't done the research), but one of my favorite switch hitters was Reggie Smith. I seem to remember an interview he gave in which he said his batting average was better from one side, while he was more of a power hitter from the other. But checking his stats at baseball-reference.com shows that his AVG is almost identical from either side (.288 vs. .287) while his slugging is .048 points higher as a left-handed hitter.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4664','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4664','Mike Lynch','I don\'t know where he ranks in terms of OPS+ (I haven\'t done the research), but one of my favorite switch hitters was Reggie Smith. I seem to remember an interview he gave in which he said his batting average was better from one side, while he was more of a power hitter from the other. But checking his stats at baseball-reference.com shows that his AVG is almost identical from either side (.288 vs. .287) while his slugging is .048 points higher as a left-handed hitter.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don’t know where he ranks in terms of OPS+ (I haven’t done the research), but one of my favorite switch hitters was Reggie Smith. I seem to remember an interview he gave in which he said his batting average was better from one side, while he was more of a power hitter from the other. But checking his stats at baseball-reference.com shows that his AVG is almost identical from either side (.288 vs. .287) while his slugging is .048 points higher as a left-handed hitter.
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