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    In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed...
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  • "Switch Hitter" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It is the 29th overall episode...
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  • A switch hitter is a baseball player who bats both right-handed and left-handed. Switch hitter may also refer to: Switch-hitter, a boxer who can fight...
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    A switch hit is a modern cricket shot. A switch hit involves the batter effectively changing from a right-hander to a left-hander (or vice versa) just...
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    the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, achieving that total during the 1902 season...
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    gaining the ability to switch back and forth after much training. A truly ambidextrous boxer can naturally fight in the switch-hitter style without as much...
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    major-league career spanned from 1881 to 1894, is listed as both as switch pitcher and switch hitter. Larry Corcoran, whose major-league career spanned lasted from...
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  • of hitting as a left-handed or right-handed batter (OED, 1948). Colloquially, a switch hitter is a bisexual person. More broadly, "switch-hitting" can...
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    coached Howard in Little League Baseball and taught him to become a switch hitter when he was three or four years old. Johnson attended Clearwater High...
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    at age 36, the oldest switch-hitter to win a batting title. Jones hit .364 during 2008, one point off the all-time switch-hitter high for a season of ...
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    adopted the designated hitter or some variant, except for Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. The designated hitter is a player who does not...
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    Happens When A Switch Hitter Faces An Ambidextrous Pitcher? Game Theory". mindyourdecisions.com. Retrieved June 19, 2023. "Switch Hitter VS Switch Pitcher Pat...
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    Carlos Santana (baseball) (category Major League Baseball designated hitters)
    runs hit by a switch hitter, and played 66 games at first base. He also hit 79 RBI, 35 doubles, and added 97 walks. He was one of four hitters in 2011...
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    York Yankees (1982–84), and Chicago White Sox (1984). Smalley was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. His father, Roy Jr., was also an MLB league...
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    Mickey Mantle (category American League hitting Triple Crown winners)
    father to become a baseball player and was trained early on to become a switch hitter. Despite a career plagued with injuries, beginning with his knee injury...
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    Carl Everett (category Major League Baseball designated hitters)
    3, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. A switch hitter, he played for eight teams over the course of a 14-year career. He was...
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    Nintendo Switch 2 is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo, released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Switch, it can be...
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    Chili Davis (category Major League Baseball designated hitters)
    minor leagues, Davis was exclusively a right-handed hitter. In a 19-year career, Davis was a .274 hitter with 350 home runs and 1,372 RBI in 2,436 MLB games...
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    Trans Feminism, she published herself under Switch Hitter Press, which she founded along with Switch Hitter Records. Outspoken is a 2017 Lambda Literary...
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    The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the...
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  • Venezuelan shortstop and switch hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants in its 1988 season. Escobar hit .333 (1-for-3) with...
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    not been hit. The catcher will also sometimes attempt to block the plate in order to prevent a run being scored. Designated hitter Pinch hitter Pinch runner...
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    Cardinals, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. A right-handed thrower and switch hitter, Beltrán stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg)...
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    in Major League Baseball, was a switch hitter. Switch pitchers are comparatively rare in contrast to switch hitters. Tony Mullane won 284 games in the...
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    Baltimore Orioles organization. Listed at 5'11, 170 lb., Crespo was a switch-hitter and throws right-handed. He is the younger brother of Felipe Crespo...
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  • doubles partner to the other, to switch sides Switch hitter, a baseball player who can bat left- and right-handed Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard...
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    Ted Simmons (category Major League Baseball designated hitters)
    "Simba", is an American former professional baseball player and coach. A switch-hitter, Simmons was a catcher for most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career...
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    The pinch hitter assumes the spot in the batting order of the player whom he replaces. Pinch hitters are commonly used to replace a weak hitter (often the...
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    the Académie de Baseball du Canada, which is where Abraham became a switch hitter. As a child, Toro and his father enjoyed watching Venezuelan shortstop...
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  • outfielder. He played five games for the Texas Rangers in 1980, getting one hit in four at bats. Following his major league career, Hart has had a long career...
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