Comments on: When Pitchers Were Hitters

By: Injuries and Interleague Play | Baseball Reflections

Injuries and Interleague Play | Baseball Reflections — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:30:24 +0000

[...] I wrote about when pitchers were hitters, too. Something I did not mention, but in hindsight, I should have, is how AL pitchers run the [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:03:31 +0000

The Sox also had a guy named Steve Avery who could hold his own with the bat back in 1997-1998. He had played for the Braves prior to the Sox and was teammates with Glavine and Maddux (both decent hitting pitchers in their younger years).

By: SoxAddict

SoxAddict — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:52:52 +0000

I remember when Beckett first came to Boston and he dominated with the bat in an interleague game against the Phillies. That was the first time I remembered seeing a Red Sox pitcher swing the bat well.

By: Kevin Mark

Kevin Mark — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:14:58 +0000

In the first year of the Kansas City Royals existence (1969), Jim Rooker hit .281/.305/.544 with 4 HRs and 8 RBI. Rooker was the first Kansas City Royals player to have a multi homerun game. The following year Rooker didn’t hit for a high average but he did have 13 RBI. Over the course of his career he wasn’t all that good of a hitter but he was pretty solid in 69 and 70.