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Tony Mullane, whose major-league career spanned 1881–1894; listed as both as switch pitcher and switch hitter. [1] Larry Corcoran, whose major-league career spanned 1880–1887; listed as a right-handed pitcher and switch hitter, [2] but pitched four innings alternating between his right arm and left arm on June 16, 1884, due to injury. [3]
Venditte was a switch pitcher, capable of pitching proficiently with both arms. He was recognized as the only professional pitcher who was able to do this. [1] [2] Venditte's rare ability to pitch with either arm required both Major and Minor League Baseball to create a rule for ambidextrous pitchers, known colloquially as the "Pat Venditte ...
The starting pitchers were Bert Blyleven for the Pirates, and Mike LaCoss for the Reds. For the second time in three games, the start was delayed by rain. After allowing a hit in the first, the Pirates got on the board quickly when leadoff hitter Omar Moreno, a pain in the Reds' side all series, singled and stole second.
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Gwynn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Charles and Vendella Gwynn, [1] who originated from Gallatin, Tennessee. [2] [3] Charles excelled at sports, preferring football and baseball which he played in high school, and was also very passionate about history and politics; he spent the majority of his young adulthood in the 1950s serving for the U.S. Army.
Nicholas Thompson Swisher [1] (born November 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a switch hitter who threw left-handed, and played for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves.
Under a new rule nicknamed the "Shohei Ohtani Rule," starting pitchers can remain in games as designated hitters after their team goes to the bullpen. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) It was ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.