Zambrano's OPS would be even higher if his managers didn't keep using him as a pinch-hitter. He's awful in that role: 3-for with 14 strikeouts.
Removing those numbers from his total, he'd have a higher but scary. Before Big Z passed him, Hampton was considered the best-hitting pitcher of the s; in with the Rockies he hit.
OK, you're saying, "Coors Field effect", but two years earlier with the Astrodome never a great hitters' park as his home field, Hampton hit. The man who threw the only no-hitter in World Series history, the famous perfect game in , was also good with the bat. In , he hit. Mays pitched for the Red Sox , Yankees and Reds from ; five HR is actually a fairly large number for anyone who played in the pre-Ruthian era.
As a hitter, his best year was , when as a Yankee, he hit. He pitched in four World Series, but his reputation was as a thoroughly dislikeable man who was a bit of a headhunter. He threw the only pitch that killed a major league player when one of his offerings hit Ray Chapman in the head in Willis' prowess with the bat has had some wonder at times whether he might be well-served to do "The Ankiel" and convert to being an outfielder, given his pitching woes.
Yovani Gallardo's career. The pitcher has shown a lot of promise both on the mound and at the plate, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more pinch-hit at-bats for him. We all thought Dontrelle Willis was going to be the next great thing in baseball after his campaign. It turns out he wasn't. Willis pitched himself out of the big leagues but proved he was worthy at the plate, posting a. It's rare we see someone with so much energy and passion, which is why I really hope he makes a solid return to the big leagues.
The troubled ace of the Chicago Cubs may have been a nuisance to his team over the years, but he has also been one to opposing pitchers. Zambrano has a career. Baseball's version of Big Z has become one of the most feared hitting pitchers in recent memory and will only continue to be so if he remains in the National League.
Micah Owings is by far the best hitting pitcher in baseball today. If his. Also, the fact that he once turned the tables by crushing a foot jack off a position player makes him a legend in the pitcher fraternity. The 6-foot-6 righty has blasted six career homers, including two against the Dodgers in -- the first multi-homer game by a pitcher in nine years. He's expected back from Tommy John surgery at some point this summer.
Woodruff had two home runs in -- including a foot blast off Kershaw in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series -- and he followed it up by posting a. The top pitchers to watch hit this season. Share share-square He managed to stay above the Mendoza Line for his career, finishing with a. What was most impressive about his hitting prowess was that he did it while having to deal with headhunting opposing pitchers unhappy about his aggressive inside pitching.
He made the right choice when he went with baseball, and his natural athletic talents allowed him to shine at the plate. Glavine had virtually no power, but he was an outstanding bunter, leading the league in sacrifices in and finishing with for his career.
He also managed to hit above. Greinke has a Cy Young Award, six Gold Gloves and a reputation as one of the quirkiest players in the big leagues. Greinke hit. Greinke enjoys and takes seriously his hitting, and it shows. Hampton swatted seven home runs in and finished the season with a. He hit. Still, Hampton more than earned his reputation as one of the most dangerous hitting pitchers in the league.
Harshman dabbled as a first baseman before switching over to pitcher full time in his mids, and he finished his career with a mark and a 3.
His work as a hitter was impressive, as he hit 18 home runs in a five-season stretch from Harshman never hit for great average, as he finished with a. Johnson won games for Washington, six times leading the league in wins. Johnson hit 24 home runs in a year career and was a. He was a model of consistency, rarely seeing his average dip below. His best season as a hitter came at age 36 when he managed a. Larsen is most famous for throwing what remains the only perfect game in postseason history in the World Series, when he blanked the Brooklyn Dodgers while a member of the Yankees.
Larsen could also hit, finishing his career with 14 home runs, a. The Reds reliever is coming off his best season as a pro, with a 2. Never was this more evident than in when Lorenzen hit. Greg Maddux looks like a professor, a nerd, an accountant — just about anything other than what he was, which was one of the greatest pitchers ever and one of the best pure athletes to ever take the mound.
Maddux won games in a year career, and while his exploits on the mound were jaw-dropping, particularly his four consecutive National League Cy Young Awards from , he also carved out a reputation as an occasionally dangerous hitter. Oh, who am I kidding?
He had a career. Newcombe was also a dangerous hitter.
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