Editing Switch hitter (section)

== Switch-hitting pitchers ==
While pitchers batting has become increasingly rare with the adoption of the [[designated hitter]] by the [[American League]] in 1973 and by the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 2022, there have been some major-league pitchers who could bat from either side of the plate. These include: [[Mordecai Brown]], [[Norm Charlton]],<ref name="st29Oct2010">{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Larry|title=10 great moments in switch-hitting history|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003130073_moments16.html|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=Seattle Times|date=16 July 2006}}</ref> [[Marvin Rotblatt]], [[Sid Monge]], [[Johnny Vander Meer]], [[J.C. Romero]], [[Kyle Snyder (baseball)|Kyle Snyder]], [[Wandy Rodriguez]], [[Troy Patton]], [[Tim Dillard]], [[Tyler Johnson (baseball, born 1981)|Tyler Johnson]], [[Carlos Zambrano]], [[Dock Ellis]], [[Vida Blue]], [[Anthony Claggett]], [[Kris Medlen]], [[Justin De Fratus]], [[Drew Storen]], [[Kenley Jansen]], [[Derek Holland]], [[Turk Wendell]], [[Pat Neshek]], [[Adam Ottavino]], [[Ken Waldichuk]], and [[Dylan Bundy]].

[[Joaquín Andújar]] sometimes hit right-handed against lefties, sometimes left-handed. [[Tomo Ohka]] batted left-handed against right-handed pitchers in three games in 2006, but otherwise batted exclusively right-handed. Left-handed reliever [[Steve_Kline_(left-handed_pitcher)|Steve Kline]] was primarily a switch hitter, but batted right-handed against right-handed pitchers several times throughout his career.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=ohkato01&year=Career&t=b#plato "Tomo Ohka Career Batting Splits"], ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on November 15, 2014.</ref> Management also had a say in the switch-hitting careers of [[Bob Gibson]] and [[Dwight Gooden]]. Both Gibson and Gooden (each right-handed and capable batters) had reached the major leagues as a switch hitter, but their teams required them to bat only right-handed to reduce the possibility of their pitching arms being hit by a pitch.

Switch-hitting pitchers should not be confused with the term "[[switch pitcher]]" referring to a player who can pitch both right-handed and left-handed, which is very uncommon.