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==Notable switch hitters== {{Famous|date=June 2024}} * [[Roger Connor]] β All-time home run champion before Babe Ruth. * [[Mickey Mantle]] β The all-time home run leader among switch-hitters, a first-ballot [[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]. * [[Chipper Jones]] β Also a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and the most recent of only two switch-hitters with extended MLB careers (5,000 at-bats or more) to have a career batting average of .300 from each side of home plate. * [[Eddie Murray]] β Hall of Famer and the only other switch-hitter (apart from Mantle) with [[500 home run club|500 career homers]]. Also, is one of two switch hitters (Pete Rose being the other) with 3,000 or more hits. * [[Frankie Frisch]] β Another Hall of Famer, and the only other switch-hitter with an extended career to hit .300 from each side of home plate. * [[Pete Rose]] β The all-time career hits leader in MLB. * [[Bill Mueller]] β Only player in MLB history to hit a grand slam from each side of the plate in the same game. * [[Jimmy Rollins]] β Phillies all-time career leader in hits and doubles, 2007 National League MVP and [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger]], 3 time All-Star and 4 time [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glover]]. * [[Ozzie Smith]] β Hall of Fame [[shortstop]] ([[San Diego Padres|Padres]], [[St. Louis Cardinals|Cardinals]]) who did not hit a home run left-handed until his game-winning blast in Game 5 of the [[1985 National League Championship Series]], his 3,009th career at-bat (including postseason) from the left side. * [[Jason Varitek]] β Became the first player in MLB history to catch four no-hitters (later tied by [[Carlos Ruiz (baseball)|Carlos Ruiz]] in 2015).
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