baseball, a pull hitter is a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the field from which they bat. For example, a right-handed pull hitter, who bats...

Look up pull in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pull may refer to: In baseball, a pull hitter is a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the...

not have a switch hitter on their roster in 2018. The first switch-hitter in baseball history was Bob Ferguson. His switch-hitting was different that...

left-handed hitter pulls it right. To pull a hitter is to substitute a pinch hitter. To pull a pitcher is to relieve him. See hook. A pitcher has "pulled the...

for offensive futility at the Major League level. It derives from light-hitting shortstop Mario Mendoza, who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine...

Truck pulling A truck pulling at the 2011 Mackville Nationals — 1.43MB Problems playing this file? See media help. Truck and tractor pulling, also known...

the hitter as the pitch is thrown. As soon as the pitcher commits to throwing towards home plate, the first baseman will charge towards the hitter to field...

Philadelphia Phillies on August 15, 2024. The cycle is about as uncommon as a no-hitter; it has been called "one of the rarest" and "most difficult feats" in baseball...

vicinity of a player of the opposite team, but is typically expected not to hit that player with the ball. In cricket, the equivalent term is "beamer". Some...

McLain and Bob Gibson dominated hitters, producing 339 shutouts. Carl Yastrzemski was the only American League hitter to finish the season with a batting...

rubber core baseballs; and for the first few years they were used, balls were hit farther and faster than rubber core balls. Pitchers adapted with the use...

and outfield in Infield deep Double play depth Corners in Left-handed pull-hitter shift, aka "overshift" Baseball#Strategy and tactics "9 things you need...

quickly hit the ball. He was not considered a home run hitter, reaching double-figures just five times, but he was a gap hitter with power to drive hits between...

around the batter's box like some hitters did. Naturally more of a pull hitter, Mays adjusted his style in 1954 to hit more to right and center field in...

batting mistakes, known as strikes, without hitting the ball into fair territory); The batter flies out (they hit the ball and it is caught before landing);...

infielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 22 seasons (1991–2012). A prolific power hitter, Thome hit 612 home runs during...

batter in the lineup. A DH acts as a permanent pinch hitter for the pitcher. Once a pinch hitter bats, he will replace the previous batter in the lineup...

swings in my time. This lad has one of them." Mathews was a powerful pull hitter, and for many years of his career teams would implement the "Mathews...

pitcher to pull off the feat since 1986. Previous no-hitter almost fourteen years earlier. Diamondbacks are most recent team to perform a no-hitter then suffer...

Williams' Hit List: The Best of the Best Ranks the Best of the Rest. Masters Press. ISBN 978-1570281808. Holway, John (1991). The Last .400 Hitter: The Anatomy...

the presence of a pull, or dead-pull, hitter at bat (such hitters almost never, except on the rare occasion of a fluke or mishit, hit the ball in any direction...

Devils of D-Day, created by artist Les Edwards in 1978. "(Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth" is a bass solo by Burton, accompanied on drums by Ulrich. A staple...

"Don't Pull Your Love" is the debut single by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds which became a top ten hit single in 1971. The song was written by Brian Potter...

in his seventh season with the Red Sox, transformed his hitting style to become a pull-hitter, eventually winning the 1967 AL Triple Crown, leading the...

"Boudreau shift." Because slugging Red Sox superstar Ted Williams was a dead-pull hitter, he moved most of his Cleveland Indian fielders to the right of second...

An aircraft constructed with a push-pull configuration has a combination of forward-mounted tractor (pull) propellers, and backward-mounted (pusher) propellers...

multiple teams. He played from 1912 to 1932 and was primarily a pull hitter, though he could hit with power to all fields. He had a stocky and slightly bowlegged...

whether to attempt a steal of second base. The hit and run is sometimes employed, with a skillful contact hitter, the runner takes off with the pitch, drawing...

Pull the Pin is the sixth studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, released by V2 in the UK on 12 October 2007. A Stereophonics newsletter released...

war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a...