Best Hitting Pichers?

[Butch7999]

WaJo no slouch at the plate...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ohnswa01.shtml

[rhettyeakley]

The first two names that popped in my head were Joe Wood (later became position player) and Mike Hampton. Carl Mays deserves mention as well.

[Peter_Spaeth]

In 1969 Ken Brett hit a home run in 10 at bats. They made an APBA "extra" card you could order and he was devastating. It was absurd. Rules had to be enacted limiting his use. He actually hit pretty well throughout his career, ending up with a .262 average.

[clydepepper]

Peter - I never got into APBA in spite of several friends highly recommending it. I definitely should have taken their advise. That Ken Brett 'fluke' was fascinating to read.


I forgot to add Wes Ferrell

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[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Peter - I never got into APBA in spite of several friends highly recommending it. I definitely should have taken their advise. That Ken Brett 'fluke' was fascinating to read.


I forgot to add Wes Ferrell

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Was there anybody post 1920's better then Wes with the bat?

[Rookiemonster]

Wasn't Mike Hampton a good hitter ? I remember him hitting a few homers .

Jimmy Claxton was an impressive hitter; a .350 career batting average 1914-39, primarily for integrated semi-pro and minor league teams (confirmed 277 hits/794 at-bats). In 1929 he hit a preposterous .667 (36 for 54 at the plate in 17 recorded starts) with 13 hits in 13 consecutive at-bats. He was frequently the starting pitcher and clean-up hitter on every team he played for over that duration. Yakima Indians manager Sonny Sontheimer, once described him as, "a team in himself".