Is there a right and left hand batter?

Answer 1

You are referring to being ambidexterious or switch hitting which is highly prized in the sport of baseball as a batter usually has a higher statistical chance of successfully hitting the baseball when it is thrown by an opposite handed pitcher. A switch-hitter bats right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed against right-handed pitchers.-Tactics and technique:..Therefore, an ambidextrous hitter can bat from whichever side is most advantageous to him or her in that situation. Pete Rose, who had more hits than anyone else in the history of Major League Baseball was a "switch hitter". There has been at least one ambidextrous pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball, Tony Mullane who won 284 games in the 19th century.


Now there are much more ambidextrous pitchers. Tony Mullane Tony Mullane
Anthony John "Tony" Mullane , nickamed "Count" and "The Apollo of the Box", was an Irish Major League Baseball player who pitched for seven teams during his 13 season career...

won 284 games in the 19th century, and also Elton Chamberlain Elton Chamberlain
Elton P. "Icebox" Chamberlain was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Buffalo, New York, the right-hander stood 5'9" and weighed 168 lbs....

in 1888 and Larry Corcoran Larry Corcoran
Lawrence J. Corcoran was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.Corcoran came into the league in 1880, winning 43 games and leading the Chicago team to the National League championship...
in 1884. Greg A. Harris Greg A. Harris
Greg Allen Harris is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees from 1981 to 1995. Harris pitched in 703 games in his career, starting 98...
is the only major league pitcher in the modern era to pitch with both his left and his right arm. A natural right-hander, by 1986 he could throw well enough with his left hand that he felt capable of pitching with either hand in a game. Harris wasn't allowed to throw left-handed in a regular-season game until September 28, 1995, the next-to-last game of his career. Against the Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. They are members of the Central Division of the National League....

in the ninth inning, Harris (then a member of the Montreal Expos Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos is the name of a Major League Baseball team that was located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until the end of the 2004 season, when the team was moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals....
) retired Reggie Sanders Reggie Sanders
Reginald Laverne Sanders is a free agent right fielder in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Sanders was 24 years old when he made his major league debut on August 22, , after being selected in the 7th round of the amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds...
pitching right-handed, then switched to his left hand for the next two hitters, Hal Morris Hal Morris
William Harold Morris III is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Cincinnati Reds...
and Ed Taubensee, who both batted left-handed. Harris walked Morris but got Taubensee to ground out. He then went back to his right hand to retire Bret Boone Bret Boone
Bret Robert Boone is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.-Personal life:Boone was born in El Cajon, California to Susan G. Roel and Bob Boone. He is a graduate of El Dorado High School and the University of Southern California. He is the grandson of former major leaguer Ray Boone and...
to end the inning. One Division I Division I
Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
NCAA pitcher, Pat Venditte Pat Venditte
Patrick Michael Venditte Jr. is an American baseball player. He is a minor league baseball player currently in the New York Yankees organization. He currently pitches for the Advanced Class-A Tampa Yankees in the Florida State League. Venditte is a "switch pitcher", meaning he can pitch and throw...
formerly of the Creighton Bluejays Creighton Bluejays
The Creighton Bluejays, or Jays, are the athletic teams of Creighton University, a Jesuit/Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference...
, now with the New York Yankees Staten Island Class A team, regularly pitches with both arms.

Billy Wagner Billy Wagner
William "Billy" Edward Wagner is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Previously, Wagner pitched for the Houston Astros , Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets...
was a natural right-handed pitcher in his youth, but after breaking his throwing arm twice, he taught himself how to use his left arm by throwing nothing but fastballs against a barn wall. He became a dominant left-handed relief pitcher, most known for his 100+ MPH fastball. In his 1999
season, Wagner captured the National League National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league...
Relief Man of the Year Award as a Houston Astro Houston Astros
The Houston Astros is a major league baseball team located in Houston, Texas. The Astros are a member of the Central Division. From 2000 to the present, the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park . The Astros joined MLB under the name Colt .45s along with the New York Mets in...

.