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Mark Patrick Sweeney (born October 26, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for several teams from 1995 to 2008. He is best known for his skill as a pinch hitter, where he ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102.
Really what we need is more text in the cricket section, but that might be tricky because it's often hard to decide whether such-and-such a batsman is a pinch-hitter. Maybe a short discussion of Jayasuriya's batting in the 1996 World Cup would be useful, since that's where a lot of cricket fans (eg me!) first came across the term used in this way.
Lenny Harris had 212 hits in 804 pinch hit at bats, both records in Major League Baseball.. In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter.Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute.
Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pinch hitter; Switch hitter; The Hitter may refer to:
Overall, he amassed 90 RBI in 435 at-bats in that role, a rate of one per 4.8 attempts along with 18 home runs. Overall, Lynch batted .264 (115-for-435) as a pinch-hitter in his MLB career. "The good pinch-hitter is the guy who can relax enough to get the pitch he can hit," Lynch was quoted as saying.
He was a pitcher who contributed to his teams in several positions over the years. Red Lucas was one of the most recent two-way players, serving as a prolific pinch hitter throughout his career. [1] He helped the Giants win the 1923 National League Pennant. Lucas finished 11th in voting for the 1927 National League MVP.
He was Boston's starting third baseman in Games 1–4 and served as a pinch hitter in two other games. He was 7-for-18 with a .389 batting average and .421 on-base percentage in the World Series—second only to Carl Yastrzemski (who hit .400 for the Series) among the Red Sox.
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes (May 13, 1927 – June 17, 2009) [1] was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder and pinch hitter whose otherwise unremarkable seven-year Major League Baseball career was dramatically highlighted by his starring role for the champion New York Giants during the 1954 season and that year's World Series.