Baseball hitting Quote by Babe Ruth

He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.

— Ty Cobb

I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer…

— Alex Rodriguez

I patterned myself after Reggie Jackson. I wanted to have that same swing and hit some homeruns. When I was down in A-ball, I…

— Rickey Henderson

He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific…

— Ty Cobb

I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know…

— Pete Rose

There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.

— D. B. Sweeney

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

— Ted Williams

I'm a different hitter than most.

— Joey Votto

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

— Ted Williams

I remember, at least in Little League, we tried to be like everybody. So my first at-bat, I can be like Robinson Cano. Second…

— Juan Soto

I can't compare myself to Phil Jackson in any way, shape or form. His view on the world and his intellectual approach, I don't…

— Jeanie Buss

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

— Willie Mays