Hitter Quotes
89 quotes by 70 authors
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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
— Hank Aaron
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
— Early Wynn
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The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.
— Don Drysdale
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A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot putt is a match for no…
— Ben Sayers
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The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner says "You mean…
— Henny Youngman
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What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
— Warren Spahn
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Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate…
— Michael Lewis
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A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important…
— Nolan Ryan
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Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.
— Nolan Ryan
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Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to…
— Tom Seaver
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When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to…
— Manny Mota
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The world will end before there is another .400 hitter. . . . I think that was mentioned in the Bible.
— Lenny Dykstra
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I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to…
— Pete Rose
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He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
— Ty Cobb
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The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
— Rick Wise
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I cant think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time…
— Nolan Ryan
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My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd…
— Eddie Mathews
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If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have…
— Hank Aaron
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I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but…
— Jay Mohr
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I was always small. I was a leadoff hitter growing up, until I was 13 or 14 years old and had a little growth spurt…
— Ryan Braun
Who Wrote These Hitter Quotes
70 authors contributed a total of 89 Hitter Quotes, led by these top contributors: