Being Quote by Hank Aaron

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.

— Hank Aaron

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

— Mickey Rivers

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go…

— Tony La Russa

Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.

— Lou Boudreau

As a pitcher, you're supposed to succeed, and you're not supposed to give up a hit.

— Clayton Kershaw

Sometimes you have to throw 120 pitches to figure yourself out.

— Max Scherzer

If I can execute my pitches, I know I'll have way more success than when I don't.

— Max Fried

In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I…

— Ben Zobrist

That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is…

— Don Yaeger

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going…

— Whitey Ford

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most…

— Nolan Ryan

I'd say that probably 95 per cent of batting is mental and decision-making.

— Steve Smith