Palehosefan Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Notice anything funny about this rookie league second baseman? Full Name: Jesus Avila Born: 11/26/1988 Birthplace: Los Mochis, Mexico Height: 6' 0" Weight: 165 Bats: R Throws: L Anyways, he's off to a nice start in rookie ball at age 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Second baseman that throws with the left hand? Or that his first name is Jesus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) Second baseman that throws with the left hand? Or that his first name is Jesus? you'd have to be jesus to be able to play 2B while being lefthanded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) Second baseman that throws with the left hand? Or that his first name is Jesus? I have to imagine there'll be a position switch for him sometime. How many major league 2B are left-handed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I played second base in little league as a left hander and it was kinda akward. But than again by name is not jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 QUOTE(dasox24 @ Jul 23, 2007 -> 10:34 PM) I have to imagine there'll be a position switch for him sometime. How many major league 2B are left-handed? Pretty much none. Here is what i found on another board concerning this question: If you include all of baseball history, the answer is Hick Carpenter, who played from 1059 of his 1118 career games at 3B despite the handicap of being left handed. It doesn't seem to have hurt him too badly, either; his .853 FP was actually a hair better than the league norm of .849 (!) and his RF of 3.25 was only a bit lower than the league average of 3.30. Carpenter is the only "real" left handed 3B in MLB history. There have been 50 other lefties to play at least one game at 3B, but their career total is only 597 games, so Carpenter played almost twice as many games as a TL 3B as the rest of the lefties in MLB history combined. Of the 51 left handed throwers to play 3B in MLB history, just 9 debuted after the AL was founded: Hal Chase (1 G at 3B), Milo Netzel (6 G), Duffy Lewis (1), George Sisler (2), Charlie Grimm (1), Mike Squires (14), Terry Francona (1), Don Mattingly (3), and Mario Valdez (1). That's just 29 games, and many of those weren't starts, so it's not enough to form a valid opinion about their abilities. You can guess, though, that their managers didn't see any of these guys as everyday solutions at third. I've since learned that there have been six southpaws who played either second, short or third since Mattingly. 1999,CIN,3B,1,1.0,0,0,0,Hal Morris 1997,LAN,2B,1,1.0,0,0,0,Todd Hollandsworth 1997,CHA,3B,1,1.0,0,0,0,Mario Valdez 1995,SEA,SS,1,2.0,0,1,0,Warren Newson 1987,KCA,2B,1,1.0,0,0,0,Thad Bosley 1987,CAL,SS,1,0.0,0,0,0,Mark Ryal _______________________________________ Here, based on the MacMillan Electronic Baseball Encyclopedia, is a list of every left-handed third baseman in major league history. Hick Carpenter, 1,095 G, SYR-N 1879, CIN-N 1880, WOR-N 1881, CIN-AA 1882-89, STL-N 1892 Lefty Marr, 129 G, COL-AA 1889, CIN-N 1890 Roger Connor, 111 G, TRO-N 1880-82, NY-N 1884, 89, 93 Bill McClellen, 58 G, CHI-N 1878, BRO-AA 1885 Willie Keeler, 44 G, NY-N 1892-93, BRO-N 1893, BAL-N 1898, BRO-N 1901, NY-A 1903-05 Spud Johnson, 44 G, COL-A 1889 Jack Leary, 37 G, PIT-A 1882, ALT-U 1884, CHI-U 1884 Hal Chace, 23 G, NY-A 1908 John Cassidy, 18 G, TRO-N 1882, BRO-A 1884 Ed Pinkham, 16 G, CHI-NA 1871 Mike Squires, 14 G, CHI-A 1983-84 George Decker, 10 G, CHI-N 1884-85 Lip Pike, 9 G, BAL-NA 1872 Marty Swandell, 8 G, BROECK-NA 1872 Milo Netzel, 6 G, CLE-A 1909 Buck Freeman, 6 G, BOS-A 1905-06 Jimmy Ryan, 6 G, CHI-N 1886 Bill Harbridge, 6 G, HAR-N 1877, PHI-N 1883 Jake Virtue, 5 G, CLE-N 1893 John Newell, 5 G, PIT-N 1891 Gene Moriarty, 5 G, IND-AA 1884, DET-N 1885 Jack Clements, 4 G, PHI-N 1887 Billy Redmond, 4 G, STLRS-NA 1875, MIL-N 1878 Bob Addy, 4 G, HAR-NA 1874 Don Mattingly, 3 G, NY-A 1986 Russ Hall, 3 G, STL-N 1898 George Van Haltren, 3 G, BAL-N 1892 Monk Cline, 3 G, BAL-AA 1882, LOU-AA 1885, KC-AA 1888 George Sisler, 2 G, STL-A 1916 Cy Seymour, 2 G, NY-N 1899, CIN-N 1902 John Corcoran, 2 G, PIT-N 1895 Cannonball Titcomb, 2 G, NY-N 1888, PHI-AA 1890 Charlie Eden, 2 G, PIT-AA 1885 Dan Brouthers, 2 G, BUF-N 1883-84 Terry Francona, 1 G, MON-N 1985 Joe Kuhel, 1 G, WAS-A 1936 Charlie Grimm, 1 G, STL-N 1918 Jessie Burkett, 1 G, STL-A 1902 Joe Wright, 1 G, PIT-N 1896 Jake Boyd, 1 G, WAS-N 1895 Matt Kilroy, 1 G, BOS-P 1890 Henry Gruber, 1 G, CLE-P 1890 Fred Carl, 1 G, LOU-AA 1889 Elmer Foster, 1 G, NY-N 1888 Cyclone Miller, 1 G, PHI-A 1886 Sam Thompson, 1 G, DET-N 1885 Tom Mansell, 1 G, CIN-AA, COL-AA 1884 Denny Driscoll, 1 G, PIT-AA 1883 Sam Trott, 1 G, DET-N 1882 Jimmy Macullar, 1 G, SYR-N 1879 Jimmy Hallinan, 1 G, KEO-NA 1875 Here are the post-1900 guys on this list: Willie Keeler, 44 G, NY-N 1892-93, BRO-N 1893, BAL-N 1898, BRO-N 1901, NY-A 1903-05 Hal Chace, 23 G, NY-A 1908 Mike Squires, 14 G, CHI-A 1983-84 Milo Netzel, 6 G, CLE-A 1909 Buck Freeman, 6 G, BOS-A 1905-06 Don Mattingly, 3 G, NY-A 1986 George Sisler, 2 G, STL-A 1916 Cy Seymour, 2 G, NY-N 1899, CIN-N 1902 Terry Francona, 1 G, MON-N 1985 Joe Kuhel, 1 G, WAS-A 1936 Charlie Grimm, 1 G, STL-N 1918 Jessie Burkett, 1 G, STL-A 1902 According to baseballreference, Keeler played 17 of his 44 games at third after 1900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 in addition its also extremely rare that a guy throws lefty, but bats righty.....it happens often that a guy will throw righty and bat lefty, but the reverse is very rare.....randy johnson is one and i think someone on the astros like jason lane or someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 09:20 AM) in addition its also extremely rare that a guy throws lefty, but bats righty.....it happens often that a guy will throw righty and bat lefty, but the reverse is very rare.....randy johnson is one and i think someone on the astros like jason lane or someone yeah, usually pitchers throw lefty but bat righty... which is bad if they get in their throwing shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 09:20 AM) in addition its also extremely rare that a guy throws lefty, but bats righty.....it happens often that a guy will throw righty and bat lefty, but the reverse is very rare.....randy johnson is one and i think someone on the astros like jason lane or someone Rickey Henderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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