45 Hitter Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice. Casey Stengel

Dangerous Practice Walks Batting Got Hitter Intentional Even

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

Life Better Challenge Between Than Hitter Pitcher After

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. Hank Aaron

Other Guessing Throw Execution Hitter Going Pitcher Just Being Successful

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you, so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during. Albert Pujols

The big thing I noticed from High-A to Double-A is that when you have an advantage count as a hitter, you're not going to get as many fastballs. Adjusting to the 2-0 changeup, that 3-1 off-speed pitch - things like that. I think my swing can stay the same; I just was getting myself out. Andrew Benintendi

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good. Anthony Rizzo

Good Game Change Opportunity Own Every Approach Everything Way Out Something Like Go Hitter Pitch Really Unique Unique Opportunity

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth. Ben Zobrist

Batting Hitter Just Fourth

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. Don Drysdale

Out Find He Remind Timid Hitter Pitcher

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 a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons. Don Yaeger

Success Time Great World Lose National Relative Member Percent More Potential Fails Hall Oddity Fame Than Hitter Success Is Games Who Many Teams Plate Baseball World Championship Seasons Championship

If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy. Earl Weaver

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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy. Early Wynn

Enemy Mortal Look His Hitter Pitcher

Traditionally, baseball punishes preening. In a society increasingly tolerant of exhibitionism, it is splendid when a hitter is knocked down because in his last at bat he lingered at the plate to admire his home run. George Will

Home Down Society Increasingly Bat Run Admire Splendid He Knocked Because His Hitter Home Run Tolerant Plate Baseball Last

There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter. Harmon Killebrew

Time Me Build Hug Side Right-Handed Would Rival Put Bag Idea Known Line Shift His Wall Hitter Move Hole Against Shortstop Used Teams Foul Baseman Right Second Third Pull

There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome. Jacob deGrom

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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 you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball. Jay Mohr

There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?' Lou Boudreau

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