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Craig S.
11-23-2003, 10:39 PM
Who were the first switch-hitters in each league to top 200 hits in a season?
TreAnt985
11-23-2003, 10:46 PM
Who were the first switch-hitters in each league to top 200 hits in a season?
Was Frisch one?
Craig S.
11-23-2003, 10:52 PM
Was Frisch one?

Good job - Frisch was the first NLer.
KCBOOMER
11-24-2003, 02:59 PM
Willie Wilson had 230 hits for the 1980 Royals. I think that is the first time it happened in the Al.
Craig S.
11-24-2003, 03:02 PM
Willie Wilson had 230 hits for the 1980 Royals. I think that is the first time it happened in the Al.

Wilson set the record for most hits by a switch-hitter, but it was done before him. Many decades earlier.
KCBOOMER
11-24-2003, 04:13 PM
Craig, are you sure?? The only Aler's I can find that have done this are WIlson, Fernandez, Sierra, Baerga, and B. WIlliams. And no player in the UA, PL, AA, or FL accomplished this.
TreAnt985
11-24-2003, 04:27 PM
Buck Weaver in 1920
Craig S.
11-25-2003, 07:52 AM
Buck Weaver in 1920

Buck is the guy I was looking for - nice job, Tre.
KCBOOMER
11-25-2003, 01:42 PM
Both the SBE and retrosheet list Weaver as a right-handed batter. Baseball-reference lists him as a switch hitter.

Who is right???
Craig S.
11-25-2003, 02:08 PM
Both the SBE and retrosheet list Weaver as a right-handed batter. Baseball-reference lists him as a switch hitter.

Who is right???


Total Baseball has him batting right in 1912, then both for the rest of his career. Baseball Encyclopedia has him as a righty until 1917, after which he switch-hit.

My source was a trivia guide, so the authority there isn't great.