Quotes About Hitter

The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get on base and set the tone.

For hitter or pitcher, rookie or veteran, baseball has long been defined by failure rather than success, the old a-.300-hitter-gets-out-7-times-in-10-at-bats truism. Dealing with and managing failure is an essential—some would say the essential—part of the job description.

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.

I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

I don't want to be a slap hitter, but be a dangerous hitter in the lineup and want people to come right at me.

I never wanted to be a slap hitter. It would hurt my pride if someone called me one. I wanted to be a guy who could do everything.

I know when I get to 0-2, 1-2, when I'm ahead in the count, that I hold a distinct advantage over every single hitter. I have so many options because I don't have to work within the strike zone anymore.

And with each new pitcher a hitter must adjust and adapt to a new repetoire of pitches.

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.

As a hitter, I think if we wanted to change something, we should scoot the mound back. But that's never gonna happen.

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

I like the style of National League baseball. I like the different moves that have to be made. I like the fact that the No. 8 spot in the lineup can be one of the more challenging spots. It's a lot more strategy for that hitter and for the catcher sometimes with the pitcher coming up.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

I feel so overwhelmed by the kind of double hitter of a successful book and record. I just assumed at least one of them... would hopefully stick. So it's nice that both did so well.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

In his time, Hornsby was an unbelievable hitter who three times finished with an average of over .400, reaching .424 in 1924, a record still standing. This background has not made him exactly tolerant of the ability of baseball players. To illustrate, we reprint herewith the most glowing report on an individual which Hornsby handed in all season: LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR-LEAGUE PLAYER The name at the top of the sheet said the report was about Mickey Mantle.

A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

In 1973, the New York Yankees became the first team to use a designated hitter (often referred to as the "DH").

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.