How do we label a person a right handed batter vs a left handed batter?

Question

We know that a right handed batter swings a bat right to left and a left handed batter vice versa, but what determines this?

For example I'm a left hander batter ie: I swing the bat from left to right but why does hitting this way label you a "left handed" batter??

(This applies to many other sports as well ie.hockey, golf, etc.

The side of the plate theory does not make sense because a left handed batter stands on the right side of the plate? (form the cather's perspective looking to the field). Also when you look at golf or hockey, lefties in those sports swing a golf club/hockey stick the same way (left to right) as a left hander batter. It must be whatever hand is on top of the bat that labels you left vs right.

Answer 1

It is which side of the plate you stand on that labels which handed batter you are!!

Answer 2

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How do we label a person a right handed batter vs a left handed batter?
We know that a right handed batter swings a bat right to left and a left handed batter vice versa, but what determines this?

For example I'm a left hander batter ie: I swing the bat from left to right but why does hitting this way label you a "left handed" batter??

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Answer 3

Baseball is much easier to label than hockey. In Baseball it came from the most comfortable direction someone who threw with that hand batted from. Most righties stood in what we now call right handed batting.

In hockey though, the term came about well after hockey had started. Without researching it, I would assume in came from baseball. The basis on this is that there is no logic to how someone may hold a stick vs throw a ball or write. There are far more "left-handed" playing hockey players then there are lefties as a part of our society.

Answer 4

Whichever hand is higher up on the bat is your dominant hand. When you hold a bat naturally to swing, if your left hand is higher on the bat than your right hand, then you are a left handed batter.
Another way to look at it is if you bat from the left side of the plate (from the catcher's perspective), you are a right handed batter. Likewise, if you bat from the right side of the plate, you are a left handed batter

Answer 5

there's a particular advantage from hitting at a certain side of the plate and attacking from a particular side of the hockey rink. For example, if you are a left handed hitter in baseball, the ball looks different for you coming from a left handed pitcher or a right handed one. I believe it's a bit easier for a right handed pitcher to get inside on a left handed hitter, and vice versa. Labelling you as such "left handed/right handed" gives teams the ability to prepare and strategize against the other team's players. In golf, it's a matter of the face of the club, left handed clubs are turned in differently.

Answer 6

Your top hand is the driving hand in your swing. This is where you get your power. I know you get power through legs and hips and all that as well, this is making it simple though.

I bat with my right hand on top therefore Im a right "handed" batter. You are opposite so you are a left "handed" batter.

Answer 7

No one gets "labeled" anything. A "right-handed" or "left-handed" batter is called that because that's what he is. There is nothing wrong with being either one.

Answer 8

If you are right handed and could only use one hand to swing the bat, you would use your right hand. As you grip the bat your right hand would be the dominate hand gripping the bat on top of the left hand. This is what makes you a dominate, or right handed hitter. The reverse would be true for a left handed hitter.

Answer 9

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Like the previous poster said, the pitch can be picked up sooner but also its somewhat easier to hit a pitch coming in on you rather than breaking away from you. Most pitchers have sliders or curves that work better on hitters hitting from the same side they're throwing from because they break away from the hitter.

Answer 10

Whichever hand is on top while holding the bat is which hand you are. For example, a lefty has his left hand on top. Also, a lefty faces left field when at the plate and vice versa.