Most Recent ones that I know of are..
Rick Ankiel--Pitcher turned OFer
Brooks Kieshnick--OFer turned P
Mike Myers--played 1 game at 1B (2001), normally a Pitcher
Any More I'm missing?
2007-08-19 22:01:24 · 14 answers · asked by Pisces_Man1979 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Fernando Valenzuela played both RF and LF in one game when the Dodgers ran out of regular position players. He moved back-and-forth between LF & RF depending on what type of hitter was batting. He was always put into the "off" field.
2007-08-20 05:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
EDIT: The question asked about pitchers who played other positions, not position players who pitched.
John Ward was a 20-30 game winner in the late 19th century, but made it to the HOF as a shortstop, Dave Foutz (same time) took regular turns at 2b and the OF, Dick Hall (60s) with the Pirates, also played outfield. Red Lucas (20s) was primarily a pitcher, but hit well enough to play the infield often. There were quite a few in the early days, and a large number of ***** Leaguers also did both. One of the better known was Ted "Double-Duty" Radcliffe, who would catch one game of a double header and pitch the other.
2007-08-20 05:47:18 · answer #2 · answered by llk51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babe Ruth. He pitched with the Red Sox for the beginning of his career, then moved to the Yankees. The Yankees used him in about 10 games total but knew he was a better hitter than pitcher
2007-08-20 10:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by Michael N (and lou gehrig fan) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes in games that get completely out of hand favoring one team, the manager will decide to put a pitcher in the outfield or a position player at pitcher. This saves the pitcher's arm for a time when they need it and it doesn't matter how bad they do. It happened once to the Giants this year and I think at least once for the Devil Rays.
2007-08-20 07:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's happened dozens of times. One example I can think of is Kent Tekulve of the Pirates, who played in the outfield at least once in 1979 so his manager could put him back in as pitcher later in the inning.
2007-08-20 12:03:18 · answer #5 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marcus McBeth with the Cincinnati Reds. He started out as an outfielder with the Oakland A's farm system.
2007-08-21 21:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mark grace once pitched and also since lance niekro didnt impress anyone hitting, he is going to work on his knuckleball and try to become a pitcher like his father and uncle phil and joe.
And the babe
2007-08-20 11:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by Shusi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there was this guy name George Herman Ruth, also in the 80's the St.louis Cardinals had a guy named Jose Oquendo who played all nine positions in a single season, I'm sure there are many others but those are the first to pop in my mind.
2007-08-20 05:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by its_all_about_me10 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Jose Canseco pitched once while with the Rangers and got hurt doing it.
2007-08-20 06:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by dj 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You forgot the best one of all time.
Babe Ruth
2007-08-20 11:15:38 · answer #10 · answered by Alex E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋