Hitter Quotes

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

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

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

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.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid.

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

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

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.

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

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

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.

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

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

Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.