Babe Ruth, the greatest baseball player ever (and a good basketball player), batted and threw left-handed, but wrote and ate right-handed. Hall of Famer Craig Biggio bats and throws right-handed, yet writes and eats left-handed. read more
In the general public, about 10 percent of people are left-handed. In Major League Baseball, about 25 percent of players are lefties. Any serious fan knows some of the reasons why certain positions favor lefties, but David Peters has come up with a laundry list of reasons to explain this anomaly. read more
Lee and Foley are confusing, as is Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players ever. He bats right-handed, but throws left-handed. Only five nonpitchers since 1900 have played 1,000 games batting right-handed and throwing left-handed: Henderson, Ryan Ludwick, Cody Ross, Cleon Jones and Hal Chase. read more