Has There Ever Been Left-Handed Third Baseman?
By Doing So, He Became One of the Rarest of Baseball Species: a Left-Handed Throwing Third Baseman. Rizzo Became Only the Seventh Left-Handed Third Baseman in...
By doing so, he became one of the rarest of baseball species: a left-handed throwing third baseman. Rizzo became only the seventh left-handed third baseman in baseball since 1913, joining Mario Valdez, Don Mattingly, Terry Francona, Mike Squires (who did it 14 times), Charlie Grimm, and Hall of Famer George Sisler.
Can third baseman be left-handed?
You are right on that lefties should not play baseball shortstop or 3rd base. The only positions lefty baseball players should play are pitcher, firstbase and outfield positions. The problem is that so few players can play shortstop and third base there is a supply and demand problem.
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Who was the last left-handed third baseman?
The most recent occasion of a lefty playing third base in a major league game was by the otherwise unremarkable Mario Valdez as a 22-year-old rookie with the White Sox in 1997.
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