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I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.
— Lefty Gomez
One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.
— Michael Lewis
If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
— Casey Stengel
That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.
— Johan Santana
A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.
— Warren Spahn
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
— Bob Feller
A no-hitter secures a pitcher's spot on an elite yet diverse list that embraces Hall of Famers, struggling journeymen, and wide-eyed rookies.
— Dirk Lammers
If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
— Ted Williams
I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.
— Albert Pujols
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.
— Dennis Eckersley
The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner says "You mean third base?"
— Henny Youngman
He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.
— Sandy Koufax
The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.
— Greg Maddux
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
— Hank Aaron
Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch.
— Tim McCarver
I had never seen a perfect game or no-hitter thrown.
— Phil Humber
I'm the leadoff hitter, it's my job to lead this team. I know people say the way I go is how the Mets go, so I'll do whatever it takes.
— Jose Reyes
A no-hitter is a freaky thing,' Tweet said. 'Most of the greatest pitchers never pitched one. It's a combination of a lot of little accidents.
— Duane Decker
I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.
— Johan Santana
I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
— Carl Yastrzemski
I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
— Nolan Ryan
I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.
— Robinson Cano
A good lead-off hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.
— Richie Ashburn
The biggest thing I want is for the hitter coming up behind me to get a good pitch to hit.
— Johnny Damon
if Pedro is talking?" Ruiz didn't say anything. "They might be tracking his cell. The hitter
— Tyler Dilts
A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot putt is a match for no one.
— Ben Sayers
Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the lineup.
— Casey Stengel
Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.
— Lou Boudreau
In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
— Eugen Herrigel
The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine.
— Lance Berkman
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.
— Don Drysdale
All the publicity, the attention, the interviews, the photographs, were too much for me (after throwing his second no-hitter in 1938).
— Johnny Vander Meer
Sometimes the hitter get a hit, sometimes I strike them out, but in niether case does anyone die.
— Orlando Hernandez
The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was, whether it would kill a man or make a baby just yawn.
— Edward P. Jones
I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.
— Carl Crawford
The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.
— Bob Gibson
What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
— Warren Spahn
Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.
— Bill O'Reilly
I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.
— Luke Donald
The world will end before there is another .400 hitter ... I think that was mentioned in the Bible.
— Lenny Dykstra
The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
— Mickey Mantle
If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.
— Hank Aaron
Despite popular belief, hitting someone with a closed fist actually hurts the hitter almost as much as the hittee.
— Ally Carter
There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.
— Pete Rose
I don't really look at myself as a power hitter. I look at myself as someone who drives the ball to the gaps, hits line drives.
— Andrew McCutchen
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
— Willie Stargell