Top 230 Hitter Quotes & Sayings

The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.

If I'm throwing a no-hitter and someone says, 'Hey, you've got a no-hitter,' obviously I'd be like, 'Yeah, I know.' I just try to be humble. I don't like to talk about myself. I have no problem speaking up when I screw up, but if I'm doing good, people are going to notice. I don't need to talk about it.

I don't want to be a slap hitter, but be a dangerous hitter in the lineup and want people to come right at me.

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

I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me.

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

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

My dad wasn't a power hitter, and I didn't think I'd be a power hitter because the person I wanted to be like was him, and he was the one that taught me to play the game.

I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

I'm a leadoff or a two-hole hitter, contact guy.

The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get on base and set the tone.

I see myself as a line-drive hitter first.

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

I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.

What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage? The criteria shouldn't be speed, it should be getting on base.

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

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

In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth.

I mean, I think I pride myself on being a good hitter so if I have to, my job changes and I have to adapt to do that.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

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

We try to do a great job of understanding the opposing hitter and his tendencies. Maybe understand the hitter better than he knows himself.

Anytime a pitcher hasn't faced a hitter, I feel the pitcher has the advantage. The more times the hitter sees somebody, the more the advantage goes to the hitter.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

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.

The .350 hitter expects, and also deserves, a big payoff for his performance - even if he plays for a cellar-dwelling team. And a .150 hitter should get no reward - even if he plays for a pennant winner.

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

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.

Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.

A good lead-off hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.

I used to be a hitter when I was in high school.

I'm a good hitter for a pitcher.

You never want to lose a strength, but I've also got to try and be a complete hitter.

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.

As an average hitter myself, I lacked that true back knee drive.

He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

I've never been a good hitter.

What makes a good pinch hitter? I wish the hell I knew.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup.

He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.

I want to be the best leadoff hitter of our time.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

I'm a different hitter than most.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

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

When you hit a player in the head, you're more apt to get some fisticuffs or, you know, bring both teams out on the field, but it was more accepted that - in the '50s, '60s and '70s. I think nowadays it's a little over-policed because I will always believe that knocking a hitter down, even hitting a hitter at, sometimes, is part of baseball.

I've always said, even batting leadoff, that I want to be a dangerous hitter.