[Ads-l] Antedating of "Switch Hitter"

[Shapiro, Fred]

switch hitter (OED 1948)

1919 New York Herald​ 9 Mar. section 2, page 6, column 7 (Newspapers.com)  He ... is a switch htter, batting left or right, depending on the opposing pitcher.

Fred Shapiro

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