[Ads-l] Antedating of "Switch Hitter"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Aug 9 19:04:56 UTC 2022


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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