In progressives, sometimes a sneaky way to get a player is to draft a player who you know will change position between hitter and pitcher...
For example, we all know about Babe Ruth starting in 1915 as a pitcher, then becoming a hitter in 1918.
But did you know that Roger Breshanan started his career as a pitcher? Bucky Waters as an infielder? Cy Seymour as a pitcher?
Here's a list of all 92 players in the WIS database who are available as both pitchers and hitters. The chart shows the first year they are a pitcher and the first year they are a hitter (position for first hitting year as well).
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Player ID |
First Hitter Year |
First Pitcher Year |
LName |
FName |
POS |
247 |
2006 |
1994 |
Anderson |
Brian |
OF |
303 |
2007 |
1999 |
Ankiel |
Rick |
OF |
946 |
1926 |
1914 |
Bentley |
Jack |
1B |
1405 |
1895 |
1896 |
Boyd |
Jake |
OF |
1528 |
1901 |
1897 |
Bresnahan |
Roger |
C |
17631 |
1919 |
1914 |
Bressler |
Rube |
OF |
1782 |
1886 |
1885 |
Buffinton |
Charlie |
1B |
2016 |
1897 |
1894 |
Callahan |
Nixey |
2B |
2209 |
1887 |
1885 |
Caruthers |
Bob |
OF |
2245 |
1997 |
2008 |
Castillo |
Alberto |
C |
2338 |
1930 |
1944 |
Chapman |
Ben |
3B |
2648 |
1885 |
1889 |
Coleman |
John |
OF |
2820 |
1926 |
1922 |
Cooney |
Johnny |
1B |
2851 |
1886 |
1885 |
Corcoran |
Larry |
OF |
2974 |
1914 |
1908 |
Crandall |
Doc |
2B |
2975 |
1885 |
1888 |
Crane |
Ed |
OF |
3023 |
1908 |
1909 |
Criss |
Dode |
OF |
3097 |
2006 |
1997 |
Cruz |
Nelson |
OF |
3199 |
1887 |
1885 |
Daily |
Ed |
OF |
3303 |
1915 |
1926 |
Davies |
Chick |
OF |
3392 |
1936 |
1939 |
Dean |
Chubby |
1B |
3657 |
1901 |
1895 |
Dolan |
Cozy |
OF |
3692 |
1898 |
1899 |
Donovan |
Bill |
OF |
3880 |
1901 |
1897 |
Dunn |
Jack |
3B |
3916 |
1946 |
1950 |
Dusak |
Erv |
OF |
4031 |
1888 |
1889 |
Ehret |
Red |
OF |
4088 |
1890 |
1886 |
Ely |
Bones |
OF |
4492 |
1911 |
1899 |
Flaherty |
Patsy |
OF |
4637 |
1887 |
1885 |
Foutz |
Dave |
OF |
4696 |
1898 |
1891 |
Freeman |
Buck |
OF |
4748 |
1905 |
1899 |
Frisk |
Emil |
OF |
5046 |
1897 |
1899 |
Gettig |
Charlie |
3B |
5118 |
1888 |
1887 |
Gilks |
Bob |
OF |
5188 |
1895 |
1888 |
Gleason |
Kid |
2B |
5565 |
1932 |
1929 |
Gudat |
Marv |
OF |
5640 |
1903 |
1902 |
Hackett |
Jim |
1B |
5701 |
1952 |
1955 |
Hall |
Dick |
OF |
5944 |
1952 |
1947 |
Hartung |
Clint |
OF |
6058 |
1887 |
1885 |
Hecker |
Guy |
1B |
6167 |
1890 |
1885 |
Henry |
John |
OF |
6253 |
1905 |
1902 |
Hess |
Otto |
OF |
6279 |
1898 |
1899 |
Hickman |
Charlie |
OF |
6333 |
1905 |
1906 |
Hillebrand |
Homer |
1B |
6621 |
1947 |
1955 |
Howell |
Dixie |
C |
6622 |
1902 |
1899 |
Howell |
Harry |
2B |
6923 |
1948 |
1954 |
Jeffcoat |
Hal |
OF |
7486 |
1997 |
2003 |
Kieschnick |
Brooks |
OF |
8102 |
1902 |
1901 |
Lee |
Watty |
OF |
8270 |
1943 |
1942 |
Lindell |
Johnny |
OF |
8529 |
1904 |
1906 |
Lush |
Johnny |
1B |
8620 |
1944 |
1938 |
Macon |
Max |
1B |
8983 |
1889 |
1887 |
Mattimore |
Mike |
OF |
8994 |
1888 |
1887 |
Maul |
Al |
1B |
9049 |
1897 |
1898 |
McAllister |
Sport |
OF |
9517 |
1901 |
1893 |
Menefee |
Jock |
OF |
9535 |
1899 |
1894 |
Mercer |
Win |
3B |
9781 |
1910 |
1901 |
Mitchell |
Fred |
C |
9854 |
1945 |
1940 |
Monteagudo |
Rene |
OF |
10067 |
1886 |
1885 |
Mountain |
Frank |
1B |
10096 |
1890 |
1886 |
Mullane |
Tony |
OF |
17105 |
1960 |
1969 |
Murphy |
Danny |
OF |
10403 |
1894 |
1894 |
Nicol |
George |
OF |
10527 |
1953 |
1957 |
O'Brien |
Johnny |
2B |
10559 |
1928 |
1923 |
O'Doul |
Lefty |
OF |
10728 |
1928 |
1929 |
Orwoll |
Ossie |
1B |
10908 |
1896 |
1893 |
Parrott |
Tom |
OF |
11217 |
1906 |
1899 |
Phyle |
Bill |
3B |
11410 |
1886 |
1886 |
Powell |
Abner |
OF |
11483 |
1890 |
1888 |
Proeser |
George |
OF |
11537 |
1964 |
1967 |
Queen |
Mel |
OF |
11780 |
1935 |
1936 |
Reis |
Bobby |
OF |
12347 |
1922 |
1913 |
Russell |
Reb |
OF |
12352 |
1918 |
1915 |
Ruth |
Babe |
OF |
12449 |
1891 |
1888 |
Sanders |
Ben |
OF |
12840 |
1901 |
1896 |
Seymour |
Cy |
OF |
12875 |
1893 |
1890 |
Sharrott |
Jack |
OF |
13182 |
1923 |
1926 |
Smith |
Bob |
SS |
13219 |
1892 |
1886 |
Smith |
Elmer |
OF |
13484 |
1893 |
1890 |
Stafford |
General |
OF |
13664 |
1897 |
1889 |
Stivetts |
Jack |
OF |
13714 |
1924 |
1914 |
Strand |
Paul |
OF |
13722 |
1888 |
1890 |
Stratton |
Scott |
OF |
13904 |
1887 |
1885 |
Sweeney |
Charlie |
1B |
13954 |
1897 |
1894 |
Tannehill |
Jesse |
OF |
14069 |
1885 |
1886 |
Terry |
Adonis |
OF |
14193 |
1897 |
1895 |
Thornton |
Walter |
OF |
14416 |
1888 |
1886 |
Twitchell |
Larry |
OF |
14530 |
1889 |
1887 |
Van Haltren |
George |
OF |
14761 |
1896 |
1894 |
Wallace |
Bobby |
OF |
14800 |
1932 |
1935 |
Walters |
Bucky |
3B |
15484 |
1918 |
1909 |
Wood |
Joe |
OF |
15613 |
1903 |
1898 |
Yeager |
Joe |
3B |