You hear it all the time on the radio, lefties like the low pitch. In fact, I heard the corollary just today on the radio. The announcer said, “As a rule right-handers hit high pitches better than left-handers.”
Let’s take a look at the numbers and see how batters fare on high, medium, and low pitches.
| Batting Average by Pitch Location 2006 - 2008 |
| | | |
| Pitch Height | Batting Left | Batting Right |
| High | .259 | .257 |
| Medium | .288 | .285 |
| Low | .244 | .242 |
| | | |
| Total | .269 | .266 |
Source: Baseball Info Solutions (through games of Monday, May 26, 2008)
Lefties hit a couple points higher overall on low pitches, but they also hit a couple of points higher on medium and high pitches. The height of the pitch seems to have no consequence whatsoever.