Position Players Pitching

 You know a game is out of hand when a position player takes the mound. Usually it's 20-1 and you just wanna save the remining arms in your bullpen, or it's the 18th inning and you have no one else to call upon. Either way, everyone thinks they're Babe Ruth when they take the mound. But Ruth was not only the greatest hitter of all time, but also a damn good pitcher.
Shohei Ohtani doesn't count. He'd have to play the field and do more than DH in order to count as a position player who pitches.
Unfortunately, position players taking the mound is becoming a more and more common occurrence so it's not quite as special to see.
The latest Showdown Bot update has given us the ability to see what 2-way pitcher/hitters players would look like, but the amazing side effect is that it works for more than just Ruth and Ohtani. But it doesn't work for everyone. We are still deprived of seeing what Wade Boggs and his knuckleball would translate into even though he did take the mound in 1997 for a shutout inning where he even struck a guy out.










Not bad for some of them, and they certainly blow away a lot of the bad control pitchers in baseball where pitching is their primary job. Not a lot of strikeouts in this bunch, obviously. Most of them are pitch-to-contacts types. Worth noting that Chris Davis is so good at striking out as a hitter, that he would know a trick or two to take with him to the mound to strike out the occasional opponent. A lot of those guys even pulled off a W believe it or not. Rocky Colavito pulled off his win, and it wasn't even in a marathon extra inning game!

But none of those guys were about to give up their day job...except some guys might've had a better career if they did. For example...

John Baker, professional catcher.

John Baker, moonlighting as a pitcher.

John, buddy, this catching this isn't your calling. If it's late in the game and you absolutely can NOT give up a hit, bring in the backup catcher to pitch!