Is the batter on the major league baseball logo batting left handed or right handed?

8 Comments

1. jwallace1029 says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   I think he is batting right handed, can’t rally tell though.
2. Chipmaker says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   It is deliberately ambiguous. The viewer can interpret it depending on personal preference.

   I tend to think of it as a righty batter, but then (a) the majority of batters are righty and (b) I’m right-handed. So there are obvious biases, which is likely true for anyone.
3. Kris says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   It was designed to be either right or left handed.

   It is NOT designed after Harmon Killebrew.
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4. daddio says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   I think he’s a switch hitter b/c every time I look at it I switch my answer…he looks lefty but then again
5. Romulus VII says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   Considering the bat is in front of him and his back is showing tells us he’s a right handed hitter.
6. Richard says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   It is designed to be seen as either. The model for the logo, however, was Harmon Killebrew, who batted right-handed.
7. Joey Joe, yo says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   if you’re looking at him from his back, he’s a righty.
8. O Rappa says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   Interesting question… It appears like he’s a lefty… but it’s possible to display the logo as a mirror image, in which case he would appear as a righty… But on the back of my MLB fitted cap, he’s definitely a lefty…