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Why is it that:

Buck Weaver is listed as a Right handed hitter, when he was a Switch hitter his whole career after his rookie season.

Hank Greenberg has First Base listed as his primary position in 1940 when he did not play First at all that year. (We all know the reason for listing at first, who wants a 4(+5) LFer.)

I would like Buck as a Switch Hitter though.

[quote:53918752f3="ironwill1"]Why is it that:

Buck Weaver is listed as a Right handed hitter, when he was a Switch hitter his whole career after his rookie season.

Hank Greenberg has First Base listed as his primary position in 1940 when he did not play First at all that year. (We all know the reason for listing at first, who wants a 4(+5) LFer.)

I would Buck as a Switch Hitter though.[/quote:53918752f3]

Ironically in the CD-Rom both the career Historical disc and the 1920 season list Buck as a right hand batter...maybe Strat-o-matic needs to do better research

Here is a picture of Buck swinging from what appears to be the left side and heading down to first. Buck Weaver, "The Ginger Kid"!
[url]http://www.gingerkid.com/images/weaver2.jpg[/url]
And another photo from the same year, 1916, showing him batting righthanded.
[url]http://gingerkid.com/images/buckc.jpg[/url]

Buck is listed as a SH on baseball ref.