Ok dumb baseball question

[Felonious Junk]

why is there a correlation between what position you play in the field and your batting ability or offensive contributions?

You'll hear players described as "one of the best hitting short stops". I've never understood how your field position and hitting are connected.

 

[I_Love_My_Mommy]

why is there a correlation between what position you play in the field and your batting ability or offensive contributions?

You'll hear players described as "one of the best hitting short stops". I've never understood how your field position and hitting are connected.

I could be misunderstanding your question, but I think that statement would mean... Out of all the shortstops he's one of the better hitters. Where you play has no correlation to how you hit. Certain positions due to the size you need to be, limits what certain hitters can do at times, i.e. catchers are usually slower and hit for a little more power, 2nd basemen are usually smaller and hit to get on base etc. those are not always the case though. There is always exceptions. The only thing that has anything to do with position is whether you are left handed or right handed. You will never
Be placed at a certain position on the field based off of how you hit. Example, if your a solid .300 hitter they don't say "we need him at shortstop". May have gone way off and not answered your question, but hey that's mine.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Ideally every position player on the field would be a good hitter.

However, positions like catcher and shortstop (and to some extent, centerfield) are difficult enough to play that there's just not that many people who can do it adequately. You may only have a couple guys on your roster who can handle the position without being a liability, so you may have to accept a lower than average hitter if they can play the position well.

On the other hand, 1B and the corner outfield spots are easy to play (relatively speaking, of course), so you probably have a lot of guys on the roster who can get the job done there. You pick who gets the starting job in those positions by who the best hitter is.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

You need to be strong up the middle. Therefore Catcher, shortstop, 2b, and CenterFielder it is more important for them to be defensively sound. Kind of like a Pointguard in basketball can be a little weak in offense if he is great otherwise. The other positions allow for a little weaker defensively if that player can hit well or hit for power..