How many players do you know that changed positions late in their careers?
After playing centerfield for most of his major league career, Torii Hunter is permanently the right fielder for the LA Angels of A thus bringing up the very talented rookie Peter Bourjos. It'll be hard to get used to because for he played center for as long as I was a fan (of his and of baseball) but I thank him for his selflessness. I'm thankful to have the opportunity to watch such a talented and classy player everyday :)
2010-08-03T17:54:56Z
Okay fine... too easy of a question LOL!
Big D2010-08-03T17:58:20Z
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Well Mimi, I don't think I'll be able to name every player, but I'll list as many as I can.
A-Rod converted from shortstop to third base. Michael Young converted from second to short to third. Miguel Cabrera converted from left field to third to first. Miguel Tejada converted from short to third and back to short. Ryan Braun converted from third to left field. Nomar Garciaparra converted from short to third to first then he switched around the infield quite a bit during his last couple seasons before retiring. Cal Ripken Jr. converted from third to short. Ichiro moved from right to center to right. Chipper Jones moved from short to third to left field to third again. Albert Pujols moved from third to outfield to first. Troy Glaus converted from third to first. Alfonso Soriano went from second to center to left.
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Alfonso Soriano went from second base to left field. Adam Dunn went from left field to first base B,J Surhoff (retired) went from catcher, to third base, to left field. He also played first base in his career. Craig Biggio(retired) went from catcher to second base to center field Troy Glaus just went from 3rd base to first base. Miguel Tejada went from shortstop to third base, and as of this week, back to shortstop Melvin Mora went from shorstop to center field to left field to third base.
Just naming a few. Typically it takes a special type of player to make the big switches, but it's been done succesfully. In the cases of Soriano and Dunn, they turned out to be much better at their new positions than they were at their old ones. Torii Hunter is a great athlete, he'll make the swith without any problems.