Some batters stand low while some high, some stand narrow while some wide; there are over eighteen unique batting stances in baseball that you might have seen in the baseball.
How a hitter stance is exclusively the personal choice of the player. One stance can help the player to perform better than another – it is all about the hitter’s comfort zone.
Types of Batting Stances
Even though there are different batting stances but all of them fall under the major three batting stance categories:
- Square
- Open
- Close
Let’s have a look at each of the batting stance one by one.