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Oakland Athletics reliever Pat Venditte is a natural right-hander who throws a mid-80s fastball from both sides, along with a slider and occasional changeup, writes Howard Megdal in a 2014 profile of Venditte for Sports On Earth. Before missing most of the 2013 season with labrum surgery on his right shoulder, however, his right-handed fastball hit 94, says John Nalbone for the Times of Trenton (NJ).
The only website I know of that separates pitchers splits into both batter's handedness and pitcher's handedness is Minor League Central, which is important because Venditte does pitch at a platoon disadvantage whenever he faces a switch-hitter. For 2015, Venditte is pitching slightly better on his non-natural side, as a lefty:
| Pat Venditte 2015 minor league splits | ||||||||
| w/platoon advantage | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | K | HBP | FIP |
| v. L as LHP | 40 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1.45 |
| v. R as RHP | 63 | 14.0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4.06 |
| vs. switch-hitters | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | K | HBP | FIP |
| v. L as RHP | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 |
| v. R as LHP | 20 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.06 |
Unfortunately, before this year, it appears that minor league baseball did not keep careful track of when Venditte switched hands. Just eyeballing his year-by-year splits, however, he tends to strike out more left-handed batters. Here he is retiring San Francisco Giants right-handed batter Justin Maxwell on a ground ball and striking out left-handed batter Brandon Belt:
Happy Venditte Day.
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