Hidden Batting Stances

[ewingandoakley]

I figured I should start this thread now that I have found two retired player's batting stances under a different name. These players that have those batting stances are usually REAL players in the minors that nobody knows who they are. ANY STANCES YOU KNOW OF THAT BELONG TO A RETIRED PLAYER PLEASE POST THEM Credit to Baseballking888 for contributing.

Ryan Adams- Ken Griffey, Jr.

Trent Oeltjen- David Eckstein

Michael Bourn- Jim Edmonds?

Tyler Pastornicky- Randy Winn

Lastings Milledge- Gary Sheffield

Michael Bourn- Luis Castillo

Adam Kennedy- Scott Hatteberg

Kendrys Morales- Carlos Delgado

Jose Altuve- Kazuo Matsui

Alex Avila- Ryan Garko

Jose Bautista- Garrett Anderson

Gordon Beckham- Eric Byrnes

Joe Benson- Akinori Iwamura

Endy Chavez- Chad Tracy

Michael Cuddyer- Cliff Floyd

Ben Francisco- Manny Ramirez

Ryan Hanigan- Wily Taveras

Jason Heyward- Gary Matthews Jr.

Eric Hosmer- Pedro Feliz

Aubrey Huff- Nomar Garciaparra

Austin Jackson- Jermaine Dye

Bryan LaHair-Bobby Crosby

Jed Lowrie- Wily Mo Pena

Miguel Olivo- Mike Sweeney

Ben Revere- Kenji Johjima

Luke Scott- Hank Blalock

Seth Smith- Bengie Molina

Mike Stanton- Garrett Atkins

Kurt Suzuki- Chris Duncan

Shane Victorino- Troy Glaus

Matt Wieters- Michael Barrett

Josh Willingham- Joe Crede

Dustin Pedroia- Jose Guillen

Billy Butler- Christian Guzman

Johnny Bench- Joe Inglett

Rick Ankiel- Gabe Gross

Jason Bay- Ryan Church

Stephen Drew- Fernando Tatis

Ben Francisco- Ronnie Belliard

Robinson Cano- Mike Lamb

Nick Markakis- Jason LaRue

Kurt Suzuki- Chad Moeller

Johnny Bench- Mike Redmond

Julio Borbon- Rocco Baldelli

Stephen Drew- Rob Quinlan

Brian McCann- Mike Jacobs

Nolan Reimold- Chris Shelton

Michael Saunders- Mike Lowell

Rick Ankiel- Josh Barfield

Rick Ankiel- Brian Anderson

[HadlerT]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

I noticed the Griffey one, but that's all I've noticed.

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

I found a few more.

Michael Bourn- Luis Castillo

Adam Kennedy- Scott Hatteberg

Kendrys Morales- Carlos Delgado

Josh Hamilton- Jim Edmonds

[Baseballking888]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

Found a lot more to contribute.

Ryan Adams- Ken Griffey Jr.
Jose Altuve- Kazuo Matsui
Elvis Andrus- Raul Ibanez
Matt Angle- Ryan Freel
Alex Avila- Ryan Garko
Mike Aviles- Trot Nixon
Erick Aybar- Orlando Cabrera
Daric Barton- Lyle Overbay
Jose Bautista- Garrett Anderson
Gordon Beckham- Eric Byrnes
Adrian Beltre- Mark Teahen
Joe Benson- Akinori Iwamura
Michael Bourn- Luis Castillo
Pat Burrell- Kevin Millar
Billy Butler- Alex Rios
Starlin Castro- Derrek Lee
Endy Chavez- Chad Tracy
Shin-Soo Choo-Kosuke Fukudome
Nelson Cruz- Carlos Lee
Michael Cuddyer- Cliff Floyd
Yunel Escobar- Sean Casey
Danny Espinosa- Wily Aybar/Jacque Jones
Ben Francisco- Manny Ramirez
Alex Gordon- Jason Bay
Ryan Hanigan- Wily Taveras
Chase Headley- Bill Hall
Jason Heyward- Gary Matthews Jr.
Brandon Hicks- Carlton Fisk
Aaron Hill- Reed Johnson
Eric Hosmer- Pedro Feliz
Aubrey Huff- Nomar Garciaparra
Austin Jackson- Jermaine Dye
Adam Jones- Jeff Francoeur
Bryan LaHair-Bobby Crosby/Gregg Zaun
Brett Lawrie-Julio Lugo
Jed Lowrie- Wily Mo Pena
Yadier Molina- Coco Crisp
Kendrys Morales- Carlos Delgado
Mitch Moreland- Rocco Baldelli
Xavier Nady- Will Clark
Trent Oeltjen- David Eckstein
Miguel Olivo- Mike Sweeney
Tyler Pastornicky- Randy Winn
Martin Prado- Jack Cust
Ryan Raburn- Felipe Lopez
Nolan Reimold- So Taguchi
Ben Revere- Kenji Johjima
Michael Saunders- Mike Lowell
Luke Scott- Hank Blalock
Marco Scutaro- Cameron Maybin
Seth Smith- Bengie Molina
Denard Span- Chone Figgins
Mike Stanton- Garrett Atkins
Drew Stubbs- Scott Podsednik
Kurt Suzuki- Chris Duncan
Shane Victorino- Troy Glaus
Matt Wieters- Michael Barrett
Josh Willingham- Joe Crede
Chris Young- Brian Giles

Pitching Motions
Alfredo Aceves- Jeff Suppan
Brett Anderson- Scott Linebrink
Scott Atchison- Jamie Moyer
Andrew Bailey- Trevor Hoffman
Homer Bailey- Jarrod Washburn
Grant Balfour- Tom Gorzelanny
Heath Bell- Tom Gordon
Jason Berken- Braden Looper
Rafael Betancourt- Duaner Sanchez
Bill Bray- Chad Cordero
Madison Bumgarner- Ian Snell
Trevor Cahill- Freddy Garcia
Aroldis Chapman- Huston Street
Tyler Clippard- David Weathers
Johnny Cueto- Livan Hernandez
John Danks- Kelvim Escobar
Dana Eveland- Andy Pettitte
Frank Francisco- J.J. Putz
Dillon Gee- Scot Shields
Derek Holland- Doug Davis
Daniel Hudson- Derek Lowe
Tommy Hunter- Scott Kazmir
Craig Kimbrel- Billy Wagner
Mat Latos- Jason Jennings
Brandon League- Octavio Dotel
Will Ledezma- Jason Schmidt
Jon Lester- Gil Meche
Kyle Lohse- John Smoltz
Derek Lowe- Kevin Slowey
Ryan Madson- Zach Duke
Shaun Marcum- Oliver Perez
Carlos Marmol- Mike MacDougal
Christhian Martinez- Anthony Reyes
Justin Masterson- Aaron Heilman
Marcus Mateo- Manny Corpas
Dustin Moseley- Ben Sheets
Jason Motte- Chris Larson
Peter Moylan- Cla Meredith
Bud Norris- Pedro Martinez
Juan Oviedo- Daniel Cabrera
Chris Perez- B.J. Ryan
Clayton Richard- Brandon McCarthy
Joe Saunders- Jeremy Bonderman
Stephen Strasburg- Brian Bruney
Chris Tillman- Paul Byrd
Ryan Vogelsong- Nate Robertson
Chris Volstad- Rich Hill
Kerry Wood- Scott Olsen
Vance Worley- John Maine
Brian Wilson- Francisco Cordero
C.J. Wilson- Brandon Webb
Brad Ziegler- Chad Bradford

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

Found a lot more to contribute.

Jose Altuve- Kazuo Matsui
Elvis Andrus- Raul Ibanez
Alex Avila- Ryan Garko
Erick Aybar- Orlando Cabrera
Daric Barton- Lyle Overbay
Jose Bautista- Garrett Anderson
Gordon Beckham- Eric Byrnes
Adrian Beltre- Mark Teahen
Joe Benson- Akinori Iwamura
Starlin Castro- Derrek Lee
Endy Chavez- Chad Tracy
Nelson Cruz- Carlos Lee
Michael Cuddyer- Cliff Floyd
Ben Francisco- Manny Ramirez
Alex Gordon- Jason Bay
Ryan Hanigan- Wily Taveras
Chase Headley- Bill Hall
Jason Heyward- Gary Matthews Jr.
Eric Hosmer- Pedro Feliz
Aubrey Huff- Nomar Garciaparra
Austin Jackson- Jermaine Dye
Adam Jones- Jeff Francoeur
Bryan LaHair-Bobby Crosby
Brett Lawrie-Julio Lugo
Jed Lowrie- Wily Mo Pena
Yadier Molina- Coco Crisp
Miguel Olivo- Mike Sweeney
Tyler Pastornicky- Randy Winn
Ryan Raburn- Felipe Lopez
Ben Revere- Kenji Johjima
Luke Scott- Hank Blalock
Seth Smith- Bengie Molina
Mike Stanton- Garrett Atkins
Drew Stubbs- Scott Podsednik
Kurt Suzuki- Chris Duncan
Shane Victorino- Troy Glaus
Matt Wieters- Michael Barrett
Josh Willingham- Joe Crede

Pitching Motions
Alfredo Aceves- Jeff Suppan
Scott Atchison- Jamie Moyer
Heath Bell- Tom Gordon
Dustin Moseley- Ben Sheets

Thanks. A lot of the guys that you mentioned I noticed before, I just couldn't remember a lot of them and the ones that I did remember went in my 2k12 2006 roster.

[Baseballking888]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

Thanks. A lot of the guys that you mentioned I noticed before, I just couldn't remember a lot of them and the ones that I did remember went in my 2k12 2006 roster.

No problem. I'll edit my post once I figure out some more.

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

I added yours to the first post. I have some other ones I found that I added to the first post. They are in blue.

[roadgamethes]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

i agree it, I have some other ones I found that I added to the first post. They are in blue.

[Baseballking888]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

I decided to update my original list since this may be resourceful for some roster makers here. The updates are in bold.

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

I found a few back in MLB 2k6.

Nick Markakis- Bernie Williams

Another one i found was

Brandon Wood- Frank Thomas

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

went back into 2k6, made some other discoveries

***=Confirmed

**=Almost Perfect, just hard to tell

Johnny Damon- Gerald Williams***

Mitch Moreland- Raul Mondesi**

Joe Benson- Frank Thomas**

Shin-Soo Choo- Mike Piazza***

Brian Roberts- Carl Everett***

Alex Avila- Edgardo Alfonzo***

David DeJesus- Ruben Sierra***

Ryan Howard- Bill Mueller**

[Baseballking888]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

Anyone want to help me redo the list for 2K13? I don't have the game yet so I don't know how much I can help...

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

Again from 2k6. All of the batting stances are the same, just different names attached to them.

Nelson Cruz- Barry Larkin

Craig Counsell- Andres Galarraga

Ryan Braun- Javy Lopez

J.D. Drew- Marquis Grissom

Willie Harris- Rod Carew

Russell Martin- Ernie Banks

Yadier Molina- Tony Womack

Melvin Mora- Tony Gwynn

Chris Young- Tony Bautista

Michael Cuddyer- Todd Zeile

Jim Thome- Terrance Long

Matt Weiters- Steve Finley

Chase Headley- Shannon Stewart

Brandon Hicks- Sammy Sosa?

[ewingandoakley]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

This one is an observation

Alex Avila- Josh Phelps

[econoodle]

Re: Hidden Batting Stances

man you guys are good.