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Very interesting. I would have guessed that softball would have been the inverse, lefty pitcher harder for righty batter. This would be due to the hitters view losing the ball behind the hip. My guess would have been wrong. Maybe the view is about the same, or perspective is better.Found this on https://643charts.com/the-platoon-advantage-and-handedness-in-college-baseball-and-softball/
The effects mimic baseball, but somewhat less extreme.
There does appear to be some platoon advantage, and obviously the LHP has the platoon advantage more often than a RHP.
The OPS difference is only .020 against right handed batters in a lefty pitcher's favor, but the difference is almost 3x that against left-handed batters.
I don't know, I suspect not, for this to be anything super marketable, particularly as a starter. I could see, just in like in baseball, the benefit to having a LHP that you could bring in for an inning against some big lefties in the opposing lineup though.
Or perhaps there's a certain pitch selection that some lefties have that could make this more extreme. I'm not well versed in all the movements of pitches in softball yet, but something that's maybe breaks in on righties more?
Wonder if it like the line drive right at you harder to judge than a few steps away. So harder for a rhb to judge rhp as ball at release more direct path to eye?
Lefty’s have an advantage just from not being seen as much.