WACKIEST and WILDEST players playing OUT OF POSITION! 🤔

These players look out of place! Check out some bizarre moments in MLB history where players played out of position.
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[@justinc22443]

Jose Ramirez has been playing LF in MLB The Show for me for years 😂

[@ervinghenderson4780]

Vince Velasquez in LF was wild

[@tommyfu9271]

there's also a play where he's pitching. he gets drilled in his right arm with a liner. ball goes towards the third base side and he fires a laser to first base left handed.

[@John-mw8fw]

Bregman playing Second base isn't that wild lol

[@BucNasT]

Posada almost couldn't make that 20ft throw from 2nd to 1st. Good god

[@CookieMonster-fc1qs]

It’s like 60 feet from where he’s throwing

[@KEALOHA-ju4jm]

hey NBA kook its 90'.... fyi 90 is right after 89 and 88 and right before 91

[@robinlinh]

"jesus, what is this feeling not having a catcher suit on my body" XD I think he almost wanted to sit down and then pop up and throw.

[@CGlied]

Given that we've had both Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch, I've seen way worse throws from 2B.

[@Bonkotsu928]

Was a nice spike

[@ekimp252]

Can’t believe that Cy Young candidate Rowdy Telez’s epic performance from last season was left out. Shameful.

[@yoshiemusic]

Same with Darin ruf

[@waynelaney42]

Thome wasn’t out of position

[@waynelaney42]

Most of these aren’t players out of position as much as them making their major league debuts in a different position from what we are used to. For instance Donaldson wasn’t out of position. He came up as a catcher.

[@xmanpies315]

He was at the time

[@waynelaney42]

@@xmanpies315 he was a 3rd baseman the first 6 years of his career. He wasn’t out of position.

[@xmanpies315]

@@waynelaney42 do you play mlb the show

[@waynelaney42]

@@xmanpies315 yep

[@mpthorvonericksen]

Nothing like hearing Phil 'Scooter' Rizzuto calling out "HOLY COW!" Miss Him ❤

[@canaanlocke4375]

I have a friend who is related to Phil rizzuto

[@canaanlocke4375]

I have a friend who is related to Phil rizzuto

[@damiankildare9230]

Many great childhood memories from hearing Phil.

[@jorgeb4963]

grew up on him and Bill White! Scooter always left early! loved him! what a huckleberry! the best!

[@ManChan-w5p]

Gary Carter and Jesse Orosco were really out of positions. I remember that in Cincinnati.

[@groundscum4-ps4pd]

That was the Ray Knight and Eric Davis brawl game, right?

[@tonyattardo9350]

I love Orosco. Just kept trucking out of the bullpen forever.

[@CGlied]

Yes. It was the same game that Keith Hernandez started a 3-5-4 double play by fielding a bunt a few steps from the third base line. One of the most unique plays I've ever seen.

[@ManChan-w5p]

@@groundscum4-ps4pd What a dustup. I heard Strawberry wanted to deck Knight because Davis was his homeboy.

[@higgy04]

I remember Carter occasionally playing first base when he was playing for the Expos. And I used to think Johnny Bench was the only catcher to play third base. Obviously I am wrong. Thank you MLB.

[@alexw0310]

This is helpful for Immaculate Grid for sure

[@carlpacquing2575]

Especially after they added the position question for trivia!

[@jeff2545mp]

Jim Thome was an everyday third baseman until 1997 when Cleveland acquired Matt Williams, so the clip of him wasn't out of position at that time.

[@mmmthatguy]

Most of these were they began or feeling out where they would fit best. Thome’s originally a third baseman.

[@CGlied]

Agreed. It seems neither wacky nor wild to show Jim Thome playing 3B, considering he played more than 840 games there in his career (Majors and Minors).

[@kendallevans4079]

And some of these guys were "tried" at all kinds of positions, some never really owned a position and became DH's.

[@AidanWR]

It's always nice to know about players that played other positions. Throughout my days in rec league, I've played every position, except first and catcher

[@marcuscastillo514]

I remember seeing Pudge play second base. Brandon Phillips playing 3rd on the Braves. Freddie Freeman moving over to third for like 15 games. But really the wackiest is seeing Chipper Jones as a left fielder for a couple years straight. Rare to find left field highlights from him. Only see him out there from an Andruw Jones highlight and chipper just watching.

[@kendallevans4079]

I remember that! I think he was considered a fail out there. I remember he made the cover of SI with the headline "Butcher, give it up Chipper"!

[@SmoothCriminal12]

​@@kendallevans4079TBf to Chipper, that falls on the Braves for trying to make that square peg fit so they could sign Vinny Castilla, who had a 79 OPS+ in his two years in Atlanta.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@SmoothCriminal12 Agree. I never understood that move. I didn't think Vinnie was worth upsetting everything for.tbh.....I can't remember everything but was he that hot of a prospect at that time?

[@IDL716]

I just want to see a left handed middle infielder

[@DarkChaosGaming]

Supposedly Edd Roush played a few innings at 2nd base in 1920. However, after looking at the game's box score and play by play, I "think" Roush did not actually play second, but officially he did.

[@anastaciadreams]

Does anyone know when Anastacia sang the anthem for the Oakland A's in 2001? Was it on tv?

[@twiggy45713]

Wildest one i can remember is when Mauer played right field.

[@DarkChaosGaming]

Bagwell in right tops that in my opinion, especially considering he was in the middle of his MVP season when they did that one game experiment.

[@Marinermatt01]

Glad to see the Martingly clip. Was the first MLB game I attended. Probably warped my perception of the game forever 😂

[@cyclopsvision6370]

Mattingly was also a 2nd baseman for 1/3 of an inning, the batter struck out, so there's nothing to see.

[@carlpacquing2575]

I remember seeing Posada's game at 2nd base in high school. You can tell they were really having fun there!

[@robertaBooey69]

So the only weird one was mattingly 😂

[@cyclopsvision6370]

Mattingly was also a 2nd baseman for 1/3 of an inning, the batter struck out, so there's nothing to see.

[@jarodrodriguez1192]

This is proof for those secondary positions in MLB the Show

[@RebelTXWrestling]

early years of Josh Donaldson when he played catcher. I saw him play in the minors at that position

[@tyreepowell8367]

Who's Ready For The 2024 Season

[@KEALOHA-ju4jm]

how many players will strikeout 100+ times in 2024? Im saying 175 different players.... if it were say 1954 youd win if you said 1 player lol. today game is a joke! fyi Joe Sewell while playing 2nd base w/NY Yankees struckout only 3 times in entire 1932 season while hitting 11 HRs......Ohtani Trout etc strikeout 3-4 times per game a couple times per month now...

[@zach14m]

Troy Glaus at shortstop, Ryan Zimmerman and Adrian Gonzalez in the outfield, Cristian Guzman at 3B in the All-Star Game and never played 3B prior to that.

[@naughtmeenaym869]

Joey Gallo had no position so playing 3B, 1B, or outfield was just okay. I bet he could pitch too.

[@KEALOHA-ju4jm]

he can whiff 9 times out of 10 too. what a star lol

[@cyclopsvision6370]

what do you mean he had no position? he won 2 gold gloves as a right fielder

[@naughtmeenaym869]

@@cyclopsvision6370 Then why did he struggle? Why did he play so many places?

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

You're just digging the hole deeper. He was/is a very good defender. The problem are the Ks. @@naughtmeenaym869

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

Gallo came up as a 3B but was absolutely terrible. Eventually got moved to RF where he was excellent. I’m fascinated by that-a guy who struggles at his “natural” position becomes a plus-plus defender elsewhere on the diamond.

[@matthewgiusti7631]

Jim thome: "very athletic young man"

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

Said no one ever

[@markuszeppelzauer6955]

Good job😊

[@theowlman7091]

MLB why isn't Mattingly in the hall of fame already?

[@alexisborden3191]

Because he wasn't all that good, its really not all that complicated. A 1B with less than 250 HR, only 42 bWAR. He's really not even close.

[@ManChan-w5p]

A bad back derailed his numbers.

[@siloshroom2132]

@@alexisborden3191he was very good, his problem is that his back injury shortened his career

[@alexisborden3191]

@@siloshroom2132 Sure, not saying he's bad or not an interesting player, but he's not a hall of famer, he's a good player who was on track to accumulate but injury got to him, many such cases.

[@theowlman7091]

@@alexisborden3191 Yeah but name me a guy in his era that had real power numbers or gold glove awards like him at that time. Probably not that many. I understand he didn't have the power numbers but most first baseman at that time didnt.

[@MasterCloudKicker]

I saw Beltre at 2nd for the Mariners. I saw an Athletics players play Catcher, Left, 2nd Base and come in to pitch from 2nd all in one MLB game

[@cmit120]

I remember when Roy Oswalt played in left field for the Phillies once

[@Jeffrey_L]

Posada tried his best Chuck Knoblach impersonation on that throw!

[@hagamapama]

That Mattingly play isn't super crazy until you realize that this is one of the only times in the modern era a left handed thrower has EVER played 3B in the big leagues. Generally speaking the only position on the infield that can be played by a defensive southpaw is first base.

[@kendallevans4079]

Truly out of position was Mark Trumbo at 3rd base. Everyone held their collective breath when a base was hit his way

[@yankeesfan234]

Who wouldn't hold their breath if a "base" was hit at them. That seems more dangerous than a ball would be coming at you.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@yankeesfan234 Bases are easy to catch! BASEBALLS not so much!

[@joeyteter9383]

It’s just funny to me how the ball always finds the person playing out of their normal position. I guess it’s true what one of my coaches said all those years ago (luckily not to me lol), “the ball will always find you”

[@JonathanAufderheide-ln8pr]

And there was that time the Giants walked it off vs the Dodgers when LA had their 5’10” catcher at first base and Trea Turner threw it too high.

[@diamonddog13]

What isn't shown is the 1983 game in extra innings when the Orioles had John Lowenstein at 2B, Gary Roenicke at 3B, and Lenn Sakata at catcher - all out of position. They get the three outs on three pickoffs by Tippy Martinez. Then Sakata hits a walkoff HR to win the game in the bottom of the inning.

[@christiansaliling8431]

Donaldson was so natural at Catching position.

[@davidhooper259]

Catcher handle everything behind the dish. They are never out of position and perfectly capable in any other defensive position

[@patrickmayo107]

Jason Kipnis, a career 2B, playing in the outfield during a playoff game doesn't make this?

[@tonyattardo9350]

Did he make a play? I think that’s gist of the video.

[@patrickmayo107]

@@tonyattardo9350 Yes, a diving catch in center

[@rodolforudygarcia3513]

Mattingly is amazing playing third base as left handed

[@jorgeb4963]

funny how the ball found every on of them!!! crazy!!

[@fionah0]

When life gives you lemons...make plays!

[@JenrriSantiago]

Excelente defensa

[@davester1970]

I was more impressed with left-handed Don Mattingly playing 3B than any of the other players playing out of position. I can only imagine how difficult it has to be playing 3b when the glove hand is on the right hand and most balls are hit to your left side where you have to back hand all of your catches.

[@ballybunion9]

Orosco and McDowell (two relief pitchers) trading places in right field was the wildest of them all.

[@stephenscanlon9763]

That whole game was wild. The fight between Ray Knight and Eric Davis made that necessary.

[@rslitman]

It's too bad that Vince Velasquez was no longer with the Phillies in 2023. They could have had an outfield of Velasquez in left, Trea Turner in center, and Michael Lorenzen in right. Speaking of 2023 Phillies, J.T. Realmuto as a Marlin hit that ball to Turner as a National and then in the next segment made the putout on the assist from Velasquez.

[@abrahamcosworth2632]

Jorge thought he was throwing to second base 😂😂

[@tommyfu9271]

mattingly at third is awesome.

[@robertaBooey69]

Freddie played there in the minors and high school

[@ChristinaMarieAngelicque-vc3nx]

1 WORD HERE:WEIRD!

[@keithkleparski4438]

Need this for immaculate grid!

[@notumbre]

one of my favorites is 39 year old carlton fisk - slow even for a catcher - playing some left field for chicago in 1987. in that same vein, i would like to know what cruel manager sent him to be caught stealing at the age of 45

[@yankeesfan234]

He was a perfect 3 for 3 in stolen bases at the age of 44.

[@MekoUnknown]

Bregnans played alot of 2B. Donaldson came up as a catcher originally. Thome came up as a 3B. Some are a stretch....

[@saddletramp6935]

Kent Tekulve once played left field got the last out in the ninth. If the batter had got on Kent would pitched to him. He had been on the mound before going to LF.

[@Trevorl-fo7vr]

Donaldson came up as a catcher Turner also played a while in CF

[@yankeesfan234]

45 games in 2016 for Turner in CF.

[@bryanfarris4696]

List does not contain Roy Oswalt. List is invalid.

[@fakedeath13]

They said Bregman played 2B 5 times that season alone, his shouldn't count at all for this

[@wrecker132]

Steven Moya sighting

[@walker1984]

This might have been better if you had maybe the player name, team and position prior to the clip of the play

[@mxmschae]

Technically Josh Donaldson at Catcher isn't out of position. That's just where he started out.

[@MadContender132]

Of Jim Thome's top 3 seasons in terms of WAR, numbers 1 and 3 were when he was a 3rd baseman. Fascinating.

[@mrob8982]

that's because 3b is a premium position for defensive WAR both seasons he gets 2 pts higher because of the positional rating

[@MadContender132]

@@mrob8982 makes sense, but that's because it's also significantly tougher to play than first base, so he played a decent enough 3rd base to not take those 2 pts away. 0.3 dWAR and 0.4 dWAR in those seasons

[@TCMKingGT]

Freddie at 3rd isn’t really crazy. It’s the other corner lol.

[@cdjhyoung]

Well, this video is 50% of a good idea. Of what significance are any of these clips if you don't at least tell us the normal playing position of the player involved? Too bad you couldn't do a little home work and highlight a player really out of position: Micky Stanley the Tiger's center fielder in 1968 being moved to short stop for the World Series. Now that is rising to the occasion in a high stress situation.

[@johnmiller5679]

A lefty third baseman was the strangest.

[@sun6262-]

0:34 you can not tell me this mf did not try hitting the position player

[@MinyetiSports]

Viva el Baseball Game ❤️⚾🌍

[@BingWrosby]

Mookie showed off at 2B quite a bit last season. No LA even in this video 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@LAKABRAA03]

No José Reyes is crazy

[@kathryn6067]

Cf is trea turners secondary position

[@kendallevans4079]

Didn't Pujols start at 3rd base early on in his career? Talk about a bull in a china shop!

[@cdeanda21]

Donaldson was drated as a catcher

[@E3Ops]

Nice highlight reel but I'm sad that Sal Frelick wasn't in it. I'm a little biased btw lol

[@andrewhatfield3064]

Frelick plays the outfield and has never played anything else. What are u talking about

[@E3Ops]

@@andrewhatfield3064 I'm talking about how he has laid himself out and hit walls to make a play. That's all. I'm not trying to aggravate anyone but I thought that he deserved a spot in the vid.

[@andrewhatfield3064]

@E3Ops the video was specifically about players playing positions they don't normally play.... hence my comment that frelick has solely played the outfield. He wouldn't be in this compilation.

[@weevie833]

Didn't Ron Guidry play outfield in the continuation of the Yanks-Royals pine tar game?

[@yankeesfan234]

Yes he did. Mattingly played 2B in the game as well.

[@panchominjarez331]

Rarisimo ver a posadas en otra pocision diferente al reseptor

[@Raw____Toast]

No Kenley at catcher?

[@nercopolis99]

Thank goodness Posada made that play! Only 12 more runs and the Yanks might have lost! I typed 12, I meant 14.

[@Ibhenriksen]

Sorry, but that was a terrible play by Posada. He almost threw that one away into the stands.

[@K3mbusm]

I'm not far into the video, but Thome was initially a 1B & Donaldson was a C....

[@yankeesfan234]

Thome came up in 1991 and didn't play a game at First Base until 1997.

[@s2kjohn]

Oh look baseball players playing baseball

[@natnaelberhanu-i8w]

Imagine Jeter playing OF robbing HRs

[@mattc.8887]

Freddie has a hose

[@KendryTejedavilla-kb8dn]

Mlb

[@FFGAMING-mq6bo]

Cricket

[@jbs4693]

Half of this is utter BS...not accurate

[@Kaysonsimmons28]

First like first comment

[@moenibus]

An irrelevant video. what's the extraordinary about this?

[@潘宥瑞-p2u]

I'm deeply fascinated by the interesting sport of baseball. Thank you, MLB.