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Originally Posted by billethius
That's not always true. Raul Ibanez was the DH here in Seattle last year because there were 3 guys in the OF who were better defensively than him. But he was back out in left this year, and while not a good defensive player he's not killing the team with his glove either.
Along the same lines, after the M's released Carl Everett this year they rotated the DH among several different players to give them a day off of playing the field. I'd imagine there are more teams out there that do something similar.
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As with a quote above for pitchers not hitting that 99% can't then it stands to reason that a high % of DH can't field, probably someone will know but I'd like to see how many games a recognised DH actually gets to field not counting inter league.