[Painmantle]

Originally Posted by mgoetze

Left-handed throwers should be better at playing first base than right handers, see Why are first baseman often lefthanded .

On the other hand, certain positions such as 3rd base should be all but impossible for lefties, see Left-handers playing third base (and catcher, second, and shortstop) » Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive

On a related note, players with great range and horrible running speed or vice versa always seem rather unrealistic to me.

Range has almost as much to do with the instincts and the jump the player gets off the bat as it does speed. Fast players don't always have good range and visa versa. Speed is always helpful but isn't necessary for a player to have good range