MLB The Show 22 Batting Stances List (2024)

Players are wondering which batting stances are in MLB The Show 22.

Below, we have created a comprehensive guide on all of the generic stances and motions, thanks to user Baseballking888 on the Operation Sports forum.

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Veteran Stances

• Dustin Ackley
• Lane Adams
• Jim Adduci
• Arismendy Alcantara
• Aaron Altherr
• Alexi Amarista
• Marlon Anderson
• Rick Ankiel
• Nori Aoki
• Sherten Apostel
• Francisco Arcia
• Oswaldo Arcia
• J.P. Arencibia
• Joaquin Arias
•Erisbel Arruebarrena
• Carlos Asuaje
• Tyler Austin
• Alex Avila
• Mike Aviles
•Jeff Baker
• Rocco Baldelli
• Wladimir Balentien
• Jett Bandy
• Josh Bard
•Brandon Barnes
• Darwin Barney
• Luis Basabe
•Tony Batista
•Gordon Beckham
•Tim Beckham
•Gary Bennett
• Quintin Berry
•Wilson Betemit
•Greg Bird
•Andres Blanco
•Gregor Blanco
•Henry Blanco
•Jabari Blash
•Emilio Bonifacio
•Justin Bour
•Jason Bourgeois
• Peter Bourjos
• Russell Branyan
•Jose Briceno
•Socrates Brito
•Domonic Brown
•Trevor Brown
• Keon Broxton
•Jaycob Brugman
•Alberto Callaspo
•Mike Carp
•Ezequiel Carrera
•Alexi Casilla
•Rusney Castillo
•Daniel Castro
•Starlin Castro
•Gavin Cecchini
•Ronny Cedeno
•Juan Centeno
•Francisco Cervelli
•Endy Chavez
• Lonnie Chisenhall
• Alex Cintron
•Chris Colabello
• Christian Colon
•Hank Conger
• Ryan Cordell
• Kaleb Cowart
•Collin Cowgill
•Coco Crisp
•Kevin Cron
•Luis Cruz
•Tony Cruz
• Noel Cuevas
•Cheslor Cuthbert
•Chase d’Arnaud
•Matt Davidson
•Rajai Davis
•Ivan DeJesus Jr.
•Nicky Delmonico
•Travis Demeritte
• Matt den Dekker
• Daniel Descalso
• Chris Dickerson
• Derek Dietrich
•Nick Dini
•Brandon Dixon
•Matt Dominguez
• Lucas Duda
•Matt E. Duffy
• Brett Eibner
• A.J. Ellis
• Jake Elmore
• Phillip Ervin
• Yunel Escobar
•Tim Federowicz
•Jose Miguel Fernandez
•Ryan Flaherty
• Jesus Flores
•Pedro Florimon
• Tyler Flowers
•Logan Forsythe
•Jeff Francoeur
•Kevin Frandsen
•Nick Franklin
•David Frietas
•Rey Fuentes
•Issac Galloway
• Mat Gamel
•Adonis Garcia
•Greg Garcia
• Evan Gattis
•Scooter Gennett
•Mike Gerber
•Jay Gibbons
•Ryan Goins
•Jonny Gomes
• Juan Graterol
•Grant Green
•Zach Green
•Deivy Grullon
•Franklin Gutierrez
•Brandon Guyer
• Jesus Guzman
•Jedd Gyorko
•Travis Hafner
•Ryan Hanigan
•Alen Hanson
• Ryon Healy
•Adeiny Hechavarria
•Tyler Heineman
• Chris Heisey
•Gorkys Hernandez
•Oscar Hernandez
•Dilson Herrera
•Rosell Herrera
•Chris Herrmann
• L.J. Hoes
• Ken Huckaby
• Nick Hundley
• Jae Gyun Hwang
•Chris Iannetta
•Maicer Izturis
•Paul Janish
• John Jaso
• Nick Johnson
• Garret Jones
•Caleb Joseph
• Ryan Kalish
•Jung-ho Kang
•Munenori Kawasaki
• Spencer Kieboom
•Kevin Kramer
• Erik Kratz
•Kyle Kubitza
•Gerald Laird
•Junior Lake
•Ryan Langerhans
•Brett Lawrie
•Ricky Ledee
•Da Ho Lee
•Steve Lombardozzi
•James Loney
• Deven Marrero
•Dixon Machado
• Mikie Mahtook
• Leonys Martin
• Russell Martin
•Jose Martinez
•Michael Martinez
• Nick Martini
•Casey McGehee
• Brendan McKay
• Michael McKenry
• Ian Miller
•Jesus Montero
• Max Moroff
• Logan Morrison
• J.R. Murphy
• Kristopher Negron
• Gift Ngoepe
• Kirk Nieuwenhuis
•Wil Nieves
•Jake Noll
• Renato Nunez
• Peter O’Brien
•Miguel Olivo
•Mike Olt
• Jorge Ona
• Daniel Palka
• Jarrett Parker
• Chris Parmelee
• Steve Pearce
•Carlos Peguero
• Carlos Perez
•Juan Perez
•Cameron Perkins
•Gregorio Petit
• Josh Phegley
• Felix Pie
• Jose Pirela
•Trevor Plouffe
• Dalton Pompey
• Boog Powell
• Alex Presley
•Robb Quinlan
•Martin Prado
•Cesar Puello
• Ryan Raburn
•Cody Ransom
•Rangel Ravelo
• A.J. Reed
• Austin Rei
• Mark Reynolds
•Matt Reynolds
• Joey Rickard
•Luis Rivas
• T.J. Rivera
•Drew Robinson
• Shane Robinson
•John Rodriguez
• Ronny Rodriguez
•Sean Rodriguez
• Andrew Romine
•Adam Rosales
• Wilin Rosario
• David Ross
• Cameron Rupp
• Addison Russell
• Brendan Ryan
• Tyler Saladino
• Jarrod Saltamacchia
• Hector Sanchez
• Tony Sanchez
• Yolmer Sanchez
• Jerry Sands
• Logan Schafer
• Skip Schumaker
• Chris Shaw
• Kelly Shoppach
• J.B. Shuck
• Jon Singleton
• Mallex Smith
• Seth Smith
• Dwight Smith Jr.
• Travis Snider
• Chris Snyder
•Yangervis Solarte
• Elliot Soto
• Denard Span
• Cory Spangenberg
• Bubba Starling
• Chris Stewart
• Christin Stewart
• Drew Stubbs
• Jesus Sucre
• Andrew Susac
• Seiya Suzuki
• Darnell Sweeney
• Blake Swihart
• Matt Szczur
• Beau Taylor
• Ruben Tejada
• Eric Thames
• Ryan Theriot
• Josh Thole
• Charlie Tilson
• Andrew Toles
• Yasmany Tomas
• Kelby Tomlison
• Devon Travis
• Sam Travis
• Preston Tucker
• Stuart Turner
• B.J. Upton
• Richard Urena
• Chris Valaika
• Luis Valbuena
• Jordany Valdespin
• Jesmuel Valentin
• Scott Van Slyke
•Kennys Vargas
• Neil Walker
• Logan Watkins
• Tyler White
• Mason Williams
• Mac Williamson
•Bobby Wilson
• Chris Woodward
•Danny Worth
• Delmon Young
•Eric Young Jr.

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All-Star Stances

• Yonder Alonso
• Jose Bautista
• Jason Bay
•Albert Belle
• Adrian Beltre
•Lance Berkman
• Ryan Braun
• Jay Bruce
• John Buck
• Billy Butler
• Marlon Byrd
• Melky Cabrera
•Robinson Cano
• Yoenis Cespedes
• Shin-Soo Choo
• Allen Craig
• Carl Crawford
• Michael Cuddyer
• Chris Davis
•Eric Davis
• Ian Desmond
• Brian Dozier
•J.D. Drew
• Adam Dunn
• David Eckstein
•Jacoby Ellsbury
• Edwin Encarnacion
•Julio Franco
•David Freese
• Rafael Furcal
• Carlos Gomez
• Adrian Gonzalez
• Carlos Gonzalez
• Alex Gordon
• Curtis Granderson
•Josh Hamilton
• Corey Hart
• Brad Hawpe
• Chase Headley
• Jose Hernandez
• Ramon Hernandez
• Aaron Hill
• Shea Hillenbrand
• Matt Holliday
• Matt Holliday 2007
•Ryan Howard
• Omar Infante
• Cesar Izturis
• Adam Jones
• Matt Kemp
• Howie Kendrick
• Ian Kinsler
• Jason Kipnis
• Carlos Lee
• Mike Lieberthal
• Javy Lopez
• Jose Lopez
• Ryan Ludwick
•Nick Markakis
• Victor Martinez
• Hideki Matsui
• Joe Mauer
• Brian McCann
• Brian McCann 2006
• Nate McLouth
• Devin Mesoraco
• Miguel Montero
• Kendrys Morales
• Daniel Murphy
• Mike Napoli
• Derek Norris
•Eduardo Nunez
• Magglio Ordonez
• Dustin Pedroia
• Dustin Pedroia 2008
• Rafael Palmeiro
• Carlos Pena
• Hunter Pence
• Jhonny Peralta
•Brandon Phillips
•Placido Polanco
• Buster Posey
•Yasiel Puig
• Alexei Ramirez
•Aramis Ramirez
• Hanley Ramirez
• Hanley Ramirez 2009
• Manny Ramirez
•Jose Reyes
• Alex Rios
•Jimmy Rollins
• Aaron Rowand
• Gaby Sanchez
• Kyle Seager
• Justin Smoak
• Geovany Soto
• Dee-Strange Gordon
• Nick Swisher
• Mark Trumbo
•Troy Tulowitzki
• Troy Tulowitzki 2010
• Chase Utley (Same as one listed under Former Players)
• Shane Victorino
• Vernon Wells
• Matt Wieters
• Matt Williams
• Jack Wilson
• David Wright
• Kevin Youkilis
• Chris B. Young
•Ben Zobrist
• Ben Zobrist 2009

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Legend Stances

• Roberto Alomar
• Garret Anderson (Same as one listed under Former Players)
•Harold Baines (Same as one listed under Former Players)
• Buddy Bell
•Yogi Berra
• Craig Biggio
• Barry Bonds
•Brett Boone
• Will Clark
• Roy Campanella
• Ty Cobb
• Andre Dawson
• Joe DiMaggio
• Darin Erstad
• Dwight Evans
• Cliff Floyd
•George Foster
•Rogers Hornsby
• Derek Jeter
• Andruw Jones
• Eric Karros
• Dave Kingman
• Ryan Klesko
• Tino Martinez
• Fred McGriff
• Thurman Munson
• Dale Murphy
• John Olerud
• David Ortiz
• Mel Ott
• Kirby Puckett
• Tim Raines
• Pee Wee Reese
• Jim Rice
• Phil Rizzuto
• Benito Santiago
• Enos Slaughter
•Ichiro Suzuki
• Ichiro Suzuki 2001
• Omar Vizquel
• Ted Williams

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Windups

• Cody Allen
• Henderson Alvarez
• Rick Ankiel
• Homer Bailey
• Ty Blach
• Clay Buchholz
•Mark Buehrle
• Andrew Cashner
• Wei-Yin Chen
• Dock Ellis
• Marco Estrada
• Jake Faria
• Scott Feldman
• Jose Fernandez
• Brandon Finnegan
• Doug Fister
•Yovani Gallardo
•Jaime Garcia
• Matt Garza
• Dillon Gee
• Gio Gonzalez
•Miguel Gonzalez
• Luke Gregerson
• Jeremy Guthrie
• Mike Hampton
• Jeremy Hellickson
• Felix Hernandez
• Orlando Hernandez
• Chris Heston
•Tim Hudson
• Phil Hughes
• Tommy John
•Brian Johnson
• Jim Johnson
• Randy Johnson
•Nate Karns
•Mike Leake
•Jon Lester
• Francisco Liriano
•Kazuhisa Makita
• Dennis Martinez
• Daniel Mengden
• Brandon Morrow
• Joe Nathan
• Pat Neshek
• Jon Niese
• Ricky Nolasco
• Hideo Nomo
•Ivan Nova
•Seunghwan Oh
• Dan Plesac
• Rick Porcello
• Clayton Richard
• Dereck Rodriguez
• Tyson Ross
• CC Sabathia
• Danny Salazar
• Jeff Samardzija
• Anibal Sanchez
• Joe Saunders
• Mike Scott
• Sterling Sharp
• James Shields
• Tyler Skaggs
• Dan Straily
• Masahiro Tanaka
• Frank Tanana
• Tyler Thornburg
• Luis Tiant
• Koji Uehara
• Jason Vargas
• Jonny Venters
• Edinson Volquez
• Brad Ziegler
• Jordan Zimmermann

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Stretches

• David Aardsma
• Matt Albers
• Justin Anderson
• John Axford
•Tony Barnette
•Heath Bell
• Jerry Blevins
• Ty Buttrey
• Carter Capps
• Brett Cecil
• Yonny Chirinos
• Tony Cingrani
• Jimmy Cordero
• Wade Davis
• Jorge De La Rosa
• Randall Delgado
• Brian Duensing
• Zach Duke
• Ryan Dull
•Mike Dunn
• Sam Dyson
• Josh Fields
•Keith Foulke
• Cory Gearrin
• Ken Giles
•Koda Glover
• Jason Grilli
• Tayron Guerrero
•Donnie Hart
• Kelvin Herrera
•Yoshihisa Hirano
•Jared Hughes
•Jason Isringhausen
•Jeremy Jeffress
•Nate Jones
• Tommy Kahnle
• Shawn Kelley
• Guido Knudson
• Jose Leclerc
• Matt Magill
• Justin Miller
• Edward Mujica
• Juan Nicasio
• Bud Norris
• Scott Oberg
• Roberto Osuna
• Glen Perkins
• J.C. Ramirez
• Fernando Rodney
• Marc Rzepczynski
• Tony Sipp
• Carson Smith
• Joakim Soria
• Felipe Vazquez
• Pat Venditte
• Arodys Vizcaino
• Adam Warren
• Alex Wilson
• Shun Yamaguchi

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MLB The Show 22 Batting Stances List (2024)

FAQs

What is the best batting stance in MLB The Show 22? ›

To get more power but a slower swing, have the hands back and high. For contact hitters, do the opposite. And normal swing gamers should position the hands in a way that looks like how most hitters hold the bat. Hand distance from the body changes whether players hit outside of inside pitches better.

What are the different batting stances? ›

The first is an open stance where the lead foot is slightly open. Second would be more of a square stance where the toes are parallel. The third would be a closed stance where the front foot is closer to home than the back foot. Hitters using the open stance feel that they see the ball better.

Is Barry Bonds swinging in MLB The Show 23? ›

One can also begin with a more generic MLB The Show 23 stance, which allows even further hands-on detail. Barry Bonds is not officially in the game, and instead, his infamous stance is replicated as “Legendary 7”. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

What is the best way to bat on MLB The Show 22? ›

With one strike, switch to a normal swing to expand the hitting zone a bit and expand the swinging area more to cover all but the corners of the strike zone. Then, at two strikes, swing for contact and hit anything close. It's a sequence that helps improve a player in Road to the Show without needing to spend a dime.

Does batting stance matter in MLB The Show 23? ›

Certain stances affect your overall contact and power as well as your swing animation and position of the bat. If you're looking for the best overall batting stances that give you the highest chance to knock in some runs and don't require much maintenance, we have you covered.

Does your batting stance matter? ›

A certain stance may help your hands or your swing work a little better than another. That is something you need to play with and feel comfortable with.

What is the best hitting style in MLB The Show 23? ›

Off the rip, the absolute best hitting interface in MLB The Show is Zone hitting. This gives you control of the PCI (Plate Coverage Indicator), which means you have total control of your hitter's swing path and timing. If you prefer Directional Hitting or Timing, that's perfectly fine!

What is the right batting stance? ›

Your feet should be about shoulder-width apart, and your knees should be slightly bent. Your back should also be bent slightly, allowing you to tap your bat on the ground near your feet. Your chin should be positioned over your front shoulder, with your eyes watching the bowler as they approach.

Can you switch stance mid at bat? ›

What you'll learn: The batter can switch boxes at any time, provided he does not do it after the pitcher is ready to pitch.

What is the best hitting stance in MLB The Show 21? ›

An open stance is good for gamers that are too late on pitches, while a closed stance is benefits gamers that are too early. For players with solid timing and a desire to hit to all fields evenly, keep the feet even.

What's the best batting stance in MLB The Show 23? ›

Popular Player Stances

Mike Trout: Trout's batting stance is one of the smoothest and most powerful in the game. It's compact, easy to learn, and can send balls soaring through the skies. Cody Bellinger: Bellinger's batting stance is one of the cleanest and simplest in the game.

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