Claim: Preston Ward is wrongly believed to be the one who threw right-handed and batted left-handed had his professional career began in the Brooklyn farm system, and he eventually became a utilityman (play several positions competently)
Evidence: Batted: Left
Threw: Right His professional career began in the Brooklyn farm system in 1944 when he was 16 years old. Over the course of his MLB tenure, he became a utilityman and platoon player, seeing most of his action as a first baseman (438 games at first base vs. 95 in the outfield and 74 at third base).