page_title: Platoon system
section_title: Baseball
hierarchical_section_title: Platoon system / Baseball
caption_attribution_description: English: New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel in a 1953 issue of Baseball Digest.
context_page_description: The platoon system in basketball, baseball, or football is a method of directing situational mass substitution of players to create a tactical advantage.
context_section_description: In baseball, a platoon  is a method of sharing playing time, where two players are selected to play a single defensive position. Usually, one platoon player is right-handed and the other is left-handed. Typically the right-handed half of the platoon is played on days when the opposing starting pitcher is left-handed and the left-handed player is played otherwise. The theory behind this is that generally players hit better against their opposite-handed counterparts, and that in some cases the difference is extreme enough to warrant complementing the player with one of opposite handedness.
caption: Casey Stengel popularized the platoon system as manager of the New York Yankees.
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