Joe Atkinson  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Atkinson also throws a screwball. If you're going in to face Atkinson, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Atkinson, and that's saying a lot. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
Teams run on him more than they do most lefthanders. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Atkinson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Atkinson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Atkinson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Atkinson.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 FA 51 43 58 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 29 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 6 49 150
2004 FA 50 43 58 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 30 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 6 49 148
2005 FA 50 43 58 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 30 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 6 49 148
2006 FA 51 42 58 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 32 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 4 49 147
2007 FA 51 41 57 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 3 49 144
2008 FA 50 40 57 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 4 1 48 141
2009 FA 50 39 57 49 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 0 48 140
2010 FA 48 38 57 48 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 48 134
2011 FA 48 37 57 48 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 48 133
2012 FA 46 36 55 47 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 123
2013 FA 43 36 52 47 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 111
2014 FA 41 36 50 47 49 50 51 51 47 0 0 68 0 0 72 0 40 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 103
Ratings Delta   -2   -2                           +1 +1           -3 -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.